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- 15 Jan 2013
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First Look: January 15
http://wber.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2012/12/09/wber.lhs031.short?rss=1 Do Analysts Add Value When They Most Can? Evidence from Corporate Spinoffs Authors:Feldman, Emilie R., Stuart C. Gilson, and Belén Villalonga Publication:Strategic Management Journal...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 17
Students must grapple with obstacles including changing energy prices, variations in energy needed in different climate scenarios, issues in net and gross lease responsibilities, and issues in finding adequate cash flow and security to...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009
framework allows for wage rate uncertainly, variable labor supply, social security benefits, and portfolio choice over safe bonds and risky equities. Our analysis reinforces prior findings that equities are the preferred asset for young...
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Martha Lagace
- 20 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways
petition for Chapter 11 and becomes a "debtor in possession" (DIP), its assets and operations are protected by the "automatic stay," a legal injunction that prevents secured creditors from seizing their collateral—and...
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- 30 Oct 2007
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First Look: October 30, 2007
action by citizens and policy-makers alike: (1) securing the future through innovation strategies suitable for an emerging "white coat economy" that is discovery-based; (2) pursuing happiness by addressing the connection between...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
American Auto’s Troubled Road
"creative destruction" is evident as never before to many Americans, as is the fear that the country may no longer be able to sustain an economically secure working class (even with government-funded pensions and health...
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- 15 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
associations, impressions and reputations that people have of a certain place can have a big impact in a number of areas—from tourism, to exports, to drawing talent, to securing foreign investment, to public diplomacy, and to political...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Mar 2016
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March 29, 2016
Astroscale, which had secured private funding years earlier, was nearing the first demonstration of the technology. This case is intended to help students understand how a tragedy of the commons develops in a specific, nearly textbook...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 9
International Conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Security (forthcoming) Abstract We describe a method for identifying "typosquatting," the intentional registration of misspellings of popular web site addresses. We...
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Martha Lagace
- 09 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times
based on company profits, a crisis in performance automatically reduces their cost structure and allows them to avoid layoffs. The global economic crisis of 2008, the worst since the Great Depression, may make such policies more attractive to employees as job View Details
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by Martha Lagace
- 23 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 23, 2008
commitments for repayment. Research suggests that a common commitment mechanism is to borrow U.S. securities laws, which involves listing the emerging economy firm's shares on a U.S. exchange. This paper uses a quasi-natural experiment...
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Martha Lagace
- 28 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 28, 2007
users or securing their exclusive affiliation--are costly and risky. Describes less costly staged strategies for building two-sided platforms. With the "vendor to two-sided platform" strategy, a firm starts as a vendor selling...
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Martha Lagace
- 11 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Adding Time to Activity-Based Costing
To improve any business, managers need to understand how much it costs to produce a profitable product. It seems a simple task, but the process of securing and analyzing the data can be incredibly complex and organizationally taxing. In...
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by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 12 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 12, 2007
Abstract Financial statements are the basis for a wide range of business analysis. Managers, securities analysts, bankers, and consultants all use them to make business decisions. There is strong demand among business students for course...
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Martha Lagace
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
terrible example for everyone to follow. The argument of domestic security simply does not hold in the data. No terrorists on US soil came from the country on the ban list. And there are so many measures that are proven to significantly...
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- 03 Nov 2015
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November 3, 2015
Complexity By: Célérier, Claire, and Boris Vallée Abstract—This paper investigates the rationale for issuing complex securities to retail investors. We focus on a large market of investment products targeted exclusively at households:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
to the next level of growth. The acquisition would allow the Group to diversify across verticals, customers, and geographies, market a wide range of services to Satyam's strong customer base, and capitalize on common support systems in order to reduce operating costs...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2011
that shows how CSR can make it easier for firms to secure financing for new projects. Research was conducted by George Serafeim and Beiting Cheng of Harvard Business School and Ioannis Ioannou of the London Business School. Key concepts...
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by Staff
- 10 Nov 2015
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November 10, 2015
data in percentage form (common-size balance sheets) and other selected financial ratios for a set of 12 unidentified firms from 12 different industries (all 12 companies are listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, ASX). Students...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 24
investigating the workings of both the sell and buy sides of financial analysis, tackles how the U.S. securities industry research adds value in financial markets, and evaluates the business model problems that the industry encounters and...
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Sean Silverthorne