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- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
our capital markets—the envy of the world—are so liquid and effective," he says. "Mutual funds deepen the capital markets, and the capital markets lubricate our entire economy by allocating financial resources." For the consumer, the mutual fund combines... View Details
- 22 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients
competition—confidentiality, non-compete agreements, intellectual property, and the like—are complicated and vary by country and industry. The number one thing to keep in mind, however, is that until you resign from OldCo, your duty is to... View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019
between steps. I show that the optimal number of modules (and buffers) increases as the underlying rate of technical change goes up. When the underlying technologies are changing rapidly, it makes sense to sacrifice some degree of flow... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
problematic—and ex ante predictable—inferences, using several examples from prominent streams of finance literature that use patent data. We suggest a number of concrete steps that researchers can employ to avoid biased inferences.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
upgrading of its channel strategy design that accounted for 46% of North America sales in 2006. Nonetheless, NetApp senior management announced they expected to grow revenue another 30% in fiscal 2007 with half the growth coming from channel sales. To meet those goals,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 9, 2010
without adding significant numbers of employees. Read the paper: http://hbr.org/2010/11/column-wealth-and-jobs-the-broken-link/ar/1 Stress-Test Your Strategy: The 7 Questions to Ask Author:Robert Simons Publication:Harvard Business Review... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 11, 2007
disciplining role of banks and bank debt in the market for corporate control, focusing on takeovers between 1992 and 2005. We find that relationship bank lending intensity and bank client network (the number of firms that the bank deals... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
obvious and most important is the job-creation machine. For decades, America has been unique among large advanced countries in generating large numbers of jobs steadily over time: roughly 2 percent job growth per year [on a rolling... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 02 Jan 2020
- Op-Ed
Medicare for All or Public Option: Can Either Heal Health Care?
insurance As for Republicans, it is difficult to see how their initiatives would solve any health care problems, other than somewhat lowering costs by increasing the number of uninsured. Eliminating the requirement that all people have... View Details
- 02 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
Companies Choreograph Earnings Calls to Hide Bad News
computer algorithm. Bad News Bears What they discovered was surprising. This wasn't a small number of companies manipulating their earnings calls. "Instead, it seems that nearly every firm finds it useful to choreograph or 'cast' a call... View Details
- 02 May 2012
- What Do You Think?
Can the “Leadership Industry” Fulfill Its Promise?
willing to give it. Several commented that the best source of measurement is from followers. Tan Chin Thuan's suggestion illustrates the challenge nicely when he said "The irony yet sobering measurement of leadership could well be, 'the View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 06 Oct 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Will the ‘Moneyball Generation’ Influence Management?
employee loyalty in organizations with large numbers of workers in direct contact with customers. The new movie Moneyball (and the book on which it is based) extol the virtues of employing nontraditional thinking and measurement in major... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Shareholders Need a Say on Pay
Ferri, on leave as a visiting assistant professor of accounting at NYU's Stern School of Business, sees a number of avenues for future research on executive compensation, including its influence on risk-taking and the effects of... View Details
- 07 Aug 2009
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t Americans Get Health Care Right?
population covered) than any other country. And things don't seem to be getting any better. There are a large number of examples of various approaches to the problem extant in the world, nearly all of which include greater government... View Details
- 01 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Does Market Capitalism Have a Future?
migration patterns, and how we deal with migration. So the issues are playing out. There's certainly an awareness among businesspeople that such issues can affect their operations. They're saying, "Let's look ahead and see what's out there. The View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 25 Jun 2001
- Lessons from the Classroom
Machiavelli, Morals, and You
made a number of very ambiguous public statements about the evils of slavery. But he also wanted to get elected. The way Lincoln managed to appeal to both sides, Hofstadter wrote, is considered one of the most brilliant acts of political... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 28, 2016
turnover—the planned simultaneous exit of a large number of experienced employees and a similarly sized entry of new workers—on operational performance in the context of teaching hospitals. Specifically, we examine the impact of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 4
examine the link between corporations and community by showing how corporate density interacts with the local social and cultural infrastructure to affect the growth and decline of the number of local nonprofits between 1987 and 2002. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Financial Reporting Goes Global
companies are using whatever accounting choices they have within their current standards to make their accounting as comparable to their international competitors as possible. We also have observed an increase in the number of firms... View Details
- 02 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Spending on Happiness
happiness. We conducted a number of studies—from national surveys to a field study in which we examined how the manner in which employees at a Boston-based company spent a profit-sharing bonus impacted their long-term happiness—in which... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert