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  • 23 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 23

comparative historical analysis of consumer lending in the United States and France, I argue that national differences in the regulation of consumer credit had their roots in the historical conditions by which the small loan sector came... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 4, 2007

advantage and market outcomes hence could be more efficient with stronger indirect network effects. We empirically examine the competition between the Xbox and PlayStation 2 consoles. We find that Xbox has a small quality advantage over... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 20

  PublicationsThe Unbundling of Advertising Agency Services: An Economic Analysis Authors:Mohammad Arzaghi, Ernst R. Berndt, James C. Davis, and Alvin J. Silk Publication:Review of Marketing Science (forthcoming) Abstract We address a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Dec 2015
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December 22, 2015

analysis suggests a need for caution: while information facilitates transactions, it also facilitates discrimination. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50258 Financial Patent Quality: Finance Patents... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 23 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 23

examine a class of dynamic decision-making processes that involve endogenous commitment. Our analysis is relevant to group decision-making settings as well as to hierarchical decision-making settings in which, for example, subordinates... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 30, 2007

to evaluate the link between dismissal costs and productivity. Drawing on establishment-level data from the Annual Survey of Manufacturers and the Longitudinal Business Database, our estimates suggest that wrongful-discharge protections reduce employment flows and firm... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 Apr 2014
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Venture Investors Prefer Funding Handsome Men

competition results. The analysis showed a significant relationship between an entrepreneur's gender and whether a pitch had been successful. Male entrepreneurs were 60 percent likelier to receive a funding... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services
  • 18 Jun 2001
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Tech Investment the Wise Way

be appropriate to the opportunities inherent in the new technology. If not, its use will lead to inaccurate analysis and underinvestment. That is one source of the bias exhibited by successful firms facing novel technologies, and it is... View Details
Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough & Richard S. Rosenbloom
  • 04 Aug 2009
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First Look: August 4

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-004.pdf What Should GAAP Look Like? A Survey and Economic Analysis (revised) Authors:S.P. Kothari, Karthik Ramanna, and Douglas J. Skinner Abstract Based on extant literature, we articulate a positive... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Law, Management and Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog

literacy by honing instincts that will help business leaders avoid legal pitfalls, attain a competitive edge and promote long-term success. Expanding well beyond the basic legal concepts introduced in LCA, the course will refine students’... View Details
  • 24 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 24, 2009

economies. Consistent with the presence of network effects in IFRS adoption, we find that a country is more likely to adopt IFRS if other countries in its geographical region are IFRS adopters. (No PDF is available.)   Cases & Course MaterialsBasic Techniques for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 12, 2008

Amazon.com: The Brink of Bankruptcy Harvard Business School Case 809-014 Enables a thorough analysis of the Amazon.com business model and its evolution from 1994 to 2001. The case ends with the company poised on the brink of bankruptcy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 5, 2008

strategy development, which springs from a company's mission, vision, and value statements, and from an analysis of its strengths, weaknesses, and competitive environment. In the next stage, managers... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 1

  Working PapersWhat Should GAAP Look Like? A Survey and Economic Analysis Authors:S.P. Kothari, Karthik Ramanna, and Douglas J. Skinner Abstract Based on extant literature, we articulate a positive theory of GAAP under the assumption... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 3

  Publications August 2013 The Accounting Review (forthcoming) Do Analysts Follow Managers Who Switch Companies? An Analysis of Relationships in the Capital Markets By: Brochet, Francois, Gregory S. Miller, and Suraj Srinivasan... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Dec 2016
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December 13, 2016

fundamental firm value, which is gradually revealed into prices. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51971 December 2016 Harvard Business Review Health Care Needs Real Competition By: Dafny, Leemore S., and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 29 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 29, 2007

customers, and the variables involved in designing an optimal credit card. Concludes with a consideration of the decisions the CRM team had to make in designing the project, including whether to use conjoint analysis or implement a mini... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 16

research. Analysis of the citation rates of the articles in our data set by non-negotiation organizational research indicates that more open systems assumptions increase the likelihood that a negotiation article will be cited in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 May 2013
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First Look: May 7

Quality Competition? By: Buell, Ryan W., Dennis Campbell, and Frances X. Frei Abstract—When does increased service quality competition lead to customer defection, and which customers are most likely to defect? Our empirical View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 02 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 2

superior performance and competitive advantage at the individual, organizational, and social levels and 2) empowers the three virtue phenomena of morality, ethics, and legality. We also demonstrate that applying cost-benefit View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace