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Bibliography - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections
Perspective." In Operation and Regulation of Financial Markets , edited by Peter Englund. Stockholm: The Economic Council, 1993. Merton, Robert C. "Optimal Investment Strategies for University Endowment Funds." In Studies of Supply and Demand in View Details
- 20 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 20, 2008
and Jeffrey Wurgler Abstract Abstract We propose and test a catering theory of nominal stock prices. The theory predicts that when investors place higher valuations on low-price firms, managers will maintain share prices at lower levels,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Feb 2016
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February 2, 2016
cooperation of people with lower power was influenced by both their culture and the culture of the person with higher power. In particular, in a multicultural setting, low-power managers from Hong Kong, a vertical-collectivist culture... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 11
the most daunting challenges of leadership. Publisher Link: http://hbr.org/product/being-the-boss-the-3-imperatives-for-becoming-a-gr/an/12285-HBK-ENG Building World Class Universities in Asia Author:D. Quinn Mills Publication:CreateSpace, 2010 Abstract After... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 1996
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Stewards of the Seventh Generation
and emissions by half, reduced virgin materials in packaging by a quarter, and eliminated nearly one-fifth of the polluting emissions released by its products. The company also conducts ongoing educational outreach on environmental issues... View Details
- 28 Jun 2016
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June 28, 2016
entrepreneurs, many of them expatriate Americans, helped ensure that formally protected areas remained sustainable parks and reserves by providing revenues, conservation education to tourists, and community development and jobs.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2005
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In the Blood
business where there’s opportunity for chicanery and less than full disclosure,” he observes. “Our number one value is honesty without hesitation.” Clay’s management style is equally simple: “People and horses produce at a higher level... View Details
- 05 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 5
that adherence to the Undefeated refinement is especially pronounced among subjects who report a high level of understanding of the game and that subjects whose choices conformed with the predictions of the Undefeated refinement were rewarded by investors with View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Management’s Role in Reforming Health Care
Bohmer teaches an MBA course on health-care operations management, codirects the joint MD/MBA program, and serves as faculty chair for two Executive Education programs in health-care delivery. A native of New Zealand, he teaches and... View Details
- 24 Oct 2024
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With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support
to remain working left because they could not reconcile the obligations of the career path they were on with caring for kids. Caregiving, along with higher education and healthcare delivery, has among the... View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
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Staff Directory | Baker Library
Venezuela, Dora has over 18 years of experience in finance across both corporate and higher education settings. She has worked with global companies such as Pfizer and Nestlé, as well as at Brandeis... View Details
- 19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19
stocks. Together, these tendencies generate geographically varying demand for dividends. Firms headquartered in areas where seniors constitute a large fraction of the population are more likely to pay dividends, initiate dividends, and have View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Nov 2014
- HBS Case
How Restaurants in Lima and Copenhagen Became Best in the World
a high margin. That's similar to a fashion brand like Chanel (though fashion brands have higher margins). Acurio is following a portfolio logic, similar to, say, Penguin, which has Penguin Classics and all kinds of genre fiction like... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
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Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
and Comfort strives to improve the health, self-esteem, and hygiene education of those it serves. “There are about 250,000 children in Massachusetts that are hygiene insecure. They wake up each day being worried about how they look,... View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 10
education in local communities? To switch to renewable power? All of these actions might improve social welfare, and some of them might improve profitability, but they are very different, and the business case for each of them is... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2012
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Get Creative
into a product affects how easy it will be to market. There’s always this idea of feature creep that leads to adding bells and whistles. But every time you add bells and whistles, chances are you’re also adding costs. The ideal situation is one with the same cost and... View Details
- 12 Jan 2018
- Cold Call Podcast
Leadership Lessons from a Young Martin Luther King, Jr.
and they need to be willing to accept help from other people. George: Exactly. Particularly, a lot of people try to act like they can do everything themselves, but they need help. The higher up you go in leadership, the lonelier it gets,... View Details
- 19 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017
wines. Making matters more difficult, organic winemaking required a sophisticated understanding of complex environmental and chemical processes in the vineyard and winery, and organic wines typically did not command a premium in the marketplace despite their often... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
Modern Indian Art: The Birth of a Market
art historians and academics began the process of redefining and reinterpreting 20th-century Indian art in modernist terms, emphasizing its originality and describing its aesthetic value. This in turn implied that the art had a higher... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 21, 2009
(Available in Mandarin only.) Abstract This is a text and case book for the Chinese business higher education market. It is a combination of seven chapters (six original ones) covering China's financial... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace