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  • 18 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Ideas, April 18

M&A) and Werner Baumann (CFO) have to decide whether to increase the cash portion of their $14.2 billion offer and/or amend the terms of a proposed joint venture (JV) with Merck involving cardiovascular drugs that had been included in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 May 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Accounting Information as Political Currency

consistent with established economic theories of accounting. That said, the results suggest that accounting has a broader political role than was previously thought. What surprised us was the significance of our estimates. We were skeptical going in: We weren’t sure... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 15 Jun 2016
  • Research & Ideas

These VC Partners May Make Your Firm Less Innovative

of students, the researchers surmised it may dampen innovation among competitive companies. To test that hypothesis, McDonald, Pahnke, Hallen and Wang looked at close to 200 medical device startups that developed products for minimally... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services; Banking
  • 14 Dec 2010
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First Look: Dec. 14

empirical implications and possible theoretical extensions. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-056.pdf Testing Coleman's Social-Norm Enforcement Mechanism: Evidence from Wikipedia Authors:Mikołaj J. Piskorski and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 18, 2007

gives firms discretion to manage impairments. We test this argument in a sample of firms with market indications of impairment (firms with book goodwill and market-to-book ratio below one). We find that the frequency of non-impairment in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Apr 2015
  • Research & Ideas

After Germanwings, More Attention Needed on Employee Mental Health

chronic work stress, while only 36 percent reported their employers provided adequate support to manage it. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, some 6.7 percent of American adults experience "major depressive disorder; antidepressants are the most... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Air Transportation
  • 08 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 8

results translate to specific predictions on how the change in homogeneity will affect firm behavior. This paper's predictions can also serve more generally as a test for the theory of culture as shared beliefs. Download this paper: View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Aug 2016
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August 23, 2016

particular, we examine how individuals’ prior experiences and the experiences of those around them alter their belief perseverance in operational decisions after the revelation of negative news. We draw on an exogenous announcement of negative news by the Food and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 May 2017
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First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017

about the causes of regional variations in health care expenditures. We use vignettes from patient and physician surveys linked to fee-for-service Medicare expenditures to test whether patient demand-side factors or physician supply-side... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 21 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 21, 2009

rated. We hypothesize that ratings are particularly likely to spur responses from firms that receive poor ratings, and especially those that face lower-cost opportunities to improve or that anticipate greater benefits from doing so. We View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 3, 2009

prenatal screening for genetic diseases and DNA tests to determine lineage and paternity. In addition, the company launched a wholly-owned subsidiary, the Stem Cell Company. CEO Robert Jansen hoped to grow the Stem Cell Company but faced... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 04 Aug 2009
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First Look: August 4

focusing on four principles: health systems improvement, HIV prevention and care, accompaniment, and social and economic support. By January 2007, the Rwinkwavu site had conducted 67,137 HIV tests and provided antiretroviral therapy to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Oct 2016
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October 25, 2016

insulate consumers from cost sharing, thereby undermining insurers’ ability to influence drug utilization. We study the impact of copay coupons on branded drugs first facing generic entry between 2007 and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 7, 2007

and issues around current practices. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807124 U.S. Food and Drug Administration Harvard Business School Note 807-050 Describes the U.S. FDA with particular... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Oct 2012
  • Research & Ideas

America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance

foundation upon which future innovative sectors can be built is crumbling. When the semiconductor production business moved to Asia in the 1980s, it brought with it a whole host of capabilities—electronic-materials processing, deposition and coating, and sophisticated... View Details
Keywords: by Gary P. Pisano & Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing
  • 12 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 12, 2007

variation in average asset returns than aggregate or non-stockholder consumption risk and provides more plausible economic magnitudes. We find that risk aversion estimates around 10 can match observed risk premia for the wealthiest stockholders across sets of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 13

competence, transparency, and identification) will be relevant to which stakeholder type. We test the predictions of our framework using original survey data from 1,298 respondents across four stakeholder groups from four different... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 May 2009
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First Look: May 12, 2009

R. Kerr Publication:The American Economic Review (forthcoming) Abstract Why do firms cluster near one another? We test Marshall's (1920) theories of industrial agglomeration by examining which industries locate near one another, or... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 May 2007
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First Look: May 1, 2007

production shifts to the South, Northern resources will be reallocated to R&D, driving an increase in the global rate of innovation. We test the model's predictions by analyzing responses of U.S.-based multinationals and domestic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 18, 2018

benefits. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54377 Is Overconfidence a Motivated Bias? Experimental Evidence By: Logg, Jennifer M., Uriel Haran, and Don A. Moore Abstract—Are overconfident beliefs driven by the motivation to view... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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