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- 30 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds
corporate governance. “When you think of the factors that have made capitalism such a successful model for economic growth, the separation between management and ownership, with the ability to disperse ownership and risk over many...
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- 21 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 21
documented in other samples. The size of the low risk anomaly within banks suggests that the cost of capital effects of capital requirements may be considerable. Assuming competitive lending markets, banks' low asset betas implied an...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: Companies Must Forget—and Borrow
established organizations are wise to consider radically new approaches that address changing needs of consumers in today's digital age. Yet companies should be wary of the temptation to toss out all existing practices because they risk...
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- 13 Sep 2019
- News
Hollywood Ending
Whitman explains Quibi’s great gambit: by doing for short-form mobile media what HBO did for premium television, the company (whose name is shorthand for “quick bites”) will revolutionize the way we watch video on our phones. The idea was...
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- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
leaving questions about future procurement. Finally, Amul's farmers form a large vote bank in the state of Gujarat, and its cooperative structure risks being compromised by vested political interests. Should Amul continue with the...
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Sean Silverthlorne
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
Data were analyzed for type of failure and frequency of occurrence. Interviews were conducted with frontline staff. Principal Findings. The two most frequent categories of operational failures, equipment/supplies and facility issues, posed safety View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
the BCBS affiliate and its rivals increased premiums following conversions in markets where the converting affiliate had substantial market share. Medicaid enrollment rates also increased in these markets, a pattern consistent with "crowd...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Where Does Apple Go From Here?
an enormous premium relative to the core market, 200, 300, 400 percent, Apple's products, while still highly differentiated, have a very hard time selling at a huge premium relative to the core PC market. So...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
order to reduce the technological and market risks, where reducing technological risk is of paramount importance. As a reward, pioneers ultimately realize a higher likelihood of acquisition, but among acquired firms, early entrants wait...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 07 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 7
decomposes excess return predictability in U.S. and U.K. inflation-indexed and nominal government bonds. We find that nominal bonds reflect time-varying inflation and real rate risk premia, while inflation-indexed bonds reflect...
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Carmen Nobel
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
management. We find a large effect: pre-Reg FD the return premium from school ties was 8.16% per year, while post-Reg FD the return premium was nearly zero and insignificant. Download the paper:...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
luxury boxes and other premium seating - is driven by the exponential growth in players' salaries," explains Dennis R. Robinson (MBA '90), who as COO of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, oversees the operation of Giants...
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Prognosis
of telemedicine. At MGH these virtual visits skyrocketed, allowing patients and doctors to reduce the risk of spreading the virus. How did that change come about so suddenly, after years of existing on the fringes? Robert Huckman: What...
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- 02 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 2
capacity to pay. We use a newly created database with state-level fiscal and risk premium data for Brazil states between 1891 and 1930 to show that in Brazilian states that exported commodities that were in...
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Martha Lagace
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
population and per capita consumption growth, the limited nature of resources and sinks, and the responsibility and exposure of firms to ensuing ecological risks and costs. We then discuss how an operations management lens contributes to...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 20, 2016
predicted ratings and rating adjustments. These results, however, weaken when incumbent rating agencies face increased competition from other rating agencies. Together, these findings suggest that credit rating agencies strategically adjust their ratings to limit their...
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Carmen Nobel
- 12 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 12
explanatory factor is the impact that commodities have on the capacity to pay. We use a newly created database with state-level fiscal and risk premium data for Brazil states between 1891 and 1930 to show...
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Martha Lagace
- 10 Nov 2008
- Research Event
Social Media Leads the Future of Technology
remains to be seen, she added. Although some sites such as Yahoo! include premium services that require fees or subscriptions, the largest business model by far is advertising: a $45 billion industry globally that has been growing about...
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by Martha Lagace
- 19 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 18
associated with excellence in certain product categories. Venezuelan chocolate maker Chocolates El Rey does little international business because consumers associate premium chocolate more with Belgium or Switzerland than with Venezuela....
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Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 28
Thomas R. Eisenmann and Michael PaoHarvard Business School Case 811-065 Dropbox is a venture-backed Silicon valley startup, founded in 2006, that provides online storage and backup services to millions of customers using a "freemium" (free + View Details
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Sean Silverthorne