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- 25 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 25
effectively, where they can be damaging, and where additional complementary mechanisms to spur innovation may be appropriate. Publisher's link: http://www.people.hbs.edu/tnicholas/patents_creative_destructive.pdf Working Papers Does... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 24 Jun 2008
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First Look: June 24, 2008
non-connected stocks by up to 7.8% per year. Returns are concentrated around corporate news announcements, consistent with mutual fund managers gaining an informational advantage through the education networks. Our results suggest that social networks may be an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Mar 2018
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March 13, 2018
quantitatively evaluate the different mechanisms by providing counterfactual simulations of temporary real exchange rate movements. Effects on physical TFP growth, while different across regions, are non-linear and asymmetric. Download... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
outpaced the growth of the economy, and this disconnect increases as the difference between the corporate income tax rate of the U.S. and the other OECD countries increases. The underlying mechanism is fewer corporate profits being... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Research, April 11
one’s own knowledge attenuated reliance on algorithms. These tests are important because participants can improve their accuracy by relying more on algorithms (Experiment 4). Experiments 5 and 6 tested a mechanism for reliance:... View Details
- 05 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 5
contributes to the literature on behavioral strategy, and highlights unique challenges of starting a new firm in a nascent industry. Further, by identifying the mechanisms through which legitimation activities affect learning, we develop... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 17, 2007
various mechanisms that are discussed in the theoretical literature on collective action. We argue that several of these intuitive theoretical arguments rely on special additional assumptions that are often not made clear. We then review... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Dec 2012
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First Look: Dec. 11
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=43707 Cases & Course MaterialsNatural Gas Abdelal, Rawi, and Sogomon TarontsiHarvard Business School Case 713-020 In an overview of natural gas as a fossil fuel and traded commodity, the case describes various regional markets... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Public Education Goes to School
chronically underperforming school. The environment in which public school districts operate includes the political and policy context at the city, state, and national level, the funding mechanisms that allocate revenue each year, the... View Details
- 02 Feb 2016
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February 2, 2016
that accounting research would benefit from a greater focus on the study of causal mechanisms (or causal pathways), increased emphasis on structural modeling of the phenomena of interest, and more in-depth descriptive research. We argue... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 18
participating firms' goods and services. Within a model of repeat experience good purchase, we examine two mechanisms by which a discount voucher service can benefit affiliated firms: price discrimination and advertising. For vouchers to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 12
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/612002-PDF-ENG Industrial Metrology: Getting In-Line? Willy ShihHarvard Business School Case 612-004 Metrology plays a key role in the manufacture of mechanical components. Traditionally it is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 11
the exceptions—scale to national size. Schumpeter's cycle apparently does not operate in the social sector. This paper proposes that the disparity arises from the nonprofit sector's historically immature infrastructure and poor mechanisms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 9, 2010
payment arrangements that support international trade. It describes the principal instruments of trade finance, the limited evidence on their relative use, and the international trade dispute resolution mechanisms that form the backdrop... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 11, 2007
merger or acquisition is called "consideration." Consideration can be in the form of cash, shares, or a combination of the two. Lays out the basic mechanics of equity consideration. Derives formulas for the Deal NPV of an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Trouble Behind Livedoor
holders for your stock because they do not trade much. Getting back to Japan, the stock splits can be thought of a form of float manipulation. By limiting the number of shares on the market, and making it difficult to sell, prices can only go up. A similar View Details
- 12 Jul 2016
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July 12, 2016
increased self-employment by 15%. Monte Carlo evidence suggests the technique significantly reduces bias and Type-1 Error. SCHIP increased incorporated ownership by 36% and business share of household income by 12%, implying higher-quality ventures. The View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 8
learning-by-doing coupled with reflection. Further, we hypothesize and find that the effect of reflection on learning is mediated by greater perceived self-efficacy. Together, our results shed light on the role of reflection as a powerful View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 4
how banks that were so troubled as to later be partly nationalized could appear to borrow at a lower rate than Barclays. This case explains why LIBOR was an essential part of the global financial market, the mechanism used to establish... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 15, 2008
results are stronger in environments with less public information flow, suggesting that the shorting market is an important mechanism for private information revelation. Lobbies and Technology Diffusion Authors:Diego Comin and Bart Hobijn... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace