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First time investments in private equity and M&A.

search to a particular industry, click on Industry Classifications under Company Details, search for a specific industry or browse and then make this criterion describe the... View Details
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Target List: screen for companies by industry, location, and size | Baker Library

criteria. Click on location to select a particular country, region, state, city, or zip code to add to search. You can also do a proximity/radius search. Click OK after making your selection(s). Click on Activities and Industry to limit... View Details
  • 23 Sep 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Status: When and Why It Matters

second-grade products or a low-status producer that consistently produces first-grade products." For answers, Malter turned to the wine industry and an investigation of whether France's prestigious 1855 grand cru View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Aug 2006
  • First Look

First Look: August 1, 2006

Sourcebook is a citation study and classification system that organizes the many strands of the derivatives literature and assigns each citation to a category. Over 1,800 research articles are collected and organized into a simple... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 28

by examining the association between top executive turnovers and guidance. Although firm and industry characteristics are important determinants of guidance, we conclude that CEOs participate in firm-level policy decisions, whereas CFOs... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Nov 2018
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New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018

binary black-white racial classification and facilitated the incorporation of—previously racially ambiguous—European immigrants into the white majority. We exploit variation induced by the interaction between 1900 settlements of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 18 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 18

exploit the grand cru classification of the chateaux of the Médoc, created in 1855, as a fixed hierarchical symbol of class status. The classification cannot be reversely affected by the quality chateaux... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Aug 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Why Competition May Not Improve Credit Rating Agencies

competition is really the right medicine. "Competition in the ratings industry has been increasing, and there have been calls for yet more competition. Whether competition is likely to reduce quality or improve it has been... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services
  • 17 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 17

outperform peer firms based on six-digit Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) groupings in explaining cross-sectional variations in base firms' stock returns, valuation multiples, forecasted and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Sep 2003
  • Lessons from the Classroom

HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act

vast number of published decisions, the thorough classification of the subject [by instructors], published case books, the elements in the typical law case, and the development of general principles from the discussion of individual... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin
  • 12 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

accessible corporate archives in most countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. It also permits a level of nuance that is hard to obtain even if written archives are accessible. Oral histories provide insights into why events did not occur as well as why companies... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 19 Jan 2016
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January 19, 2016

available materiality classifications of sustainability topics, we develop a novel dataset by hand-mapping sustainability investments classified as material for each industry into firm-specific... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

and their work focuses on building models of social systems and classifications that better align with lived experience. Robin has written on these topics for scholarly venues, for the Supreme Court, and in a variety of popular outlets,... View Details
  • 30 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 30, 2008

Layered Silicate Biopolymer Nanocomposites Author:Satish V. Joshi Publication:Journal of Industrial Ecology (forthcoming) Abstract Recent developments in nanotechnology, especially in the area of nanoclay composites, are improving the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 8

expenditures, (e) leverage, and (f) profitability ratios. We show that SBPs are not constrained by standard industry classification and are more dynamic, pliable, and concentrated. Our results highlight the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 18

the ratings. Our tests examine whether these forms of disclosure reflect firms' real efforts to combat corruption or are cheap talk. We find that the ratings are related to enforcement and monitoring, country and industry corruption risk,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Jun 2016
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June 14, 2016

Wicked Problem Solvers: Lessons from Successful Cross-industry Teams By: Edmondson, Amy C. Abstract—Companies today increasingly rely on teams that span many industries for radical innovation, especially to solve “wicked problems.” So... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 May 2013
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First Look: May 21

http://hbr.org/product/keeping-up-with-the-quants-your-guide-to-understan/an/11177-HBK-ENG 2006 Strategic Management Journal Location Strategies for Agglomeration Economies By: Alcácer, Juan, and Wilbur Chung Abstract—Geographically concentrated View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Sep 2004
  • News

Promise & Perils

people moving from rural provinces to work in coastal-region factories, this status translated into officially sanctioned lower wages and poorly monitored working conditions. This system is now under assault by the AFL-CIO, which regards “temporary” worker View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4

searches by the same individual are fundamentally similar on multiple dimensions. In fact, traffic-based peer firms identified by our algorithm significantly outperform peer firms based on six-digit Global Industry View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel