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- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Life in Lockdown
team shares the feedback they received from about a dozen people. “People’s faces lit up,” Behrens says. From the research, Foalea determines her key demographic: women, ages 24–35, who are happy with their style but would like... View Details
- 28 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
managers tend to track members of the top management teams of firms (CEOs, CFOs, Presidents, and Board Chairs) and tend to share educational and location-based commonalities with the specific insiders they choose to follow. Collectively,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Aug 2016
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August 23, 2016
information to shareholders). FANUC’s CEO, Yoshiharu Inaba, and his board must decide if and how to respond. One the one hand, the firm had been very successful having built leading global market shares in each of its core divisions and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
“With the MJFF sharing some of the initial risk in funding projects,” Hood explains, “the hope was that if positive outcomes emerged, industry would get involved where it might not have before and would take it the rest of the way. So... View Details
- 18 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
suggest that in many commonly regulated markets in which firms share similar cost structures, firms are likely to experience incentives to ratchet down and delay the introduction of innovative products. The study highlights the importance... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Nov 2016
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November 8, 2016
Abstract—This working paper examines the impact of two entrepreneurs who offered alternative paths to reach their shared goal of a more sustainable world. Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins were respective founders of the prominent outdoor... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
electronic car company founded and led by Elon Musk. Wall Street analysts are wildly divided on the future growth prospects for this company, and analysts’ one year share price targets range from $160 to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 20
amateurish creations as similar in value to experts' creations and expected others to share their opinions. We show that labor leads to love only when labor results in successful completion of tasks; when participants built and then... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
of big money in the world of sports seems to have aggravated public disenchantment with many aspects of the professional game, from high ticket prices to athletes' personal behavior. That does not bode well long term for an industry that... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
than their share of scarce environmental resources and therefore must now consume less," observes Fri. "Another is that the developing countries, whose exploding populations threaten to tax the carrying capacity of the planet, must... View Details
- 03 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 3, 2009
including cashews, sesame, cocoa, and coffee. In mid-October 2008, Olam's stock price declined to $1 a share from a high of $3.71 in early 2007 as part of the global economic crisis. Verghese had to decide... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
obsessively followed changes in the business world. His correspondence with Hugo Stinnes (another famous German entrepreneur) showed how much he paid attention to the business world around him. They could quote steel prices for every... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 17
access. Second, an open platform may lead to higher investment than a proprietary platform. Third, opening one side of a proprietary platform may lower incentives to invest in platform quality. Fourth, the structure of access prices of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Companies like Verve Therapeutics announced the first human trials of a single shot cure for all heart attacks through a one-time change in a single gene. In most of these cases, business choices like market selection, financing strategy and View Details
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
revenues. Those are generally backward-looking measures. Then there are share prices and market capitalization, which are forward-looking measures that anticipate the value of a firm. There may be some... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
estimated that price tag at a shocking $504 billion for 2015. Having parked, Langford is now maneuvering a cardboard box full of spiral-bound white papers through a series of doors leading to a Carter Center conference room. The... View Details