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- 18 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Bias of Wall Street Analysts
developments. His work examines how "sell-side financial analysts incorporate accounting information in their earnings forecasts, common stock valuations, and investment recommendations." He also analyzes management reporting of...
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- 12 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 12
Working PapersA Reference Point Theory of Mergers and Acquisitions Authors:Malcolm Baker, Xin Pan, and Jeffrey Wurgler Abstract The use of judgmental anchors or reference points in valuing corporations affects several basic aspects of...
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Martha Lagace
- 16 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 16
Evidence from Randomized Survey Experiments By: Kuziemko, Ilyana, Michael I. Norton, Emmanuel Saez, and Stefanie Stantcheva Abstract—We analyze randomized online survey experiments providing interactive, customized information on U.S....
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jun 2012
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First Look: June 26
Authors:Desai, Mihir A., C. Fritz Foley, and James R. Hines, Jr. Abstract This paper analyzes the extent to which firms use trade credit to reallocate capital in response to tax incentives. Tax-induced differences in pretax returns...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 26
http://ssrn.com/abstract=2232177 How Elastic Are Preferences for Redistribution? Evidence from Randomized Survey Experiments By: Kuziemko, Ilyana, Michael I. Norton, Emmanuel Saez, and Stefanie Stantcheva Abstract—This paper analyzes the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2015
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December 15, 2015
had analyzed where in the “farm to fork” value chain product was wasted. This analysis showed that very little was wasted within areas of the value chain directly controlled by Unilever, and most occurred either upstream with its...
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Carmen Nobel
- 12 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 12, 2007
analysis. Then, you'll learn how to apply these tools in a variety of decision contexts, including securities analysis, credit analysis, corporate financing policies analysis, mergers and acquisitions analysis, and governance and...
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Martha Lagace
- 19 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 19, 2007
on industry-level targeting to analyze quality FDI based on the subjective preferences expressed by the receiving countries themselves. Finally, we use a two-stage least squares methodology to control for measurement error and...
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Martha Lagace
- 19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19
team to deliver a highly customized solution that absolutely requires Julia's expertise. This case presents an opportunity for students to analyze two prevailing aspects of organizational life: working in teams and working under pressure....
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2009
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First Look: May 19, 2009
the United States and use this list to analyze the relationship between insider ownership and firm value. Our data have two useful features. First, since dual-class stock separates cash-flow rights from voting rights, we can separately...
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Martha Lagace
- 03 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 3, 2009
magnified in the online channel. Customer analysis suggests that opening retail stores paves the way for higher rates of customer acquisition and higher rates of repeat purchasing among existing customers in the direct channels in the...
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Martha Lagace
- 02 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 2
recent work in regional political economy of contemporary China. In keeping with a movement in comparative politics toward analyzing subnational politics, the "new regionalists" seek to identify and explain meaningful...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy
analyze the information exploitation dichotomy outlined above. We take the view that there are two types of exploitation: one which is beneficial to consumers, and one which is not. The first type of exploitation improves the quality of...
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- 26 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018
platform owners may target the most successful complementors so as to appropriate value from their innovations, or they may target poor performing complementors to improve the platforms' overall quality. Using data from Amazon.com, we View Details
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Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Feb 2016
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February 2, 2016
VP for North Asia, had been negotiating a possible acquisition with Jackie Jin, the chairman of a leading Chinese appliance manufacturer named Hefei Rongshida Sanyo Electric Company (Hefei Sanyo), for almost six months when suddenly Hefei...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Aug 2011
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First Look: August 30
U.S. Multinational Firm Activity Authors:C. Fritz Foley and William R. Kerr Abstract This paper studies the impact that immigrant innovators have on the global activities of U.S. firms by analyzing detailed data on patent applications and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Nov 2006
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First Look: November 7, 2006
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/06-024.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsNone PublicationsChallenges in Managing Large Projects Editors:J. Ronald Fox and Donn B. Miller Publication:Defense Acquisition University Press, 2006 Abstract...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Oct 2012
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First Look: October 30
the context of vehicle emissions testing in a state in which the government has outsourced these inspections to the private sector. Analyzing millions of emissions tests, we find empirical support for our hypotheses that particular...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Dec 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
of a purchase and final acquisition of a firearm. We show that waiting periods, which create a “cooling off” period among buyers, significantly reduce the incidence of gun violence. We estimate the impact of waiting periods on gun deaths,...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 23
2000) and social comparison (Festinger, 1954) lead to well-known cooperative effects within subordinate-supervisor pairs of the same sex and race, but potentially competitive effects among demographically similar peers. Analyzing...
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Martha Lagace