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- 31 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
How Ben Franklin’s ‘Way to Wealth’ Introduced American Capitalism to the World
of wisdom and many others were made famous by Benjamin Franklin in his 1758 essay known as The Way to Wealth, first published as a sermon delivered by “Father Abraham” in Poor Richard’s Almanack. “I’m... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 22 Jan 2020
- News
Alcohol Trends and Super Bowl Political Advertising
- 05 Jul 2022
- What Do You Think?
Have We Seen the Peak of Just-in-Time Inventory Management?
supply of “safety stock” was the order of the day for those using slower forms of transportation. "The result, of course, was what came to be known as 'just-in-time' inventory management, as championed by firms such as Toyota." One of my... View Details
- 08 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
Who Rises to Power in American Business?
generations. What doors are opening? Which remain closed? The book, written by Harvard Business School's Anthony J. Mayo and Nitin Nohria, and Boston College's Laura G. Singleton, is the second in a trilogy on leadership and leaders from... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
Why Competition May Not Improve Credit Rating Agencies
In the run-up to the global financial crisis, credit rating agencies gave high marks to such risky financial vehicles as collateralized debt obligations, which few people understood. It has been argued that these ratings misled investors... View Details
- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Birth of the American Salesman
Scott. The book looks at the changing image of the salesman, represented by the likes of George Babbitt and Willy Loman. In the end, says Friedman, salesmen not only fed America's thirst for consumerism, they also shaped it. Laura Linard:... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 10 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
Working for a Shamed Company Can Hurt Your Future Compensation
you may find some people getting a [compensation] discount they don’t deserve.” Don’t try to hide the past The researchers have also produced several business cases examining what executives who have found themselves nicked by a black... View Details
- 09 Jul 2014
- News
How Business Leaders Can Strengthen American Schools
- 20 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Activist CEOs Are Rising Up—and Their Customers Are Listening
the Washington Post headlined, If Howard Schultz runs for president, Starbucks will be on the ballot, too. Schultz’s political ambitions mark a growing wave of business leaders speaking out on social issues—termed “CEO activism” View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 2008
- Working Paper
Minimally Altruistic Wages and Unemployment in a Matching Model
By: Julio J. Rotemberg
This paper presents a model in which firms recruit both unemployed and employed workers by posting vacancies. Firms act monopsonistically and set wages to retain their existing workers as well as to attract new ones. The model differs from Burdett and Mortensen (1998)... View Details
Rotemberg, Julio J. "Minimally Altruistic Wages and Unemployment in a Matching Model." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 13755, February 2008.
- 27 Jan 2023
- Op-Ed
Have We Lost Sight of Integrity?
Easterbrook, and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg. Rife with bravado, New York Congressman Santos campaigned on being the “full embodiment of the American dream.” The only problem was that many of his personal claims—including tentpoles punctuating... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Role of Government When All Else Fails
which makes the policies themselves a whole lot easier to figure out. This is basically what I've tried to do in my book. Q: You point out that American risk management policy has passed through three phases. Can you give the major characteristics of these phases and... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 06 Dec 2006
- Op-Ed
India Needs to Encourage Trade with China
their visits by making the proverbial nods to Buddhism. In 2003, for example, the then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee visited the Baima Si, White Horse Temple, in China's Henan province, one of the monuments that View Details
Keywords: by Tarun Khanna
- 09 Sep 2015
- News
Corporate Efforts to Address Social Problems Have Limits
- 28 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day Reflections
Management and author of Accelerating Innovation in Energy: Lessons from Other Sectors. The environmental challenges we face are among the most important issues facing business. If, as current scientific research suggests, it would be prudent to remove 80 percent of... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 10 Nov 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Endowments, Fiscal Federalism, and the Cost of Capital for States: Evidence from Brazil, 1891-1930
- 07 Aug 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is There Still a Role for Judgment in Decision-Making?
were a number of views regarding the role of judgment. Wayne Brewer commented that "judgment is needed for creating a vision, decision tools are for optimizing a decision." Mark Andrew said, "Judgment can work well in 'high... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 16 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive
stable demand and pricing for both restaurants and the supply chain. Voices of hope The restaurant industry has been long marked by creativity and resiliency, intrinsic to restaurant operators’ DNA.... View Details
- 20 Oct 2010
- Op-Ed
Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic
Editor's Note: Christian Ketels wrote this paper for the World Bank's Development Debate, "What Do We Mean by Export Competitiveness and How Do Countries Achieve it in an Uncertain World?" held March 29, 2010. Ketels is... View Details
Keywords: by Christian Ketels