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- 09 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 9, 2015
the beneficial effect of cost transparency holds when firms spend more on "less desirable" costs relative to "more desirable" costs. Studies 5-6 show that the effect of cost transparency weakens when high profit View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Nov 2014
- Research & Ideas
Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes
counsel. "Sometimes they'll be a little more subtle and say, 'My wife's going to be in Hong Kong next week, and she's going shopping.' Either you say, 'That's nice,' and you pass on, or you say, 'What store is she going to, and can I give you an View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 19 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
How Mercadona Fixes Retail’s ’Last 10 Yards’ Problem
higher than that of its competitors. What accounts for the difference? "It's not one thing," Ton insists. "It's many things all working together. Mercadona does a great job of making manufacturing principles work in a... View Details
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
When In-House Research Isn’t Enough
paradigm to consider that takes into account both internal and external research and development efforts to create what he calls a "company innovation system." "What I hope this term will convey," he told HBS alumni,... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 19 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 19
these organizational processes can account for the high clustering and short-path distance between nodes that are characteristic of the endemic small-world network structure. Furthermore, the study shows that the concepts of legitimacy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 15
and elaborate on their normative implications. Audit Quality and Auditor Reputation: Evidence from Japan Authors:Douglas J. Skinner and Suraj Srinivasan Publication:The Accounting Review (forthcoming) Abstract We study events surrounding... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 20
Publications Market Reaction to and Valuation of IFRS Reconciliation Adjustments: First Evidence from the UK Authors: Joanne Horton and George Serafeim Publication: Review of Accounting Studies (forthcoming) Abstract We investigate the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 7
Publications 2006 Review of Financial Studies Unstable Equity: Combining Banking with Private Equity Investing By: Fang, Lily H., Victoria Ivashina, and Josh Lerner Abstract—Bank-affiliated private equity groups account for 30% of all... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017
arbitrariness of the set. Drawing on Gestalt psychology, we develop a conceptual account that predicts what will—and will not—act as a pseudo-set and defines the psychological process through which these pseudo-sets affect behavior,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
distinguishing between direct and complementary spillovers, we examine (1) the extent to which a hospital's specialization in areas related to cardiovascular care directly impacts performance in cardiovascular care (direct spillovers) and (2) whether the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
New Learning at American Home Products
others, often foreign pharmaceutical companies, Orval (an oral contraceptive); Isodril, a coronary drug; estrogens for menopausal treatment; a new antihistamine and other antibiotics; and infant nutrition formulas. By 1979 prescription drugs View Details
- 19 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Funding Innovation: Is Your Firm Doing it Wrong?
$22 billion on R&D, while Apple spent a relatively paltry $2.5 billion. And yet, since that launch, Apple has far outperformed Nokia in terms of both its profit margins and its reputation for innovation. So what gives? “This was a... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 26 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018
shocks—measured as CDS portfolio margin payments—account for 12% of the time-series variation in weekly spread changes, a significant amount given that standard credit factors account for 18% during my... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Build Winning Streaks
them a game plan. After that, winning is up to the players on the field. It is their leadership that matters. The actions of many leaders seizing the moment create the margin of victory. When people have confidence in one another, they... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
Teixeira Abstract—Online retail accounts for a rapidly growing proportion of revenues in many industries. While selling online broadens firms’ access to consumers, operating margins are often lower in online... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Nov 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017
that a sizable decline in mortgage payments (up to 50%) induces a significant increase in car purchases (up to 35%). This effect is attenuated by voluntary deleveraging. Borrowers with lower incomes and housing wealth have significantly higher View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019
unforeseen oil and gas demand slump drove ProdEng’s average service rates down by more than 37%, with EBITDA margins falling from 50% to 24% in the second half of 2016. Although the partners remained optimistic about ProdEng’s long-term... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
China‘s income inequality has risen rapidly over that same time frame, Vietnam‘s has only grown moderately. Structural and socio-cultural determinants fail to account for these divergent pathways. Existing political variables are also... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 24
of trade finance terms is shaped by the risk that an importer defaults on an exporter and by the possibility that an exporter does not deliver goods as specified in the contract. The empirical results indicate that cash in advance and open View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
worked are positively correlated with firm performance, and differences between family and non-family CEOs account for approximately 18% of the performance gap between family and non-family firms. We investigate the sources of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne