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- 27 Mar 2018
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First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018
Abstract—Current academic and policy debates focus on the impact of tort reforms on physicians’ behavior and medical costs. This paper examines whether these reforms also affect incentives to develop new technologies. We develop a...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
prompted renewed debate on the role of fiscal rules. Their optimality, however, remains unclear. We provide a quantitative analysis of fiscal rules in a standard model of sovereign debt accumulation and default modified to incorporate...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 4
Siegel, and Xi Li Abstract Using a natural experiment to overcome the empirical challenges facing the debate over the bonding hypothesis, we analyze markets' reaction to a sudden radical change in the law governing U.S.-listed foreign...
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Carmen Nobel
- 13 Dec 2016
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December 13, 2016
hand. It also allows students to consider and debate whether the traditional private equity fund structure can be applied in Africa. In particular, the case focuses on one of Qalaa’s largest and most difficult greenfield infrastructure...
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Carmen Nobel
- 09 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 9, 2015
a lower price. In late 2012, Quincy's cofounders are debating how to approach a crucial board meeting. Their seed-stage startup is running low on cash; to survive, they will need more capital, probably in the form of a bridge loan from...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
history? American Capitalism presents a sampling of cutting-edge research from prominent scholars. These broad-minded and rigorous essays venture new angles on finance, debt, and credit; women’s rights; slavery and political economy; the...
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- 10 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
(e.g., cereal) products, and they are being courted by two major players in each category. With an award-winning snack bar in their hands, they are now debating whether they should delve further in to the ready-to-eat category. It is a...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
(IMM), a measure of the social value created by a company per equity dollar invested. If a company fails to meet the IMM threshold, Rise will not invest in it. The case finds McGlashan and Maya Chorengel (HBS MBA ’97), Rise’s senior partner for impact, View Details
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Dina Gerdeman
- 27 May 2009
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First Look: May 27, 2009
escalate, the debate has focused on how to finance health care. Yet funding solutions can't address the underlying questions: Why have costs risen in the first place? And how can we improve the quality and affordability of care? In...
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Martha Lagace
- 25 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
candidates have the same political orientation (making coordination relatively more important and desirable), but they remain strong when two candidates only qualify for the second round (and there is no need for coordination), suggesting...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 21
phrases in content on U.S. political issues from two sources-Encyclopedia Britannica and Wikipedia. Our overall slant measure is less (more) than zero when an article leans towards Democrat (Republican) viewpoints, while bias is the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 2
Leaders of organizations in the social sector are under growing pressure to demonstrate their impacts on pressing societal problems such as global poverty. We review the debates around performance and impact, drawing on three literatures:...
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Martha Lagace
- 15 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 15
experiments offer evidence that debates about the relative costs and benefits of self-deception are informed by adopting a temporal view that assesses the cumulative impact of self-deception over time. Download the paper:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
uniting, becoming more “producer-friendly,” and consider the role within ASGM governance systems they are best suited to play (which may be none at all). Findings contribute to debates on the merits of increasing governance fragmentation...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018
to precisely quantify the difference between how people enact warm versus tough communication styles. We find that the two styles differ primarily in length and their expressions of politeness (Study 1). Negotiators with a tough...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 30
theorists differ as to whether exploitation undermines or enhances exploration. The debate reflects a gap—the missing theoretical mechanism by which organizations break free of old routines and discover new ones. We propose that the...
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Martha Lagace
- 03 May 2011
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First Look: May 3
things, and events. They provide contexts in which executives and employees can interact to create new meaning. Phronetic leaders use metaphors and stories to convert their experience into tacit knowledge that others can use. They exert View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1
Bonding Stick? A Natural Experiment Involving the Supreme Court and Cross-Listed Firms Authors:Amir N. Licht, Xi Li, and Jordan I. Siegel Abstract Using a natural experiment to overcome the empirical challenges facing the debate over the...
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- 19 May 2009
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First Look: May 19, 2009
companies, taking as our point of departure a particularly energetic debate during a symposium at the 2007 Academy of Management meetings. We surface the assumptions that underlie such debates, compare them with findings from our research...
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Martha Lagace