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  • 01 Oct 2001
  • News

New Economy Notables: Scott D. Cook

corporate culture. Pro bono work At Intuit, we give free tax preparation software to any American with an adjusted gross income of $25,000 or less — about 45 percent of the population. The View Details
Keywords: Young, Susan; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services
  • 01 Apr 2019
  • What Do You Think?

Does Our Bias Against Federal Deficits Need Rethinking?

Wildebeest added: “There is a good case to be made that deficits from loose monetary policy are the actual cause of the ever-widening income disparity in the US and nearly every major economy.” (JohnfrmClevelnd reminded Wildebeest that... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 22 Apr 2015
  • Op-Ed

Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths

procedures to start a business declining from 15 to 5. Equally good news was that the average time to prepare and pay taxes declined from 264 to 193 hours over the same period. The Failures This is all good news and, in theory, should... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
  • 16 Sep 2014
  • First Look

First Look: September 16

exogenous shocks to household income in rural India: the dramatic reduction in import tariffs in the early 1990s and rainfall variations. We find that trade shocks, previously shown to raise relative poverty, also increased the incidence... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Feb 2016
  • Research & Ideas

The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp

led cities to digitize more of their own information, putting everything from tax records and public health inspection scores online. “They take a dataset that used to be in an obscure database or on paper, and now it’s available for the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consumer Products
  • 01 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1

outpaced the growth of the economy, and this disconnect increases as the difference between the corporate income tax rate of the U.S. and the other OECD countries increases. The underlying mechanism is fewer... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Apr 1996
  • News

Wake-Up Call: Farewell to the American Dream?

and in government, to rapidly rising incomes and tax revenues. We haven't had that for twenty years, and now blue-collar and middle-class people sense those days may be gone forever. You state that high... View Details
  • 07 Dec 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 7

included in shareholders' equity, and profit is calculated as the change in equity between two periods. In contrast to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), this approach produces higher shareholder's equity and recognizes View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 26, 2008

order to smooth earnings (Graham, Harvey and Rajgopal, 2005). We estimate that marketing actions can be used to boost quarterly net income by up to 20% depending on the depth of promotion. But there is a price to pay, with the cost in the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Dec 2006
  • First Look

First Look: December 12, 2006

earnings. Estimates indicate that a one standard deviation increase in the tax burden from repatriating foreign income is associated with a 7.9 percent increase in the ratio of cash to net assets. In... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Mar 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Handicapping the Best Countries for Business

competitiveness of her exports and the costs of her imported inputs. In a microeconomic sense, the business person also cares about tariffs (which affect trade), industrial policies, tax policies (on business directly, but also policies... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Oct 2022
  • Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #10: Amanda Li (MBA 2018): Speeding Climate Change Solutions Through Project Finance Efficiencies

one-to-five megawatt projects. From tax credits, to a $27B national green bank facility with low income community targets, banks and funds that can do smaller deals will flourish. Banyan’s platform was made... View Details
  • 07 Jan 2009
  • What Do You Think?

Is the World Really Flat?

question, those who addressed the issue at all played it quite safely. For example, C. J. Cullinane wrote, "[I]nvest at the basic high school and college level in math and science. Small business should get tax breaks as well."... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • Web

Answers to Your Top Questions about Financial Aid at HBS | MBA

need-based financial aid as soon as they are able. 5. What do I need to qualify for need-based scholarships at HBS? HBS will look at your full financial picture when determining eligibility for our need-based scholarships. We will collect View Details
  • 23 Apr 2020
  • Research & Ideas

This Crisis Loan Program Preserved Jobs—and Made Money

of the policy on firms and employees, the researchers compared the outcome between regions with varying generosity in the loan-guarantee program. Firms that received loan guarantees, and their employees, enjoyed far more stability than their counterparts, the research... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services
  • 30 Jun 2009
  • First Look

First Look: June 30

utility. The federal debt could be at $20 trillion, the top income tax rate at 45%, and the S&P 500 at 418. Ferguson, a professor at Harvard University and Harvard Business School, imagines that to be... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 May 2015
  • First Look

First Look: May 19

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/715044-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 714-033 Should Corporate Profits Be Taxed? Taxing corporations is popular, but why? Corporations do not bear the burden of taxes, people do, and the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 May 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Why CEOs Are Not Plug-and-Play

it was more customer driven—more focused on creating new markets and rolling out new products. Along with improving its business and tax software and restoring healthy profits to the seemingly mature Quicken, this approach led to a host... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Andrew N. McLean & Nitin Nohria; Employment
  • 01 Nov 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 1

C. Fritz Foley, and James R. Hines Jr. Publication:National Tax Journal (forthcoming) Abstract Deferral of U.S. taxes on foreign source income is commonly characterized as a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Aug 2016
  • First Look

August 16, 2016

benefit-based principle. Together, these results suggest that a large share of the American public views the allocation of pre-tax incomes as relevant to optimal tax policy and—at least in part—justly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne