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  • 01 Dec 2022
  • News

Educating, Connecting, and Mobilizing Around Climate Change

organizations impact people and the environment, but we are making very significant progress. With transparency comes accountability and eventually the opportunities for entrepreneurship, investments, and creation of business solutions.”... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
  • 02 Aug 2016
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August 2, 2016

at times of low market liquidity. We provide evidence suggesting that mutual funds’ cash holdings are not large enough to fully mitigate price impact externalities created by the liquidity transformation they engage in. Download working... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Feb 2016
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February 2, 2016

listed a pair of women's sandals on Flipkart's website at 799 Indian rupees ( ) and offered it on promotion at 399. However, upon close examination of the product's display photo, consumers noticed a 399 price tag printed on the strap.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018

addresses interventions that firms, governments, and other parties deploy to shape household financial outcomes: education and information, peer effects and social influence, product design, advice and disclosure, choice architecture, and interventions that directly... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 28 Aug 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?

to be innovative, really providing service to customers and attracting top talent. They are now becoming utilities, facing an incredible amount of regulation largely because of their own conduct failures. Third, they could reduce risk from exposure to major scandals.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Manufacturing; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Mining
  • 15 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018

forthcoming American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings Using Online Prices for Measuring Real Consumption Across Countries By: Cavallo, Alberto, Erwin Diewert, Robert C. Feenstra, Robert Inklaar, and Marcel P. Timmer Abstract—We... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 21 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 21

particular initiative, CEO activism-from Shultz to Chick-Fil-A's Dan Cathy to Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg to Goldman Sach's Lloyd Blankfein-represents a step forward for corporate involvement in the public square because these efforts are unusually View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 23

incumbent that faces a low-quality ad-sponsored competitor. In addition to competing through adjustments of tactical variables such as price or the number of ads a product carries, we allow the incumbent to consider changes in its... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Unpacking Hidden Risk in the Trusted Treasury Market | Working Knowledge

Treasuries, hedge funds' rising influence, and what it all means for the economy. When economic fears take hold, investors seek safety in Treasuries—high demand raises Treasury prices and lowers their yields. But that’s not what happened... View Details
  • 04 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 4, 2008

  Working PapersBarriers to Acting in Time on Energy and Strategies for Overcoming Them Author:Max H. Bazerman No abstract is available at this time. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-063.pdf Fear of Rejection? Tiered Certification and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Mar 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile

went into a downward spiral as nitrate prices collapsed. It became highly inward looking and had one of the slowest rates of growth in Latin America for decades. Argentina’s fall from grace was less immediate, but more prolonged. Populist... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2015
  • News

Golden State of Mind

one of the biggest personal backers of Bitcoin, having purchased about $20 million worth of the digital currency with his own money. (The price has since fallen precipitously, but Draper is unfazed: “I think Bitcoin is going to pay off,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • 22 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 22

Greenwashing By: Marquis, Christopher, and Michael W. Toffel Abstract—Under increased pressure to report environmental impacts, some firms selectively disclose relatively benign impacts, creating an impression of transparency while... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018

Geradin Abstract—Many of the largest and most successful businesses today rely on providing services at no charge to at least a portion of their users. For consumers, it is easy to celebrate free service. At least in the short term, free services are often high... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 03 Apr 2019
  • Book

Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business

out an application in minutes, and get an answer the same day and money in their bank account the next day, they flocked to the new lenders. Some issues arose quickly, though, such as high prices and bad actors charging hidden fees. The... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Banking; Financial Services
  • 23 Oct 2007
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First Look: October 23, 2007

board accountability through greater transparency in decision making, more representative vote allocation, or better parliamentary scrutiny. In other words, although civil society efforts have led to some gains in accountability with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 8

opacity and agility. Clients find it very difficult to judge a firm's performance in advance, because they are usually hiring it for specialized knowledge and capability that they themselves lack. Price becomes a proxy for quality. And... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Nov 2016
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First Look - November 1, 2016

emerging market firms raise external capital, they face a tradeoff where greater transparency may lead to a lower cost of capital but at the cost of revealing proprietary information in their relational business practices. We find that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 28, 2009

Chile's largest wine producer faces a price versus value positioning problem. Its highest quality wines are not priced competitively at retail because "Made in Chile" connotes great value and low... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 16, 2008

commitment to transparency increase the likelihood of providing fair values prior to their required provision under International Accounting Standard 40 - Investment Property. We also find that firms not providing these fair values face... View Details