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- 24 Jul 2007
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First Look: July 24, 2007
video-on-demand. How should Netflix respond? Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=607138 Portfolio Investment in Emerging Markets Harvard Business School Note 706-438 Provides distinctive data...
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Martha Lagace
- 06 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
older age. The design of purchased products varies strongly with household characteristics, suggesting the importance of heterogeneity in preferences and financial circumstances. A simple portfolio choice...
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- 27 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018
We exploit households’ portfolio weights in previous years as an instrument for actual capital gains and dividends payments. We find that unrealized capital gains lead to a marginal propensity to consume (MPC) of 13% for the bottom 50% of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship
Associates suggests that at least half of the 25 clean tech firms in its portfolio have hired lobbyists. This does not seem like the ideal way to boost entrepreneurial innovation. Q: Is there more research to be done in this area? A:...
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- 19 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 19, 2008
managers, investors, and regulators. The basic analytical tool is the risk-adjusted balance sheet, which shows the sensitivity of the enterprise's assets and liabilities to external "shocks." At the national level, the sectors of an economy are viewed as...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Dec 2015
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December 8, 2015
Devices By: Exley, Christine L., and Jeffrey K. Naecker Abstract—Previous research often interprets the choice to restrict one's future opportunity set as evidence for sophisticated time inconsistency. We propose an additional mechanism...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019
lending portfolio would have to move to the productive sector of the Bolivian economy by 2018, and these loans would have a controlled interest rate of 11.5%. How would BancoSol meet these targets, fulfill its mission, and remain...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 13, 2007
We did so by presenting them with different parameters of the task, having them compare and contrast these different parameters, giving them full feedback on their history of choices and resulting outcomes, and allowing them to interact...
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Martha Lagace
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
been destined for mutual funds is not coming in because a portion of the undecided investor population is choosing instead to try trading stocks online." But for the most part, because committed mutual fund consumers are investors who hold View Details
- 23 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 23
attention to the returns of firms that do not issue at all, suggesting that issuance is partly an attempt to cater to broad time-varying patterns in characteristics mispricing. Our approach helps forecast returns to portfolios based on...
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Martha Lagace
- 21 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 21, 2009
outperform others stands in contrast to theory and evidence supporting a broader scope for organizations. The literature on related diversification at the level of the firm provides some reconciliation of these conflicting observations by suggesting that multi-unit...
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Martha Lagace
- 03 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 3
we call entrepreneurial beacons. We argue that the actions or outcomes of salient organizations attract and motivate entrepreneurs, thus increasing the rate of foundings. To test this logic, we examine the impact of the Yale University endowment's investment View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 18, 2007
no. 5 (May 2007): 760-776 Abstract Given the importance of proximity for knowledge spillovers, we examine firms' location choices expecting differences in firms' strategies. Firms will locate to maximize their net spillovers as a function...
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Martha Lagace
- 23 Aug 2016
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August 23, 2016
methods. Myth Number 1: Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) programs reduce returns on capital and long-run shareholder value. Reality: Companies committed to ESG are finding competitive advantages in product, labor, and capital markets, and View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 31
examines the many strategic choices Goldwind faced as it established its first major overseas subsidiary in Chicago: building a local team around a U.S. CEO, bridging cross-cultural differences among management, overcoming regulatory...
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Carmen Nobel
- 09 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
or through partnerships with healthcare professionals or insurance companies. Their choices are important because they will affect DayTwo's costs, pricing, positioning, distribution channels, marketing efforts, and product development....
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Dina Gerdeman
- 26 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 26, 2006
received extraordinary support from its oversized Scientific Advisory Board; it had developed and secured a strong intellectual property portfolio that creates high barriers to entry for any new market entrants; and, it had $13 million of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate
Slaughter, managing director and head of North American real estate investment banking for Morgan Stanley. Some refer to the post-crash era as a paradigm shift for commercial real estate. Others call it a sea change. Whatever the choice...
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- 15 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 15, 2008
Theory of Corporate Debt Maturity Choice Authors:Robin Greenwood, Jeremy C. Stein, and Samuel Hanson Abstract We argue that time-series variation in the maturity of aggregate corporate debt issues arises because firms behave as macro...
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Martha Lagace
- 26 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 26
differences in strategic orientation choices and their performance outcomes for American and Japanese entrepreneurial firms, focusing on founders' achievement motivation as a key personal disposition. Design/methodology/approach: A survey...
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Sean Silverthorne