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  • 17 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 17

institutional theory, managers, and policymakers. What Good Are Shareholders? Authors:Justin Fox and Jay W. Lorsch Publication:Harvard Business Review 90, nos. 7-8 (July-August 2012) Abstract The article looks at the role outside View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 May 2011
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First Look: May 10

Decker, Inc. William E. FruhanHarvard Business School Case 211-067 This case allows instructors to explore shareholder value creation and transfer opportunities in merger and acquisition transactions. It... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 20, 2007

a new toothpaste that had helped drive Colgate to a record value share in the important U.S. market, was in the global pipeline for 2005. Burton had on his desk the proposed marketing launch plans for CMF in China and Mexico. Each plan... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 13

  PublicationsHigher Ambition: How Great Leaders Create Economic and Social Value Authors:Michael Beer, Russel A. Eisenstat, Nathaniel Foote, Tobias Fredberg, and Flemming Norrgren Publication:Harvard Business Press, 2011 Abstract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 7

Location Choices Through the Value Chain By: Alcácer, Juan, and Mercedes Delgado Abstract—We explore the impact of geographically bounded, intra-firm linkages (internal agglomerations) and geographically bounded, inter-firm linkages... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 20

reduced margins and increased risks that come with entering a number of domains that already have established incumbents, and the trade-offs between maximizing shareholder return (for example through... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Sep 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Is There Help for the Big Ticket Buyer?

"rationality" of the decision, when rationality is defined as maximizing the consumer's expected utility. The consumer's decision of whether or not to buy a product is a highly appropriate dependent variable for consumer... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman
  • 14 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 14, 2007

are increasingly paying attention to the aesthetic, symbolic, and emotional value of products, a value that is conveyed by the design language—that is, the combination of signs (e.g., form, colors,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 23

appear to have long-run implications whereby sustaining a high level of service relative to local competitors leads the incumbent to attract and retain higher value customers over time. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 May 2009
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What’s Next for the Big Financial Brands

headquarters reminds us that a brand is a precious asset. The value of any brand asset depends upon whether it has delivered on its past promises and is believed likely to do so in the future. It takes years of effort to build brand trust... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch; Banking; Financial Services
  • 19 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019

plans are more likely to hire a consultant. Lastly, say-on-pay voting patterns suggest shareholders view positively the advice consultants provide but only when consultants do not provide other services. We also find suggestive evidence... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 16 Nov 2020
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Transitions of Power Are Difficult. What Joe Biden and Other Incoming Leaders Need to Know.

“comvoc”), and leave their differentiated personal selves and external group memberships behind. All it took to motivate people, it was thought, was to offer financial incentives, and good results would follow. Well, we know where an over-emphasis on View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 May 2013
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First Look: May 28

in conjunction with debt, to be the best policy alternative under real external shocks for emerging nations. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=44340 How Do Staggered Boards Affect Shareholder Value? Evidence from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 28, 2010

economic, institutional, and cultural setting of Germany. Publisher's Link: http://www.chbeck.de/productview.aspx?product=795301&toc=3264 Investor Behaviour in a Nascent Capital Market: Scottish Bank Shareholders in the Nineteenth... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Dec 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Managing the Support Staff Identity Crisis

behavior whose work includes corporate consulting. "And I thought, did I ask an awkward question? So I asked again, 'How do you add value to your organization?' I got more nervous laughter." “If you're tied down by your job... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 06 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Our findings illuminate the micro-foundations of innovation in firms by highlighting a trade-off between organizing patenting activity to maximize scope versus speed. Publisher's link:... View Details
  • 08 Aug 2017
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First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017

be best performing in terms of annual profitability; membership was considered highly prestigious. We document that index-inclusion incentives led firms to increase return on equity (ROE) proportionally by 35% on average through higher margins, efficiency, or View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Sep 2016
  • Research & Ideas

What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers

significant time on-site can maximize the value of the information conferred. But, as Short says, “no matter how good the information is, it doesn’t help if factories don’t want to learn.” Factories may have... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 07 Apr 2008
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The Debate over Taxing Foreign Profits

returned to the United States, not when those profits are earned. This resembles the treatment of capital gains for individuals where capital gains taxes are only due when gains are realized rather than when they're accrued. As with individual capital gains, there is... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 28

Modigliani-Miller capital structure irrelevance propositions. The case focuses on two questions: (1) From a shareholder's perspective, how is Apple's cash different from cash in a bank or money market account? (2) Can Apple create significant View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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