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Space, Public And Commercial Economics (SPACE) - Course Catalog

learn about the history of civilian space agencies like NASA and of the military in space, and we will debate their role in the future. We will study the economics underlying the sector, where public-private linkages are deep and... View Details
  • 10 Aug 2011
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis

S&P and its rivals, Fitch, and Moody's. Recently, these agencies have faced considerable criticism over their sovereign ratings—in Europe, for example, over their downgrades of Greece and several other economies. They are accused of... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 21 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 21, 2009

ratings that guide investors to select "socially responsible," and avoid "socially irresponsible," companies. We examine how several hundred firms respond to corporate environmental ratings issued by a prominent independent social rating View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Jul 2016
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July 19, 2016

in press Journal of Systems and Software Technical Debt and System Architecture: The Impact of Coupling on Defect-related Activity By: MacCormack, Alan, and Daniel J. Sturtevant Abstract—Technical debt is created when design decisions that are expedient in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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IFC: India; Development While Decarbonizing - India’s Path to Net Zero - Course Catalog

will leverage my knowledge of the country and my network with business, government, non-profits, and development agencies to deliver a unique experience for students who not only what to learn more about climate related issues but also... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2022
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Making It Count

to how companies measure and report their ESG metrics. A company that touts its record in one dimension might be failing to mention hidden societal costs in others, like harmful labor practices, environmental degradation, or further... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
  • 01 Feb 1997
  • News

OPM Celebrates 21st Anniversary at Gala Florida Reunion

focused on the phenomenon of bankruptcy. A consultant to or board member of numerous corporations, financial institutions, and government agencies over the years, Hayes expressed his aversion to Chapter 11 proceedings for companies trying... View Details
  • 16 Feb 2016
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February 16, 2016

small association with violations in the unauthorized channel. Last, we link our results to the literatures on agency theory, transaction cost analysis, and theories of price obfuscation. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 May 2011
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First Look: May 17

employees, arguing that while agency theory provides a useful framework for analyzing compensation, it fails to consider several psychological factors that increase costs from performance-based pay. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Mar 2018
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First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52341 February 20, 2018 JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association Administrative Costs Associated with Physician Billing and Insurance-Related Activities at an Academic Health... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 17, 2009

to combat gray markets is to increase internal transfer prices to foreign subsidiaries in order to increase the gray market's cost base. We illustrate that when a gray market competitor is present, the optimal price for internal transfers... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Aug 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017

Attributing moral agency to business enterprises may be thought to avoid this controversy given that most theories of morality recognize positive duties on the part of all moral agents to help others even if at some View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Mar 2016
  • News

On Credit

individual’s creditworthiness, founding the Mercantile Agency after his own silk importing business failed in the wake of the collapse. Subscribers paid a fee to gain access to that report on Henrietta Bruckman and thousands of others;... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • 23 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 23

cost of leisure is lower. We interpret these results as evidence of differences in preferences for leisure across CEOs rather than optimal responses to organizational differences correlated with ownership. Differences in labor supply are... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 09 Jan 2014
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Tapping into Opportunity

increased its water efficiency by 21.4 percent between 2004 and 2012, recently announced a new initiative to increase that efficiency by another 25 percent. Or look at another example: extracting shale gas ("fracking"). It costs from 50... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Business and Environment Initiative; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 26 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 26

ones. Findings: Our key counterintuitive finding is that Japanese and American founders of entrepreneurial firms are more similar than is often suggested. We first find that in both Japan and the U.S., achievement motivation is positively related to customer... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Aug 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy

A new space race—one fueled more by commercial conquest than intergalactic domination—is charting solutions to pressing problems in national security, climate change, and communication. With costs poised to drop and innovation on the... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Aerospace
  • 11 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 11

Perspectives on Organizational Social Networks Bringing Agency Back Into Network Research: Constrained Agency and Network Action By: Gulati, Ranjay, and Sameer B. Srivastava Abstract—We propose a framework... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Oct 2012
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First Look: October 2

strategies leads to better access to finance. We hypothesize that better access to finance can be attributed to a) reduced agency costs due to enhanced stakeholder engagement and b) reduced informational... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019

gun restrictions. Lifting the Veil: The Benefits of Cost Transparency By: Mohan, Bhavya, Ryan W. Buell, and Leslie K. John Abstract—Firms do not typically disclose information on their costs to produce a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman