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  • 15 Jan 2013
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First Look: January 15

Structure in Small-Scale Finance Authors:Carpena, Fenella, Shawn Cole, Jeremy Shapiro, and Bilal Zia Publication:The World Bank Economic Review Abstract Microfinance, the provision of small individual and business loans, has experienced... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Aug 2016
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August 2, 2016

same behaviors described as “random behaviors.” Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51401 Financial Regulation in a Quantitative Model of the Modern Banking System By: Begenau, Juliane, and Tim Landvoigt... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Sep 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Funding Innovation: Is Your Firm Doing it Wrong?

common struggle for firms to get innovation investments right, says Josh Lerner, the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard Business School. On one hand,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 21 May 2013
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First Look: May 21

pharmaceutical sales teams in Belgium and sports teams in Canada. These results suggest that a minor adjustment to employee bonuses-shifting the focus from the self to others-can produce measurable benefits for employees and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Oct 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works

makes huge investments to acquire, develop, and market concepts with strong hit potential, and then banks on the sales of those titles to make up for the middling performance... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 31 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 31

development. Payout Taxes and the Allocation of Investment Authors:Bo Becker, Marcus Jacob, and Martin Jacob Publication:Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract When corporate payout is taxed, internal equity (retained... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 08 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 8

distribution. The new strategy paid off-Durex condom sales increased threefold in China, and market share increased by over 10%. RB now wanted to generate the same results for its other brands in the country and needed to decide how to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 13 Mar 2018
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March 13, 2018

of firm-level total factor productivity (TFP), sales and cash-flow, higher probabilities to engage in R&D, and export. We find no significant effects for firms from industrialized economies and negative effects for firms in other... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 10

period 2002-2009 by the Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES), one of the largest development banks in the world. In our fixed effect regressions, we find that BNDES' allocations do not seem to affect... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 23

(forthcoming) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Download the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/bvillalonga/VillalongaAmit_FM_Final.pdf Working Papers Banking Market Concentration and Consumer Credit Constraints: Evidence from the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Oct 2015
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October 20, 2015

international institutions, a bank and a museum, adds value to both in terms of interaction with customers and breadth of audiences. The paper further points to key aspects of resource integration in a co-marketing partnership. Design... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Jun 2008
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First Look: June 3, 2008

association, fair pay practices) and whether these codes have affected their business outcomes (e.g., staff turnover and absenteeism, product defect rates, sales growth). In this paper, we review the existing evaluations of other private... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Mar 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]

tasks like perfecting their technology, learning how to manufacture it, and financing the needed investments in research, development, and marketing through a combination of product sales and venture... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
  • 21 Jul 2015
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First Look: July 21, 2015

in choosing between a traditional mode (where the firm takes control of service provision) and a platform mode (where professionals retain control over service provision). The choice of mode is determined by the need to balance two-sided moral hazard problems arising... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 28

Investment Group is deciding whether or not to recapitalize an equity investment in a Residencial Los Andes, a residential project in Santiago, Chile, or take a substantial loss. The project did not meet its... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Feb 2015
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First Look: February 10

315-060 The Basic LCA Framework No abstract available. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/315060-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 214-055 Restructuring JAL Hideo Seto, the recently appointed chairman of the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Apr 2018
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New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018

inevitable early losses involved with the new acquisition. Moreover, the company’s principal financiers were venture capital investors, and an IPO or sale would represent an investment exit for them, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19

saved customers money and their strong brands generated more traffic and sales but that most retailers, looking only at gross margins, missed this added value. Pepsi managers struggled to craft a strategy that would convince retailers to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 14

Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-124.pdf First-Party Content, Commitment and Coordination in Two-Sided Markets Authors:Andrei Hagiu and Daniel Spulber Abstract We study the effect of two-sided platforms' ability to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 4

This case explores the opportunity to purchase the condominium management business of a distressed real estate developer by Advantage Partners, a leading Japanese private equity firm. The case explores investment structuring, bidding... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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