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  • 26 Feb 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019

compatibility can thus increase asymmetry between the platform owners’ profit foci and, given a sufficiently large difference in the standalone utilities, yields greater profits for both platform owners. We further show that social... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 12 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 12

Martínez-Fritscher and Aldo Musacchio Abstract There is a large amount of literature that aims to explain what determines country risk (defined as the difference between the yield of a sovereign's bonds and the risk-free rate). In this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Dec 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 7

should your employees be to helping each other? Are they sharing responsibility for your company's success? (7) What strategic uncertainties keep you awake at night? How are you riveting everyone's attention on those uncertainties? These... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: January 17

stocks: stocks of large, mature, low-volatility, profitable, dividend-paying firms that are neither high growth nor distressed. Variables derived from the yield curve that are already known to predict returns on bonds also predict returns... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Nov 2016
  • First Look

November 15, 2016

entail a countercyclical fiscal policy. A simple debt rule that limits the maximum amount of debt is analyzed and compared to a simple deficit rule that limits the maximum amount of deficit per period. Whereas the deficit rule does not perform well, the debt rule View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 5, 2010

and market-implied yields fell, and the ability of ratings to predict default deteriorated. We offer several possible explanations for these findings that are linked to existing theories. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 5

goals, past research on these programs' impact has yielded mixed outcomes. Our goal is to understand why this might be the case. Design/Methodology/Approach: We rely on interview, archival, and longitudinal survey data to examine young... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2011
  • News

Making Their Way

technical training for its long-tenured tool-and-die professionals. “We are now a core group, and for anything beyond that we bring in people on a project and per-hour basis,” Chirchirillo explains. “We are doing more just-in-time work; that fits the View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Rail Transportation; Transportation
  • 13 Nov 2012
  • First Look

First Look: November 13

Business School Case 213-008 High yield bond fund Proventus Capital Partners (PCP) has invested in underwater bonds issued by Preem, a large oil refinery. As maturity approaches, in the midst of financial crisis, Preem appear unlikely to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2025 Commencement Remarks | About

will help you appreciate different viewpoints—often yielding unexpected insights and giving you a better perspective about the future. But beyond personal benefits, curiosity is a key leadership skill. The world is volatile, uncertain,... View Details
  • 21 Feb 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: February 21

Eleanor W., and Christopher T. Stanton Abstract—Small business owners and others who are self-employed have the option to transition to paid work. If there is initial uncertainty about entrepreneurial earnings, this option increases the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 24 Feb 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs

compensating tangible benefits. (Recently they reinstalled a program in a market where all non-Every Day Low Pricing players offered them.) A lot of this uncertainty is due to a number of myths. In this paper we want to clarify the most... View Details
Keywords: by Marcel Corstjens & Rajiv Lal; Retail; Consumer Products
  • 08 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 8

to nominal bond excess return predictability to quantitatively similar degrees. The estimated liquidity premium between U.S. inflation-indexed and nominal yields is systematic, ranges from 30 bps in 2005 to over 150 bps during 2008-2009,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Aug 2004
  • Research & Ideas

New Challenges for Long-Term Investors

companies, which in turn are linked to the overall performance of the economy. There is an inherent uncertainty about the future prospects of these companies and the economy which does not go away at any investment horizon. Thus stocks... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
  • 21 Aug 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018

horizons. We also demonstrate that nonlinear boosting models with feature selection, such as random forests, perform significantly better than traditional linear models. The best-performing method (random forest) yields an out-of-sample... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 19 Feb 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

find that after the conclusion of the investigation, the government reduces the contract dollar volume by approximately 15% for cases that resulted in a settlement. Our findings indicate that contract-design changes are used to mitigate View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Mar 2021
  • Blog Post

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace

is codified and can be easily shared from a distance. Being together matters when tasks are interdependent, require sharing tacit knowledge in fluid ways, and coordination needs are not scripted or predictable. An honest assessment of the kind of work your employees do... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
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Antonio Moreno Spring 2026 Q4 1.5 Doing Business with China 2035: Navigating Uncertainty General Management William Kirby Spring 2026 Q3 1.5 Driving Profitable Growth Technology & Operations Management, Strategy Juan Alcacer , Raffaella... View Details
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