Publications

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2012
Working Paper

Reaching for Yield in the Bond Market

By: Bo Becker and Victoria Ivashina

Reaching-for-yield—the propensity to buy riskier assets in order to achieve higher yields—is believed to be an important factor contributing to the credit cycle. This paper analyses this phenomenon in the corporate bond market. Specifically, we show evidence for... View Details

Keywords: Fixed Income; Reaching For Yield; Financial Intermediation; Insurance Companies; Insurance; Bonds; Assets; Risk Management; Investment Return; Investment Portfolio; Insurance Industry

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01 Apr 2002
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

from current students as well as recent graduates to determine the most effective way to reach them. Enormous progress has been made thanks to the commitment View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2006
News

Student Benefits from Class of 2006 Fellowship

class. Sections A, G, and J each had 100 percent participation. “We thought it was important to ensure that future students have access to the type of educational experience we... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

20 Dec 2019
Blog Post

Top 10 MBA Voices Blogs of 2019

My Time at HBS After 500 cases over two years though, I’ve realized that the most important thing for me is the idea of service driven leadership... View Details

25 Apr 2016
News

Meet The New Mavericks: An Inside Look At America's Drone Training Program

15 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

The New Global Business Manager

still is at the heart of transnational management. But we also described a third strategic imperative, one that has become increasingly important in recent years. Today, global... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

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Annual Cost of Attendance | MBA

for a 2 bedroom apartment. Married with Two Children Housing cost is based on average area market rate for a 2 bedroom apartment. See Previous Year Important Details 9 Months of Classes, 12 Months View Details

May 2016 (Revised April 2019)
Case

Olivia Lum: Wanting to Save the World

By: Geoffrey Jones and Essie Alamsyah

This case considers the entrepreneurial career of Olivia Lum, who founded the Singaporean water company Hyflux in 1989. An orphan born in Malaysia, Lum provides a rare case of an entrepreneurial success in a country whose economic success has primarily rested on... View Details

10 Jul 2007
What Do You Think?

How Much of Leadership Is About Control, Delegation, or Theater?

act, and this I believe is not deception." Karen Dempster comments that "I completely believe leaders all use a form of theatre, even quietly, to express and create hopefully a calm, delegated form View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

05 May 2011
Research & Ideas

How ‘Political Voice’ Empowers the Powerless

India is a country where many women struggle for survival from the day they are born. Girls in India are less likely to be breastfed than boys, for instance, and less likely to be immunized. But India also has View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

August 2009 (Revised July 2010)
Case

Jones Lang LaSalle: Reorganizing around the Customer (2005)

By: Ranjay Gulati and Lucia Menzer Marshall

Peter Roberts, CEO of Jones, Lang, LaSalle (JLL) Americas division, has been charged with expanding the company's presence in its core geographic markets while simultaneously growing its corporate account business. Roberts and his task force have narrowed their options... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Global Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Structure; Business Strategy; Real Estate Industry

12 Mar 2024
Research & Ideas

Publish or Perish: What the Research Says About Productivity in Academia

could at some point become an important variable in deciding how to distribute resources for academic research. “That means we need to take seriously how we’re measuring scientists’ inputs and outputs, which can be quite a challenge.”... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Education

24 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

Charting the US-China Trade War: What Does 'Made in Vietnam' Mean?

“microdata” from firms’ transactions suggests that a significant portion of the imported Chinese goods added value to Vietnam’s economy through new investments that resulted in... View Details

Keywords: by Ana Elena Azpúrua; Manufacturing; Shipping

01 Sep 2013
News

Leading the Way

offering users the opportunity to more easily find and connect with other alumni. The new website will also highlight stories of alumni—as well as faculty and students—and... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

January 2013
Case

Austal, Ltd. (A)

By: Willy C. Shih, Margaret Pierson and Dawn H. Lau

Austal, Ltd. was an Australian builder of high-speed passenger ferries. It had translated that expertise into a foothold in the defense market on the US Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program with an Alabama assembly facility. In January 2009 it had just completed... View Details

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HBS - The year in Review

2023 Annual Report From The Dean Key Metrics Financials PDF Downloads The Year in Review Notable progress was made during FY23 in advancing the... View Details

April 2017 (Revised February 2023)
Case

Helena Rubinstein: Making Up the Modern Woman

By: Geoffrey Jones and Kathy Choi

This case examines the entrepreneurial career of Helena Rubinstein before 1938. Rubinstein is widely considered the single most important female entrepreneur in the United States in the 20th century. She was born in Poland but immigrated to Australia where she started... View Details

Keywords: Female Entrepreneur; Brands and Branding; Luxury; Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry