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  • 22 Jan 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 22

and observable stability using reduced form regressions. The other is an institutional economics conception of how to measure performance. It is focused on understanding whether foreign entry gave rise to difficult-to-reverse changes in the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Mar 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer

sector financial help a joint venture was set up with POEMA, a modern high-tech factory built, and coca plantations developed. Some 5,000 people were employed. Literacy levels soared. Political participation increased. Change had been... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • 21 Sep 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?

In the search for culprits in the global financial meltdown, bloated executive pay and the excessive risk-taking behavior it fueled stand out as prime suspects. Of the two, pay dominates the headlines and provokes the most public and View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
  • 17 Nov 2015
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November 17, 2015

Societal and Political Dimensions of Innovation Innovation and Business Growth By: Kerr, William R. Abstract—Innovation and the pursuit of new business opportunities are essential for growth at the firm level; moreover, they provide the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Jun 2011
  • First Look

First Look: June 21

Financial history is not conventionally thought of in evolutionary terms, but it should be. Traditional ways of thinking about finance, dating back to Hilferding, emphasize the importance of concentration and economies of scale. But these... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • April 2003 (Revised July 2003)
  • Teaching Note

Singapore Inc. (TN)

By: Richard H.K. Vietor
Teaching Note for (9-703-040). View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Growth and Development Strategy; Taxation; Industry Clusters; Competitive Strategy; Foreign Direct Investment; Policy; Organizational Culture; Saving; Performance Productivity; Balance and Stability; China; Singapore
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  • 01 Dec 2015
  • First Look

December 1, 2015

for the post-colonial world and challenge Soviet leadership in the international communist movement in mid-1960s. When the wave of post-war decolonization crested in Africa in the late 1950s and early 1960s, inaugurating dozens of new states desperate for a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • February 2011
  • Article

Dividend Taxes and International Portfolio Choice

By: Mihir Desai and Dhammika Dharmapala
This paper investigates how dividend taxes influence portfolio choices, using the response to the distinctive treatment of a subset of foreign dividends in the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (JGTRRA) of 2003. An open-economy after-tax capital asset... View Details
Keywords: Dividends; Portfolio Choice; Taxes; Tax Treaties; Foreign Portfolio Investment; Taxation; Lawfulness; Economy; Price; Equity; Stocks; Investment Portfolio; Opportunities; Behavior; United States
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  • May 1999 (Revised December 2003)
  • Case

European Monetary Union

By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Sabina M. Ciminero
On January 1, 1999, 11 European countries unified their currencies--48 years after their first integrative efforts. This marks a huge development in the structure of Europe and the world's economy. This case examines the integrative process, the Single Europe Act and... View Details
Keywords: Money; Currency; Globalized Economies and Regions; Markets; International Relations; Alliances; System; Integration; Macroeconomics; Business and Government Relations; European Union
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  • 02 Jul 2001
  • Research & Ideas

George C. Lodge

prolific outpouring of twelve books as well as a host of cases and articles (including two McKinsey Awards for best article of the year in Harvard Business Review). In addition, he was one of the chief architects of Business, Government, and the International View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 18 Sep 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

uniting, becoming more “producer-friendly,” and consider the role within ASGM governance systems they are best suited to play (which may be none at all). Findings contribute to debates on the merits of increasing governance fragmentation and the role of View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 21 Nov 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017

forthcoming Journal of Political Economy Internalizing Global Value Chains: A Firm-Level Analysis By: Alfaro, Laura, Pol Antràs, Davin Chor, and Paola Conconi Abstract—In recent decades, advances in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 7

parts. Implications for diversity research are discussed.   Working PapersUnobserved State Fragility and the Political Transfer Problem Authors:Faisal Z. Ahmed and Eric Werker Abstract Autocrats experiencing a windfall in unearned income... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 8

the labor market but do not result in weaker political preferences for redistribution. August 2013 Harvard Business Review 15 Rules for Negotiating a Job Offer By: Malhotra, Deepak Abstract—The author, a professor of negotiation at... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Sep 2014
  • First Look

First Look: September 16

an important driver of solo deal outcomes. Publisher's link: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2159229 September 2014 Multidisciplinary Insights from New AIB Fellows Business History and the Impact of MNEs on Host View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Oct 2005
  • What Do You Think?

What’s the Future of Globally Organized Labor?

and continues to be a lack of good leadership! . . . The politics of international labor interaction are extremely complex and will require tremendous leadership ability to negotiate win-win deals across countries so that employees of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 2005
  • Working Paper

Nominal versus Indexed Debt: A Quantitative Horse Race

By: Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk
The main arguments in favor of and against nominal and indexed debt are the incentive to default through inflation versus hedging against unforeseen shocks. We model and calibrate these arguments to assess their quantitative importance. We use a dynamic equilibrium... View Details
Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Taxation; Risk and Uncertainty; Inflation and Deflation; System Shocks; Developing Countries and Economies; Mathematical Methods
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  • 07 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Sept. 7

India. Across these jurisdictions, I first describe unique elements of domestic political economies that are shaping IFRS policies. Then, I inductively isolate two principal dimensions that can be used to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Dec 2012
  • What Do You Think?

Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions?

but yes, they may have to bother." The dilemma he poses requires that we consider this question: Can managers afford to ignore predictions in their planning efforts? What do you think? Original Article We're uncertain these days about many things—the future of the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 24 Sep 2014
  • Op-Ed

We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it.

industry-regulatory culture that accepts timelines measured in decades as normal. The world needs a New Nuclear miracle today. Entrepreneurs in the US, EU and Japan have the ideas. China and India and every other developing economy have... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy; Utilities

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