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- 05 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Watching for the Next Economic Downturn? Follow Corporate Debt
For commercial debt backed by real estate collateral, non-performing loans rise more than 81 percent once the crisis hits. “Once you have defaults in the commercial sector, the bank balance sheet is handicapped. And we show that, for... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 16 Jul 2014
- HBS Case
Marketing Obamacare
did just that, says Quelch. After legislation was passed, 14 states exercised the option to set up their own health insurance exchanges, as opposed to the other 36, which defaulted to the federal exchange. Of those 14, says Quelch, five... View Details
- 17 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
What’s Good about Quiet Rule-Breaking
their employer or the geography. In that case—and if the practice does not violate broader social norms—it is then important for the manager to signal that she is "in the know." This signals that the leniency is actively permitted, not a View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 31 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Not to Trust Your Gut
particular, other people's successes and failures. Obviously, for our most important negotiations, the outsider lens is preferable. Unfortunately, however, the outsider lens is rarely the default option when we are facing major... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman & Deepak Malhotra
- 05 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Changing Face of American Innovation
home country was clearly his default choice when looking for a partner. As Silicon Valley is a special place on many dimensions, I sought to characterize how well this case study generalized to other cities, industries, and ethnic groups.... View Details
- 03 Dec 2008
- What Do You Think?
Can Housing and Credit be “Nudged” Back to Health?
governments to influence choices in ways that encourage choosers to make decisions in their best interest. They call it "libertarian paternalism." This involves utilizing "nudges" such as the wording of choices in ways that influence individual... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 16 Nov 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Data.gov: Matching Government Data with Rapid Innovation
generally." Goals Of The Case Study "I have several teaching goals," said Lakhani as he prepared for class. "One is to highlight the imperative for organizations to shift towards an open-data approach, especially in government where the View Details
- 20 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
When Predicting Other People's Preferences, You're Probably Wrong
our account suggests, people default to the belief that others have relatively narrow and homogeneous preferences, and thus predict that dissimilar items are disliked,” the researchers write in “The Role of (Dis)similarity in... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Stuart Gilson
stagnating sales, accounting losses, or a falling stock price. In extreme cases such poor performance may cause the company to default on its debt, resulting in bankruptcy. Restructuring the debt can be difficult and costly, although in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
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 View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Mar 2013
- News
The Accidental Innovator
mention for 30 seconds that Greece might have to do an austerity program, and they’ll repeat it 100 times over the next week. Unfortunately, 99 percent of the viewers don’t know what an austerity program is, and 99 percent don’t understand what sovereign debt is or... View Details
- 14 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog
reasoning; thinking through social and interpersonal situations and problems; remembering the past and envisioning the future. Many of us experience putting a problem on a mental “back burner” when suddenly the solution comes to us in the shower or while walking the... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 02 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Retail Reaches a Tipping Point—Which Stores Will Survive?
us to believe that we are at an inflection point is demographics. You have this new generation of digital natives who are used to operating online. Their default option for shopping is through a digital interface. These consumers do not... View Details
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Psychology, Pathology, and the CEO
industrial and energy services—and was close to defaulting on its financial obligations. Some managers felt the company was also bankrupt in terms of ideas. There was insufficient communication across the company, including few common... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 30 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
Where Could More Regulation Help Small Businesses? Online Lending.
disclosure of product outcomes, such as average APRs and default rates. Requiring disclosure of such data would empower watchdogs and the market itself to evaluate bad actors. 5. Respect fiduciary duties Small business loan brokers have... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
An Action Plan for Economic Recovery
financial products are systemically risky, like credit default swaps. What would you do? My proposal is just the opposite of the Treasury’s. I would put the Fed in charge of risk monitoring because that’s where it has the most expertise.... View Details
- 25 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
policy sovereignty for the UK and adherence to the “four freedoms” at the heart of the EUs Single Market. A “no deal” Brexit by default remains an option, despite the costs to UK businesses and the wider UK economy. Download working... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
The Accidental Innovator
Unfortunately, 99 percent of the viewers don’t know what an austerity program is, and 99 percent don’t understand what sovereign debt is or what it means to default on sovereign debt. I think Khan Academy can fill the gap between an... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
consumer deleveraging. This, in turn, has created defaults among financial institutions.” In this context, Kaplan maintains that the financial rescue plan was necessary but not sufficient by itself. “There has to be a second step, and it... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 15, 2016
will be critical to their success. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51813 Fiscal Rules and Sovereign Default By: Alfaro, Laura, and Fabio Kanczuk Abstract—We provide a quantitative analysis of fiscal rules... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne