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- 08 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
A Bold Proposal for Investment Reform
critical look at companies' financial statements. Stock exchanges could fund the cost of audits through a modest transactions charge. Q: In your article you argue that the availability of high quality information is crucial to an... View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
establishing the existence of equilibria and other useful properties in diverse settings such as matching, auctions, and exchange economies with indivisible goods. We extend earlier models’ definitions of substitutability to settings in which each agent can be both a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- July 2010 (Revised August 2021)
- Supplement
Vereinigung Hamburger Schiffsmakler und Schiffsagenten e.V. (VHSS): Valuing Ships (CW)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Albert W. Sheen
After booming for more than five years, the global shipping (maritime) industry experienced a dramatic crash in late 2008 as the global financial system froze and the global economy slid into recession. Ship charter rates (revenue) fell by as much as 90% causing prices... View Details
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
Abraaj Group and the Acibadem Healthcare Investment (B) This case provides an update on the ultimate outcome of the transaction presented in the (A) case. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/214022-PDF-ENG Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 18
Abstract—Innovation has traditionally taken place within an organization's boundaries and/or with selected partners. This Chandlerian approach to innovation has been rooted in transaction costs, organizational boundaries, and information... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
economy.” They don’t know the inner workings, but “what are the interest rates?” They have high sensitivity to transactions and to partners, because everything’s a bespoke, one-off transaction. Typically, people like this also see the... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
- 17 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 17
facilitating transactions in the market for ideas. We do so by analyzing the effects of the American Inventor's Protection Act (AIPA) of 1999, which required, as of November 29, 2000, that U.S. patent applications be published 18 months... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Customer Loyalty Programs That Work
retailers are concerned only about what's best for them," says Alvarez. "But the customer doesn't care that you have to stock a shelf." Merchants need to move beyond thinking of a customer as a transaction and instead... View Details
- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Market for Babies
and children are sold via fertility clinics, sperm banks, women selling their eggs, surrogates, and adoption services. We don't couch these transactions in terms of profit-making businesses. Orphans aren't sold—they are... View Details
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Is There Help for the Big Ticket Buyer?
online auctions). By contrast, consumption decisions about items purchased frequently via simple transactions (e.g., cereal) are easier to make on a trial-and-error basis and can be easily improved. Because these decisions are routine and... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman
- 15 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 15
we construct and analyze a new dataset that covers U.S. private equity transactions from 1980 to 2005. We track 3,200 target firms and their 150,000 establishments before and after acquisition, comparing outcomes to controls similar in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
sacrifice long-term growth to boost short-term performance. We investigate 495 transactions with a focus on one form of long-term activities, namely investments in innovation as measured by patenting activity. We find no evidence that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
long-term relationships, not transactional relationships where immediate price (for employees, salary) and cost are the only factors in decisions. Q: You and your coauthors spoke with 36 CEOs based on three continents. Why did you choose... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 17 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 17
transaction data from a Japanese bank's home loan application processing line. We find that over the course of a single day, specialization, as compared to variety, is related to improved worker productivity. However, when we examine... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How an Order Views Your Company
executives were able to better price their products and services. It was now possible to price each transaction based on the value it created for the customer, as well as on its cost. As activity-based costing became more popular, it... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston
- 06 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?
best for spec Luo collected her initial data from Done Deal Pro, a database that tracks transactions of movie ideas in Hollywood, including sales of both nascent ideas and fully formed scripts—the vast majority of which never actually... View Details
- 18 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas, April 18
and the Array of Things: A Fitness Tracker for the City No abstract available. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/517044-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 217-050 Exotic Interest Rate Swaps: Snowballs in Portugal This case explores a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Talk, Inc.’
especially those that incorporate emerging forms of social media, support that shift. Equally important, though, is the emergence of cultural norms that favor dialogue over monologue. The benefits that accrue from conversational interactivity include lower View Details
Keywords: Re: Boris Groysberg
- 10 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 10
and news following insider trades, I also find a negative association between returns around filings of insider sales and SOX. Overall, the evidence suggests that the prompt public disclosures about insider transactions mandated by the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Mar 2021
- Book
Succeeding in the New Work-from-Anywhere World
about someone, the more you will probably like them and the closer you feel. Without such sharing, especially in remote work, you end up with a one-dimensional transactional relationship that is only about the task at hand. Unlike in... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding