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- 15 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 15, 2008
such as credit ratings, without considering the state of the economy in which default is likely to occur. Such investors are likely to be attracted to securities whose payoffs resemble those of economic catastrophe bonds-bonds that...
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Martha Lagace
- 18 May 2021
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Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.
for a company that's hiring like crazy More than a year into the pandemic, as the economy improves and recruiters begin to ramp up hiring again, Ng advises job seekers to zero in on companies that are advertising multiple openings....
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by Carolyn DiPaolo
- 05 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 5, 2008
transfer in security markets. We focus on connections between mutual fund managers and corporate board members via shared education networks. We find that portfolio managers place larger bets on firms they are connected to through their...
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Martha Lagace
- 07 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
colonialism, European integration, and violent territorial expansion within Europe itself. Using the debate as a lens to understand the connections between a wide range of policy responses, this article argues that efforts to territorialize capitalist View Details
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Carmen Nobel
- 10 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Is Groupon Good for Retailers?
may file for an initial public offering by the end of 2011, according to the New York Times. "Groupon has attracted remarkable interest," says Harvard Business School professor Benjamin G. Edelman. "With the economy...
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- 17 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 17
and Moritz Schularick Abstract For the better part of the past decade, the world economy has been dominated by a world economic order that combined Chinese export-led development with U.S. over-consumption. The financial crisis of...
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Martha Lagace
- 14 Nov 2006
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First Look: November 14, 2006
Caruso, and Max H. Bazerman Periodical:Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 91, no. 5 (November 2006): 872-889 Abstract Group members often reason egocentrically, believing that they deserve more than their fair share of group...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
that data from digital platforms such as Yelp have the potential to improve our understanding of gentrification, both by providing data in close to real time (i.e., nowcasting and forecasting) and by providing additional context about how the local View Details
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Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Aug 2011
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First Look: August 9
product and/or the by-product. The firm creates value through this process innovation and can capture this value by capturing newly created market opportunities, taking market share from competitors, or licensing the innovation to its...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 2
federal center and provincial governments, relations between the state and big business, economic policy, and models of economic development. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/710030-PDF-ENG Foreign Direct Investment and Ireland's Tiger View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
What Your Competition is Telling You
Lacking their economies of scale, you worry that you won't be able to compete. Surprisingly, however, that's not always the case—and the exceptions can be instructive. In the specialty-coffee business, for example, Starbucks is viewed by...
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by David Stauffer
- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
value-added tax. We're the only developed economy that doesn't do it. We have state and local sales taxes, but we don't have any broad-based value-added tax. I think most tax economists have long thought it's a strange arrow to have kept...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19
uncertainty, and the development of specialized expertise, while the benefits of greater breadth are linked to the economies of scope achieved by sharing common resources, such as advertising or production...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Feb 2015
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First Look: February 3
Recession did not alter the relationship between the coincident index and IVF use. Conclusions: Our study demonstrates a positive relationship between the economy and IVF use, with greater magnitude in states with insurance mandates. This...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Aug 2016
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August 23, 2016
We find that location fundamentals including market access and comparative advantage and agglomeration economies including capital-good market externality and technology diffusion play a particularly important role in multinationals'...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 5
political economy more generally), there is a danger that historical inferences from theory may infect historical tests of theory. It is imperative, therefore, that historical tests always involve a vigorous search not only for confirming...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
to generate profits, he threw them out. To be clear, large German firms definitely do not move as quickly today as many American firms. The German economy is going through fundamental structural changes because of Europeanization and...
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by Sean Silverthorne