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- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Carving a Niche
strategy for building Faction embraces that aura of distinction (“for the few” is one tagline) while leveraging several key retailing trends. “The average size of an interesting, exciting brand is smaller and more premium than it used to... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Big Deals: Project Finance Helps Mitigate Risk in Large-Scale Investments
high leverage and its effects on managerial incentives and firm performance,” says Esty. “The projects I currently study are financed with 65 to 90 percent debt, compared with 25 to 35 percent for the typical industrial firm.” Both the View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
forthcoming Journal of International Economics Corporate Debt, Firm Size and Financial Fragility in Emerging Markets By: Alfaro, Laura, Gonzalo Asis, Anusha Chari, and Ugo Panizza Abstract— The post-Global Financial Crisis period shows a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 4
than smaller menus, as measured by the maximum Sharpe ratio achievable. We propose a model in which menu setters differ in their ability to pre-select the menu. We show that when the cost of increasing the menu size is sufficiently small,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 26 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Electronic Patient Records Can Slow Doctor Productivity
of information in those meetings is not replicated by even the most detailed summary report coming out of an EHR," Huckman says. "My guess is that the size of many larger organizations allows for fewer natural opportunities for this... View Details
- 15 Dec 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Surprisingly Successful Marriages of Multinationals and Social Brands
the key descriptor is not simply a difference in size but rather in kind. We are not referring to every small company, but only to those that have become social icons because an integral part of their distinctiveness and success is rooted... View Details
- 20 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
Risky Business with Structured Finance
too big to fail, and that's largely because we didn't appreciate their size and leverage," he says. "Because of the focus on ratings, there was an ease of avoiding critical economic analysis throughout the whole system." As... View Details
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How $40 Loans Lifted Lives in Kenya | Working Knowledge
Applicants’ mobile phone use data Tala captured information like borrowers’ mobility—measured by the number of cell towers they passed and the cities they visited—and financial transactions, based on the amounts of money mentioned in their SMS messages, and the View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Books
longest-running and most successful media strategy in U.S. advertising history," according to Advertising Age. McCraw reminds readers that despite the present-day size of behemoths such as McDonald's and Ford Motor Company, each began as... View Details
- 11 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 11
repurchasers to forecast characteristic-related factor returns. For example, we show that large firms underperform following years when issuing firms are large relative to repurchasing firms. While our strongest results are for portfolios based on book-to-market, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 9, 2010
lines. We model and show empirically that exploration R&D does not scale as strongly with firm size as exploitation R&D. The resulting framework conforms to many regularities regarding innovation and growth differences across the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Pasha Nahass
experience was focused on technology, which is a bit of a bubble. I wanted to be surrounded by diverse people working in diverse industries.” “One of the things that has pleasantly surprised me is the section experience,” says Pasha. “I was worried about the class... View Details
Keywords: Tech
- 15 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Unspoken Messages of COVID-19 Restrictions
size up the exposure risk of different activities, Luca says. Easy-to-understand risk information—to the extent that it’s feasible—could complement the ongoing and evolving restrictions, and empower people to own their actions, including... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
'I Know Why You Voted for Trump' and Other Motivation Misperceptions
She hopes the results make business leaders think twice about how they size up their customers and rely on previous purchases to predict the products they want. “For instance, imagine you see a person buy a plain black backpack,” she... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Your Balance With Customers
existing customer is the ultimate objective of any CM strategy. Because new-customer acquisition is difficult and expensive, it only makes sense if the size of the ensuing relationship can dramatically exceed the cost of acquisition. Many... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- 22 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Work, Family, Private Life: Why Not All Three?
adults, she said, individuals can size up career choices on many levels. "I think you have to look at how you value your choices on multiple dimensions," she said. People shouldn't just choose work based on prestige or salary.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 19 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Wrapping Your Alliances In a World Wide Web
new digital economy, coupled with the growing size of the EC and IT sectors within the overall economy, we can no longer afford to further postpone attention to efficient business process interfaces between supply-chain trading partners.... View Details
Keywords: by Andrew McAfee
- Web
Trade Catalogs - The Art of American Advertising
stock numbers, prices, and in some cases extensive descriptions, testimonials, instructions for use, short company histories, and illustrations (both woodcuts and lithographs) of products and designs. Catalogs ranged in size from simple... View Details
- 30 Aug 2018
- News
Sharing a Passion for Art
do.” Never Say Never Van Caldenborgh’s own enjoyment of art began early. “When I was a boy, I bought something that could hang in my room,” he recalls. “When I was first married, I would bring home something that was the right size to... View Details
- 26 Jul 2018
- News
Running the Numbers
team at the Y,” Gelman says. “It’s incredibly fun.” Coaching is a central aspect of her role at KAGR, both in leading a fast-growing company (which doubled in size each of its first two years) and in her work with clients. “So much of... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg