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      • July/August 2004
      • Article

      Stakeholders and Environmental Management Practices: An Institutional Framework

      By: Magali Delmas and Michael W. Toffel
      Despite burgeoning research on companies' environmental strategies and environmental management practices, it remains unclear why some firms adopt environmental management practices beyond regulatory compliance. This paper leverages institutional theory by proposing... View Details
      Keywords: Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Environmental Management; Adoption; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Organizational Structure; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Competition; Framework; Governance Compliance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
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      Delmas, Magali, and Michael W. Toffel. "Stakeholders and Environmental Management Practices: An Institutional Framework." Business Strategy and the Environment 13, no. 4 (July/August 2004): 209–222.
      • June 2004 (Revised January 2005)
      • Background Note

      Principals, Agents, and Partners

      By: Arthur I Segel, Armen Panossian and Jeff Mandelbaum
      The establishment of the principal-agent relationship, the duties owed by the agent to the principal, and the principal's liability for illegal actions or representations made by the agent are all examined. Also covers the creation of partnerships and the duties of... View Details
      Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Agency Theory; Legal Liability
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      Segel, Arthur I., Armen Panossian, and Jeff Mandelbaum. "Principals, Agents, and Partners." Harvard Business School Background Note 804-186, June 2004. (Revised January 2005.)
      • June 2004
      • Article

      A Catering Theory of Dividends

      By: Malcolm Baker and Jeffrey Wurgler
      We propose that the decision to pay dividends is driven by prevailing investor demand for dividend payers. Managers cater to investors by paying dividends when investors put a stock price premium on payers, and by not paying when investors prefer nonpayers. To test... View Details
      Keywords: Dividends; Catering; Financial Instruments; Investment Return; Business and Shareholder Relations
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      Baker, Malcolm, and Jeffrey Wurgler. "A Catering Theory of Dividends." Journal of Finance 59, no. 3 (June 2004): 1125–1165.
      • June 2004
      • Article

      Market Liquidity as a Sentiment Indicator

      By: Malcolm Baker and Jeremy Stein
      We build a model that helps to explain why increases in liquidity-such as lower bid-ask spreads, a lower price impact of trade, or higher turnover-predict lower subsequent returns in both firm-level and aggregate data. The model features a class of irrational... View Details
      Keywords: Markets; Financial Liquidity; Price; Trade; Sales; Equity; Information; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Accounting Industry
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      Baker, Malcolm, and Jeremy Stein. "Market Liquidity as a Sentiment Indicator." Journal of Financial Markets 7, no. 3 (June 2004): 271–299.
      • May 2004
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      The Role of Information in Medical Markets: An Analysis of Publicly Reported Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery

      By: David Cutler, Robert S. Huckman and Mary Beth Landrum
      Keywords: Information; Health; Markets; Theory; Outcome or Result
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      Cutler, David, Robert S. Huckman, and Mary Beth Landrum. "The Role of Information in Medical Markets: An Analysis of Publicly Reported Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery." American Economic Review 94, no. 2 (May 2004): 342–346. (Papers and Proceedings.)
      • Apr 2004 - 2004
      • Conference Presentation

      Foundations for a Theory of Institutional Entrepreneurship: Solving the Paradox of Embedded Agency

      By: Julie Battilana
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Theory
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      Battilana, Julie. "Foundations for a Theory of Institutional Entrepreneurship: Solving the Paradox of Embedded Agency." Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 2004.
      • 2004
      • Working Paper

      Regulation and Reaction: The Other Side of Free Banking in Antebellum New York

      By: David A. Moss and Sarah Brennan
      Free banking, which first appeared in the United States in the late 1830s, comprised two essential features: general incorporation for banks and rigorous security requirements for note issue. Because the general incorporation feature is what allowed free entry, it has... View Details
      Keywords: History; Law; Competition; Financial Liquidity; Money; Market Entry and Exit; Financing and Loans; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry
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      Moss, David A., and Sarah Brennan. "Regulation and Reaction: The Other Side of Free Banking in Antebellum New York." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 04-038, April 2004.
      • January 2004 (Revised April 2004)
      • Case

      Crisis and Response: Sexual Abuse Allegations in the Boston Archdiocese (B)

      By: Ashish Nanda
      In 2002, the Boston archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church was confronted by public revelations of how allegations of clergy sexual abuse were handled by the archdiocese during the 1990s. This case describes how the Boston archdiocese addressed the issue over the... View Details
      Keywords: Conflict of Interests; Crime and Corruption; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Religion; Crisis Management; Boston
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      Nanda, Ashish. "Crisis and Response: Sexual Abuse Allegations in the Boston Archdiocese (B)." Harvard Business School Case 904-049, January 2004. (Revised April 2004.)
      • 2004
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      Mergers and Acquisitions: An Experimental Analysis of Synergies, Externalities and Dynamics

      By: R. Croson, A. Gomes, K. L. McGinn and M. Nöth
      Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Theory
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      Croson, R., A. Gomes, K. L. McGinn, and M. Nöth. "Mergers and Acquisitions: An Experimental Analysis of Synergies, Externalities and Dynamics." Review of Finance 8, no. 4 (2004): 481–514.
      • October 2004
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      The Obligations of Transnational Corporations: Rawlsian Justice and the Duty of Assistance

      By: Nien-he Hsieh
      Keywords: Theory; Business Ventures
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      Hsieh, Nien-he. "The Obligations of Transnational Corporations: Rawlsian Justice and the Duty of Assistance." Business Ethics Quarterly 14, no. 4 (October 2004): 643–661.
      • January 2003 (Revised September 2007)
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      A Note on Racing to Acquire Customers

      By: Thomas R. Eisenmann
      Examines factors that motivate a firm's race to acquire customers in newly emerging markets and explores conditions under which racing strategies are likely to yield attractive returns. Provides a definition of racing behavior, introduces the notion of an optimal level... View Details
      Keywords: Customers; Price Bubble; Network Effects; Emerging Markets; Market Entry and Exit; Behavior; Competition
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      Eisenmann, Thomas R. "A Note on Racing to Acquire Customers." Harvard Business School Background Note 803-103, January 2003. (Revised September 2007.)
      • 2002
      • Working Paper

      'Plata o Plomo?': Bribe and Punishment in a Theory of Political Influence

      By: Ernesto Dal Bó, Pedro Dal Bó and Rafael Di Tella
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      Dal Bó, Ernesto, Pedro Dal Bó, and Rafael Di Tella. "'Plata o Plomo?': Bribe and Punishment in a Theory of Political Influence." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 03-060, November 2002.
      • July– September 2002
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      Predictive Value and the Usefulness of Game Theoretic Models

      By: Ido Erev, Alvin E. Roth, Robert L. Slonim and Greg Barron
      Keywords: Value; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Theory
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      Erev, Ido, Alvin E. Roth, Robert L. Slonim, and Greg Barron. "Predictive Value and the Usefulness of Game Theoretic Models." International Journal of Forecasting 18, no. 3 (July– September 2002): 359–368.
      • July 2002
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      The Economist As Engineer: Game Theory, Experimental Economics and Computation As Tools of Design Economics

      By: Alvin E Roth
      Keywords: Game Theory; Economics; Mathematical Methods; Design
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      Roth, Alvin E. "The Economist As Engineer: Game Theory, Experimental Economics and Computation As Tools of Design Economics." Econometrica 70, no. 4 (July 2002): 1341–1378.
      • June 2002
      • Background Note

      Complexity Theory and Negotiation

      By: Michael A. Wheeler and Gillian Morris
      This case highlights an application of current thoughts in complexity science to negotiation theory. It emphasizes a provocative approach that questions much of traditional negotiation research thus far. The case explains the roots of complexity science and some broad... View Details
      Keywords: Complexity; Negotiation Tactics; Outcome or Result; Interpersonal Communication
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      Wheeler, Michael A., and Gillian Morris. "Complexity Theory and Negotiation." Harvard Business School Background Note 902-230, June 2002.
      • June 2002
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      Market Triads: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Market Intermediation

      By: Rakesh Khurana
      Keywords: Theory; Markets
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      Khurana, Rakesh. "Market Triads: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Market Intermediation." Journal for the Theory of Social Behavior 32, no. 2 (June 2002).
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      The Powerful Antitakeover Force of Staggered Boards: Theory, Evidence & Policy

      By: Lucian Arye Bebchuk, John C. Coates IV and Guhan Subramanian
      Keywords: Governance; Theory; Policy
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      Bebchuk, Lucian Arye, John C. Coates IV, and Guhan Subramanian. "The Powerful Antitakeover Force of Staggered Boards: Theory, Evidence & Policy." Stanford Law Review 54, no. 5 (May 2002). (Selected by academics as one of the "top ten" articles in corporate/securities law for 2002, out of 350 articles published in that year.)
      • 2002
      • Book

      Game Theory in the Tradition of Bob Wilson

      By: Bengt Holmstrom, Paul Milgrom and Alvin E Roth
      Keywords: Game Theory
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      Holmstrom, Bengt, Paul Milgrom, and Alvin E Roth, eds. Game Theory in the Tradition of Bob Wilson. Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Electronic Press, 2002.
      • March 2002 (Revised June 2002)
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      EMCF: A New Approach at an Old Foundation

      By: Allen S. Grossman and Daniel F. Curran
      Michael Bailin, president of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (EMCF), embarked on a three-year effort to transform the foundation's grant-making in theory and practice. This case details his efforts to move from an "initiatives-based" approach in philanthropy to a... View Details
      Keywords: Business Model; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Leadership; Management Practices and Processes; Performance Expectations; Non-Governmental Organizations; Cognition and Thinking; Customization and Personalization; Theory
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      Grossman, Allen S., and Daniel F. Curran. "EMCF: A New Approach at an Old Foundation." Harvard Business School Case 302-090, March 2002. (Revised June 2002.)
      • 2001
      • Working Paper

      Airbus vs. Boeing in Superjumbos: Credibility and Preemption

      By: Benjamin C. Esty and Pankaj Ghemawat
      In December 2000, Airbus formally committed to spend $12 billion to develop and launch a 555-seat superjumbo plane known as the A380. Prior to and after Airbus’ commitment, Boeing started and canceled several initiatives aimed at developing a “stretch jumbo” with... View Details
      Keywords: Air Transportation; Product Development; Market Entry and Exit; Valuation; Game Theory
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      Esty, Benjamin C., and Pankaj Ghemawat. "Airbus vs. Boeing in Superjumbos: Credibility and Preemption." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 02-061, February 2002.
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