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- 25 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Chapter 11 Saved the US Economy
Burnham Lambert's Michael Milken carved out new ways to restructure large amounts of publicly traded debt. Gilson's research suggests that the total costs associated with Milken's method of reorganizing troubled companies were as little... View Details
- 24 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 24, 2009
the opportunity and switching cost of domestic standards are relatively low. We do not find evidence that levels of and expected changes in foreign trade and investment flows in a country affect its adoption decision; thus, we cannot... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
is set at the close of the annual meeting in May 2008, when shareholders have voted against all incumbent board members. Steel Partners must act quickly. The case serves as an overview of corporate governance issues in Japan, as well as... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Apr 2003
- What Do You Think?
Should Global Business Initiatives Be Devalued?
responsibility of business leaders (in both the U.S. and E.U.) to take charge of the situation. We cannot allow politicians to act alone in their never-ending quest for votes and popularity." C. J. Cullinane, without being specific,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
attributable to comparability. Together, the findings are consistent with mandatory IFRS adoption improving comparability and thus leading to capital market benefits by reducing insiders' ability to exploit private information. Epistemic Contests and the Legitimacy of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
framework for future research to explore and develop these arguments. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2231526 Heterogeneous Technology Diffusion and Ricardian Trade Patterns By: Kerr, William R. Abstract—This study tests... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
Just How Independent are ‘Independent’ Directors?
place—China. In 2001, the country transitioned to independent boards and passed a unique law requiring board members of publicly traded firms to reveal when they dissent from the majority opinion, along with an explanation for their... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
Statistics Trade Credit and Taxes By: Desai, Mihir, C. Fritz Foley, and James R. Hines Jr. Abstract—This paper analyzes the extent to which firms use trade credit to reallocate capital in response to tax... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 5, 2009
Working PapersRegional Trade Integration and Multinational Firm Strategies Authors:Pol Antrás and C. Fritz Foley Abstract This paper analyzes the effects of the formation of a regional trade agreement on... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?
crescendo last March when insurance conglomerate AIG, kept on life support with up to $183 billion in taxpayers' cash, dished out bonuses totaling $165 million to 400 employees in the London office whose derivatives trading nearly... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
- 27 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 27
Using a large sample of publicly traded U.S. firms over 16 years, we investigate the impact of corporate socially responsible (CSR) strategies on security analysts' recommendations. Socially responsible firms received more favorable... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
than taxing them more heavily. Similarly, the weight of the empirical evidence is that foreign activity is a complement, rather than a substitute, for domestic activity. Much as the formulation of trade policy requires resisting the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
likelihood of implementation, while traditional governance indicators do not seem to play a key role. In particular, the likelihood of implementation is increasing in the percentage of votes cast in favor of the proposal and in the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Oct 2004
- What Do You Think?
Should the Wisdom of Crowds Influence Our Thinking About Leadership?
right, it could have profound implications for the role of leadership in organizations. And it should provide some comfort to all who, like Americans this month, vote to elect their leaders. In addition to being reasonably informed and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 2, 2007
media of collaboration range from consumer review sites like Epinions and Trip Advisor, to collaborative networking sites like Bebo, Facebook, Orkut and Meetup, to trading sites like Craigslist and eBay, and user-generated content sites... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy
imbroglio—with only 0.58 percent of the vote separating the two leading candidates—poses an opportunity for the country's new democracy, says Maurer. "Despite some intemperate statements, the major players show every sign of playing... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
erroneous expressions. Calls that have greater use of non-plain English and more erroneous expressions show lower intraday price movement and trading volume. The capital market responses to non-plain English and erroneous expressions are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 1, 2007
FDI increase when we account for the quality of FDI. Download working paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-072.pdf The Price of Capital: Evidence from Trade Data Authors:Laura Alfaro and Faisal Z. Ahmed Abstract In this paper we use... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
interests of general voters. By collecting news and combining it with entertainment, media are able to inform passive voters on politically relevant issues. To show the impact this information has on legislative outcomes, we document the effect "muckraking"... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
In Praise of Marketing
among many consumers than any political party, trade union, church, or mosque. Indeed, Starbucks founder Howard Schultz sought to make his coffee shops the "third place" in our lives, after home and work. Marketing is an... View Details