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- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Psychology, Pathology, and the CEO
industrial and energy services—and was close to defaulting on its financial obligations. Some managers felt the company was also bankrupt in terms of ideas. There was insufficient communication across the company, including few common... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 03 Dec 2008
- What Do You Think?
Can Housing and Credit be “Nudged” Back to Health?
governments to influence choices in ways that encourage choosers to make decisions in their best interest. They call it "libertarian paternalism." This involves utilizing "nudges" such as the wording of choices in ways that influence individual... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
such as credit ratings, without considering the state of the economy in which default is likely to occur. Such investors are likely to be attracted to securities whose payoffs resemble those of economic catastrophe bonds-bonds that View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 26
the sale of insurance products). Moreover, the use of CLV information did not have a negative impact on pricing, as some of the literature suggests, nor on default risk, indicating that managers increased sales to more profitable... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
RCS Policies - Research Computing Services
here: the default permissions are usually world-readable!! Also, please do not mount scratch on your desktop or laptop or if mounted, please transfer your files and unmount as a final step. If you need to transfer files to this location,... View Details
- 26 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Behind India’s Economic and Political Woes
rupees from his tenants, but that money just became 20 percent more expensive in the global currency market. So what is she to do? The options aren't appealing: Default on the loan or change the business model by possible refinancing. As... View Details
Keywords: by Zeenat Potia
- 10 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 10
prices (values?) fell, ship owners began to default on loans and new purchase contracts while banks holding loans secured by ships faced the possibility of increasing defaults (violations of loan-to-value... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 17, 2018
Amazon. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/718481-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 518-010 Lending Club: Predicting Default No abstract available. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/518010-PDF-ENG... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 30 May 2024
- News
Women’s Association Goes Nationwide; Connecticut Club Hosts Beshears
Alumnae to Celebrate Official Launch of HBS Women’s Association The Harvard Business School Women’s Association (HBSWA) will host a Virtual Launch Celebration on Wednesday, June 12, to mark its official expansion as a nationwide HBS alumnae Shared Interest Group (SIG).... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
An Action Plan for Economic Recovery
financial products are systemically risky, like credit default swaps. What would you do? My proposal is just the opposite of the Treasury’s. I would put the Fed in charge of risk monitoring because that’s where it has the most expertise.... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 15, 2016
will be critical to their success. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51813 Fiscal Rules and Sovereign Default By: Alfaro, Laura, and Fabio Kanczuk Abstract—We provide a quantitative analysis of fiscal rules... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
Brick-and-Mortar Stores Are Making a Comeback
data, because they can link offline and online, and they know that you were in the store on a particular day and what frames you saw, and they can follow up with an email saying, “Do you want to buy this now?” Avery: We tend to default to... View Details
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Unlocking Your Investment Capital
derivatives were outstanding worldwide. So derivatives are hardly new and untested financial tools, even if the CDS (credit derivative swaps) type is relatively more recent. Q: It's truly amazing to think that companies can eliminate passive risk through credit View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Damon Silvers
required to produce four reports for Congress, the last of which is due on March 11, 2009. Read the reports at www.cop.senate.gov/. In addition to shoring up ailing banks, should TARP funds be used to help homeowners avoid default on... View Details
- 02 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Is 'Gut Feel' a Good Reason to Invest in a Startup?
knowing which type of approach they default to can help them be more deliberate about how they make decisions, giving them confidence that there is in fact a method behind their investment choices. For entrepreneurs, understanding how... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Clicks and Mortar
tend to default to thinking about a consumer’s functional goals: I want something quickly and easily at a low price. But consumers buy for many other reasons. They might have social goals or they might want to have an experience that’s... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Rx for Too Big to Fail
institutions existed even before the repeal of Glass-Steagall in 1999. The truth is, large financial institutions are probably an unavoidable feature of modern life. Even many of the most ardent opponents of big banks favor the creation of an exchange for credit View Details
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
IT Links for Boundaryless Companies
of projects, to try things out, to see what works. Delivery of value is ongoing. The default in this model is action. The idea is you do custom assembly, but you put a premium on the ability of those things to fit together like Lego... View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
- 28 Aug 2014
- Op-Ed
Government Can Do More to Unfreeze Small Business Credit
program of $100 million with a proven default rate of 5 percent will be "costed" at $5 million, but will deploy $100 million of new capital into the marketplace. A second important piece of SBJA was the effort to infuse capital into... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Steve Schwarzman
low for financial defaults. So when someone asks whether we are going to have problems with increasing levels of defaults, I think it’s almost self-evident. Of course there will be higher levels of defaults when you’re at a 26-year low.... View Details