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- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
that money. Kanter: When that kind of intervention takes place, however, we hear cries that the tax system is being used for social engineering. But I certainly have the sense now that without some degree of public and social engineering,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
U.S.-born parents, while the second includes mostly older, separated women with some college education, a relatively higher share of whom are foreign born and have foreign-born parents. Our results demonstrate the presence of additional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Role of Government When All Else Fails
century, the main objective of most risk management policies—from limited liability to bankruptcy law to a fixed exchange rate—was to encourage trade and investment and thus to facilitate economic growth by making investors and traders... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 28 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 28
reflected in the enforcement actions of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). I find that large employers are less likely to be subject to an SEC enforcement action, after controlling for firm size, accounting quality, distance to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: November 15
identifying possible forms of bias, and evaluating methods of verifying whether bias in fact occurs. I then consider possible legal and policy responses, and I assess search engines' likely defenses. I conclude that regulatory View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 27, 2007
& Co., covering a large fraction of the catastrophe risks exchanged during 1970-94. Our results suggest that the price of reinsurance generally exceeds "fair" values, particularly in the aftermath of large events, that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
tendency of governments is to cut back on foreign or development aid, which creates a similar pressure to what we're seeing in the United States. The emphasis on results is far stronger. There's a shift toward trying to get countries (in... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
international deferral and a minimum tax for corporate foreign source income. It was fiscally irresponsible and not attuned to current tastes for redistribution. Given the relative inexperience of most of the current Trump economic team... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
demonstrates the effectiveness (or lack thereof) of an intervention even without perfectly predicting a firm’s response still has enormous value for setting policy. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55959... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 18, 2007
Working PapersOptimal Reserve Management and Sovereign Debt Authors:Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk Abstract Most models currently used to determine optimal foreign reserve holdings take the level of international debt as given. However,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
the fastest-growing competitive local exchange carrier in the world, adding 500,000 customers in 10 months, and the stock price tripled. Then we learned that 40 percent of our customers couldn’t pay their bills. The capital markets... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 21 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 21
close to the firm's headquarters in southern France, on one of the large exchanges in the U.S., or perhaps in Asia, where much of the firm's future growth is expected. The case provides opportunities to discuss the benefits and costs of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 3
social exchange that resembles the innovation process. Our research suggests that, under particular conditions, novel ideas can be generated and ambiguous contexts navigated without great foresight. Instead, entrepreneurs can arrive at... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
international dynamics. In this concise and incisive analysis, Andrew Cainey and Christiane Prange explain what is happening in China and how this affects its relations with other countries. They identify what foreign companies need to... View Details
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
GDP growth hitting a peak of 7.5% in 2010. However, the high cost of conducting business in Brazil, known as "Custo Brasil," was hurting domestic manufacturing, while incoming foreign investments threatened to overwhelm... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2012
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First Look: May 22
causes leading to the Mexican crisis of 1994-1995 (known as "The Tequila Crisis"), and its short- and long-term consequences. It argues that excessive enthusiasm on the part of foreign investors, not based on Mexico's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
engineering major with a goal of building cars, he saw a future spent designing door handles in some automaker’s basement and switched to international affairs and foreign policy. After graduation, he spent three years in China helping... View Details
- 26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008
way for higher rates of customer acquisition and higher rates of repeat purchasing among existing customers in the direct channels in the long term. Our results are based on intervention analysis with a treatment/control group design. We... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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In analyzing the cases in the course, emphasis will be placed on drilling down into the details and "fine print" of these and other issues. Topics covered in this finance course include Chapter 11 bankruptcy, out-of-court workouts, distressed View Details