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- 26 Jan 2021
- Research & Ideas
A New Way to Cut Credit Card Debt: Pay Off One Purchase at a Time
average, customers who took advantage of the option to apply their payments to specific spending categories paid 12.18 percent more toward their debt than the control group, the research found. “There’s a strong View Details
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Betas
the ticker symbol (e.g., IBM) then click on "equity," type "beta," then click on GO. For historical averages, change the date range. To change the default index, change the mnemonic for index. Capital IQ Data on... View Details
- 02 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 2
corporate directors' fiduciary duties in that state. This change limited incentives to take actions favoring equity over debt. We show that, as predicted, this increased the likelihood of equity issues,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 6
a commercial to concentrate consumers' visual attention reduced avoidance significantly. Second, the likelihood that viewers will zap can be decreased with a "pulsing strategy" in which brand images are shown more frequently for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Software Environments via Conda - Research Computing Services
Conda-Forge Repository Channel The default conda repository channel contains thousands of packages, but you may find that it does not include a particular program you need for your research. In that case you... View Details
- 04 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018
increases the likelihood for the user to adopt that color, conformity first decreases and then increases with the adoption rate of that choice, which ranges from 50% to 100%. In addition, users who are... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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Charitable Lead Trust - Alumni
the Security tab Click Default Level Click OK Hit Refresh (or F5) John C. Whitehead Society Recognizing alumni and friends who make planned gifts to HBS Learn More Let’s Work Together Anne McClintock Senior Director View Details
- 10 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why We Blab Our Intimate Secrets on Facebook
basically sat down together and brainstormed creepy questions to ask," John says. The experiments tested the idea that downplaying privacy concerns would increase the likelihood of disclosure. For example,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 07 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 7, 2008
Working PapersSpanning the Institutional Abyss: The Intergovernmental Network and the Governance of Foreign Direct Investment Authors:Juan Alcacer and Paul Ingram Abstract Global economic transactions such as foreign direct investment... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 20, 2008
middlemen and defaulted on their loans. The risk of such events may explain, at least partly, why many seemingly more profitable export crops are not adopted. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Student Conferences Tackle Business Issues
acquisitions, while positive for the developing economies, puts a burden on Asian cultures to “bear the brunt of the change of ownership at local firms,” increasing the View Details
- 12 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
technological and market risks, where the former is of paramount importance. Pioneers ultimately realize a higher likelihood of acquisition but wait longer to be acquired.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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Working with Spaces, Files & Folders - Research Computing Services
We wish to bring to your attention a number of items that will help you work efficiently and prevent you from having future problems: Remember that home folders are not sharable, and typically contain files that pertain to your work only.... View Details
- Portrait Project
Rafiq Ahmed
often I felt the tension between my identities as American and Muslim. When I started to get questions about my faith, I defaulted to simplistic explanations defining myself as a good Muslim surrounded by a sea View Details
- 24 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
computational power for model estimation. We overcome computational burden by utilizing an improved simulator for likelihood evaluation and the general-purpose computing on graphics processing units (GPGPU) technology that takes advantage... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Enron’s Legacy
today? The answer is yes and no. The no (or probably not) answer reflects the likelihood that executives of private-equity firms do not, on average, possess any more ethical discipline than leaders View Details
- 10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009
prior to retirement. However, variable labor materially alters pre-retirement portfolio choice by significantly raising optimal equity holdings. Using this model, we also investigate the welfare costs of constraining portfolio allocations... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 23
juncture where Daniel Lamarre (CdS's CEO) is looking for new opportunities for growth. Lamarre is pondering the likelihood of success of Cirque's first resident show in Asia at... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
Turning Employees Into Problem Solvers
Ten years ago, the Institute of Medicine published To Err is Human, a groundbreaking report that pushed the issue of medical errors into the public spotlight. That we all make mistakes was certainly nothing... View Details
- 12 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 12, 2008
over-promising regarding the likelihood of potential breakthroughs, which required painstaking research and stringent clinical trials. The leadership also questioned whether the mission should remain focused... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne