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- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Taking Flight
Fund, he invested millions of dollars for pension fund clients. In the early 1990s, Thayer taught himself a database program that he thought could be useful for shareholder accounting. As a test exercise, he used the database to keep View Details
- 28 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
managers tend to track members of the top management teams of firms (CEOs, CFOs, Presidents, and Board Chairs) and tend to share educational and location-based commonalities with the specific insiders they choose to follow. Collectively,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 13
associated with R&D investment are uncertain, the past track records of firms may give insight into their potential for future success. We show that a long-short portfolio strategy that takes advantage of the information in past View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 29, 2008
leveraged buyout firm. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first paper to analyze the importance of leveraged buyout firms' bank relationships and provide evidence for leveraged buyout firms' favorable leverage terms. Institutional Stock View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
foreign-corruption legislation extant. High-level bribery is part of the fabric of many societies, Wells says, because in a number of developing countries, the scarcity of well-paying jobs, among other reasons, encourages officials to make money while their party is in... View Details
- 16 May 2018
- News
ALUMNI NVC Finals and Regional Roundup
Enterprise, and Student Business tracks — took the stage at Shad Hall to describe their business concepts in just 90 seconds. The Alumni winner, DynamiCare Health (New England region), rose to the top of a field of 164 original teams from... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- Profile
Omowale Casselle
expectations of our consumers, retailers, and brand partners." "In addition to managing our product lines, I also lead our operations team, which means that I make sure that each retail partner (Walmart, Walgreens, Kroger, and Meijer) has the right sample mix... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Building New Connections
between the School and its graduates.” In recent years, Foley has presented his research to a number of alumni groups; engaged with alumni and companies for his CFO courses; and chaired the Network and Community track of the Dean’s... View Details
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Demo Day | New Venture Competition
Demo Day Semifinalists from both tracks deliver pitches to early-stage investors. New Venture Competition (NVC) Demo Day is a showcase event hosted by the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and the Social Enterprise Initiative . NVC Demo... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
The Exchange: The Road Ahead for Crypto
people have all agreed that it has value. Dollars, or other established fiat currencies, are useful because lots of people are willing to exchange them for goods and services. Which means that if you’re holding a dollar, you’re pretty certain you can View Details
- 19 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Inexperienced Investors and Market Bubbles
counterparts. Q: An interesting fact in your work is that even after the bubble burst, investors continued to pour money into funds managed by inexperienced managers despite their poor track records. A: Yes, but inflows slow down... View Details
- 16 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 16, 2016
practice. Chi square tests were used to assess the correlations in the data. Among the careers that were tracked (n = 195), there was significant heterogeneity in current primary employment. The most common sectors were clinical (27.7%),... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
What Loyalty? High-End Customers are First to Flee
threat of increased service competition," says Campbell. Differences Across Markets Customers and companies trade off between price and service. "Every customer has his or her own level of service sensitivity," says Buell.... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 05 May 2009
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First Look: May 5, 2009
Working PapersRegional Trade Integration and Multinational Firm Strategies Authors:Pol Antrás and C. Fritz Foley Abstract This paper analyzes the effects of the formation of a regional trade agreement on... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 May 2017
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New Research and Ideas, May 9
May 2017 Journal of Financial Economics The Value of Trading Relations in Turbulent Times By: Di Maggio, Marco, Amir Kermani, and Zhaogang Song Abstract—This paper investigates how dealers’ trading... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Mar 2016
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March 29, 2016
following increased service quality (price) competition only when the incumbent offers high (low) quality service relative to existing competitors in a local market. We provide evidence that these results are due to a sorting effect, whereby firms View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Cleveland Global Alumni Conference a Sold-Out Success
Growth," followed four tracks of inquiry: managing innovation, information technology and competitive strategy, transforming the enterprise, and entrepreneurship. "Ours is an era of organizational experimentation," observed Professor Gary... View Details
- 02 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 2, 2010
quarterly bonuses tied to high demand end-of-quarter months serve as pacers to keep the sales force on track to achieve their annual sales quotas. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-041.pdf Cases & Course... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
packaging the fertilizer in 1- and 10-kilogram sizes, and reinforced the stitching to prevent middlemen from breaking into them. To reach farmers outside the trading areas, Notore trained more than a thousand "Village Promoters," who sold... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
"Unheard Voices" Brings to Light Three Centuries of American Women at Work
Trade card from 1833 advertising "Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound." (Baker Library Historical Collections) From the time of her marriage in 1743 until her death in 1765, Sarah Chamberlain, wife of Nathaniel Chamberlain, a blacksmith... View Details