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- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Merchants to Multinationals: British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
telegraph in particular provided new opportunities for direct communication between suppliers and customers, without the need for middlemen. 2 However some markets were opened more quickly, or were of more View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones
- 01 Nov 2022
- What Do You Think?
Why Aren’t Business Leaders More Vocal About Immigration Policy?
and get to ours. They will be here under highly tenuous circumstances. One misstep and the undocumented or illegal are deported. As a result, data from reputable sources suggest that they have much lower crime View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
in relation to macroeconomic and financial forces. He will also discuss the implications for investing of the low interest rate environment and how sophisticated institutional... View Details
- 04 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Maersk’s Journey to Decarbonize Shipping
ability to charge higher rates generated historic ocean shipping revenue of $48 billion and earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) of $18... View Details
- 29 Aug 2023
- News
Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases
millions of users and we get to make money earlier with a higher value subscription model. As we look forward, we are interested in also aligning our business model with people actually reducing emissions,... View Details
- 06 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Innovator’s Battle Plan
interesting scenarios occur when there are asymmetries—important differences of motivation or skills. Asymmetries of motivation occur when one firm wants to do something that... View Details
- 09 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent
significant role in your success as an adult. In fact, parents’ incomes strongly correlate with their children’s future earnings in the US. The higher the correlation, the lower the degree of... View Details
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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
rates heading? Inflation, Savings, and the Capex Revolution Professor Luis Viceira No additional materials available + More Info – Less Info Interest rates have experienced a... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
these redlined areas form the shape of a so-called Black butterfly, and they suffer the highest rates of poverty, crime, and chronic disease in the city. Studies show that... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
lower emissions) is becoming the focus of operators. Consumers are shifting their product preferences and investors are incorporating these in their asset allocations and specific investment decisions. There... View Details
- 24 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 24, 2008
log variance of income per worker. This figure should be compared to the 42% success rate of the usual model. Download the paper from SSRN ($5):... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
for tax purposes. India residents are being charged the current India GST rate (18% as of 1/26/24). The tax collected is passed on to the government of India through Harvard... View Details
- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
The Unintended Consequences of the Zero Lower Bound Policy By: Di Maggio, Marco, and Marcin Kacperczyk Abstract—We study the impact View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
High Fives
productivity is going up significantly around the world. Globalization is creating higher growth rates and overall lower costs of production. However, the U.S. stock market is... View Details
- 31 Oct 2016
- Research & Ideas
Quantitative Easing Didn’t Ease the Housing Crisis for the Neediest
$76-billion increase in consumption among American homeowners. That’s laudable. When the authors dug deeper, however, they found that while QE freed up funds for those households that were able to take advantage of dramatically View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 25 Aug 2015
- News
Sunset in the East?
countryside are a good first step, but they are woefully inadequate to meet needs. The poorest people still have to spend the most for inadequate health care and education. With the announcement of lower... View Details
- 17 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Companies Detangle from Legacy Pensions
interest rates have fallen to historic lows, increasing the funding that companies must set apart to make up for the lower yield on the assets already in place. "Companies... View Details
- 09 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 9
http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/709495-PDF-ENG Wal-Mart's Use of Interest Rate Swaps Harvard Business School Case 108-038 "Wal-Mart's Use View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
Working PapersAn Optimal Lower Bound for Anonymous Scheduling Mechanisms Authors:Itai Ashlagi, Shahar Dobzinski, and Ron Lavi Abstract We consider the problem of designing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Faculty Spotlight: Professor Jurgen Weiss
challenges are. Rebekah Emanuel: Why did you decide to come teach at HBS? What about this opportunity was interesting to you? Jurgen Weiss: The last 20 plus years, I have been working as a consultant in the energy space and trying to... View Details