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- 21 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation
effects, then it is a disappointment. To be sure, the bill does address some causes of the crisis in meaningful ways. There is significantly enhanced transparency in the derivatives markets—a problem at the center of the "interconnectedness issue." The bill...
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by Staff
- 11 Aug 2009
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First Look: August 11, 2009
argue that time-series variation in the maturity of aggregate corporate debt issues arises because firms behave as macro liquidity providers, absorbing the large supply shocks associated with changes in the maturity structure of...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
In Review
driven into the ground and see the structure rise from its foundations. Walking across the campus allows for many chance conversations with people who readily share both what is working well and what’s not. I love Harvard Business School;...
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- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
adding new settings to explore established core debates. The discipline of business history evolved around the corporate strategies and structures of developed economies. The growing literature on the business history of emerging markets...
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Carmen Nobel
- 19 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 18
competitive characteristics on its investment in various type assets, on the profitability of these investments, and on the financial structure of its balance sheet. The case also allows a discussion of (1)...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
intended to help address that imbalance. This note provides a roadmap for managers and employees to follow when instituting or facing layoffs. It aims to help managers consider the broader implications that should be taken into account when conducting layoffs,...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
and self-improvement. Additionally, we show that future lock-in can arise without changing the structure of a should-choice, but just changing people's temporal focus. Finally, we provide evidence that the should self operates at a higher...
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Martha Lagace
- 04 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids
another, the need “to do extreme scenario planning and take out loans as precautions to boost the balance sheet.” One CEO mentioned that this was complicated by a distrust of government data on health and the economy, thus requiring...
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- 18 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas, April 18
made-in-Japan products and concepts to Godiva’s other markets. How could Chouchan keep the momentum and sustain Godiva Japan’s top-line and bottom-line growth going forward? Would he be able to keep the balance between aspirational and...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2007
November 2006, Kapur faced a number of issues, including how to expand without capital, how to deal with imitation, and how to balance Keggfarm's for-profit and social values. Purchase this case:...
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Martha Lagace
- 12 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 12, 2006
initiatives goes to organizations that are structured to support specific groups of recipients, often with sophisticated solutions. Such organizations rarely reach the broader populations that could be served by simpler alternatives....
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Martha Lagace
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
country unit to adjust to local needs is a critical balancing act. Rule 4: Timing is critical. Retailers would do well to stop planting flags and focus instead on a limited set of opportunities where they can establish operations of...
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Carmen Nobel
- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2011
colleagues set out to find some answers. Being the Boss (26,224) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6573.html Published: January 17, 2011 Striking the right balance between good management and good leadership is a daunting but necessary challenge...
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by Staff
- 14 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 14, 2007
and practice of modern contingent claims analysis (CCA). The paper provides a new framework for adapting the CCA model to the sovereign balance sheet in a way that can help forecast credit spreads and evaluate the impact of market risks...
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Martha Lagace
- 06 Dec 2018
- News
Source Code
shape and dimension and structure in real time. “It was this other half of how the brain works that everyone had missed,” he says. And so, Numenta became a different company. Yes, it meant a change in direction and all those disruptions...
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- 07 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 7
fairness within the industry. Coordinating conflicting programs requires a careful balance between equity and efficiency. In our work, we first develop a fairness metric to measure deviation from first-scheduled, first-served in the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Prognosis
deployed after the Boston Marathon bombing, as well as during world wars, previous pandemics, and other disasters. With that structure in place, the hospital was able to make the “crisp decisions that are required in warlike times,” says...
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- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
focuses on incentives, responsibilities, and structures, we adopt a process perspective and find that integration was achieved despite an incentive structure which did not support it. By drawing a distinction between the incentive...
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Martha Lagace
- 03 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 3, 2009
design—reflecting a lack of understanding of the entrepreneurial process—and problematic implementation. Government must play a careful balancing act, combining an understanding of the necessity of playing a catalytic role with an...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Building a Better MBA
analysis of eleven business school programs. To complete the picture, they also interviewed leading academic critics and 28 executives and recruiters. The findings presented a mixed diagnosis of the health of MBA programs but on balance...
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