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  • 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
  • 04 Aug 2014
  • Op-Ed

Why Small-Business Lending Is Not Recovering

sheets, use sparse tax returns, and keep inadequate income statements. Community banks have traditionally placed greater emphasis on relationships with borrowers in their underwriting processes, but these... View Details
Keywords: by Karen Mills; Banking; Financial Services
  • 27 Aug 2019
  • News

A Shot at Success

Feickert says. And the things she learned on the basketball court—drive, endurance, teamwork—served her well in the business world, too. The pressure of tax season at Ernst & Young in New York, where she moved after graduation, was... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 14 Aug 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018

cost of moving to the suburbs. I find that black in-migration imposed a strong, negative fiscal externality on receiving places by lowering property values and, mechanically, reducing tax revenues. Unable or unwilling to raise View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Feb 2012
  • First Look

First Look: February 7

three prominently proposed tags-gender, race, and height-as in actual policy. This explanation for limited tagging also implies that optimal marginal tax rates at high incomes are lower than in standard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jan 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick

Many companies follow a tried-and-true approach to pursuing corporate social responsibility practices. They set aside a certain amount per year to fund a CSR office, which then tries to help clean up the environment or improve the quality of life of people in the areas... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 01 Dec 2008
  • News

Business at the Summit

rationales to do so. Energy independence has been a national priority since 1974, but “we don’t have the fortitude to tax oil, or to tax BTUs,” he said to sustained applause. As a result, he continued, “We... View Details
Keywords: leadership; alumni events; Centennial; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Finance; Management
  • 16 Apr 2013
  • First Look

First Look: April 16

different economic systems. In particular, two equilibria might arise: one with low taxes and a belief that the income-generating process is "fair" because effort is important (an "American" equilibrium) and another... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 12

income between two organizations in similar businesses. It can be measured by the "Four Rs" of referrals and retention of employees, returns to labor, and relationships with customers that foster customer referrals and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Apr 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Ideas, April 18

by Metro do Porto in 2007. It represents an opportunity to study fixed income derivative instruments, such as plain-vanilla swaps and structured swaps, as well as understand the opportunities and challenges of using innovative financial... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Strategic Financial Analysis Online Course | HBS Online

course will equip you with the tools to formulate, communicate, and drive strategies based on financial factors." Dates & Eligibility No current course offerings for this selection. Starting Aug 20 8 Weeks $1,850 + applicable international View Details
  • 22 May 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018

exit, output, and R&D. Taxing the continued operation of incumbents can lead to sizable gains (of the order of 1.4% improvement in welfare) by encouraging exit of less productive firms and freeing up skilled labor to be used for... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 24 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 24

trust, employee commitment, and "ownership" behaviors of both employees and clients-could explain and be used to predict up to half of the difference in operating income between agency offices of a global service provider. The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 28, 2009

Earnings Management, Corporate Tax Shelters, and Book-Tax Alignment Authors:Mihir Desai and Dhammika Dharmapala Publication:National Tax Journal (forthcoming) Abstract This paper reviews recent evidence... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 Oct 2008
  • First Look

First Look: October 28, 2008

Supporting Tax-time Savings with U.S. Savings Bonds Author:Peter Tufano Abstract This paper reports the results of a 2007 experiment testing if specific process simplification can enhance savings by low-to-moderate income (LMI)... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: September 20

and a little understood provision in the federal tax code that is implemented at the state level, the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC). The relationship is complex because, while the federal government... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2009
  • News

Damon Silvers

economic stagnation of the middle class? The labor movement supports the agenda that Barack Obama has skillfully outlined for revitalizing our economy and rebuilding the middle class. First, we have to have a real economic recovery package that is focused not on View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Transportation
  • 01 Dec 2003
  • News

Rural Renewal

graze. “I immediately told the real estate agent that this was my dream house,” she says shaking her head, still surprised by how she let emotion cloud her usually savvy negotiation skills. Reade didn’t plan to be a farmer, but for tax... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; Crop Production; Agriculture
  • 20 Sep 2012
  • Research & Ideas

US Competitiveness at Risk

participation is critical to prosperity because the more people who work as a proportion of the total working-age population, the higher per capita income will be whatever the wage level. All of this is threatening the American dream, the... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
  • 30 Jan 2018
  • First Look

January 30, 2018

developed economies and then turns to developing countries, covering the following topics: farmers' adoption of AI, how AI affects their decision to invest in risky assets, and the extent to which AI helps farmers smooth income and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne