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- 09 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Fearing Fox News, Democratic-leaning Companies Delayed Negative Announcements
where FNC was available. Before the passage of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, which put a cap on soft money donations to national political parties, firms were allowed to make large donations to parties whose proposed... View Details
- 06 Apr 2007
- What Do You Think?
Will Market Forces Stop Global Warming?
Summing Up Debate on this month's questions occurred on at least three levels. Is global warming occurring? Do humans (primarily through CO2 emissions) have much to do with it? Should we rely on market forces to provide appropriate responses, or will this require... View Details
- Profile
Marcela Sapone
sending gifts, booking appointments and reorganizing closets. By assuming the time-draining task of finding high quality service providers, Alfred secures the best professionals on a subscriber’s behalf. Sapone tips her cap to Angie’s... View Details
- Profile
Deborah A. Farrington
calls “the biggest success of my venture capital career,” paid off handsomely. NetSuite went public in 2007 and today has a market cap of $8 billion. Netsuite is one of the leading software-as-a-service companies, along with... View Details
- 01 Aug 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is There an “Efficient Market” in CEO Compensation?
tax. This has effectively capped salaries, but invites unlimited compensation in other forms. Several high-performing companies such as Costco Wholesale and Whole Foods Markets limit CEO pay to some multiple of the average salary paid to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 09 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
Reflections on Student Conferences in 2020
Sustainability Officers of Walmart, Nike, PepsiCo and Morgan Stanley, led by Professor Rebecca Henderson, and a policy debate led by Professor Gunnar Trumbull. The conference was capped off with breakout sessions on circular economy,... View Details
- 09 Jan 2020
- News
Your Whole Self
people have burnout and struggle, insomnia, headaches, back pain, some form of leader B might be at play. Secondly, I've seen folks really stall out in their careers where—whether the organization has grown or your role has grown—I've seen leaders View Details
- 01 Jan 2020
- What Do You Think?
Why Not Open America's Doors to All the World’s Talent?
(as of 2017) is capped at 85,000 per year, although this does not include renewals or transfers. This triggers a lottery for determining who gets the visa, creating uncertainty for both the immigrant and the sponsor. The US system, like... View Details
- 29 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Are First-Time Buyers Left Out of Real Estate’s Rebound?
would lessen the incentive for buying a home. Bottom line, the deduction remained, but with one change. Instead of being unlimited, it was capped at a million dollars. As we look back at what happened with the housing market implosion, I... View Details
- 21 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Renewable Energy - CleanMax
outside of the facility highlighting the company’s vision, mission, values, safety standards & key personnel. Students learned that India’s power distribution companies (DISCOMs) cap the solar capacity of sites like the one we visited... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
A Journey to Leadership: Luke O'Neill
building until we had a school," says O'Neill, "but how do you launch a school without a site?"). But last January, Shackleton Schools, Inc. - named for the intrepid Anglo-Irish explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, who brought his crew to safety after being stranded on the... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 10 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Counting Up the Effects of Sarbanes-Oxley
companies, although it was ultimately deferred for companies with market caps of less than $75 million and made permanent in the Dodd-Frank Act. Audit standards also were modified in 2007, a change that reportedly reduced costs for many... View Details
- 06 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
Curbing an Unlikely Culprit of Rising Drug Prices: Pharmaceutical Donations
Inflation Reduction Act, which aims to constrain price growth of existing drugs, cap seniors’ out-of-pocket drug spending, and eventually enable drug price negotiations, Dafny says. While “it's a little too soon to forecast the impact of... View Details
- 01 Aug 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should CEOs Worry About ‘Too Big to Succeed?’
with the largest market caps in their industries, underperform in a majority of cases the average stock in their respective sectors over the next one-, three-, five-, and 10-year periods. In fact, "top dogs" enjoy that status,... View Details
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship in Europe
a return to basics as entrepreneurship moves into a more mature stage in Europe. "There's a certain change in the investment pattern," he said. "Many venture caps have gone back to the old principle of doing due diligence,... View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
- 26 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
David, Goliath, and Disruption
Sony and Sega and Nintendo have a combined market cap that's 10X of SGI's. "To me, that's a classic example of drinking your own bath water and not realizing it. SGI had the technology; they were 10 years ahead of everybody. But that... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 11 May 2020
- Op-Ed
Immigration Policies Threaten American Competitiveness
It is no secret that immigration has reshaped American innovation. Immigrants are the backbone of America’s most innovative industries, provide a quarter of our patent applications, and are numerous among our science and engineering superstars. Taken from World... View Details
Keywords: by William R. Kerr
- 11 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
How AI Could Ease the Refugee Crisis and Bring New Talent to Businesses
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees settlers, whose number is determined by an annual cap set in advance. These refugees are distributed to 10 resettlement agencies, each of which runs a network of local affiliates that have their own... View Details
- 19 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
Building a Powerful Network of Talent at American Tower
think about it is almost like an apartment building. We own the apartment and rent to tenants, except the tenants are T-Mobile, Telefonica, Vodafone, etc.” In this way, American Tower plays a significant role in maintaining global connectivity. For a company with a... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
The four professional leagues have varying systems involving collective bargaining agreements, free agency rules, and financial penalties that, to different degrees, set, or act as a "drag" on, upper-level payroll limits and player salaries without necessarily putting... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons