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Built for Global Competition from the Start 26 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
Thanks to the Internet, entrepreneurs are no longer confined to a local geography when building a new business—the world can be their market from day one. But building a startup as a global business ...
Waves in Ship Prices and Investment 23 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
by Robin Greenwood and Samuel Hanson Executive Summary — Dry bulk shipping is a highly volatile and cyclical industry in which earnings, investment, and returns on capital appear in waves. In this pa...
From Green Users to Green Voters 22 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
by Diego Comin and Johannes Rode Executive Summary — Does the diffusion of technology affect voting patterns? Technology is usually not aligned with a specific ideology or political party. Indeed, to...
What Went Wrong at J.C. Penney? 21 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
After successful stints at Target (vice president of merchandising) and Apple (senior vice president of retail operations), it seemed Ron Johnson could do no wrong. But the winning streak came to a we...
To Buy Happiness, Spend Money on Other People 21 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
In their book Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending, authors Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton draw on years of quantitative and qualitative research to explain how money can buy happiness, but...
First Look: August 20 20 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
Quarterly bonuses spur sales productivity In Do Bonuses Enhance Sales Productivity? A Dynamic Structural Analysis of Bonus-Based Compensation Plans, Doug J. Chung, Thomas Steenburgh, and K. Sudhir su...
Studying How Income Inequality Shapes Behavior 19 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
It's clear that inequality in America has grown at a fast clip in recent years. From 1980 to 2010, the top 1 percent's share of income has doubled from 10 percent to 20 percent, while the income share...
Competition and Social Identity in the Workplace: Evidence from a Chinese Textile Firm 15 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
by Takao Kato and Pian Shu Executive Summary — Social identity theory suggests that individuals derive part of their self-concept from their perceived membership in a social group and behave differen...
Firm Competitiveness and Detection of Bribery 14 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
by George Serafeim Executive Summary — Bribery is widespread around the world, illegal, detrimental to economic progress and social stability, and at the same time it can have clear economic benefits...
First Look: August 13 13 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
A tax policy for the children Recent research indicates that increasing the disposable income of impoverished parents positively affects how their children will perform on subsequent cognitive abilit...
