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- 22 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 22, 2008
work, we look at the gold standard era (1880-1914) as a "natural experiment" to test whether adoption of a rule-based monetary framework such as the gold standard increased policy credibility. On... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Realizing a Dream
help with decision making, and an appreciation of the fact that in addition to succeeding in business, I could help my community,” he says. Today Ferrara serves as advisor to Standard Heating & Air Conditioning, the company his father... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Shaping Leaders Who Understand Business and the Environment
standards and committed to transparency on environmental issues. Few new graduates will immediately become CEOs, with the direct responsibility to reshape a company’s ESG policies in such dramatic ways, but Serafeim wants to show students... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Advancing the Vision for HBS
other initiatives ensure that the School remains the standard for excellence in management education worldwide. Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of thousands of donors and the work of a dedicated corps of alumni volunteers, we are... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Shaping the Way Business Does Business: HBR at 75
magazine has maintained an unwavering commitment to high editorial standards and has retained its cachet. Today, HBR's key business indicators - subscriptions, renewals, and advertising pages - "are higher than ever," says Stone. "It's a... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
John R. Davis
and accounting for all 800 “cow units” (a standard measurement that in this case means about 1,175 actual cattle). Calving season calls for constant monitoring of the pregnant cows and helping them give birth — including stitching them up... View Details
- 01 Feb 2013
- News
Growth Strategy Has Double Bottom Line
generates returns for investors through timber harvesting, recreational leasing, and in some cases, by subdividing the properties for development or non-timber uses. Lyme Timber, however, is unique among TIMOs by virtue of its commitment to land conservation. The... View Details
- 03 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 3
context. Publisher's link: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1865878 August 2013 Business Ethics. 2d ed., edited by Michael Boylan. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, 2013 Multinational Enterprises and Incomplete Institutions: The Demandingness of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 8
integrating all the company's sustainability processes and indicators. In fall 2011, the company's leadership considered the following strategic questions: To what extent should COSCO refer to international and domestic sustainability View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) leads to capital market benefits through enhanced financial statement comparability. UK domestic standards are considered very similar to IFRS (Bae et... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017
external shocks. A quantitative exercise of the Brazilian economy suggests this strategy to be effective for smoothing consumption and reducing the occurrence of default. The Better Is the Enemy of the Good By: Exley, Christine L., and Judd B. Kessler Abstract—In View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 May 2015
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First Look: May 19
Abstract—The prominent but unproven intuition that preference heterogeneity reduces redistribution in a standard optimal tax model is shown to hold under the plausible condition that the distribution of preferences for consumption... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 1
disagree with this assumption, preferring tax policies based at least in part on a classic alternative objective: the principle of Equal Sacrifice. I generalize the standard model to accommodate this preference for a mixed objective,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 26 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Learning from Failed Political Leadership
permit. Business executives will immediately recognize this as the standard corporate approach to strategy and operations in the market place. This is why a book which investigates American foreign policy for the decades ahead is not... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
e.g., to buy out minority shareholders; for gift and estate tax purposes; to tie executive compensation to firm performance; to raise outside capital; or to sell the company outright. However, these companies present certain unique characteristics that can make View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company
Executives must adjust the span of control for each key position and unit on the basis of how the company delivers value to customers. Consider Wal-Mart, which has configured its entire organization to deliver low prices. Wal-Mart's strategy depends on View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 23 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Sustainability Reporting: It’s Effective
significant amount of money." Difficult To Measure After analyzing government websites, NGO publications, and investor reports, the researchers found 16 countries, ranging from Australia to the United Kingdom, that mandated sustainability reporting. A more difficult... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Greed, Fear, and The System Hinder Corporate Reform
percent decline in Standard & Poor's last year, the median CEO pay is up 14 percent this year. Moreover, there's been an incredible diffusion of what some people are calling the stealth-wealth pay system. This was evident, for... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Mental Health Awareness Month | Baker Library
Edmondson further clarifies her argument around psychological safety by stating it is: not about being nice not a personality factor not just another word for trust not about lowering performance standards Black Women & Mental Health In... View Details
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Software Environments via Conda - Research Computing Services
person modules/packages, we recommend instead using the standard Python / R installation methods, as outlined on our R and Python page. This page is intended for those working on multiple projects and would like to create separate... View Details