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Regulation and UK Retailing Productivity: Evidence from Microdata

By: Jonathan Haskel and Raffaella Sadun
We explore the effects of planning regulation on the UK retail sector between 1997 and 2003 using micro-data from the UK census. We document a shift to smaller shops following a 1996 regulatory change that increased the costs of opening large stores. Our analysis... View Details
Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Performance Productivity; Growth and Development; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Change; Cost; Retail Industry; United Kingdom
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  • 16 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 16

encouraging the establishment of new venture capital firms. Performance Persistence in Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Authors:Paul A. Gompers, Josh Lerner, David Scharfstein, and Anna Kovner Publication:Journal of Financial View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Aug 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1

business schools. The upshot was the rise to global prominence of firms based in the Rest, including Foxcomm, Huawei, HNA, Cemex, and TCS. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52975 The Role of Taxes in the Disconnect Between Corporate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2003
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Three Appointed to Endowed Professorships

efforts center on issues affecting entrepreneurial firms and their investors. Gompers studies the structure, governance, and performance of private equity funds; the sources of financing, incentive design, and View Details
Keywords: fellowships; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 16 Sep 2002
  • Research & Ideas

The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs

and the consequences of CEO succession and selection decisions for subsequent firm performance and strategic choices. Industry wisdom, company relationships, and technological expertise all matter in our new knowledge-based enterprises.—... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 30 Aug 2016
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August 30, 2016

variation generated by the experimental treatments, we model sales force performance to identify the effectiveness of various forms of conditional and unconditional compensation. We account for salesperson heterogeneity by using a... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 30 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 30, 2008

benefit of increased labor is improved quality. The objective of this paper is to examine the effect of labor on profitability through its impact on quality. Since employees at retail stores perform both production-related activities and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 1996
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Intellectual Debate: The Business of Business

impartially among a range of views, faculty members debated the ramifications of this approach to course content and HBS pedagogy. Then, O&M Professor Michael C. Jensen's summary of the unit's views on the corporate objective function and View Details
  • September 1999 (Revised November 1999)
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Explore, Inc.

By: Allen S. Grossman, James E. Austin, Myra M. Hart and Sharon Peyus
Documents the creation of a national before and after-school day care program aimed at bridging the gap between school and parents' work schedules. This high-growth, for-profit social enterprise organization operated in what was historically the domain of nonprofit or... View Details
Keywords: Microeconomics; Growth and Development; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Mission and Purpose; Performance Expectations; Quality; Social Enterprise; Travel Industry
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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Tools

the thousands of indicators already available. Available data includes demographics, home sale statistics, health data, mortgage trends, school performance scores and labor data like unemployment, crime statistics and city crime rates... View Details
  • 12 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

investors speculate, even mild diagnostic distortions generate substantial bubbles. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55653 Relative Performance Transparency: Effects on Sustainable Choices By: Buell,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 23 Jan 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 23, 2018

one, while passive maturity transformation strategies have CAPM betas near zero; and (4) portfolios of bank equities consistently underperform portfolios designed to passively mimic their economic exposures. The very strong investment... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Apr 2017
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Bringing Markets to Myanmar

sort of questions did they have? Brunell: Well first, there was a preliminary meeting with the head of the investment agency in Yangon. He told me his objective was to prepare a private sector development transition plan to accelerate and influence View Details
Keywords: National Security and International Affairs; Government
  • 01 Dec 1998
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New HBS Alumni Board Members

several vice presidential posts. Fischer is a member of the Bishop's Council of Rhode Island and serves on three advisory boards at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. A native of Providence, Rhode Island, Fischer is a graduate of Boston College, where he... View Details
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Bibliography - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections

Chicago Press, 1983. ** Merton, Robert C. "On Estimating the Expected Return on the Market: An Exploratory Investigation." Journal of Financial Economics 8 (December 1980). Merton, Robert C. "On Market Timing and Investment View Details
  • October 1993 (Revised October 1996)
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Paragould City Cable

By: Willis M. Emmons III
Unhappy with the prices provided by the local, privately owned cable television operator, the city of Paragould, Arkansas constructs a competing municipally owned cable system. Once in operation, Paragould City Cable faces vigorous competition from the incumbent... View Details
Keywords: Business Strategy; Television Entertainment; Competitive Strategy; Distribution Channels; Media; Public Sector; Programs; Growth and Development Strategy; Cost; Performance Improvement; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Arkansas
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CFO Letter - Annual Report 2014

Financials From the Chief Financial Officer 5-Year Data Summary CFO Letter Consolidated Balance Sheet Statement of Activity & Cash Flows Supplemental Financial Information Harvard Business School’s economic model View Details
  • May 2009 (Revised June 2011)
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Going to the Oracle: Goldman Sachs, September 2008

By: Clayton S. Rose and David Lane
On September 23, 2008, in the midst of an historic crisis in the U.S. financial markets, Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway invested $5 billion in Goldman Sachs. Goldman CEO, Lloyd Blankfein, said: "We are pleased that given our longstanding relationship, Warren... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Crisis; Capital Structure; Financial Liquidity; Financial Markets; Investment; Performance Capacity; Financial Services Industry; United States
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  • 15 Dec 2008
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The Surprisingly Successful Marriages of Multinationals and Social Brands

Green and Black's, and Coca Cola purchasing a significant interest in HonestTea.) As the authors write, "Making a virtuous mouse and rich elephant merger work is a delicate, but potentially high-value undertaking in terms of generating both greater View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage
  • 21 Dec 2010
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First Look: December 21

paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/ffoley/BFSWIPO.pdf Luck or Cheating? A Field Experiment on Honesty with Children Authors:Alessandro Bucciol and Marco Piovesan Publication:Journal of Economic Psychology (forthcoming) Abstract We run an... View Details