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- 03 Apr 2019
- Book
Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business
That is the story of my family. If we want to have a more equitable economy, if we want America to continue to be the land of opportunity, we need to pay close attention to this trend. Lagace: What are the sticking points in getting... View Details
- 13 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 13
maintaining a long-term strategic plan is of value in thwarting such investors. Executives and directors are advised to analyze their corporations from the point of view of an activist investor, to create harmony within the board of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 25
and $12 billion, which equates to between 1.3% and 8.7% of the stock of prepackaged software in private fixed investment in the United States and a very high rate of return to the original federal investment in the Internet. We argue that these findings View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Vanguard Corporation
profiled performed during the recession? A: All the companies I studied, with one exception, outperformed their peers. Their share price declined less at a time when everyone else's declined greatly, and now they're prospering again. They... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 21, 2009
competitor to boost sales, become #1 in a niche market segment, and achieve economies of scale. He is struggling with whether the deal makes strategic sense given forecasts that this niche segment is declining, whether the price is too... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 26, 2006
School Case 806-073 Follows the growth of an entrepreneur from his early startup activities. As the company evolves from 1998 to 2005, looks at key decisions and turning points as AtHoc's strategy adapts in response to changing market... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017
composition of an economy more directly. While recent work has significantly narrowed the differences between the two approaches, the chapter points out where and how they still matter, especially for policy practice. Further dialogue... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Can Start Ups Grow?
one of the founders I interviewed pointed out, that "it pays to be on the bandwagon." The other thing that surprised me was that while legitimacy became less important to firms as they grew older, status, acquired through... View Details
- 07 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 7
topic generated a multi-year research project that ultimately led to a comprehensive program, built around eight key management attributes, designed to help Google employees become better managers. By November 2012, the program had been in place for several years, and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
directors appointed in response to demands by activists. Using a sample of 1,969 activism events over the period 2004-2012, we identify 824 activist directors. We find that activists are more likely to gain board seats at smaller firms and those with weaker stock View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 13 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?
hesitation to treat companies in an unequal fashion. In the cell phone market, the Turkish government sets both minimum and maximum prices. And the prices set for Turkcell are different than those for Turkcell’s competitors. That’s the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Apr 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?
trust in traditional media is at its highest point in the past decade at 66 percent. But trust in social media platforms languishes at around 43 percent, and in this era of fake news, fixed elections and fraudulent data, regaining the... View Details
- 14 Aug 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018
value proposition to maximize value creation for both consumers and the luxury brands that supported the business model. The jury was still out on whether a rental model could attract higher income women who could afford to buy luxury brands and whether it could... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 10 May 2016
- First Look
May 10, 2016
returns and positively to post-announcement returns. When post-quarter private information is directionally strong, managers, at announcement, provide guidance and use language that points statistically in the opposite direction. This... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
long-term relationships, not transactional relationships where immediate price (for employees, salary) and cost are the only factors in decisions. Q: You and your coauthors spoke with 36 CEOs based on three continents. Why did you choose... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 25 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 25
the disinterested shares. This article also identifies ways that the Delaware courts can encourage the use of these more potent devices when appropriate: through the threat of entire fairness review, the application of Revlon duties, and the weight given to the deal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 8
we isolate an effect of winemaker mobility on wine prices that is not accompanied by a substantive effect on quality. Within-winery analysis of 65 wineries' wines released before and after a hiring event reveal that hiring a winemaker... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
up to the point where the benefit of the marginal project is just equal to the cost. Because labor is a key input to innovation when the opportunity cost of time is lower, such as during school breaks or time off from work, we find that... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
has a positive and significant effect on rainfall insurance adoption, increasing take-up from 8% to 16%. Only one marketing intervention, the money-back guarantee, has a consistent and large effect on farmers' purchase decisions. This guarantee, comparable to a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
School Note 706-492 Describes the basics of how to break down costs into productivity and input prices and then compare those cost drivers between competitors. Purchase this note:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne