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- 02 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 2
and produce an aggregate equity term structure that tracks economic conditions. The implied term structure is upward sloping during normal or expansion periods but flattens or inverts during economic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Connecting School Ties and Stock Recommendations
How did you select the 1,800+ analysts to study? A: We had an idea that social networks may be important in situations where information transfer is important. Financial markets, in particular, are well-suited for this, as information is an obvious driver of security... View Details
- 08 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 8, 2019
municipal bonds are issued at a premium to otherwise similar ordinary bonds. We also confirm that green bonds, particularly small or essentially riskless ones, are more closely held than ordinary bonds. These pricing and ownership effects... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
questions and concerns. Placing value only on getting things right the first time, organizations are unable to take the risks necessary to improve and evolve. By contrast, firms that put a premium on what Edmondson calls... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
During Recessions By: Lazear, Edward P., Kathryn L. Shaw, and Christopher Stanton Abstract—Why did productivity rise during recent recessions? One possibility is that average worker quality increased. A second is that each incumbent worker produced more. The second... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Where Does Apple Go From Here?
an enormous premium relative to the core market, 200, 300, 400 percent, Apple's products, while still highly differentiated, have a very hard time selling at a huge premium relative to the core PC market. So... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 3
Institutions Authors:Matthew Hall, Anette Mikes, and Yuval Millo Abstract In this study, we examine transformations in the influence of risk managers in two large U.K. banks over a period of six years. Our analysis highlights that a process we View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 19
violation of Facebook's terms of service as a non-copyright holder was using the imagery and logo associated with a known brand. Facebook contacted Michael Donnelly, Group Director, Worldwide Interactive Marketing for The Coca-Cola... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017
costs to firms of changing strategy. The costs associated with strategy modifications, which we term “repositioning costs,” are particularly relevant to competitive interactions involving major changes to business strategies.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 29, 2015
bank moves more gradually. The same desire to mitigate bond-market volatility can lead the central bank to lower short rates sharply when publicly observed term premiums rise. In both cases, there is a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 5
discussed in terms of strategic and non-strategic linguistic cues. Working PapersFinding the God Particle of the Sustainability Business Case: Greener Pastures for Shareholder Value Authors:Bertoneche, Marc L., and Cornis Van der Lugt... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn
current "Great Recession"—PACCAR has maintained a price premium and outperformed the S&P 500 by several orders of magnitude. One practice among others that sustains this performance: PACCAR provides a 26-page white paper on... View Details
- 27 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 27
households. In contrast, small subsidy payments have a large effect on the likelihood of opening a savings account. These payments are more than two times more cost-effective than the financial literacy training. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017
term scale and scope. Though tractors are now used in nearly every agricultural field operation and in the production of nearly all crops, they first developed with much more limited application. Early diffusion was accordingly rapid in... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 13 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 13
"freemium" business model, which is used by some Internet businesses and smartphone application developers to give users free basic features of a digital product and access to premium functionality for a subscription fee. The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 21, 2008
would enable companies to build and manage their own online networks. With revenue sources that included advertising, premium subscriptions, job posting services, and business solutions, LinkedIn was on track to bring in revenues in 2008... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 11
starts a premium vodka business, bringing in his cousin at an early stage, but with no initial discussion of the eventual split of equity or managerial control between the two. The article offers each man's case for his ownership stake in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Use the Psychology of Pricing To Keep Customers Returning
big bucks in the minds of most consumers. We see similar efforts by magazines that advertise their low per-issue prices or insurance companies that break the cost of their premiums down to a low, per-day cost. All these efforts are... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Mahoney
- 23 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Talk, Inc.’
place, of course, and that legacy term remains in common usage. No company (to our knowledge) has yet created an "organizational conversation department" or hired a "chief conversation officer." Nonetheless, those phrases hint at the new... View Details
Keywords: Re: Boris Groysberg
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
returns across time horizons exhibit strong return predictability up to three years ahead and produce an aggregate equity term structure that tracks economic conditions. The implied term structure is upward... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne