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- 23 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 23, 2008
targeted Internal Rates of Return at or above 20% annually. They now had to decide which opportunity was the best match to the Fund's investment profile and showed the highest economic promise. Purchase the case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Group Therapy
undertake coordinated action despite the fact that they are often composed of very diverse units; and the role families play in these organizations. Court systems, contract law, stock markets, accounting standards, and other elements that... View Details
Keywords: by Peter Jacobs
- 01 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 1, 2008
Working PapersMental Accounting and Small Windfalls: Evidence from an Online Grocer Authors:Katherine L. Milkman, John Beshears, Todd Rogers, and Max H. Bazerman (revised March 2008) Abstract We study the effect of small windfalls on... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
PublicationsRepublic of China at 60-An International Assessment Author:William C. Kirby Publication:Harvard University Asia Center, forthcoming An abstract is unavailable at this time. Publisher's Link:... View Details
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
China‘s income inequality has risen rapidly over that same time frame, Vietnam‘s has only grown moderately. Structural and socio-cultural determinants fail to account for these divergent pathways. Existing political variables are also... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Negotiate “Yes” Across Cultural Boundaries
international negotiations, I've seen numerous promising deals fail because people ignored or underestimated the powerful differences in processes across cultures... . . . What are the informal influences that can make or break a deal?... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 15 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 15, 2016
Abstract—Transparency advocates argue that disclosure of oil and gas company payments to host governments for natural resources is a public good, helping to reduce corruption and increase accountability in resource rich countries. Yet we... View Details
- 20 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 20, 2008
School Case 308-094 After an international IPO yielding extraordinary returns to original investors, Banco Compartamos, Mexico's leading microfinance institution, contemplates its future strategic and competing priorities: maintaining... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
financing institutions, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA). We find that developing countries serving on the Board of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- February 2019 (Revised October 2022)
- Case
Scandal at Steinhoff
By: Kristin Mugford and Phil Caruso
Keywords: Volatility; Borrowing and Debt; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financial Liquidity; Bonds; Corporate Accountability; Failure; International Finance; Restructuring; Business Conglomerates; Crime and Corruption; Retail Industry; South Africa; Austria; Netherlands
Mugford, Kristin, and Phil Caruso. "Scandal at Steinhoff." Harvard Business School Case 219-098, February 2019. (Revised October 2022.)
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
Accounting Review The Capital Market Consequences of Language Barriers in the Conference Calls of Non-U.S. Firms By: Brochet, Francois, Patricia L. Naranjo, and Gwen Yu Abstract—We examine how language barriers affect the capital market... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
5 Weight Loss Tips From Behavioral Economists
the data showed that customers tended to order a higher percentage of "should" items (like leafy greens) and a lower percentage of "want" items (like candy bars) the further in advance they placed an order. For a detailed account of the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
securing specimens from a new set of actors in the commerce in cadavers. These actors are legal entrepreneurial ventures that have been operating for more than a decade in the United States; they cater to domestic users and international... View Details
- 08 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Will the Japan Disaster Remake the Landscape for Green Energy in Asia?
Even before the recent earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown in Japan, many parts of Asia had already begun investing in "green" energy. But the disaster has certainly upped the urgency of the discussions. “It's driven a lot of people to have a bit of a... View Details
- 05 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Risky Business? Protecting Foreign Investments
to gain much traction and proposes measures that will better protect the rights of property owners. We asked Wells to discuss his research and experiences representing host governments in such negotiations, and what international managers... View Details
- 27 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 27
of accounting earnings in predicting future cash flows using out-of-sample predictions and market value of equity as a proxy for all future cash flows. We find that, on average, accruals improve upon current cash flow from operations in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 24 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 24, 2007
account for such agglomeration have been proposed. We note that these theories make different predictions about which pairs of industries should be coagglomerated. We discuss the measurement of coagglomeration and use data from the Census... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Financial Services 24/7
week for it to clear will be equally unfathomable. Technology is transforming the banking industry so rapidly that anything less than around-the-clock electronic access to bank accounts seems unthinkable. While predictions vary widely as... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
when treating the opponent’s campaign plan as given. Our formulation accounts for both the time cost of traveling between districts and the time expended while campaigning within districts. We describe a polynomial-time algorithm that... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel