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  • 19 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 18

associated with excellence in certain product categories. Venezuelan chocolate maker Chocolates El Rey does little international business because consumers associate premium chocolate more with Belgium or Switzerland than with Venezuela.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 28

Thomas R. Eisenmann and Michael PaoHarvard Business School Case 811-065 Dropbox is a venture-backed Silicon valley startup, founded in 2006, that provides online storage and backup services to millions of customers using a "freemium" (free + View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 5

marketing and branding, and the management of business and political risk. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/513045-PDF-ENG Grantham, Mayo, and Van Otterloo, 2012: Estimating the Equity Risk Premium... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Jan 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds

corporate governance. “When you think of the factors that have made capitalism such a successful model for economic growth, the separation between management and ownership, with the ability to disperse ownership and risk over many... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services
  • 27 Mar 2018
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First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018

risks for physicians on innovation may be positive or negative, depending on the characteristics of the technology. Empirically, we find that, on average, laws that limit the liability exposure of healthcare providers are associated with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 14

entails the risk of becoming dependent on outside owners of IP. To address this tension we propose the concept of "IP modularity." We argue that, by managing a system's modular structure in conjunction with its IP, firms can... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 26

under Risk Authors:Eyal Ert and Ido Erev Abstract Five studies are presented that explore the assertion that losses loom larger than gains. The first two studies reveal equal sensitivity to gains and losses. For example, half of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 1

stand-alone facility in Sanand. Factors like cost, quality, speed, and risk needed to be considered for this decision, which had impact on profitability and customer satisfaction. Which option should FAPA choose? Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 4

leaving questions about future procurement. Finally, Amul's farmers form a large vote bank in the state of Gujarat, and its cooperative structure risks being compromised by vested political interests. Should Amul continue with the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
  • 05 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 5, 2010

optimal government debt maturity in a model where investors derive monetary services from holding riskless short-term securities. In a simple setting where the government is the only issuer of such riskless paper, it trades off the monetary View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018

order to reduce the technological and market risks, where reducing technological risk is of paramount importance. As a reward, pioneers ultimately realize a higher likelihood of acquisition, but among acquired firms, early entrants wait... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 23 Dec 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard

purchased gasoline on the basis of price alone. About 60 percent of consumers would be willing to pay a premium price if offered a superior buying experience, including immediate access to a gasoline pump, a convenient and rapid payment... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
  • 20 Dec 2016
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December 20, 2016

predicted ratings and rating adjustments. These results, however, weaken when incumbent rating agencies face increased competition from other rating agencies. Together, these findings suggest that credit rating agencies strategically adjust their ratings to limit their... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 12 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 12

explanatory factor is the impact that commodities have on the capacity to pay. We use a newly created database with state-level fiscal and risk premium data for Brazil states between 1891 and 1930 to show... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 2

capacity to pay. We use a newly created database with state-level fiscal and risk premium data for Brazil states between 1891 and 1930 to show that in Brazilian states that exported commodities that were in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Feb 2016
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February 9, 2016

The firm has also innovated in sourcing capital from a variety of limited partners. Blackstone's culture of centralized investment processes and risk management coupled with entrepreneurial leadership contributed to its growth in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 May 2014
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First Look: May 20

in context by a discussion of how during Jurlique's growth as a successful premium brand there had been substantial changes in market position, in part associated with shifts of ownership. At times the brand had been focused on core green... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017

Leemore S., Igal Hendel, Victoria Marone, and Christopher Ody Abstract—Anecdotal reports and systematic research highlight the prevalence of narrow-network plans on the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance Marketplaces. At the same time, Marketplace View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 8, 2019

municipal bonds are issued at a premium to otherwise similar ordinary bonds. We also confirm that green bonds, particularly small or essentially riskless ones, are more closely held than ordinary bonds. These pricing and ownership effects... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 08 Nov 2016
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November 8, 2016

volatility. Using our model we quantify how capital injections impact the risk of financial institutions and estimate firm-specific precautionary capital needs. In addition, the longstanding observation that volatility is more responsive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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