Affect - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Aug 2016
First Look

August 2, 2016

interest rates, money funds change their product offerings by investing in riskier asset classes, are more likely to exit the market, and reduce the fees they charge their investors. The consequence of fund closures resulting from interest rate policy is the relocation... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 4, 2008

Vayanos Abstract We examine empirically how the maturity structure of government debt affects bond yields and excess returns. Our analysis is based on a theoretical model of preferred habitat in which clienteles with strong preferences... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 24, 2009

Prosocial Identity Reduces Prosocial Behavior Authors:Adam M. Grant, Andrew Molinsky, Joshua D. Margolis, Melissa Kamin, and William Schiano Periodical:Journal of Applied Social Psychology 39, no. 2 (2009): 319-349 Abstract Considerable research has examined how... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer

presence of iTunes has a negative impact on the size of p2p networks resulting in reduced congestion and more efficient file sharing. Better functioning p2p networks, in turn, result in more content exchange, affecting positively iPod... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Music

29 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

Is the Digital Age Making Us Petty?

being petty, you’re signaling you’re OK with leaving room for error, and that in turn can signal elements of trust and that you want there to be future exchanges,” Kim says. For a better understanding of how pettiness affects workplace... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

07 Nov 2016
Research & Ideas

Corporate Tax Strategies Mirror Personal Returns of Top Execs

definitely shape how they are structured. I think there is a lot of value for MBAs to understand how taxes or tax changes affect the design of optimal transactions.” View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

08 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Negotiate “Yes” Across Cultural Boundaries

proposal and negotiating strategy seemed to signal a possibly corrupt deal among elites. This inadvertently triggered the involvement of the Honduran Congress, labor unions, political parties, potential business competitors, indigenous people in the View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius

26 Aug 2020
Blog Post

Two sides, same coin: How I left the Bay Area as an operator and returned as an investor

those spaces. Being immersed in Silicon Valley, I started to observe that entrepreneurship and financing were very much two sides of the same coin – who your capital providers were and the advice they gave could adversely affect a young... View Details

06 Jul 2020
Blog Post

A Letter from the Women in Investing Club

had a number of challenging conversations addressing how this affects us both in our own experiences and within the system more broadly. Given our positions in an industry that deploys billions of dollars to businesses each year, it is... View Details

13 Sep 2019
Blog Post

An Uncommon Summer: Project Management at an Education Non-Profit

growth over the past decade was explosive, and the HR team, constantly understaffed, was struggling to get ahead of the growth. Long term, high impact projects affecting the entire network were often left on the back burner for short term... View Details

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Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month | Baker Library

political and economic factors affecting business, mainly between 1914 and 1932. Herman L. Dillingham Papers Herman L. Dillingham's Photograph Album No. 2, page 90, 1913 View Collection Herman Louis Dillingham was appointed secretary of a... View Details

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Privacy - HBS Working Knowledge

developed with the recognition that Internet technologies continue to develop and evolve rapidly, and that such changes may require us to alter our Privacy Policy. Any such alterations will not affect our general commitment to the... View Details

21 Mar 2024
News

OC Alumni Get Clarity on AI; Inequality and Climate Change Explored in DC

common questions about the potential positive and negative impacts of AI, from how it will improve business to how it might affect humanity in general. “Everybody is up in arms about how AI—particularly generative AI—is going to do... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Apr 1999
News

Q & A: Confronting New Technologies: When Doing Right Is Wrong

technologies are often disruptive to established organizations because they have a different set of attributes that aren't valued in existing markets. Market potential can seldom be measured and profit margins are meager at best. Examples of products and services that... View Details

13 Jul 2022
Book

Reimagining the Economy: What Would It Take to Put People First?

subjects.” Few workers have Sandra’s power to influence the strategic decisions that affect their working lives. Such lack of control is associated with job dissatisfaction, greater mental strain, and damaged physical health. Workers... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

02 Oct 2019
What Do You Think?

What Grade Would You Give Walmart CEO Doug McMillon?

minus’. The ‘A’ is for excellence and the ‘minus’ is for waiting till it affected the company personally before taking action.” CrisisAndRep concurred, saying that, “Walmart was slow to get to its decision.” Was Walmart’s leadership... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

28 Feb 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, February 28

internal factors that constrain or enable these responses, and examine how the firms’ responses affect their performance. Our empirical context is the U.S. newspaper industry, which has experienced increased competition following the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Just How Independent are ‘Independent’ Directors?

him or her left the board as a measure of how that tie affects dissent. They found that after the chair left, board members were 58 percent more likely to dissent than before. Dissent goes up even more significantly in the 60-day period... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

05 Jun 2013
What Do You Think?

Do We Need to Extend ‘No Surprises Management?’

practices NSM, they are able to build affective engagement with their employees in creating a learning environment where each employee feels respected and fulfilled in an environment of trust.'' Kim Forbes observed, "This ties in... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

09 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

Education, Technology, and Business: What’s the Catch?

The intersection of education, business, and technology is a key nexus for those looking to affect the future of our children, our economy, and our nation, according to the four panelists at the recent "Education, Business, and... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler; Education

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