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- 04 Mar 2009
- Op-Ed
Credit is Not the Bogey
commercials. From one vantage, the credit industry is to blame for our economic woes. The solutions have centered on tightening credit—loaning only to homebuyers who can make a 20 percent down payment, returning to the standards View Details
- 05 Dec 2016
- News
The Dragon’s Tale
with the country’s recent economic slowdown, China has more billionaires than the United States. Behind that fairly startling statistic are troubling related issues such as corruption among China’s elite and very wide variance in income, View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 13 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 13
organizational characteristics affect the stringency of monitoring through reputation, customer loyalty, differential impacts of government sanctions, and the standardization... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 11, 2008
between customized and standardized approaches to care and challenges students to examine their preconceived notions of the social role of a health care delivery organization.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes
Harvard Business School professors often travel into the field to conduct business research, but it's a safe bet none have had the experience of Professor Robin Ely. She and coauthor Debra Meyerson View Details
- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
standard measures of patent quality, we find that patents granted to firms involved in private equity transactions are more cited (a proxy for economic importance), show no significant shifts in the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Corporate Governance Conference Addresses Global Challenges
transparent and globally standardized methods of corporate governance. Dozens of countries worldwide, each representing different degrees of... View Details
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
emerge over and over: teams become increasingly concerned with the risks of failure rather than the requirements of excellence. As a result, they revert to safe, standard... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 18, 2018
beliefs. However, introducing some specificity and clarity to the standards of assessment (Experiment 1) or to the trait’s definition (Experiments 2 and 3) reduces or eliminates this bias in judgment. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- November 2009
- Article
Is it Fair to Blame Fair Value Accounting for the Financial Crisis?
By: Robert C. Pozen
When the credit markets seized up in 2008, many heaped blame on "mark to market" accounting rules, which require banks to write down their troubled assets to the prices they'd fetch if sold on the open market - at the time, next to nothing. Recording those assets below... View Details
Keywords: Cost Accounting; Fair Value Accounting; Financial Crisis; Assets; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Crisis Management; Standards; Banking Industry
Pozen, Robert C. "Is it Fair to Blame Fair Value Accounting for the Financial Crisis?" Harvard Business Review 87, no. 11 (November 2009).
- 14 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
The World in Your Palm?
features. "Do I want my business phone to play music?" The key to living in a multiple-device life is a standard way of sharing information between devices, such as via data cards and network... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
Enterprising Women—a History
"Where is the historiography of business? Why have businessmen, and now women, had to fight their way into history?" Yeager is conducting research on Miriam Beard and Henrietta Larson, who were... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 27 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018
changes in Bangladesh, and independent assessments of safety standards and subcontracting in the industry. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/318028-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
experiences in daily life. Building on these findings, we conducted an experiment with a large, ethnically homogenous sample (N=437) to examine whether individual differences in three frequently studied single nucleotide polymorphisms... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 6
standard deviation increase in the divergence increases the average loan spread by approximately 18%, or 35 basis points. The effect of the excess control rights on the cost of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
a not-for-profit research center at the Harvard Medical School (HMS). The center was started in late 2000 with a gift of $37.5 million from an anonymous donor. Its mandate was to conduct research that could... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- February 2009 (Revised December 2009)
- Case
eReading: Amazon's Kindle
By: Bharat N. Anand, Peter W. Olson Esq. and Mary Tripsas
In November 2007, Amazon introduced the Kindle, the first electronic reader with wireless functionality. The case describes the launch of the Kindle and provides information on representative players in the industry (or broader ecosystem) who are likely to be affected... View Details
Keywords: Books; Disruptive Innovation; Technological Innovation; Industry Structures; Standards; Distribution Channels; Competitive Strategy; Publishing Industry
Anand, Bharat N., Peter W. Olson Esq., and Mary Tripsas. "eReading: Amazon's Kindle." Harvard Business School Case 709-486, February 2009. (Revised December 2009.)
- 12 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 12
Cost-Benefit Analysis in Environmental Policy Abstract We conducted an analysis that explores the merits of a low-carbon development strategy for Liberia. This chapter describes both our cost-benefit... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
government and corruption and trying to get rules that people abide by," adds Ray Goldberg, the George M. Moffett Professor of Agriculture and Business, Emeritus, at Harvard Business School, who conducts... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Leading the Way
means for the future of the School, as well as the need for HBS to educate leaders who will help solve the complex challenges facing the world today. The Campaign Nitin Nohria: The Harvard Business School Campaign offers us an opportunity... View Details