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  • 02 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019

perverse effect of perpetuating the problem. Drawing on a case study of a professional service firm, we develop a multilevel theory to explain why organizations are caught in this conundrum. We present data suggesting that the work-family... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 19 Jul 2011
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First Look: July 19

leaves a set of information-rich trades by "opportunistic" insiders that contain all the predictive power in the insider trading universe. A portfolio strategy that focuses solely on opportunistic traders yields value-weighted... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Sep 2009
  • Research & Ideas

The Height Tax, and Other New Ways to Think about Taxation

fair strategies in public finance? A: Tax economists generally point to a few things about current taxes that seem unwise. Probably foremost among them is the taxation of capital income, such as dividends and capital gains. There is a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 10 Jul 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities

marketing and field service expenses. With low penetration and high capital and operating expenses, cable operators experienced significant losses in most urban systems. Hence, in 1975, the industry was not very profitable. Based on financial View Details
Keywords: by Thomas R. Eisenmann; Media & Broadcasting; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 28 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 28

remarkably few of their citizens attended any school by the early 20th century. We present new, comparable data on school inputs and outputs for BRIC drawn from contemporary surveys and government documents. Recent studies emphasize the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19

implications of these effects for inventory management. To do that, we analyze data from a leading U.S. retailer who introduced a “ship-to-store” (STS) functionality that allows customers to ship products to their local store free of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 20

empirically the method proposed by Arcidiacono and Miller (2011) to accommodate unobserved latent class heterogeneity using a computationally light two-step estimator. Second, we illustrate how discount factors can be estimated in a dynamic structural model using field... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 27 Mar 2018
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First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018

and consistent with experimentation to learn about earnings. This pattern motivates estimating the expected returns to entrepreneurship within a dynamic lifecycle model that allows for non-random selection and gradual learning about the entrepreneurial earnings... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Jul 2015
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First Look: July 21, 2015

of field re-emergence. In addition, I offer data and analysis to illustrate that re-emergence is a viable empirical phenomenon. Focusing on Swiss watchmaking from 1970 to 2008, I present various institutionalization processes, inflection... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 21, 2009

William R. Kerr Publication:Journal of Economics and Management Strategy (forthcoming) Abstract Why are some places more entrepreneurial than others? We use Census Bureau data to study local determinants of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 15

unavailable at this time. Cyclicality of Credit Supply: Firm Level Evidence Authors:Bo Becker and Victoria Ivashina Abstract We study the effect of bank loan supply through the business cycle using firm-level data from 1990 to 2009. Our... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Jul 2024
  • In Practice

The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities

example, 2021 transaction-level trade data from Vietnam shows that most bicycle tires imported from China went to a manufacturer in Ho Chi Minh City, whereas most bicycle tire exports to the US were made by tire manufacturers in a... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Manufacturing; Retail; Fashion; Industrial Products; Consumer Products; Steel; Transportation; Telecommunications
  • 27 Sep 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Customer Experts Lose Influence When Teams are Pressured

are meaningful consequences associated with it. The head of strategy for one consulting firm suggested: "Rather than thinking about it as a 'deliverable' we think about joint problem solving." In other words, sharing accountability for... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
  • 26 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 26

Abstract Many scholars and practitioners have recently argued that corporate awards are a "free" way to motivate employees. We use field data from an attendance award program implemented at one of five industrial laundry plants... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27

they overcame huge obstacles to execute their strategies in industries as diverse as renewable energy, organic food, natural beauty, eco-tourism, recycling, architecture, and finance. The pioneering efforts to build certification schemes... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 25

issues, and, if so, whether the magnitude is large enough to matter. The study develops and analyzes a novel data set consisting of a 1% sample of all outward-facing web servers used in the United States. We find that use of Apache... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 15

trades involving similar goods. It draws on archival, interview, and observational data mainly from New York state to analyze market participants' efforts to legitimize commerce and resolve a jurisdictional dispute. Building on literature... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 10

with data about the relative importance of courses and (2) to provide faculty with information about how to improve the curriculum and best advise students. The most salient result is that students were strongly advised to study... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 07 Aug 2009
  • What Do You Think?

Why Can’t Americans Get Health Care Right?

provided excellent comparative data of the kind that we have seen all too little in the public debate on the matter. And nearly everyone admirably avoided the political rhetoric that has clouded rational thought about a truly complex... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Health
  • 03 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 4, 2008

  Working PapersSell Side School Ties Authors:Lauren H. Cohen, Andrea Frazzini, and Christopher J. Malloy Abstract We study the impact of social networks on agents' ability to gather superior information about firms. Exploiting novel data... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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