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- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53888 Racial Heterogeneity and Local Government Finances: Evidence from the Great Migration By: Tabellini, Marco Abstract—Is racial heterogeneity responsible... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- December 2022
- Article
The Contribution of Price Growth to Pharmaceutical Revenue Growth in the United States: Evidence from Medicines Sold in Retail Pharmacies
By: Pragya Kakani, Michael Chernew and Amitabh Chandra
Context: To what extent does pharmaceutical revenue growth depend on new medicines versus increasing prices for existing medicines? Moreover, does using list prices, as is commonly done, instead of prices net of confidential rebates offered by manufacturers, which are... View Details
Kakani, Pragya, Michael Chernew, and Amitabh Chandra. "The Contribution of Price Growth to Pharmaceutical Revenue Growth in the United States: Evidence from Medicines Sold in Retail Pharmacies." Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 47, no. 6 (December 2022): 629–648.
- 23 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni Consider Election Reform; Clubs Explore Parenting by Case Method
New York members, based on research by business executive Katherine Gehl and HBS Professor Michael Porter, detailing how partisan polarization has rendered government ineffective. That research resulted in a recently-released book, The... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- July 2003 (Revised December 2003)
- Case
Investment Policy at New England Healthcare
By: Jay O. Light, Luis M. Viceira and Akiko M. Mitsui
The Investment Committee of New England Healthcare must decide how to invest three long-term investment pools: a long-term, endowment-type fund and two pension plans. In particular, the committee is evaluating whether the two pension funds--one is a "final salary"... View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Asset Management; Investment; Investment Portfolio; Policy; Taxation; Health Industry; England
Light, Jay O., Luis M. Viceira, and Akiko M. Mitsui. "Investment Policy at New England Healthcare." Harvard Business School Case 204-018, July 2003. (Revised December 2003.)
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
Union (EU) are federal systems in which the responsibility for environmental policy-making is divided or shared between the central government and the (member) states. The attribution of decision-making power has important policy... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- December 2005
- Article
Functional Change and Bank Strategy in German Corporate Governance.
By: Dwight B. Crane and Ulrike Schaede
Crane, Dwight B., and Ulrike Schaede. "Functional Change and Bank Strategy in German Corporate Governance." International Review of Law and Economics (December 2005).
- 15 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Helping Low-Income Families Save More
Podcast with: Peter TufanoInterviewer: James AisnerRunning Time: 18 min., 55 sec. View Details
- 05 May 2022
- News
Like-Minded
continued to connect with one another along the way. Murakami was with OECD Tokyo Center, leading discussions on economic policy issues with government and business leaders in Asia, after 20 years in finance, with stints at Goldman Sachs... View Details
- Web
Global - Global Activities 2020
continents—assist faculty with research and case writing, strengthen relationships with local alumni and practitioners, facilitate faculty and student immersions abroad, and host MBA admissions and career development events. Silicon... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Executives Convene to Discuss Consumer-Driven Health Care
A mid-November conference on consumer-driven health care attracted nearly two hundred providers of health-care services, technology, and information; government professionals; and insurance executives to the HBS campus for a two-day... View Details
- January 2012 (Revised October 2013)
- Supplement
A New Financial Policy at Swedish Match (CW)
By: Bo Becker
- summer 1992
- Article
Governance, Contracting, and Investment Time Horizons: A Look at Japan and Germany
By: W. C. Kester
Kester, W. C. "Governance, Contracting, and Investment Time Horizons: A Look at Japan and Germany." Continental Bank Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 5, no. 2 (summer 1992): 83–98.
- 30 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Family Business: Preparing to Sell
vehicles while they catch their breath and assess their interests, unity, and risk tolerance. Longer term, they might start or buy another operating company, while keeping some portion of their assets, individually or collectively, in other kinds of investments. 3.... View Details
- December 1999 (Revised April 2012)
- Background Note
Earnings Per Share
By: David F. Hawkins
Discusses accounting rules for earnings per share measurement. The U.S. approach is described in detail and non-U.S. practices are briefly covered. A rewritten version of an earlier note. View Details
Keywords: Business Earnings; Stock Shares; Profit; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Measurement and Metrics; United States
Hawkins, David F. "Earnings Per Share." Harvard Business School Background Note 100-015, December 1999. (Revised April 2012.)
- 1996
- Article
Limits on Interest Rate Rules in the IS Model
By: William R. Kerr and Robert G. King
There has been a substantial amount of research on interest rate rules. This literature finds that the feasibility and desirability of interest rate rules depends on the structure of the model used to approximate macroeconomic reality. We employ a series of... View Details
Keywords: Inflation and Deflation; Macroeconomics; Interest Rates; Price; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Performance Expectations
Kerr, William R., and Robert G. King. "Limits on Interest Rate Rules in the IS Model." Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Economic Quarterly 82, no. 2 (1996): 47–75.
- 17 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
Applying the MBA Skillset to Global Health Challenges: Summer Fellow Vasilis Theodorou (MBA 2022)
diseases in low-and middle-income countries. I am part of CHAI’s Global Malaria Strategy and Financing team, a team that provides direct technical and operational support to countries to strengthen their malaria programs and eradicate the... View Details
- April 2020 (Revised August 2020)
- Case
WeWork—November 2018
By: Paul A. Gompers, Patrick Sweeney and Alex Gachanja
In May 2017, SoftBank announced the official launch of the Vision Fund — which promptly became the largest technology-focused investment fund in the world, with nearly $100 billion in capital under its management. Reports from a few months prior hinted that SoftBank... View Details
Gompers, Paul A., Patrick Sweeney, and Alex Gachanja. "WeWork—November 2018." Harvard Business School Case 220-075, April 2020. (Revised August 2020.)
- 04 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Global Poverty
networks, product packaging, and financing instruments to meet the needs and requirements of very poor customers. As members of the School's Global Poverty Project (GPP), Kash Rangan, John Quelch, and other faculty members have studied... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 08 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 8
to be coupled with very low life satisfaction. Thus, people may work hard to maintain or increase their income in part because they overestimate the hedonic costs of earning low levels of income. Capital Market Driven Corporate Finance... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- April 2019
- Technical Note
A Note on Boards in VC-Backed Ventures
What is the value of a Board, and why does a company need one? The note documents the formal role of a Board of Directors as going beyond simply acting as legal representation of corporate ownership. Moreover, this role changes as the company moves through different... View Details
Keywords: Founders; Business Startup; Board; Board Of Directors; Business Startups; Governing and Advisory Boards; Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship
Ghosh, Shikhar, Ramana Nanda, Suraj Srinivasan, and Terrence Shu. "A Note on Boards in VC-Backed Ventures." Harvard Business School Technical Note 819-128, April 2019.