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Matthew C. Weinzierl | About
of Economic Advisers and worked in the New York office of McKinsey & Company. Professor Weinzierl has written on a range of topics in optimal... View Details
- 27 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
Reputation is Vital to Survival in Turbulent Markets
officials randomly changing rules without due process or checks and balances. You might have, in extreme circumstances, maximum economic instability. Or you might have political instability; you might have unrest in the streets. There is... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
ambiguity of profits and power, as well as the often-jealous interactions between different solutions to the problem of empire. The book presents a powerful mosaic of imperial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Globalization - Faculty & Research
competition, and earnings management affect mean reversion in accounting return on assets. Using a sample of 48,465 unique firms from 49 countries, we find that accounting returns mean revert faster in countries where there is more... View Details
- 29 Jan 2021
- Op-Ed
How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics
innovations—a theory that typically applies to new products—offers a framework for increasing the number of people who are willing, if not eager, to get vaccinated. Based on the traditional diffusion model,... View Details
- 21 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Common Strategy Mistakes
internationalize without understanding the true economics of their business. The value chain is the principal tool to delineate the geographic boundaries of competition, to... View Details
Keywords: by Joan Magretta
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
PublicationsThe Economics of Crime: Lessons for and from Latin America Authors:Rafael Di Tella, Sebastian Edwards, and Ernesto Schargrodsky, eds. Publication:Research and University View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jul 2022
- Research & Ideas
Burgers with Bugs? What Happens When Restaurants Ignore Online Reviews
eases but labor shortages persist, these sites offer another way for consumers to navigate a bumpy return to normalcy, particularly in the service industry. Consumer Reviews and Regulation: Evidence from NYC Restaurants, a recent working paper for the National Bureau... View Details
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Problem with Hedge Funds
There is thus no justification for the enormous growth of the hedge funds. It follows that the hedge fund mania is simply the latest of the securities industry's new, new things" for investors—another... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- 02 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Tax Cuts Don't Increase Middle Class Incomes
Halfpoint In the worlds of economic theory and conservative political orthodoxy, corporate tax cuts, such as the 2017 tax reform in the United States, should create benefits... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
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Buy Now, Pay Later: Introduction
Credits “A river of red ink runs through American history.” — Lendol Calder, Financing the American Dream (2000) There is a myth of a lost golden age of View Details
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RGE Report - Race, Gender & Equity
Equity at Work Symposium HBS Staff Author HBS Staff How does hope become a practice? As our exploration of hope traversed through overtures of its possibilities to an excavation View Details
- 12 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019
available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55802 forthcoming Journal of Medical Economics Time-Driven Activity-Based Cost Analysis for Outpatient Anticoagulation Therapy:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 13
Ramanna, and Douglas J. Skinner Abstract Based on extant literature, we review the positive theory of GAAP. The theory predicts that GAAP's principal focus is on control... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Apr 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Making the Move to General Manager
says Esty. GMP gets students to think about two big sources of turbulence: globalization—what happens when market boundaries change—and technology shifts—what happens when an industry's fundamental economics... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 Sep 2014
- News
Keeping Education in Check
theory is that, as chess players increase their skills, they increase the use of their frontal lobes—the part of the brain responsible for memory and determining consequences... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 18 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
Where Morals and Profits Meet: The Corporate Value Shift
of mutuality, or "sponsoring members" that practice an ethic of contribution. But, as a practical matter, they can no longer choose ethical indifference as orthodox corporate View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 04 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018
link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55322 forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics Governance Through Shame and Aspiration: Index Creation and Corporate Behavior By: Chattopadhyay, Akash,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Dec 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Cognitive Barriers to Environmental Action: Problems and Solutions
Keywords: by Lisa L.Shu & Max H. Bazerman
- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
Case 816-005, "Bigbelly," by Mitchell Weiss and Christine Snively. This case is an example of public entrepreneurship. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51306 Financial View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne