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- 18 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
How to Use Free Shipping as a Competitive Weapon
most profitable. "Not only are merchandise profits higher under contingent free shipping than under free shipping, but our estimates imply that the firm could derive even higher merchandise profits by increasing both its flat...
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- 18 May 2010
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First Look: May 18
forecast characteristic-related stock returns. For example, we show that large firms underperform following years when issuing firms are large...
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Martha Lagace
- 11 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 11, 2007
also—and crucially so—on whether or not the platforms subsidize one side of the market in equilibrium. For example, with prices being strategic complements across platforms, we show that a cost-reducing investment by one firm may have a...
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Martha Lagace
- 30 Jan 2009
- News
What’s It Worth to You?
How much is a CEO worth? What is appropriate compensation for the leader of a large and complex organization? One frequent reply has been “Let the market decide.” The “market” apparently decided that Lehman Brothers CEO Richard Fuld was...
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- 20 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 20, 2007
model to establish these interrelationships at a firm level. Using publicly available financial data we estimate the six causal effects among sales, inventory, and gross margin. Our results show that sales, inventory, and gross margin are...
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Martha Lagace
- 19 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 19
paper analyzes the effect of a woman's electoral victory on women's subsequent political participation. Using the regression discontinuity afforded by close elections between women and men in India's state elections, we find that a woman winning office leads to a View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Biotech
Williams If the current environment is any indicator, biotech companies—and the large pharmaceutical firms many of them are affiliated with—won't be the only sector of the economy trying to capitalize on the...
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- 01 Jun 2003
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Books
firms large enough to finance their own laboratories could create a “virtuous cycle” where staying on the leading edge of science got them first to market with new products, in turn delivering higher profits...
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- 15 Aug 2007
- Op-Ed
3 Steps to Reduce Financial System Risk
even a small change in correlation specifications can have a large impact on ratings. There has been less discussion about where the transferred risk has ended up and why. Meanwhile, the responsibility for supervising the transfer in...
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- 13 Dec 2011
- News
Harvard Business School Launches US Competitiveness Project
we've reviewed show that US competitiveness is eroding, but its further decline is far from inevitable," said Rivkin, the School's Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Business Administration. "The US remains the world's most productive large...
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- 18 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Time to Rethink the Corporate Tax System?
compliance function to being a profit center. The ratio of corporate taxes to GDP declined through the late 1990s even during an economic expansion. There has been a growing disconnect between the income reports to capital markets and tax authorities (a byproduct of...
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by Ann Cullen
- 13 Feb 2018
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New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018
design of our establishment-level analysis, our methods for distinguishing between leveraged buyouts (LBOs) and other private equity transactions, bankruptcy rates among firms acquired in LBOs, their assertion that we undercount View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 24
Following deregulation, resource misallocation declines, and the left-hand tail of the firm size distribution thickens significantly, suggesting increased entry by small firms. However, the dominance and growth of View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Ink: Talking Shop
some tales, and then ask for tips,” Bines says. The experience taught him that the better you understand your customer, the richer the tips. He has worked in customer-facing businesses ever since, including his current role as managing director at the global consulting...
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FAQ - U.S. Competitiveness
FAQ About the ProjectWhat is the U.S. Competitiveness Project?The U.S. Competitiveness Project is a research-led effort to understand and enhance the competitiveness of the United States—that is, the ability of firms operating in the U.S....
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- 01 Dec 2002
- News
What You Know Depends on Where You Go
were largely gained in the trenches of a multiyear research project with Professor Tarun Khanna that explores the implications of conglomerate business structures in emerging markets. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, research showed...
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- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Eyes in the Skies
firm whether a vessel carrying vital goods has left port or show an insurance company the damage a tornado has left in its wake. Customers access the BlackSky constellation through an online portal that allows them to image locations...
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Alexander Gelfand
- 09 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Catching Up With Boards--Jay Lorsch
"changes in firm performance account for only 4 percent of the variance in CEO pay." That said, to what extent can you really argue that a CEO can affect the stock price of a company? There may be some connection, but the state...
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by Jim Aisner
- 27 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 27
Lowell, LLP Cameron Trebbi is a senior executive overseeing accounting policy at a large global auditing firm. His role is to lobby the firm's position with various accounting rule-making bodies worldwide. The View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
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Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory
After much internal debate, the VELUX Foundations of Denmark have decided to allocate a small percentage of their investment portfolio to impact investments. Cambridge Associates, one of the leading investment advisory firms in the world,...
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