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- 06 May 2014
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First Look: May 6
patterns and determinants underlying the global economic geography of multinational firms. Our analysis presents new stylized facts that suggest the emerging offshore clusters of multinationals are not a simple reflection of domestic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 19
on average, firms' self-reported anticorruption efforts reflect real efforts to combat corruption and are not merely cheap talk. Download the paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2229039 When to Sell Your Idea: Theory and Evidence from the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 30
at GE, which reflected the company's commitment to global growth in all its regions outside the U.S., including its business in sub-Saharan Africa. In November 2010, John Rice, vice chairman of GE and president and CEO of GE Technology... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 5
of IFRS Authors:Karthik Ramanna and Ewa Sletten Abstract If the differences in accounting standards across countries reflect relatively stable institutional differences (e.g., auditing technology, the rule of law, etc.), why did several... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 May 2010
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First Look: May 4
markets; however we find significant correlations between kidney market disapproval and attitudes reflecting disapproval towards certain transactions—including both other body markets and market encroachment into traditionally non-market... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Height Tax, and Other New Ways to Think about Taxation
picking fruit from tall trees, height taxation would seem natural. But in our economy the gain from taxing height is too small relative to its costs. Q: What are some problems with the current tax policy that most concern you? Does the current policy View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 07 Nov 2006
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First Look: November 7, 2006
over the long term. Those that use a four-pronged portfolio approach are likely to do better than their peers. Developing Community Software in a Commodity World Author:Siobhan O'Mahony Publication:Chap. 8 in Frontiers of Capital: Ethnographic View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
New Learning at American Home Products
The success of American Home Products reflects a unique path of learning. The company originated with the merger of several companies in related businesses. During the seventy years following its formation in 1926, the company's senior... View Details
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities
operating cable systems, the sample companies' weighted average pretax income was only 3.1 percent of revenues. 19 This low profit margin reflected the interest expense associated with an average debt-to-equity ratio for the sample... View Details
- 11 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 11
Cassandra L. Govan, Dan Ariely, and Elise Holland Abstract—Recent evidence suggests that Americans underestimate wealth inequality in the United States and favor a more equal wealth distribution (Norton & Ariely, 2011). Does this pattern View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 17
Review Network Effects in Countries' Adoption of IFRS By: Ramanna, Karthik, and Ewa Sletten Abstract—If the differences in accounting standards across countries reflect relatively stable institutional differences (e.g., auditing... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 16 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 16
http://hbr.org/search/613073-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 813-140 18 Months in a Startup: Zaggora.com The founders of Zaggora reflected back on a tumultuous year and a half in which they had generated, from just $40,000 in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
end of the 19th century, but it did not start out as a superstar paper or at head of the pack. Q: What overarching themes of business history reflected in the Times interested you most? A: I loved writing the Wall Street section. Many... View Details
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard
created a fifth perspective solely to reflect environmental considerations. They argued: Our franchise is under severe pressure in many of the communities where we operate. Our strategy is to go well beyond what current laws and... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- 12 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
entrepreneurs. Within each area, we separate studies by the type of entrepreneurial behavior considered: entry into entrepreneurship, performance outcomes, and exit from entrepreneurship. This literature shows common results and many points of disagreement, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 8, 2016
Looking back, the board reflected on what they had done well, what they might have done differently, and whether another company might be able to implement a similar CEO transition process. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 2
also reflect on whether to modify the current structure of TDF, particularly regarding its liquidity provisions. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/210008-PDF-ENG The University of Notre Dame Endowment Andre F.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
As bottlenecks shift, students can explore several alternatives, each with different costs and trade-offs. Students may also reflect on the true cost of providing the extraordinary service, and whether management properly takes the impact... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
Transitions of Power Are Difficult. What Joe Biden and Other Incoming Leaders Need to Know.
should immediately reflect their priorities for their daily lives. Silverthorne: Given how ingrained group conflict is, is divisiveness and thus decline inevitable—or is there hope? Kanter: A classic social science experiment at a boys’... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The New Math of Customer Relationships
banks. The ideas are reflected in remarks by managers, whether or not the actual terms are used. In many respects, they have become generic, which I suppose is the ultimate mark of usefulness. In all fairness, they are the product of the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne