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- 20 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: December 20
The Wall Street Journal. We find no evidence that compensation is related to earnings forecast accuracy. But consistent with prior studies, we find analyst turnover to be related to forecast accuracy,...
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Carmen Nobel
- 19 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard
media empire: his reputation for ruthlessness. Murdoch is on the line for the phone-hacking scandal in the UK and faces potential bribery charges that reach to the US under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. He might be sued by the Bancroft family, who sold him the...
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- 09 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 9
performers? Though an affirmative answer may seem straightforward on the surface, this answer becomes more complicated when group members benefit from collaborating on interdependent tasks. Examining Wall View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities
demands of city officials, cable operators encountered higher than expected construction costs as they entered urban markets. It proved difficult to lay cable under busy city streets while avoiding disruption to existing power, phone,...
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- 01 Oct 2020
- What Do You Think?
Are CEOs the Wrong Leaders for Stakeholder Capitalism?
and Hardin? What do you think? Reference: Juliet Chung and Dawn Lim, “Yale’s David Swenson Puts Money Managers on Notice About Diversity,” The Wall Street Journal, October 23, 2020, wsj.com Original post The...
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by James Heskett
- 23 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
It’s Called ‘Price Coherence,’ and It’s Surprisingly Bad for Consumers
announced formal plans to cap credit card interchange fees, for example. In the United States, there's the Durbin Amendment, an eleventh-hour addition to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street and Consumer Protection...
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- 25 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Chasing Stars: Why the Mighty Red Sox Struck Out
have studied the issue in multiple industries, including the equally competitive fields of sports and investment banking. After examining the careers of more than 1,000 Wall Street analysts, for instance,...
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- 09 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
a January 2, 2004, article in the Wall Street Journal, large corporations are increasingly unwilling to pay for expensive upgrades to software programs. This indicates that software providers are overserving...
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- 07 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 7
PublicationsRaise Your Prices! Authors:Frank V. Cespedes, Elliot Ross, and Benson P. Shapiro Publication:The Wall Street Journal, May 24, 2010 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Integrated Reports...
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Martha Lagace
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
In the early 1790s, a flood of newly issued public and private securities sparked an investment boom in the nascent United States. In New York, the bustling commercial district along Wall Street emerged as...
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Martha Lagace
- 05 Nov 2014
- What Do You Think?
Are We Entering an Era of Neuromanagement?
look like? What do you think? To Read More Sharon Gilaie-Dotan, Agnieszka Tymula, Nicole Cooper, Joseph W. Kable, Paul W. Glimcher, and Ifat Levy, "Neuroanatomy Predicts Individual Risk Attitudes," The Journal of Neuroscience, September 10, 2014, 34 (37): pp....
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by James Heskett
- 07 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
Mindful Leadership: When East Meets West
difficulties of Hewlett-Packard, British Petroleum, CEOs of failed Wall Street firms, and dozens of leaders who failed in the post-Enron era are examples of this. Q: The two essential aspects of effective...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles and Working Papers 2008
with the strategy. 18. How Female Stars Succeed in New Jobs Women who are star performers on Wall Street tend to fare better than men after changing jobs. Why? According to HBS professor Boris Groysberg,...
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by Staff
- 12 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
The New Real Estate
percent for the market as a whole. New Capital Market Instruments The press and Wall Street are focused on the 24 countries which now have REITs and the 28 countries which are expected to have REITs over the...
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- 23 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
management, and higher ROA. These effects are concentrated at innovating firms—those firms that are early-life-cycle or engage in R&D spending—and especially at those facing Wall Street scrutiny....
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Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why a Federal Rule on CEO Pay Disclosure May Get You In Trouble With Customers
remember thinking, oh, that must just be my dad; he must be the only person who cares about that." The Dodd-frank Requirement Fast-forward to 2010, when the US Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street...
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- 14 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Key to Managing Stars? Think Team
organizational context. Q: Why did you construct your study as you did? A: Our study focuses on the performance of Wall Street analysts because this is a population that is commonly believed to...
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by Martha Lagace
- 05 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 5, 2007
to an orthodoxy of capital controls in 1944 and then back again by 1994? How have such standards of appropriate behavior been codified and transmitted internationally? Contrary to conventional accounts, Abdelal argues that neither the U.S. Treasury nor View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 06 Jan 2012
- Op-Ed
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail
"a discredited scam." The Wall Street Journal, another News Corporation subsidiary, employs columnists who remarked in 2010 that "global warming is dead." “Two of Fox News' influential...
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- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS
1971 after incurring heavy losses. But the deathblow to the company came when RCA followed the advice of Wall Street and spent millions of dollars turning itself into a conglomerate that included everything...
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by Jim Aisner