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09 May 2017
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sovereign default induced by legal rulings in the case of Republic of Argentina v. NML Capital. We find that a 10% increase in the probability of default causes a 6% decline in the value of Argentine equities and a 1% depreciation of a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2015
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December 1, 2015

in the workplace, less attention has been paid to the question of how to manage those workers on the opposite side of the spectrum: those who are harmful to organizational performance. In extreme cases, aside from hurting performance, such workers can generate enormous... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 14

serious challenges for capturing value. In order to draw in external contributors, an innovator often waives legal exclusion rights or reveals formerly exclusive knowledge. But as a result, contributors may appropriate a large share of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

31 Jul 2006
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When Not to Trust Your Gut

that it takes six to twelve weeks to move from an initial sales call to a legally binding agreement. Yet, when a new prospect comes along, she may nonetheless believe that she can close the deal within three weeks. Furthermore, the... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman & Deepak Malhotra

09 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 9, 2008

contractual, reputational, and legal risks to overcome in making the project a success. Given these risks, Enterprise is unsure whether to rebuild in New Orleans at all and whether to renovate the site or redevelop it into a mixed-income... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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General Management: Processes and Action

General Management: Processes and Action (GMPA) focuses on implementation and the way that general managers get things done. Typically, they work through processes—sequences of tasks and activities that unfold over time, like strategic planning,... View Details

28 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 28, 2009

against large upfront investment, uncertain market demand, and the complication that the product might face legal challenges. Purchase this case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208072 Gucci Group in 2009... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

February 2021
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The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations

By: Mihir Desai, Ruth Page, Suzanne Antoniou and Leanne Fan

How should historic social injustices be addressed? Survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre and their descendants, including Representative Regina Goodwin of Tulsa, believe they should be addressed through reparations and have consequently continued to push the government... View Details

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20 Apr 2016
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When CEOs Become Activists

fact that previous Civic Science surveys had asked some of the same respondents whether that they supported or opposed legalizing gay marriage. Considering just those who were gay marriage advocates, the RFRA garnered 14.3 percent support... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Publishing

15 Jun 2010
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legal and grey) to 102 countries. CEO Ming-Kai Tsai is faced with the question of the best growth path. While multiple tier one handset makers are dismissive of MediaTek, perhaps because of its role in enabling the Shanzhai, the company's... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 8

Extensions address screening and signaling in hiring, the effects of an imperfect legal system, and social norms of fairness. We illustrate our arguments with examples from practice. Download working paper:... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

24 Oct 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017

inference about an individual but provides population estimates. The veiled method increased self-reports of anti-gay sentiment, particularly in the workplace: respondents were 67% more likely to disapprove of an openly gay manager when asked with a veil, and 71% more... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Jan 2011
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Is Groupon Good for Retailers?

eligible; "not valid on major holidays" raises the question of which days are "major." We've been surprised to see such imprecise wording on vouchers, and we think merchants and voucher services can do better. Merchants should also confirm their... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising; Technology

27 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018

developments in the Bangladesh ready-made garment industry after the fire at Tazreen Fashions factory, including formation of the Bangladesh Fire and Building Safety Accord (“Accord”) and the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety (“Alliance”) in response to the Rana... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Mar 2016
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March 8, 2016

investors and the public that expansion into China was one of his company's major priorities for 2016. Uber had already demonstrated remarkable capacity for rapid, global scaling and for operating despite its unclear legal status in many... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Oct 2007
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corporate confessions presents something of a behavioral paradox. Tasked with monitoring the legality of its own operations, why would firms that identify violations turn themselves in to regulators rather than quietly fix the problem?... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 14

food to be resold at a significant discount. Rauch faced significant challenges in the implementation and execution of his plan, notably legal hurdles related to selling products past their expiration date, marketing challenges, and... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

17 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 17

migration databases, to the legal codification of national policies regarding high-skilled migration, to the analysis of patent data regarding cross-border inventor movements. A common theme throughout this research is the importance of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Oct 2015
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October 13, 2015

consumer welfare if the internal content is inferior to organic search results. In this paper, we provide a legal and empirical analysis of this practice in the domain of online reviews. We first identify the conditions under which... View Details

08 Feb 2011
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2) to compensate CEOs for bearing the additional risk and responsibility associated with exposure to foreign securities laws and legal environments (proxied by both U.S. and non-U.S. exchange listings). Download the paper:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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