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- 09 Jan 2014
- News
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
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
the "opportunistic behavior" hypothesis, private equity firms have higher quality accruals and a lower propensity to manage income than public equity firms. We further find that public equity firms report more conservatively, in line with their greater... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 21, 2009
airline's need to slow its growth rate in the response to increasing fuel costs and the effects of major operational crisis for the airline in February 2007. In 2005, JetBlue—typically viewed as a low-cost carrier (LCC)—made a move that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Sep 2019
- Op-Ed
Even for Non-Believers, These Are the Next Steps on Climate Change
insurance risk maps drawn by the Federal Emergency Management Agency show lower State Street in Boston, the location of a popular hotel and a subway entry, in the 1 percent flood risk zone. This means that insurance is written today as if... View Details
Keywords: by John Macomber
- 18 Oct 2016
- Op-Ed
Why Business Should Invest in Community Health
improve health in their communities. The business case for investing in community health is compelling, especially for companies that depend on communities for workers and customers. Sick and absent workers cost American firms some $225... View Details
- 06 Nov 2012
- Op-Ed
Stop Talking About the Weather and Do Something: Three Ways to Finance Sustainable Cities
The wrath of Hurricane Sandy has illuminated a fundamental question: How do we ensure that our cities are resilient in the face of inevitable future disasters? A destroyed city is not a sustainable city. I'm making the case that it's time to stop complaining about... View Details
- 15 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Post-CrowdStrike, Six Questions to Test Your Company's Operational Resilience
disaster, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Some research reports estimate that the cost of the CrowdStrike event could exceed $1 billion. Preparation for a crisis is just as... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Anita Lynch
- 02 Oct 2012
- First Look
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
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
50 employees) but was poised for significant growth. For founder and CEO Michael Lebowitz, the central challenge was to figure out whether and how the agency could retain its boutique culture while transcending its boutique size. The case... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
New Releases
Technology Fountainheads by E. Raymond Corey (Harvard Business School Press) As corporate research and development costs rise, many firms choose to participate in R&D; consortia - collaborative ventures with academic institutions 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
- 23 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Open Office Revolution Has Gone Too Far
what would be your reaction? Bernstein:It depends on what you’re trying to achieve with open offices. My understanding, from speaking with real estate managers and architects, is companies’ conversations about the built environment tend to start with View Details
Keywords: Re: Ethan S. Bernstein
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Unlocking Your Investment Capital
if the firm held a diversified equity portfolio like the Standard & Poor's 500. Assets with only passive risks are typically zero-net-present-value investments. Q: Why does the required amount of equity cushion that a company should have be based on its Value at... View Details
- 02 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 2
the benefits of unexpected inflation are tempered by higher interest rates. We obtain that costs from inflation more than offset the benefits from reducing tax distortions. We further discuss sustainability of nominal debt in developing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 15, 2015
(Frank) Li, and Dylan B. Minor Abstract—We link the corporate governance literature in financial economics to the agency cost perspective of corporate social responsibility (CSR) to derive theoretical... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Contribute Globalization of Markets Papers
three markets." Globalization and the Poor Half of the world's population lives in poverty, but their needs and desires are no less real. Efforts by governmental and non-governmental agencies to promote economic globalization and... View Details
Keywords: by Working Knowledge editors
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Digital Designs on the Inner City
An increasing number of inner city residents own computers and have online access, but government agencies and private companies need to do more to bridge the digital divide that still exists among income groups, according to business and... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Crash Pad
real estate partnerships, and he brings the practical perspective of an investor to the matter. Converting a neoclassical building in a neighborhood with the sort of retail and cultural amenities residents clamor for often makes financial sense, he says. But even in... View Details
- 05 Jul 2017
- Research & Ideas
Are Stockbrokers Illegally Leaking Confidential Information to Favored Clients?
investors (such as hedge funds, mutual funds, and pension funds) from 1999 to 2014. The information came from Abel Noser Solutions (formerly Ancerno Ltd.), a firm that performs transaction cost analysis for institutional investors—and... View Details
- 28 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #4: Erika Myers, World Resources Institute Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
with new EV models from VW and General Motors. “They are superior to internal combustion engine cars,” she said. And, there are efforts to make EVs more affordable. In early April of 2022, GM CEO Mary Barra announced a partnership with Honda to produce less expensive... View Details