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- 14 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 14, 2016
parameter is calibrated to local interest rates. A quantitative exercise calibrated to Brazil finds welfare gains of the optimal fiscal policy to be economically substantial, and the optimal View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Alumni Books
compensation consultants who legitimize outrageous pay; accountants and attorneys who see no evil; legal vote buying; and rampant conflicts of interest. They discuss what happened, or failed to happen, in the boardrooms of Lehman... View Details
- 21 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 21
increase performance while social comparison reduces it, especially for low-ability trainees. These effects appear when treatments are announced and persist through training. The findings are consistent with a model of optimal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
KPMG for Mayor!
Corporations could do a good job of running corrupt Third World governments. Corruption rules in too many of the world’s democratically elected governments. From Achocalla, Bolivia, to Mayuge, Uganda, voters pick their leaders through the... View Details
- 18 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Bias of Wall Street Analysts
Analysts and Research Reports," and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) issued Rule 472, "Communications with the Public." Both were effective in May of 2002, which is subsequent to the data used in our study, but seem to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Building a Strong and Prosperous Society
population thinks that democracy is broken, the system is rigged, their votes don’t count, and the only people who have sway are those with money and power. The idea that “nobody is paying attention to me and government is against me” is... View Details
- 22 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 22
improving resource efficiency, optimizing care over the complete care cycle, and planning and budgeting of resource capacity. It also mentions that TDABC enhances quality of care and clinical outcomes while reducing healthcare costs.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds
delayed the effective restructuring. “Right now the index funds are saying [that they] are not here to directly intervene in boards,” says Viceira. “Instead, they are promoting better corporate governance, voting for View Details
- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
does not look likely to be approved by Mylan shareholders, who must vote upon it. If Perry can swing the voting in favor of the deal, it will gain handsomely on its King shares without facing any... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Stop Thinking of Climate Change as a Religious or Political Issue
You sometimes hear people say things like, "I believe in global warming" or "I don't believe in climate change." It seems odd to approach climate change in this way, as though it were a question of belief, like religion. Most of the time when we confront uncertainty in... View Details
- 18 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Advertisers Get Serious About Playing With Their Brands
hard selling—and a great way to do that is to spend a little brand equity on playfulness to spark conversations. The Rules Of Play Marketing—in the form of the mish-mosh of online posting, uploading, commenting, and sharing on YouTube,... View Details
- 11 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 11
theoretical and empirical investigation of the risks of globally diversified portfolios of stocks and bonds and of optimal intertemporal global portfolio choice for long horizon investors in the presence of permanent cash flow shocks and... View Details
- 10 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
High-Tech Greenhouse Innovations in The Netherlands
technologies for greenhouse production through its incubator, Division Q. In these Dutch greenhouses, technology rules the roost—from cultivar selection to pest control and automation. We learned that these greenhouses record large... View Details
- 10 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis
hesitant to vote for such proposals. Add to this the ideological divisions about whether to emphasize taxes or spending when closing the budget gap, and we have a difficult and volatile fiscal outlook for this country. Given these... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 19 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy
Mexican history, he found a common thread running through the country's various shifts of power: reliance on a third party to enforce the rules (such as property rights) that make it possible to do business. A Stake In The Game Porfirio... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 21 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?
Act, introduced May 19, casts shareholders as the antidote to runaway executive compensation and excessive risk-taking. The bill requires public companies to conduct annual, nonbinding votes by shareholders on executive... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
- 13 Dec 2017
- News
Skydeck Live: What Really Motivates American Voters?
and on and on and said this is not normal. This is a pattern of corruption. And it was shocking to me how much people—ultimately, many people ultimately said, I think I'd rather vote for Donald Trump than for someone like that. It was an... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Hierarchy's Last Stand
rapidly disappearing, and those who like lording it over others or feeling immune from the rules can no longer get away with it. Status no longer confers a “Get Out of Jail Free” card, as too many indicted and convicted executives have... View Details
- Profile
Maurice Taylor
Maurice Taylor was raised in Detroit, where his family still lives. “As a city, we’ve seen difficult times,” he says. “I’m driven to make a positive impact.” The challenge? “I needed to find an education with the optimal mix of practical... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
annual, nonbinding votes by shareholders on executive compensation — so-called say on pay; grants substantial shareholders a new right to have their director candidates’ names included on the ballots sent out by the company (dissident... View Details