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  • 23 May 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017

the GFC, firms with higher leverage have Z-scores that are closer to the financial distress range. The data also corroborate two macro-related hypotheses: first, that leverage interacted with currency depreciation had a statistically significant adverse View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 17 Jan 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?

farmers in the country’s poorer provinces can achieve a standard of living equal to a high-tech worker in Hangzhou—is a daunting task. This increasing unease about economic inequality and instability is causing the wealthiest Chinese to View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
  • 23 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 23, 2015

Experimentation By: Nanda, Ramana, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Abstract—The fundamental uncertainty of new technologies at their earliest stages implies that it is virtually impossible to know the true potential of a venture without learning about its viability through a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Jan 2013
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First Look: January 15

diversification. By studying the research that analysts produce about companies that have announced corporate spinoffs, we gain unique insights into how analysts portray diversified firms to the investment community. We find that while... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Jun 2019
  • Book

Are You a Digital Manager?

to thrive today, managers need to make sure team members can have an impact on an organization whose purpose they deeply care about. Lagace: You’ve spoken recently about the importance of building ecosystems. What do you mean? Hill: For... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 15 Mar 2016
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March 15, 2016

about registration or help to register at home. While both types of visits increased registration, the home registration visits had a higher impact than the information-only visits, indicating that both information costs and... View Details
  • 16 Aug 2024
  • In Practice

Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?

In a US presidential election year with more twists and turns than most in recent memory, many of the issues on the ballot impact business. And keeping politics in the workplace respectful is forefront on managers’ minds as a divided... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1

show that BNDES's purchases of equity lead to increases in return on assets and investment in fixed assets. Finally, we find that the positive effect of BNDES's equity purchases is reduced when the target firms belong to state-owned and... View Details
  • 15 Sep 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Are the Most Talented Employees the Highest Paid? Yes—If They’re Bankers

between measurable talent and its impact on wages. In part, Vallée and Célérier wanted to study talent to challenge the idea that bankers are paid according to how hard they work. "That's silly," says Vallée, who worked in View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking
  • 09 Sep 2013
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching Climate Change to Skeptics

A few years ago, Joseph B. Lassiter traveled to San Francisco, Houston, and New York to hold discussions with Harvard alumni on the topic of business and the environment. Each time, he surveyed the audience about the touchy subject of climate change and how society... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 07 Apr 2003
  • Research & Ideas

XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”

allowing him and his team to scan Xerox's technology base and identify investment opportunities that might otherwise have been missed. 38 This structure was called Xerox Technology Ventures (XTV). Fumbling the Future was published in... View Details
Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough
  • 23 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 23

VAT adoption worldwide, but there is surprisingly little evidence. This paper analyzes the role of third-party information for VAT enforcement through two randomized experiments among over 400,000 Chilean firms. Announcing additional monitoring has less View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 29

  PublicationsForeign Direct Investment and Growth: On the Role of Complementarities, the Search for Mechanisms, and the Potential for Linkages Authors:Alfaro, Laura, and Matthew Johnson Publication:Encyclopedia of Financial Globalization... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Jun 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets

institutional voids—in service of businesses or as stand-alone projects. Microsoft's investments in the development of China's software industry facilitated the development of its own business in the country. The job creation and tax... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 12 Dec 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: Strength in Numbers

individuals invested, the returns to the group pool were then divided among all members of the group. Given the theorized impact of group size on cooperation, the authors expected larger groups to have fewer students contributing their... View Details
Keywords: Re: Gunnar Trumbull
  • 25 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 25

excess returns on high yield and investment grade bonds are low and often significantly negative. The degree of predictability is large in both economic and statistical terms, with univariate R2 statistics as high as 30% at a 3-year... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 13

Monsanto Monsanto CEO Hugh Grant must guide his global agribusiness technology company into an uncertain future where food security, food safety, sustainability, and climate change will all impact the global food system. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 27

generations to come. Publisher's Link: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9261.html The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Investment Recommendations Authors:Ioannis Ioannou and George Serafeim... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Jul 2007
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First Look: July 24, 2007

Working Papers Using By-Product Synergy for Competitive Advantage Author: Deishin Lee Abstract We study how a manufacturer can leverage by-product synergy for competitive advantage. By focusing on the economic impact to the firm and the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 May 2017
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New Research and Ideas, May 9

sudden rise of new entrants, especially Germany. The study shows that natural resource endowment is a poor explanatory variable for this geographical skewing. Public policy was a more important factor, although its impact was nuanced. The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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