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- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
providers also faced reductions in jobs and pay. Another piece of the puzzle was the Scranton taxpayer, with a proposed 3.8 percent millage rate increase in property taxes. Even so, the district would need to borrow $4.1 million to make... View Details
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
insights gleaned from the survey, Kempczinski says that the customers’ negative ratings on McDonald’s convenience were the most surprising. “We felt like we had a birthright on convenience,” he says, “so that was a wake-up call.” Again,... View Details
- 20 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
of escalation. Furthermore, acknowledging possible unintentionality may encourage settlement due to the typically inadvertent nature of these incidences. The resulting higher settlement rate prevents additional legal action and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 30
avoidance at portfolio firms as an additional source of economic value. We document that PE-backed portfolio firms engage in significantly more nonconforming tax planning and have lower marginal tax rates than other private firms.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 8, 2015
and women alike rated power as one of the main consequences of professional advancement. Our findings reveal that men and women have different perceptions of what the experience of holding a high-level position will be like, with... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
HBS Forum: Business Leadership in the Social Sector
also need is to have somebody to tell me I'm worth something.' Ex-welfare recipients have a higher retention rate than regular hires. At United, we match each one with a mentor; it's worked so well, we're thinking of providing mentors to... View Details
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
permanent cash flow shocks and transitory discount rate shocks to asset prices and returns. An increase in the cross-country correlations of cash flow shocks raises the risk of a globally diversified portfolio at all horizons. By... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2010
- Op-Ed
A Golden Opportunity for Ford and GM
[process] will take enormous effort, ingenuity, and discipline along with massive investments.” No doubt Toyota will regain some of its lost market share in the short term, to the extent the automaker's production systems can respond by increasing production View Details
- 29 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Next Marketing Challenge: Selling to ’Simplifiers’
manufacturers benefited. Larger homes with bigger refrigerators can absorb more inventory. Flat birth rates in developed economies have put pressure on durable consumer-goods companies desperate for top-line growth. Product quality... View Details
- 12 Sep 2007
- Op-Ed
Building Sandcastles: The Subprime Adventure
blurred vision of the credit rating agencies. Lenders are requiring better credit and more documentation. Brokers are facing governmental regulations. Borrowers must once again save for a down payment. This political season, candidates... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Savings and Loam
interest rates and all the transactional features of a checking account, in addition to a compelling impact story. “The opportunity for you is to put your money where it’s being utilized in a really productive way from an ecological,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
America the Difficult
example, the data indicate that GE earns a much higher return on overseas activities than Siemens does in the United States. Indeed, over the last 25 years, the accounting rate of return on inbound FDI to the United States has averaged... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
The Digital Deck
call is complete, peers are asked to rate and comment on the response. Also included is an interactive polling function, a "flash group" tool to facilitate online discussion, and a "3 strikes" tool where students respond to a question... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 16 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Delivering Solutions During a Crisis with Hans Kristian Furuseth (MBA 2019)
through crisis while operating an ecommerce organization during Brexit. With business in the UK and across the EU, Furuseth and his team had to adjust to foreign exchange rates and find ways to quickly cut costs. The experience of rapid... View Details
- 17 Nov 2020
- In Practice
How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other
lecturer of business administration and the C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator. Ramon Casadesus-Masanell: Watch costs and find channel advantages Given COVID-19 transmission rates as of mid-November, the upcoming... View Details
- 04 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 4, 2016
for ET in 1998 coincided with a dramatic decrease in the HOM rate in subsequent years and an associated cumulative cost savings of more than $6B. Further reductions in HOM gestations could save up to an additional $2B annually.... View Details
- 15 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 15, 2007
of its key staff, and whose misleading, but lawful, advertising of interest rates is drawing customers away from HDFC. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=301093 HDFC (B) Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
Desktop Search and Revenue Streams
has seen the information exchange work very well. Horowitz said the company's music division has been collecting personalized song ratings from users for years. Over time, users can create a personalized "radio station" based on... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
- Web
Hands-on Learning About Global Markets | MBA
discussing Argentina’s skyrocketing inflation rate with students, Gerardo Lietz notes that they didn’t fully comprehend how it has affected the economy and consumer behaviors until they were in country. “They were surprised by the extent... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
David Horgan: Iraqi Briefing, 21st November, 2003
because overcharging absorbs the interest rate subsidy. Anyway, the true shortfall is closer to $100 than $36 billion - and that’s before dealing with inherited debt. It would be ironic if an Anglo-American invasion led to early repayment... View Details