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- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
other thing we can do is pass democracy reform legislation. If we actually ended gerrymandering, if we got more disclosure and small-donor matching on campaign finance as well as automatic voter registration—those reforms would really...
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- 2010
- Working Paper
Advertising Disclosures: Measuring Labeling Alternatives in Internet Search Engines
By: Benjamin Edelman and Duncan S. Gilchrist
In an online experiment, we measure users' interactions with search engines, both in standard configurations and in modified versions with clearer labels identifying search engine advertisements. In particular, for a random subset of users, we change "Sponsored links"...
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Online Advertising;
Interactive Communication;
Corporate Disclosure;
Labels;
Marketing Strategy;
Consumer Behavior;
Internet;
Search Technology
Edelman, Benjamin, and Duncan S. Gilchrist. "Advertising Disclosures: Measuring Labeling Alternatives in Internet Search Engines." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-048, November 2010. (Revised January 2011, January 2012.)
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Educating, Connecting, and Mobilizing Around Climate Change
reports, the relationship between ESG disclosure and performance, and how green bonds provide institutional oversight that helps bring credibility to firms’ environmental commitments. Key takeaway: “Standardized and comparable measures...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 15 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Health Care Conundrum
care delivery system. By focusing on greater value, the issues of who should be covered (access) and what should be covered will be easier to resolve. While policy changes to require informational disclosure and to align incentives can...
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- 02 Sep 2010
- What Do You Think?
How Transparent Should Boards Be?
King said: "When culture and strategy collide, culture always wins. End of story." A second group supported some kind of discipline without dismissal, as well as a more discrete approach to the process. "You don't cut off...
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by Jim Heskett
- 26 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 26, 2008
patents that contain no applicant prior art. Taken together, our findings suggest that heterogeneity in firm-level patenting practices, in particular by high-volume applicants, has a strong influence on the data. This suggests that analysis of firm-level differences in...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jul 2006
- Op-Ed
Enron Jury Sent the Right Message
natural gas strategy to the water and broadband businesses, the unprofitable international power development strategy, the perverse financial incentives for executives, the aggressive use of mark-to-market accounting, the performance...
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by Malcolm S. Salter
- 01 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 1
disclosure regulation (the U.K.), the analyst school-tie premium has remained large and significant over the entire sample period. Specialization and Success: Evidence from Venture Capital Authors:Paul A. Gompers, Anna Kovner, and Josh...
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Martha Lagace
- October 2007
- Background Note
Price Formation
By: Joshua D. Coval and Erik Stafford
Investigates how prices are formed in competitive capital markets. Focuses on a single security called AOE. Students compete with computer traders and each other for market making and informed trading profits. Participants receive a variety of public news in the form...
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- 12 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 12
enterprising companies, the current threats to market capitalism present vital opportunities. Drawing on discussions with business leaders around the world, the authors argue that companies must stop seeing themselves as bystanders and instead develop innovative...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 2010
- Working Paper
The Many Faces of Nonprofit Accountability
By: Alnoor Ebrahim
What does it mean for a nonprofit organization to be accountable? Nonprofit leaders tend to pay attention to accountability once a problem of trust arises—a scandal in the sector or in their own organization, questions from citizens or donors who want to know if their...
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Corporate Accountability;
Corporate Disclosure;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Leadership;
Mission and Purpose;
Performance Evaluation;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Business Strategy
Ebrahim, Alnoor. "The Many Faces of Nonprofit Accountability." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-069, February 2010.
- 10 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 10
Author:Francois Brochet Publication:The Accounting Review (forthcoming) Abstract This paper examines the information content of Form 4 filings under the more timely disclosure regime introduced by Section 403 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of...
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Martha Lagace
- 23 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 23, 2016
the slot-specific priorities framework and can be found by a cumulative offer mechanism that is strategy proof and respects unambiguous improvements in priority. Publisher's link: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50637...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 10
trading volume, and more dispersion in analyst forecasts following the calls. Further, the capital market's response to linguistic complexity is limited to firms for which there is greater demand for English-language conference calls. Our results highlight that when...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
article: http://hbr.org/2012/07/a-better-way-to-tax-us-businesses/ar/1 How Firms Respond to Mandatory Information Disclosure Authors:Anil Doshi, Glen W.S. Dowell, and Michael W. Toffel Publication:Strategic Management Journal...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 28, 2015
of the business model as decisions enforced by the authority of the firm; this definition enables the analysis of business models through the analysis of individual firm choices. We situate negotiation outcomes within the strategy...
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Carmen Nobel
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
PublicationsSeven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution Author:Robert L. Simons Publication: Harvard Business Press, 2010 Abstract To stay ahead of the pack, you must translate your organization's competitive View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
A Politician's Investment Portfolio Might Tip Off Corruption Potential
School’s Dylan Minor, visiting assistant professor in the Strategy unit. But before you rise up tall in the saddle against politicians, consider another of Minor’s findings: The connection between risk taking and corruption is likely to...
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by Roberta Holland
- 28 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)
“Reimaging Capitalism” into practice by helping funds build investing strategies and philosophy around how they evaluate potential investments via a series of ESG ratings. I’m currently organizing a teach-in for the company management to...
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- 20 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 20
green building, including evolving boundaries of professional jurisdictions; changing industry strategies and structures, including the roles of ownership, supply firms, and market niches; new operational, organizational, and cultural...
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Anna Secino