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- 28 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 28, 2010
by market forces. We recognize the advantage of using fair values in circumstances where these are based on observable prices in liquid secondary markets but caution against... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Aug 2014
- Op-Ed
Why Small-Business Lending Is Not Recovering
Depression during the financial crisis of 2008, with the failures consisting mostly of community banks. This environment—where troubled local banks appear unable to meet re-emerging small firm credit needs—would be an ideal market for new... View Details
- 10 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures
For many multinational firms doing business in unfamiliar countries, it made sense to create joint ventures with local firms. After all, that local knowledge of customs, suppliers, and markets could save the newcomer months—maybe even... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 16 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 16
the income statement and balance sheet. In addition, the theory allows us to compare and contrast extant GAAP, as produced in a regulated setting, with a GAAP that might arise endogenously as a result of market forces. We conclude that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2006
intentions to help such victims. Overall, participants believed that outgroup victims experienced fewer secondary, "uniquely human" emotions (e.g., anguish, mourning) than ingroup victims. The extent to which participants did infer View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 4
extant GAAP, as observed in a regulated setting, with GAAP that might arise endogenously as a result of market forces. Building on previous research, we argue that verifiability and conservatism, while detracting from accounting's role in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Missing the Wave in Ship Transport
Like investing in a mansion when the real-estate market is at its peak, buying a dry bulk ship in a boom time is a terrible long-term investment, according to new research that predicts cycles in the shipping industry. The contrarian... View Details
- 12 Feb 2016
- Op-Ed
The Real Jobs Tragedy in the US: We've Lost the Skills
domestic skills market is far more relevant to the future of American workers than potential job losses through expanded trade with other Pacific-rim nations. Signs of distress The long-term structural decline of American jobs began well... View Details
- 13 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 13
foreign market share therefore increased five-fold between 1997 and 2007. We construct and analyze a panel of Mexican bank financial data covering this period and find no evidence that foreign entry increases the availability of credit.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2007
secondary art market and increasingly strong competitors. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808027 A Strategic Perspective on Bankruptcy Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
bearers of bad news is mitigated when recipients are made aware of the benevolence of the messenger’s motives. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55611 March 2019 Enterprise & Society Oral History and the Business History of Emerging... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
economic trends a central economic activity and shed light on the mechanics of financial markets by providing a range of statistics and information about individual firms. They also raised questions that are still relevant today. What is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2014
- Op-Ed
Reform Tax Law to Keep US Firms at Home
whereby headquarter locations have been split up and reallocated across the world, and c) the growing importance of non-US markets for US firms. Rather than questioning the loyalties of executives, it is critical to understand these... View Details
- 23 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
relatively low market capitalization. It also evaluates the costs and benefits of the traditional finite-life fund structure and introduces the concept of a secondary transaction as a means to transition... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Media Metamorphosis: Advertising in the Technology Age
stake in Infoseek, the Internet search firm. Disney, once merely an entertainment provider, has thus become a multimedia giant able to shape and deliver news, information, and other content through a variety of channels. "Companies are attempting to expand their... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 1
prices in liquid secondary markets, but caution against expanding fair values to areas such as intangibles where they could be used opportunistically. We conclude that rather than converging U.S. GAAP with IFRS, competition between the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 7
Publications 2006 Review of Financial Studies Unstable Equity: Combining Banking with Private Equity Investing By: Fang, Lily H., Victoria Ivashina, and Josh Lerner Abstract—Bank-affiliated private equity groups account for 30% of all private equity investments.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 May 2019
- Book
These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems
from a UK prison, significantly reducing the rate of recidivism. The book is the result of four years of research, including a survey of 13 MBA classes, more than 200 interviews, and extensive archival and secondary research. Stevenson... View Details
- 05 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 5, 2006
its broader marketing strategy, and intraorganizational and interorganizational cooperation and coordination among entities involved in implementation. Building on the results of a survey of the CRM-implementation-related experiences of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
in studying these complex social systems. I have made a deliberate choice to focus primarily on research that reflects firsthand experience with boards rather than on research that utilizes data derived from questionnaires and other View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne