Floating Exchange Rates - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: September 27

explain how to generate ideas with these skills, collaborate with "delivery-driven" colleagues to implement ideas, and build innovation skills throughout your organization to sharpen its competitive edge. They also provide a self-assessment for View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Oct 2011
First Look

First Look: October 12

$200 billion of registered capital in September 2007 to diversify China's foreign exchange holdings and increase risk-adjusted returns on those assets. CIC was unusual in that it had a strictly commercial orientation and market-driven... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Feb 2022
Op-Ed

Want to Prevent the Next Hospital Bed Crisis? Enlist the SEC

responsibilities—engender the required transparency? In contrast to approaches that rely on HHS, our recommendation for building hospital capacity uses the power of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which for nearly a century... View Details

Keywords: by Regina Herzlinger and Richard Boxer; Health

20 Oct 2010
Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

exports provide positive externalities and thus should be encouraged by government, the policy question is how to do so most effectively. One large body of thinking is devoted to identifying general barriers to exports that reduce trade below its socially optimal... View Details

Keywords: by Christian Ketels

04 Nov 2010
What Do You Think?

Why Do We Chase Stars?

those floating around in the industry." (Vanitha Rangganathan); and "We chase stars because we are fallible Glamor always is enticing." (Vadeed Lobo) Women are particularly successful in porting their skills because "... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Mar 2005
News

Gaining Currency

REYNOLDS: Weak dollar cuts both ways. To illustrate the global impact of fluctuating exchange rates, the New York Times (December 11, 2004) focused on two small, family-owned manufacturers, one located in Germany and the other in the... View Details

Keywords: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Best Paper Prize in Asset Management from the Midwest Finance Association for "The Market for Sharing Interest Rate Risk: Quantities and Asset Prices" with Umang Khetan, Jane Li, and Ioana Neamtu. 2024 Elisabeth Kempf : Winner of the 2024... View Details

16 Aug 2018
News

Working with a Giver’s Spirit

Philippine tech incubator behind a number of remarkable companies, including Ayannah, which uses social media and mobile platforms to provide digital commerce and payment services to the world’s unbanked; PawnHero, an online pawnshop that allows people to borrow... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

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Get Involved - Entrepreneurship

Judges travel to campus on Super Saturday and are assigned to panels based on expertise. Each panel reviews and rates 4-6 teams' pitches. Rock Accelerator Mentor A highly competitive accelerator supporting 20 teams over the course of two... View Details

16 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Getting the Message: How the Internet is Changing Advertising

examples the fact that few people pay to have their name not listed in the phone book and the popularity of "free" computers—where consumers get a computer in exchange for giving out personal information, agreeing to view ads,... View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

06 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

The Innovator’s Battle Plan

A good way to visualize what incumbents can do when faced with a disruptive attack is to consider how humans respond to a perceived threat. Our body immediately reacts. We produce adrenaline. Our heart rate goes up. Our respiration View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Scott D. Anthony & Erik A. Roth

29 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

The History and Influence of Andy Grove

most fun place to work. He guided the company through one of the great transitions in tech history, changing a maker of memory chips into a microprocessor powerhouse, but also had failures such as Intel's response to the floating point... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer

18 Sep 2019
Op-Ed

WeWork—The IPO That Shouldn’t?

revenue sharing arrangements WeWork provides landlords in exchange for the latter’s willingness to provide the capital for the buildout and tenant improvements at their facilities. Both factors will have an impact on their top line... View Details

Keywords: by Nori Gerardo Lietz; Financial Services; Real Estate

09 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Most Accountants Aren’t Crooks—Why Good Audits Go Bad

different ways. As we saw in the study involving the collision, people tend to reach self-serving conclusions whenever ambiguity surrounds a piece of evidence. While it's true that many accounting decisions are cut-and-dried—establishing a proper conversion View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman, George Loewenstein & Don A. Moore; Accounting; Financial Services

12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

not-for-profits for environmental science, law, economics, innovation, and advocacy increase at far greater than historical rates. Capital for new clean tech ventures has also increased at a rate commensurate with the resulting needs. To... View Details

March 2016 (Revised May 2018)
Case

ASOS PLC

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth

Launched in 2000, ASOS was one of the world’s largest online fashion specialists in 2018. Focusing on young consumers aged 16–25 years, the company offered over 85,000 items on its websites, many times more than the largest fashion stores, and added several thousand... View Details

Keywords: ASOS; AsSeenOnScreen; Online Fashion; Online Apparel; Nick Beighton; Nick Robertson; E-commerce; E-Commerce Strategy; Online Retail; Multichannel Retailing; Omnichannel; Social Media; Marketplaces; Shipping; Advertising; Digital Marketing; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Startups; For-Profit Firms; Customer Focus and Relationships; Age; Gender; Currency Exchange Rate; Profit; Revenue; Geography; Geographic Scope; Global Range; Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Business History; Selection and Staffing; Journals and Magazines; Human Capital; Business or Company Management; Crisis Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Management Succession; Brands and Branding; Marketing Channels; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Product Positioning; Social Marketing; Media; Distribution; Distribution Channels; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Infrastructure; Logistics; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Vertical Integration; Segmentation; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Fashion Industry; Retail Industry; United Kingdom; England; London

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January 2004 (Revised April 2011)
Teaching Note

Farmington Industries,Inc.: Managing Currency Exposure Risk (TN)

By: David F. Hawkins and Jacob Cohen

Teaching Note to 104053. View Details

Keywords: Currency Exchange Rate; Electronics Industry; Mexico

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1991
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Speculative Attacks on Target Zones

By: Julio J. Rotemberg and Paul Krugman

Keywords: Currency Exchange Rate

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June 1990
Supplement

Komatsu in 1986

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

Describes the impact of a rising Yen on Komatsu's pricing strategy. Komatsu management seems to be signalling the need for price increases. Asks what Cat's new CEO, George Schaefer, should do in response. View Details

Keywords: Currency Exchange Rate; Price; Leadership; Management; Strategy

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