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  • 13 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: September 13

Advertising (DTCA), detailing, and Meetings and Events (M&E). We then propose an alternative choice model specification that relaxes the IPS property-the so-called "flexible substitution" logit (FSL) model. The (random... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Aug 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity

to the aviation reward, the X PRIZE Foundation is offering similar carrots for breakthroughs in sequencing the human genome, designing fuel-efficient cars, and even reaching the moon. And the US government is experimenting with prizes as an View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 02 Mar 2016
  • News

The New Space Race

about $50 million a year to just cover the manufacturing, launch, and operating costs. “That’s a $20 billion market for a company that can provide a low-cost fuel alternative that keeps the satellites operating and making money for their... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
  • 01 Feb 1997
  • News

Doing It Your Way

Boston-based company that collects cord blood anywhere in the country and transports it to the University of Cincinnati Medical School, where it is frozen and stored. The cord-blood cells can then be used later by the donor or possibly another family member, if needed,... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso (profiles by Linda Goodspeed, Elaine Gottlieb, Nancy O. Perry, and Judith A. Ross)
  • 11 Aug 2009
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First Look: August 11, 2009

contexts. Empirical results reveal that special items receiving income statement presentation are less persistent relative to those receiving footnote presentation. These results are consistent across numerous alternative specifications.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 15, 2008

alternative definitions of market-type dispersion and to other determinants of franchising such as the stores' geographic distance from headquarters and geographic dispersion. Additional analyses also suggest that chains that do not... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 04 May 2018
  • News

How to Win the Kentucky Derby

alternative to get into the construction business. Because I used to see my brothers, they worked so hard day after day. And I had a chance at 12 years old to work on a racehorse farm in New Jersey. I think at that point I really felt... View Details
Keywords: horse racing
  • 30 Mar 2017
  • News

Negotiating Peace in Canada's Largest Rainforest

of them was facing poor to catastrophic outcomes if it failed. That meant that the best alternative to no agreement-- the old famous BATNA-- was front and center for the major actors and it was highly negative. And so it put an impetus... View Details
  • 15 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 15, 2008

structured finance instruments can be characterized as economic catastrophe bonds but offer far less compensation than alternatives with comparable payoff profiles. We argue that this difference arises from the willingness of rating... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1

general emergence of modern business enterprise in Asia, Latin America, and Africa. Many governmental policies after 1945 designed to facilitate catch-up ended up crippling such emergent business enterprises without putting effective View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 May 2017
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New Research and Ideas, May 9

the data support our model over alternative explanations such as recession-induced reduction in agency costs (due to managerial fears of bankruptcy) and changing coordination costs. Countries with more decentralized firms (like the U.S.)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Oct 2016
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October 25, 2016

Bonitas to innovate, grow, and compete with market leader Discovery as well as providers of alternative insurance products. Bonitas must also plan ahead for the rollout of national health insurance—a deeply politicized issue in a country... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 May 2010
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First Look: May 25

  PublicationsHeterogeneity and Graceful Technology Retreats: A New Perspective on Responding to Dominant Technological Threats Authors:Ron Adner and Daniel Snow Publication:Industrial and Corporate Change (forthcoming) Abstract We explore the implications of a real... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 3

sales message? Finally, will Verne's green benefits enable the company to overcome obstacles in the sales process, or will they alternatively overcomplicate an already complex sales message? Kato's decision allows discussion of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 Sep 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Improving Accountability at the World Bank

marginalized groups; The Identification and Preparation and Appraisal stages should be based on participatory identification of options and risks, comprehensive and public analyses of alternatives (including no-project options),... View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
  • 09 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 9, 2008

sensitivity drive the effect of experience on choice behavior. The experiments are focused on repeated choice tasks where decision makers choose repeatedly between alternatives and get feedback after each choice. Experiments 1a and 1b... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Oct 2002
  • Research & Ideas

The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society

discuss—master bedroom suites, home schooling, the passion for genealogy, extreme sports, organic foods, alternative health, and the profound popularity of the Vietnam Memorial Wall. Capitalism will find its renewal in these social... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 01 Mar 2014
  • News

The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria

Eventually there's an alternative economy of people who trust each other." The Village Promoter program, spearheaded by Masha, grew this way, eventually reaching about 58,000 small farmers. Overall, Notore's products and activities have... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs; John H. Davis; Michael Halse; Crop Production; Agriculture; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • 24 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 24

terms shape the impact of economic shocks on trade. Analysis of transaction-level data from a U.S.-based exporter of frozen and refrigerated food products, primarily poultry, reveals broad patterns about the use of alternative financing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 12

buck" calculations are potentially misleading guides for the welfare effects of alternative fiscal policies.   Working PapersBehavioral Corporate Finance: An Updated Survey Authors:Malcolm Baker and Jeffrey Wurgler Abstract We survey... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne