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- 07 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Debate over Taxing Foreign Profits
Congress and the next president of the United States will be under pressure to make major changes to U.S. corporate tax policy, the consequences of which could have significant impact on profit and competitiveness of American companies on...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
was highly susceptible to normative pressure and most evident among individuals concerned with self-presentational aspects of appearing biased (Study 1). However, this tendency was often counterproductive, as avoiding race during...
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Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business Press Is a Watchdog that Bites
the whistleblower laws we've been trying to support recently in Sarbanes-Oxley make a lot of sense. Many people say the press might be conflicted by pressures from advertisers. We see conflict a lot with analysts so people were expecting...
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- 03 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 3, 2009
was in crisis—with bank suspensions running at near record levels. At the same time, the broader economy was sputtering, and U.S. gold reserves had come under severe pressure after Britain abandoned its gold standard in mid-September. As...
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Martha Lagace
- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
The new book Retail Revolution: Will Your Brick-and-Mortar Store Survive? lays out the thesis that traditional store-front retailing is at an inflection point, under tremendous pressure from ecommerce and the changing wants and needs of a...
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- 15 Jan 2013
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First Look: January 15
http://ssrn.com/abstract=2171265 When Do Firms Greenwash? Corporate Visibility, Civil Society Scrutiny, and Environmental Disclosure Authors:Marquis, Christopher, and Michael W. Toffel Abstract Under increased pressure to report...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009
liquidity and of firm valuation. Second, the case allows for the exploration of aspects of a firm's internal and external governance, as well as the challenges of navigating through a crisis when faced with compelling pressures from...
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Martha Lagace
- 13 Mar 2018
- First Look
March 13, 2018
mixed effectiveness, as people who deliver backhanded compliments erroneously believe that they will both convey high status and elicit liking (Studies 2a-2b), but recipients and third-party evaluators grant them neither (Studies 3a-3b);...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
of U.S. Treasury bonds to the stock market has moved considerably over time. While it was slightly positive on average in the period 1960-2011, it was unusually high in the 1980s and negative in the 2000s, a period during which Treasury...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 4
process. The paper explores how entrepreneurs and firms translated societal values into brands, globalized them, and changed societal perceptions of beauty as a result. It also shows the limitations of the homogenization achieved by firms even at its View Details
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Carmen Nobel
- 05 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019
stabilize the financial system and the economy. The case explores the details of policies, and the decision making process that led to them, that Geithner and his team devised under immense time pressure to stabilize the system. The case...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 8
governance and civil society. At the same time, however, professionals in the West are under increasing pressure from commercialism or skepticism about their ability to rise above self-interest. This book focuses on professionals in China...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008
cases of the model are a long-lived pressure group offering rewards and punishments to a series of targets (public or corporate officials) in exchange for policy favors, or that of a long-lived extorter who demands money in order not to...
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Martha Lagace