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28 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

Eyes Shut: The Consequences of Not Noticing

hypothetical fires. A garment factory in a Third World country with minimal governmental regulatory oversight burns down, killing half of the three hundred women and children employed there; it subsequently becomes clear that the... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman; Retail

15 Mar 2016
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March 15, 2016

transparency and weak governance in resource rich countries. However, we document that industry self-regulation has generated information to substitute for the gap in voluntary company disclosure. We also find some evidence that these disclosures are accompanied by... View Details

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... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

20 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 20

decision, political and social unrest breaks out in Kenya following a highly contested presidential election. Acumen Fund must now also consider the political risks of investing. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4

Fernando Abstract Attempts to explain the astonishing differences in agricultural productivity around the world typically focus on farm size, farmer risk aversion, and credit constraints, with an emphasis on how they might serve to limit... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

06 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

doing so, we match the data from the CEO interviews with financial performance data for the set of firms led by those CEOs as well as market performance data from the countries in which these firms are headquartered. Our results suggest... View Details