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  • 13 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: September 13

in the first place: what exactly had caused the brutal financial crisis of 2007-2009? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711104-PDF-ENG China and the Yuan-Dollar Exchange Rate Aldo... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018

the pass-through of both gas prices and nominal exchange rate fluctuations. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54935 forthcoming Consumption, Markets & Culture Big Data By:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Dec 2005
  • News

Baker’s back

valuable collaboration.” Similarly, the south entrance’s Exchange is designed to foster community. With the feel of a living room much like the common areas of Spangler, The Exchange has eight large plasma... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 29 Jan 2019
  • Research & Ideas

'Green Bonds' May Be Our Best Bet for Environmental Damage Control

investors are placing a premium on green bonds and are willing to accept a lower rate of return in exchange for the environmental benefits. Given the typical duration of municipal bonds, this yield... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy; Utilities; Construction; Green Technology; Public Administration
  • 18 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 18

2000s. We also point to structural factors about renewable energy that have caused the availability of venture capital finance for renewable energy to fall dramatically in recent years, with potential implications for the rate and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Nov 2006
  • Research & Ideas

How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI

foreign business—without experience in that type of environment—to enter and to prosper in. The crime rate is certainly one of the highest in the world, to the extent that it affects the everyday lives of people and managers. The HIV... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 01 Apr 2002
  • News

Back in Business

generators were brought in, many donated by General Electric and its CEO, Jeffrey R. Immelt (MBA '82). Next on Lhota's agenda for the business community was getting the New York Stock Exchange - closed for four days - up and running. "We... View Details
Keywords: 9/11; NYC; New York City; Government
  • 22 May 2007
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First Look: May 22, 2007

at varying horizons, and that the short-term nominal interest rate forecasts positively stock return volatility and exchange rate volatility. This paper presents evidence that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Sep 2000
  • What Do You Think?

Whither the Information Economy?

replace food, shelter, clothing, etc.," Gary Myers raises an issue that might warrant further discussion. While he points out that information leads to improvements in the efficiency with which goods are produced, he then goes on to say, "At some point, the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 19 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 19, 2007

  Working PapersAuditing in the Self-reporting Economy Authors:Romana L. Autrey and Richard Sansing Abstract This paper examines the licensing of intellectual property in exchange for royalties that depend on the self-report of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Feb 2017
  • Op-Ed

What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects

bankers’ preferred conditions exist there. Revenues are sketchy, exchange rate risk is real, political uncertainties abound, and expertise is thin. Yet projects get funded and built. Capital lessons What can... View Details
Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction
  • 09 Feb 2016
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February 9, 2016

signals, we consider the influence of singular sector-level triggers, which we call entrepreneurial beacons. We argue that the actions or outcomes of salient organizations attract and motivate entrepreneurs, thus increasing the rate of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 18, 2008

is to encapsulate a wide body of scientific knowledge in a labeling scheme that is comprehensible to the average shopper. Here, we describe our method of developing a nutrition metric to fill this void. Methods—We asked leading nutrition experts to View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 May 2008
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First Look: May 28, 2008

the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-096.pdf Shamed and Able: How Firms Respond to Being Rated (Revised May 2008) Authors:Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel Abstract We examine how firms respond to third-party View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 24, 2006

forecasting, despite a number of characteristics that make it a challenge to fit to a dynamic supply chain environment, to be effective in that context. We further show that the forecasting process, together with the supporting mechanisms of information View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Nov 2008
  • What Do You Think?

How Much Can You Ask of Your Customers?

to express their feelings, exchange information, and act in ways that previously were unheard of. Several recent writings suggest that the next phase in the activation of customers will be putting them to work in the service of an... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 01 Jan 2003
  • News

Daniel L. Vasella, M.D.

costs. Mortality rates for cardiovascular disease, hypertension, asthma, and various infections have been reduced between 40 and 70 percent over the last forty years thanks in large part to more effective and safer drugs. We need to do a... View Details
  • 19 Jan 2016
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January 19, 2016

investments. Using both calendar-time portfolio stock return regressions and firm-level panel regressions we find that firms with good ratings on material sustainability issues significantly outperform firms with poor View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Apr 2006
  • Research & Ideas

The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance

of these firms face various issues—including management of exchange rate risk, how to structure their internal capital markets, how to do capital budgeting worldwide, and how to respond to varying regulatory... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services
  • 30 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 30

would continue hedging primarily with forward contracts, but in much higher volumes and at increasingly unfavorable rates, or to break with past practice and begin using foreign exchange option contracts. The decision would have... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino