Reaching For Yield - Publications - Faculty & Research

August 2023
Article

Do Rating Agencies Behave Defensively for Higher Risk Issuers?

By: Samuel B. Bonsall IV, Kevin Koharki, Pepa Kraft, Karl A. Muller III and Anywhere Sikochi

We examine whether rating agencies act defensively toward issuers with a higher likelihood of default. We find that agencies' qualitative soft rating adjustments are more accurate as issuers' default risk grows, as evidenced by the adjustments leading to lower Type I... View Details

Keywords: Credit Rating Agencies; Soft Rating Adjustments; Default; Credit; Performance Evaluation; Measurement and Metrics; Financial Institutions; Risk Management

26 Apr 2024
HBS Case

Deion Sanders' Prime Lessons for Leading a Team to Victory

to reach them,” says Sanders in the case. Gibson says managers, too, should learn what their workers need and provide the necessary support. “A lot of leaders try to tell people what to do, but they’re not equipped or developed View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Sports

09 Jan 2020
Blog Post

Set Your Recruiting Vision for 2020

A new year provides an opportunity to set your vision for the future at home, in your career, and for your company. In your role as a recruiter or hiring manager, a cornerstone of that vision will be... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

19 Apr 2023
News

A Kick Start for Latin American Startups

beneficial. "It really helps companies gain more traction quickly." For Saggioro Leal and Lemann, success for these startups means more than just a return on investment. They want to build a movement. The... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Feb 1998
News

Making a Case for Women

With more MBA women in line to become the next generation of top corporate officers, there is a growing need for female role models in the classroom. This presents a challenge for business educators, since... View Details

26 Sep 2023
Book

Digital Strategy: A Handbook for Managing a Moving Target

excitement and the growing enthusiasm, at times even the frenzy, about these new phenomena, on the grounds of the pressing demands on managers to deal with the new reality and on academics to understand these phenomena. “Existing strategy frameworks developed View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Information Technology; Technology

Article

A Public Option Can Be a Triple Win for U.S. Healthcare

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Richard Boxer

The United States needs to control healthcare costs and quality while reaching universal coverage. The strongest choice is a public option that allows people to choose between Medicare and private payers. But a public option needs sustainable financing mechanisms that... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare; Public Option; Universal Health Coverage; Health Care and Treatment; Cost Management; Quality; United States

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17 May 2018
News

Creating Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs

Harsh Bhargava (MBA 1977) was visiting his hometown of Jaipur, India, in 1999 when tragedy struck. In the midst of an unemployment crisis during the Kargil War, the government advertised for 120 open positions in the nearby town of... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

09 Jul 2008
Research & Ideas

Starbucks’ Lessons for Premium Brands

coffee, revitalizing the quality of its standard beverages. But none of these moves addressed the fundamental problem: Starbucks is a mass brand attempting to command a premium price for an experience that is no longer special. Either you... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Retail

Web

Key Concepts - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Measure Outcomes & Cost for Every Patient Aligning Reimbursement with Value Systems Integration Geography of Care Information Technology Key Concepts Value-based health care is one of the most important topics in health care... View Details

03 Nov 2011
Working Paper Summaries

Pricing and Efficiency in the Market for IP Addresses

Keywords: by Benjamin Edelman & Michael Schwarz; Publishing

01 Dec 2018
News

Research Brief: Bargaining for Better

Kathleen McGinn (photo by Tracy Powell) Kathleen McGinn (photo by Tracy Powell) By the time they reach eighth grade, about 61 percent of girls in Zambia have dropped out of school—a rate three times higher than their male counterparts.... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

31 Oct 2018
News

Pitching In for Female Leaders

Ebru Koksal (AMP 192, 2017) is a senior advisor with J. Stern & Co. in Istanbul, Turkey. She was the CEO of Galatasaray SK, the leading football club in Turkey for 15 years, and is the only woman to be elected to the executive board of... View Details

22 Jul 2019
News

A Way Forward for Women

committees. We have to be the ones saying who should be considered for the next open seat.” Benko, who was named to Nike’s board of directors in 2018, says that WomenExecs’s member diversity—by geography, industry, function—both builds... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

29 Sep 2020
Blog Post

New Life for Old Tech: Startup Provides Network Security Solutions for Obsolete Devices

Engineering Sciences program, jointly offered by the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Harvard Business School, in 2020. “What are the solutions available to you to secure it, and increase its functionalities beyond that end of life... View Details

19 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Ground-Floor Opportunities for Retail in India

country's urban centers. "The consumer in India is far more aware than he ever was," said Jain. It may take time for the "shop 'til you drop" mentality to take firm root in the cities and View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products; Retail

23 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

New Challenges for Long-Term Investors

Is there a single best investment allocation strategy for the long-term investor? Some theories favor a one-portfolio-for-all investors approach, emphasizing a best-mix-of-assets program. The more traditional approach, which developed out... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

13 Dec 2006
Research & Ideas

Improving Public Health for the Poor

Microfinance—essentially small loans that help impoverished individuals create jobs, small businesses, and stronger communities—may offer a window on new methods for widening access to healthcare for the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

11 Feb 2021
News

Retraining for a Post-COVID Workforce

until they reach a cap of $22,500. The hope is that a large share of participants become high enough earners to compensate for those who don’t have to pay—and to generate a modest return View Details

09 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation

use to build asymmetric skills. For example, one chemical company we worked with realized that finding a way to reach nonconsumers in developing countries was its ticket to disruptive growth. It had an... View Details

Keywords: by Scott D. Anthony, Mark W. Johnson & Matt Eyring

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