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22 Jan 2019
Blog Post

Balancing the Ideal with the Real: Conveying Corporate Culture to Candidates

drawing upon authentic communicators. “We encourage our interns to rate us on Glassdoor, good or bad,” says Hung. When the company conducts presentations for potential interns, “we always invite second year students to talk about their... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

01 Oct 2021
News

Tulsa Massacre Case Fosters Timely Conversations

better educational foundation. . . . So, unless the literacy rates increase overnight, providing a financial scholarship. . . [won’t override] years of systematic oppression.” Desai, the Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance, was... View Details

01 Jun 2016
News

Taking Care of Business

wick away moisture and odor; it has since expanded into sleepwear, shapewear, plus-sizes, and men’s underwear, with an annual growth rate of more than 20 percent. “Stay focused and listen to customers—that’s who opens their pocketbooks,”... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Jun 2000
News

Flexibility Is Key to Product Development in Internet Time

functionality contained in a search engine. Instead, each project was assessed by a panel of industry experts, who rated the performance of the resulting product relative to others that targeted similar customer needs at the same time.... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Sep 2014
News

Faculty Q&A: Cents and Sensibilities

rates or the minimum wage, reflect the public’s efforts to find the right balance between these competing arguments. That may not be pretty, but it makes me hopeful. How do people make decisions about these big economic questions?... View Details

Keywords: April White; faculty research; writing

01 Jun 2014
News

FIELD 2 in Accra

global business environment. Among this year's FIELD 2 countries, Ghana has both the lowest GDP per capita and the highest rate of GDP growth. "The country has a large and growing wealth divide," notes Leach, who said the team was struck... View Details

Keywords: FIELD program; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Information

01 Sep 2003
News

The Kids Are Alright: Alumni Children Crack Case

part, found himself fielding some unexpected questions. “What’s a soap opera?” one boy asked during a discussion of ad rates for different kinds of TV programming. Mention of a $1.3 million cost provoked the query, “How much money is... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Learn with Baker Library: LSEG Workspace | Baker Library

engaging, helpful modules on these wide variety of topics. Learn with Baker Library: LSEG Workspace focuses on how to effectively and efficiently leverage the LSEG Workspace platform for your research. Learn how to search and pull analysts' reports and earning call... View Details

25 Jul 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017

rates, deal premiums, and completion rates in the UK, relative to the other European G-10 countries. We find that M&A deal volumes in the UK declined significantly in the aftermath of the 2011 Reforms, relative to deal volumes in the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

19 Mar 2013
First Look

First Look: March 19

Electronic Monitoring Authors:Di Tella, Rafael, and Ernesto Schargrodsky Publication:Journal of Political Economy Abstract We study criminal recidivism in Argentina by focusing on the re-arrest rates of two groups: individuals released... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Whence IT Value?

storage capacity, bandwidth and memory — especially on a per-dollar basis — are driving the observed business benefits. However, all of these have been getting better, faster and cheaper at about the same rate throughout the history of... View Details

Keywords: by Andrew McAfee

01 Dec 2020
News

In the Zone

field.” Metrics have always grounded HCZ’s operations; the organization gathers data across 600 areas to track annual results, from participation rates to academic performance to risky behaviors. In 2017, 97 percent of HCZ seniors went on... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; nonprofit management; urban development; leadership; public education; Educational Services

05 Aug 2015
News

Mobilizing the Public to Fight Bribery

Very consumer focused,” says Motte-Munoz. “Say you need a driver’s license; the app will tell you where all the DMV offices are and tell you their rating on a corruption basis.” “People know there’s corruption,” Motte-Munoz adds. “We’re... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

06 Dec 2021
News

What's the Word?

are some ways forward, says Fuller. Companies might need to embrace automation technologies that can help reduce labor hours per unit, an approach Fuller has seen start to take hold in the garment industry. There could be regulatory aid, too, with Congress assessing... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Martha Rich; Manufacturing; Finance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

11 Aug 2014
HBS Case

The Business of Behavioral Economics

Success Rate According to StickK's internal analysis of 125,000 contracts, this powerful combination of factors dramatically increases the chances that people meet their goals. When users sign contracts without naming a referee or putting... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage; Health

03 Apr 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018

was already close to the margin of exit. Restaurants with lower ratings are closer to the margin of exit at all observed minimum wage levels and are disproportionately driven out of business by increases to the minimum wage. Our point... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Winners and Losers at the Olympics

of size and demographics. So, there's no question that these are special events that businesses want to be associated with. The Olympics is one of most powerful brands in the world. Q: That said, although the games drew an average of 21 million viewers each night on... View Details

Keywords: Re: Stephen A. Greyser; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Sports

01 Mar 2023
News

The Exchange: Micro Management

Image by John Ritter In the 50 years since modern microfinance was introduced as a tool to fight poverty, institutions have distributed hundreds of millions of loans to people in developing countries. Such loans are repaid at rates often... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

2010
Working Paper

Crashes and Collateralized Lending

By: Jakub W. Jurek and Erik Stafford

This paper develops a parsimonious static model for characterizing financing terms in collateralized lending markets. We characterize the systematic risk exposures for a variety of securities and develop a simple indifference-pricing framework to value the systematic... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Borrowing and Debt; Cost of Capital; Credit; Financing and Loans; Interest Rates; Investment; Framework; Risk and Uncertainty; Financial Services Industry

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23 May 2016
Research & Ideas

A Little Understanding Motivates Copyright Abusers to Pay Up

settling in the first 30 days by 12 percent, and increased the amount of settlement revenue by 80 percent. Adding messages that also include a deadline increased the settlement rate by up to 19 percent, and the revenue by 130 percent.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Media & Broadcasting; Publishing

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