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- January 2014 (Revised February 2014)
- Case
Japan: Betting on Inflation?
By: Julio J. Rotemberg
The case focuses on the challenges still confronting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the end of 2013, a year after he has been in office. It also gives an overview of Japan's earlier economic performance, focusing primarily on the period after it suffered a stock market... View Details
Rotemberg, Julio J. "Japan: Betting on Inflation?" Harvard Business School Case 714-040, January 2014. (Revised February 2014.)
- March 2005 (Revised July 2007)
- Case
Capital Controls in Chile in the 1990s (A)
By: Laura Alfaro, Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
In 1991, Chile adopted a framework of capital controls focused on reducing the massive flows of foreign investment coming into the country as international interest rates remained low. Capital inflows threatened the Central Bank's ability to manage the exchange rate... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth; Financial Crisis; Capital; Governance Controls; Business and Government Relations; Chile
Alfaro, Laura, Rafael M. Di Tella, and Ingrid Vogel. "Capital Controls in Chile in the 1990s (A)." Harvard Business School Case 705-031, March 2005. (Revised July 2007.)
- 23 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 23
level of debt as a percent of nominal GDP; the interest rate; the inflation rate; the growth rate; and changes in the exchange rate if some debt is owed in a foreign currency. The note discusses how these factors interact to affect... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Marketing - Faculty & Research
experiment. Featured Case Hometown Foods: Changing Price Amid Inflation Case By: Julian De Freitas, Jeremy Yang, and Das Narayandas During the early part of the 2021 Covid-19 pandemic, Hometown Foods, a large seller of flour-based... View Details
- 03 Oct 2023
- HBS Case
Layoffs Can Be Bad Business: 5 Strategies to Consider Before Cutting Staff
The pattern has become painfully predictable in recent years: As the economy shows signs of a slowdown, companies hand out layoff notices to stabilize profitability and calm investor fears. That cycle seems to be in place in the post-pandemic business world, as... View Details
When Do Stocks and Bonds Move Together, and Why Does it Matter?
The co-movement of Treasury bonds and stocks is an important indicator for both policy makers and for long-term investors. A positive co-movement between nominal Treasury bonds and stocks, as in the 1980s, means that nominal bonds amplify the volatility of stock... View Details
- Web
Curriculum - Case Method Project
economic dispute between two men in 1780s Rhode Island to offer a more concrete demonstration of how rapid inflation affected debtors and creditors during the Critical Period. It is meant as a supplement to the “James Madison” case above,... View Details
- 10 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
Technology and COVID Upended Tipping Norms. Will Consumers Keep Paying?
as under-tipping or be perceived as cheap. It makes us feel guilty if we go in at the bottom of the range, particularly if we believe everyone else is tipping higher than us.” But Avery says that with rising inflation and higher prices... View Details
Keywords: by Anna Lamb, Harvard Gazette
- Web
Podcasts - Managing the Future of Work
Managing the Future of Work co-chair Joseph Fuller delves into what’s driving and limiting the practice of skills-based hiring. The discussion ranges from degree inflation and HR automation to workforce demographics, skills-based... View Details
- Web
Global Crises Data by Country - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
available Independence : Year Yes No No data available Currency Crises : Year Yes No No data available Inflation Crises : Year Yes No No data available Unified Market : Year Yes - Unified Marked; No - Dual/Multiple/Parallel Rates Yes No... View Details
- July – August 2009
- Article
The Descent of Finance
What if the current recession turns out to be like the Great Depression of 1929-1933? Four years from now, the United States might find itself with a still-shrinking economy, half as many banks as in 2009, a third as many hedge funds, and retail banking resembling a... View Details
- 15 May 2024
- Research & Ideas
A Major Roadblock for Autonomous Cars: Motorists Believe They Drive Better
for marketers is to make such interventions short, memorable, and motivational—as when Metro Trains in Melbourne, Victoria, successfully launched a viral ad campaign on railway safety called “Dumb ways to die.” 4. Get concrete. People have more wiggle room to View Details
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Podcast - Business & Environment
from environmental science to state and federal leadership roles. He highlights how the clean energy transition in the United States is being driven by public policy, community engagement, and new funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the View Details
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Sam Walton: Great From the Start
Franklin did $72,000 in sales. Five years into Walton's tenure, it did a quarter of a million. At a rental fee of 5 percent of sales, that meant the difference between $3,600 and $12,500 or $8,900 for Mr. Holmes. $8,900 in 1945 is, View Details
- 24 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
The 'Amazon Effect' Is Changing Online Price Competition—and the Fed Needs to Pay Attention
locations. “It’s not about just the markup, which, to some extent, is just a temporary effect,” Cavallo says. “If competition with Amazon changes the way firms such as Walmart or Best Buy make pricing decisions, it can have much longer-lasting effects on View Details
- 08 Oct 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
The Federal Reserve’s Abandonment of Its 1923 Principles
- 30 Jun 2022
- HBS Case
Peloton Changed the Exercise Game. Can the Company Push Through the Pain?
don’t know if they’ve figured out where they want to make their money, from hardware or software. Given McCarthy’s experience with Spotify and Netflix, McCarthy appears to be saying, ‘We’re a subscription company.’” Will inflation change... View Details
- 24 Jun 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Don’t Just Survive—Thrive: Leading Innovation in Good Times and Bad
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate & J. Bruce Harreld
- Web
Research - Managing the Future of Work
help employees manage their caregiving responsibilities—while reducing costs and increasing productivity By: Joseph B. Fuller and Manjari Raman October 2017 Report Dismissed by Degrees: How degree inflation is undermining U.S.... View Details
- 05 May 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Raise Their Prices: Because They Can
Grocery bills may be ridiculously high these days, but supply chain problems, energy costs, and inflation aren’t the only factors to blame. New research suggests that companies are raising prices simply because they can. In 2021, US... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne