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- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
its zero interest rate policy, which had been in place for years, and raise rates to 0.5%. The Bank of Japan was eager to increase them to more "normal" levels to exert effective monetary policy. Yet the appropriate timing and approach was a View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 16 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 16, 2008
Reporting Standards (IFRS) in Europe. European IFRS adoption represented a major milestone towards financial reporting convergence yet spurred controversy reaching the highest levels of government. We find a more positive reaction for...
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- 27 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 27
which the ACA was passed and develops estimates of its likely impact on the biopharmaceutical industry. Universal insurance, either through a government-run system or by mandated purchase of private insurance, has been controversial in...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 10
user-generated video featuring controversial artist Chris Brown's music was netting millions of views per week on YouTube. Sony held the copyright to the song and was entitled to issue a takedown notice to the party that uploaded the...
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Martha Lagace
- 03 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 3, 2007
Working PapersCan Higher Prices Stimulate Product Use? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Zambia Authors:Nava Ashraf, James Berry, and Jesse M. Shapiro Abstract The pricing of health products in the developing world has become a center of View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017
2010 in one of the earliest high-profile controversies resulting from the Supreme Court Citizens United ruling. Target had contributed to a super PAC supporting business friendly candidates. As one of the candidate's opposition to...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 15, 2016
Aaron K., and Michael W. Toffel Abstract—Several CEOs are receiving significant media attention for taking public positions on controversial social and environmental issues largely unrelated to their core business, ranging from gay...
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- 28 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day Reflections
Massachusetts, there has been considerable controversy regarding the building of wind turbines on Cape Cod—a situation I describe in a case study I've written. But no matter what happens there, only about 1.9 percent of all our electric...
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- 21 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Europe Wrote the Rules of Global Finance
neighbors because of its capital controls regime. Now, that is a controversial view, but it is a perspective that has nonetheless been very influential. The formulation of that particular "lesson" is that China shows that...
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by Ann Cullen
- 10 May 2011
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First Look: May 10
from the incorporation of non-directed donors in transplant chains rather than simple exchanges. It is controversial whether these chains should be performed simultaneously ("domino paired donation," DPD) or nonsimultaneously...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 27 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 27, 2009
events associated with the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in Europe. European IFRS adoption represented a major milestone towards financial reporting convergence yet spurred controversy reaching the highest...
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Martha Lagace
- 19 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 19
great deal of influence on U.S. companies. This case examines the history and growth of the company, the governance services it offers, the extent of its impact on shareholders, the controversy surrounding its conflicts of interest, and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax
should also reduce the incentive and possibility to commit tax evasion. Overall, taxes do have a real impact on the business environment, and in most cases business is in favor of the simple and often low flat tax. Laura Alfaro: Naturally, the View Details
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by Martha Lagace
- 05 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018
strategy—downstream integration, specifically buying up feed companies—which marked a stark departure from the company’s longtime emphasis on organic growth. The decision to buy feed companies had been controversial within Alltech: feed...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017
expert-produced knowledge, we compare bias in these two models in the context of contested knowledge, which involves subjective, unverifiable, or controversial information. Using data from Encyclopædia Britannica, authored by experts, and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: January 5
participation in the political process to his controversial campaigns for the U.S. presidency. Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/409117-PDF-ENG
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Martha Lagace
- 05 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Risky Business? Protecting Foreign Investments
has proved to be as controversial as was public ownership. The huge investment in infrastructure has to be paid for one way or the other, a fact that government officials in the developing world tended rather wistfully to overlook....
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- 28 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
asset, yields frustratingly inconsistent, discrepant, and, therefore, controversial results. While it is widely accepted that brands are long-lived assets that can contribute significant value to firms over time, there is no consensus on...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 18
from the current level of $6,634, the plan included measures to improve human capital, reduce migration, and privatize inefficient government linked corporations (GLCs). However, the most controversial part of the NEM was the dismantling...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively
autumn 2005, the company had to weight its decisions in a controversy surrounding a nearly 6 billion euro profit. How did the company explain the profit to investors, customers, the public, and government? How much was the reaction...
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