Benefit Corporation - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 21

can account for secular changes in how payouts were made over the last 30 years, during which repurchases have replaced dividends as the prime vehicle for corporate payouts. Other payout motives such as changes in compensation practices... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Aug 2011
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First Look: August 9

strategies for the firm and find market conditions under which the firm would benefit most from implementing BPS. We show that the optimal operating and licensing strategies are driven by the size of the cost reduction enabled by the BPS... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 8, 2008

early in a relationship. We show that certain kinds of exchange partners can systematically reap differential returns from a common history of interaction. Organizational similarity significantly enhances the ability of exchange partners to translate the View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

27 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Build Winning Streaks

support, they don't have to fear their attacks or monitor their every move. When people give one another the benefit of the doubt and, better yet, believe in one another, more projects are launched, more innovations get seeded, and more... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

18 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

The Bias of Wall Street Analysts

is this so? A: The predictions in prior research were always that the affiliated analysts would be more optimistic than the unaffiliated analysts. This always seemed odd to me because unaffiliated analysts want to be affiliated so they can realize the View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

22 May 2007
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First Look: May 22, 2007

policy we consider concerns the level of future Social Security benefits. Specifically, we examine how an agent would respond to learning in advance whether she will experience a major Social Security benefit cut starting at age 65. We... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 16

for those three resources. Many corporations and investors assume that fixing cities is the purview of government. But governments around the world are stuck-financially, politically, or both. Implementing solutions to the problems of... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

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