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- 25 Oct 2016
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October 25, 2016
reactions at appointment and loss of fewer subsequent directorships. Nondisclosure of directorships is significantly reduced following changes to SEC rules, with the greatest change being for adverse-event directorships. These findings...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 13
fall of 2011. It was slowly revealed that the 92-year-old camera and medical photo-imaging company, Olympus, had been hiding its losses for more than a decade-to the tune of $1.7 billion-long before the current economic pressures, slow...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019
examine attitudes towards two critical phases of conflict termination—a ceasefire and a peace agreement. We examine the rigidity/flexibility of refugees’ attitudes to see if subtle changes in how wartime losses are framed or in who...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 18
they cut their losses and leave Japan, or could they learn from mistakes and turn things around? Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/vodafone-in-japan-b/an/711469-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 711-470 Vodafone in Japan (C)...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 17
Lynch. Negotiations for the acquisition had begun a few months earlier, during the disastrous week in September in which Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy. Initially both Merrill and BofA viewed their agreement favorably, but in the intervening months, as Merrill's...
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Martha Lagace
- 21 Dec 2010
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First Look: December 21
hospital, considers which organizational structure will help them adjust to the changing health sector environment. The move from global budget to activity-based funding has led his and many other public hospitals to suffer losses in...
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- 21 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 21
in a strategic game, comprising not only the player's contribution to the total payoff but also the player's ability to inflict losses on other players. A salient feature is that the value takes account of the costs that “spoilers"...
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Carmen Nobel
- 08 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 8
algorithms and statistical analysis to detect problems such as leaks, bursts, and faulty equipment within a water utility's infrastructure. Such problems caused significant water and energy loss at many utilities, led to service...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
loss of control and precision of information). Before the 1920s at least, most German industrial firms did not have an extensive middle management staff. Large German firms remained much more diversified and decentralized than unitary,...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2013
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First Look: January 15
Value Added Tax Authors:Pomeranz, Dina Abstract Tax evasion generates billions of dollars of losses in government revenue and creates large distortions, especially in developing countries. A growing, mostly theoretical literature argues...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 17
Interactive Controls: Which, When, and Why? Author:Anette Mikes Abstract Taking a multiple-control perspective, I investigate a control debacle and its aftermath at a financial services company (MultiBank), focusing on an insurance division (EurInsurance) that suffered...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 29
business. Under Ron Johnson's "Fair and Square" program, sales had declined rapidly, and quarterly losses and expensive capital investments had put severe pressure on cash reserves. Ullman decided to combine "Fair and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 8
HawkinsHarvard Business School Case 111-034 Following International Financial Reporting Standards guidance, company records a number of significant losses and a related deferred tax asset. Purchase this...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
utilization. Even in occupations highly exposed to immigrants’ competition, there were no employment or wage losses among natives, suggesting that political discontent was unlikely to have economic roots. Consistent with this...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
have a proposal that seems to lean pretty heavily in one direction distributionally, I think there is going to be a further loss of confidence or buy-in with how the system is working. "I think the detachment of the current debate...
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by Sean Silverthorne