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  • 28 Jun 2016
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June 28, 2016

raise funds from outside investors. The relationship appears not to be causal but instead driven by selection effects across heterogeneous teams with varying degrees of inequality aversion. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51237 2016 The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19

merchandising decisions in their stores. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/111069-PDF-ENG Emergia: Driving Profitability on Help Desk Contracts F. Asís Martínez-Jerez and Lisa BremHarvard Business School Case... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 13

in the control group receive a standard volunteer contract often offered for this type of task, whereas agents in the three treatment groups receive small financial rewards, large financial rewards, and non-financial rewards,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Feb 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids

parents. The increased difficulty and risks of traveling separated some CEOs from family. One had to make the difficult decision to “move to a different city to be closer to the employees, [leaving] the family behind.” None in our sample mentioned family View Details
Keywords: by Gamze D. Yucaoglu, Robin Abrahams, and Boris Groysberg
  • 28 May 2008
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First Look: May 28, 2008

Adelphia the 11th largest bankruptcy case in history, and the third—after WorldCom and Enron—among those triggered by fraud. Set in 2005, when Adelphia is contemplating several options to emerge from bankruptcy, including a $17.6 billion... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 28, 2008

preparation offices were given the option to purchase U.S. Savings Bonds in addition to existing Block savings products. The fraction of filers who did any savings at the tax-site was 8.5 times higher at these treatment sites offering... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Dec 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017

about 22,000 employees and made about 4.5 billion Swiss Francs (or $4.589 billion USD) in sales in 2015, managed 1.5 million tools under fleet management contracts in 40 countries, resulting in a contract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018

methods for exploring layoff alternatives (such as furloughs, retraining, and reassignments), and determine options for three scenarios: a healthy present, short-term volatility, and an uncertain future. As firms like AT&T, Michelin,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 02 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019

case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/819043-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 918-413 Gimlet Media: A Podcasting Startup When digital distribution becomes an option for an analog industry, the effects on incumbents can be devastating.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 08 Aug 2017
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First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017

Barry Abstract—Many markets, including the markets for IPOs and debt issuances, are syndicated, in that a bidder who wins a contract will often invite competitors to join a syndicate that will fulfill the contract. We model syndicated... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 20

long-term contracts based on negotiated "benchmark prices" to contracts based on spot prices, usually forcing mining companies to pay for shipping. Second, for Brazil's charismatic president, Lula,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 14, 2007

sufficiently broad to fulfill its mission or, on the contrary, whether it needed to be narrowed in order to eliminate organizational challenges and external perceptions of conflicts of interest. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 20, 2008

despite export options which appear to be more profitable. Thus many conjecture that one or several markets are missing. We report here on a randomized controlled trial conducted by DrumNet in Kenya that attempts to help farmers adopt and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008

its exit options from this investment? Should it go in deeper and acquire a larger stake as a "first" step towards an exit? To complicate matters further, JPMP was now managing its Global Fund, whereas its existing stake in the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 1

new debt, we interpret firm's switching from loans to bonds as a contraction in bank credit supply. We find strong evidence of substitution from loans to bonds at times characterized by tight lending standards, high levels of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 21

and contracts in shaping the growth and influence of business enterprises. It presents entrepreneurs, executives, and the firms they controlled as driving actors in national economies and international growth. Alongside an original... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 4, 2007

but online dating websites force them to screen by searchable attributes (such as income, or religion). We demonstrate that people spend too much time searching for options online for too little payoff in offline dates (Study 1), in part... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 Mar 2016
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March 22, 2016

in 2012. However, doing business in emerging markets remains subject to a high degree of "policy risk," namely the risk that a government will discriminatorily change the laws, regulations, or contracts governing an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 18

the world's largest commodities exchange, futures and options on futures contracts, history, regulation, and the strategic choices the company faced. CME Group was formed from the oldest and most well-known exchanges in the world. Traders... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Apr 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer

becomes unlimited and legal risks disappear will congestion fade away. The presence of iTunes provides an alternative to users suffering most from congestion in p2p networks. Some users are better off purchasing from iTunes and enjoying fast downloads. The availability... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Music

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