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- 20 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
Risky Business with Structured Finance
compensation for these risks. The paper also raises larger questions. "There has been a significant change in the price of these securities," says Coval. "How much of the repricing that's occurred was an elimination of mispricing that was View Details
- 15 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: November 15
referring users to all manner of other sites, and in light of striking market concentration among search engines. Read the paper: http://www.nls.ac.in/ojs-2.2.3/index.php/IJLT/article/viewFile/92/72 Measuring the Prevalence of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2021
- Office Hours
Readers Ask: Which Companies Are Transforming Work?
going to be more and more prevalent in the workplace. We do a very poor job of teaching that in the United States—giving people a basic familiarity with digital technology that they’re going to need going forward. "The final thing is that... View Details
- 06 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
How to Do Away with the Dangers of Outsourcing
very lenient, "permissive" parents who demand little from their children and bestow too much freedom, analogous to the see-no-evil approach so prevalent with global outsourcing. The Authoritative Solution Baumrind's fourth... View Details
- 12 Oct 2017
- Blog Post
Why I Spent this Summer Coding
here to stay. It's everywhere, and its ever-growing presence and complexity is making its mark globally. This prevalence and importance is reflected not just in the impact of digital offerings from major companies, but also in the... View Details
- 16 May 2016
- HBS Case
Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer
complicated when a single plate or package of food contains ingredients from multiple countries.” Prevalence of food-related claims: Food safety claims, which are often ambiguous and even unreliable in some cases, attract more attention... View Details
- 17 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 17, 2015
venture capital finance. Using a theoretical model and rich data, we are able to both document and provide a framework to understand the changes in the investment strategy of VCs in recent years—an increased prevalence of investors who... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
High-Tech Immigrant Workers Don’t Cost US Jobs
University. In the United States, the immigration of skilled workers is particularly prevalent among firms in the technology fields. In 2008, immigrants represented 16 percent of the US workforce with a bachelor's education, and they... View Details
- 02 Sep 2019
- What Do You Think?
Are Overlooked Forces Shielding the US from Severe Economic Downturns?
Harvard Business School. The experiment was typical of thinking in those days: If only we had better ways of communicating, especially better ways of tracking customer preferences and demand. Now we do. Another notion prevalent in those... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Harnessing the Tools of the Digital Age
Vladimir Jacimovic (MBA 1992), an HBS executive fellow and founder of ContinuumLab.ai, a differentiated venture firm that incubates and launches AI startups. The Institute, which launched in July, has repurposed the lab-based research model View Details
Keywords: April White
- 21 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 21
Entrepreneurship and Urban Growth: An Empirical Assessment with Historical Mines Authors:Edward L. Glaeser, Sari Pekkala Kerr, and William R. Kerr Abstract Measures of entrepreneurship, such as average establishment size and the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Aug 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Under the Magnifying Glass: The Benefits of Being a Case Study
Back To Basics According to Coles, his company's training program is highly attuned to the case study method. Just the process of explaining and justifying company actions, Coles said, flies in the face of the educational culture View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on Supreme Court Health Care Ruling
of diabetes; cardiovascular disease; cancer, spine and joint disease; and metabolic syndrome. One of the most important aspects of AHCA is the creation of designated accountable care organizations (ACOs). ACOs shift reimbursement away from the View Details
- 30 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 30, 2008
prevalence of modern management accounting practices in Indian companies. We conclude with a discussion of future research opportunities provided by India's current status as an emergent economic power. Rewriting History Authors:Alexander... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Startling Percentage of Financial Advisors with Misconduct Records
understand where or how their money was being invested. “A lot of this is driven by consumers who lack financial sophistication,” Egan says. “Without good knowledge by consumers, that’s not something that competition will necessarily solve.” Additionally, misconduct... View Details
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Group Therapy
discovered that family ties in that country are so prevalent that they are not as useful as interlocking directorates and pyramidal equity structures in delineating business group boundaries. Furthermore, stock returns of group affiliates... View Details
Keywords: by Peter Jacobs
- 17 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
Decoding the Artful Sidestep
we need universal health-care insurance. This lack of penalty might explain why overt dodging appears so prevalent in politics (and in life). “Listening is much more taxing than we might think.” The second interesting finding was that... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 16, 2007
idea is formally evaluated as the basis of a commercial venture. Users also tend to engage in collective creative activity prior to firm formation—often within the social context provided by user communities—that results in the improvement of ideas. Finally, we provide... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965
the raw bits and bytes," remarks Gerstner. A second strategy was built on the future of networked computing, a prescient decision made well before it became a prevalent business model with the rise of the Internet. Despite the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2020
Wiley Stock investing is more prevalent than ever, whether directly or indirectly through brokerage accounts, exchange-traded funds, mutual funds, or retirement plans. Despite this, the vast majority of individual investors have no... View Details