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- 09 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Does Misery Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off
(New York Times, 2001), while Former President Clinton used his "bully pulpit" to urge corporations to attend to social problems (New York Times, 1996) and later advocated that minimum labor standards be a part of international... View Details
Keywords: by Joshua D. Margolis & James P. Walsh
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Industries: financial analytical data and tools
analytical features. Standard & Poor's RatingsDirect (available from Capital IQ) Access to the credit research behind S&P ratings on a wide variety of debt issues from around the world. These reports can provide useful... View Details
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Introduction - The Worker - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
Affirming the role of the employee, then, became part of a growing trend in management as a way to inspire collaboration and reduce alienation experienced in the repetitive nature of standardized working conditions. Elton Mayo, professor... View Details
- 25 Sep 2009
- News
Are You Being Served?
surprising than my unexpected win was the fact that all through the process, the state — and its oft-reviled bureaucracy — went out of its way to be fair, courteous, and forgiving. It got me to thinking: Has government been forced to become more customer friendly... View Details
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Securitization process and credit rating agencies
What resources are available on the securitization process, credit rating agencies and European covered bonds? Databases Bloomberg - Use Mortgages function to get information on various forms of secured loans Standard &... View Details
- 18 Jun 2007
- Op-Ed
Leveling the Executive Options Playing Field
individuals are not faced with this perplexing choice of how to characterize their income depending on the audience, corporations do find themselves in this curious situation. A dual-reporting system is standard in corporate America and,... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir Desai
- Mar 2012
- Article
The Looming Challenge to U.S. Competitiveness
The United States is a competitive location to the extent that firms operating in the U.S. are able to compete successfully in the global economy while supporting high and rising living standards for the average American. Changes in the... View Details
- Mar 2012
- Article
How to Make Finance Work
Once a sleepy old boys' club, the U.S. financial sector is now a dynamic and growing business that attracts the best and the brightest. It is tempting to declare the industry a roaring success. But its purpose is to serve the needs of U.S. households and firms, and by... View Details
- Portrait Project
Jared Simon
resources for shelter, increased commerce and trade all enabled population growth, increasing lifespan, and a higher standard of living. However, our gains have come at the expense of tipping the natural world out of balance. Natural... View Details
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Investment management: industry resources
What are top resources for analyzing the investment management industry? Need to find... Start with... Industry Overviews Use industry profiles to discover how an industry operates, trends, how to analyze a company, financial comparison of major players, and... View Details
- 02 Nov 2021
- News
The Road to Racial Equity
that want to address persistent inequities. The goal is to achieve for DEI efforts what the LEED standards have done for sustainability in the construction world: to provide measurable and attainable guidelines. Walker & Dunlop, a real... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Slam Dunk
they are known, say they intend to emulate the standards of community involvement set by New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft (MBA '65) and his family, especially with regard to children's issues and education. View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
'Green Bonds' May Be Our Best Bet for Environmental Damage Control
Municipalities have been selling bonds to pay for public works projects—fire stations, parking garages,sewage treatment systems—for 200 years. It’s only in the past decade or so, however, that they’ve been selling them with an extra perk: helping the environment. In... View Details
- 02 Jan 2019
- What Do You Think?
SUMMING UP: Do We Need an Artificial Intelligence Czar?
AI. It not only requires technological expertise but an even more complex challenge of creating standards and universal formats for organizing and coordinating data and its collection from various sources in a form from which machines can... View Details
- 28 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Minimum Wage Hikes Drive (Lousy) Restaurants Out of Business
economists and policymakers can use to understand the world. “Data from platforms like Yelp can add to our understanding of the economy,” says Luca, who works closely with companies and cities to help them better use data. “We can learn a lot by stepping outside of the... View Details
- 22 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
An Economic Principle For Us All: Comparative Advantage
provides a most important glimpse of truth. Political economy has found few more pregnant principles. A nation that neglects comparative advantage may pay a heavy price in terms of living standards and growth." Remarkably, most of... View Details
Keywords: Re: David A. Moss
- 29 May 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Important Is the “Service Sector Effect” on Productivity?
than they otherwise might. Whether this leads to a higher standard of living than that of their European counterparts is debatable. But there is growing evidence that providing pleasant work environments, aided to some degree by new... View Details
- 01 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
How Politics Drives Business Decisions in a Polarized Nation
prevalent.” 2. Politics affects analyst ratings Another study examined the work of corporate credit analysts working at Fitch, Moody’s, and Standard and Poor’s, who cover approximately 2,000 US firms. Analysts who were not affiliated with... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 11 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
Shrinking the Racial Wealth Gap, One Mortgage at a Time
officers are particularly helpful in identifying creditworthy minority borrowers with atypical application profiles.” “There are lots of people who are creditworthy borrowers, but don't have W-2s. And if you don't have a W-2, it's going to be extra work to document... View Details
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How to Onboard Recently Graduated MBAs - Recruiting
Brennan also favors introducing new recruits to peer coaches “who act as a cultural interpreter” to the organization. “This person is not a mentor, not someone with greater power. This should be a low-stakes relationship among equals.” Normalize feedback fast... View Details