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Output and asset price fluctuations
What are the sources of business cycles? How are these shocks propagated in the economy? Why are their effects so persistent? How can we explain asset price fluctuations? How are shocks transmitted internationally?To study these questions, I have developed a series... View Details
- 17 Jan 2023
- In Practice
8 Trends to Watch in 2023
As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
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Ways to Give Today - Alumni
which is to provide scholarships for German students in need to attend HBS. Gifts can also be made for the benefit of HBS. Alumni who reside in Germany can deduct the full amount of a contribution to the Foundation from his or her gross income. Since the marginal tax... View Details
- 22 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 22
Abstract This paper decomposes the excess return predictability in inflation-indexed and nominal government bonds into effects from liquidity, market segmentation, real interest rate risk, and inflation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Investment analyst reports (equity research reports)
How do I find investment analysts' reports on companies, industries and geographies? Analyst Reports contain advice on whether to buy or sell the securities of specific companies or industries. They are produced by research analysts employed by firms that may have... View Details
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General Management - Faculty & Research
markets and specialties in practices not sold by PE owners. Given the 60% mean rate of staying among controls, this represents a 27.5% reduction in retention. There was no significant difference in retirement probability. An analysis of... View Details
- 18 Jul 2023
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The First Five Years: Brooke Biederman (MBA 2019)
which I have a grabbing logline. I’m constantly writing down little pieces of ideas and great dialogue, things inspired by what I overhear on the street an amusing phrase, a twist on a play on words. I’ll jot down interesting paradoxes or... View Details
Keywords: Robert Bochnak
- 22 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms
former chairman Alan Greenspan for holding interest rates too low for too long, which inflated the housing bubble with cheap credit. And it scolds the SEC for allowing the credit View Details
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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research
cheat more when cheating is more lucrative, but we find that the effect of performance-based pay rates on dishonesty depends on how readily people can compare their pay rate to that of others. In Experiment... View Details
- 18 Apr 2023
- Research & Ideas
The Best Person to Lead Your Company Doesn't Work There—Yet
the operations expertise that PE firms bring to bear. CEO selection may soon become even more critical for PE funds, which have been grappling with inflation and rising interest rates that dampened... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Thinking Ahead
As we wind down 2023, there’s talk everywhere of generative AI and how it will fundamentally alter the world as we know it; but how does that translate for your corner of the business world? Is TikTok something you need to take seriously? (Is it time to dance?) We... View Details
- 20 May 2014
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First Look: May 20
1990s produced relatively more patents by the early 2000s. Second, we compare the extent of invention in counties that were leaders in Internet adoption to those that were not. We see little difference in the growth rate of patenting... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 10
fail to detect dodges when speakers answer similar—but objectively incorrect—questions (the "artful dodge"), a detection failure that goes hand in hand with a failure to rate dodgers more negatively. We propose that dodges go... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
the changes have been accelerated by technology, the pandemic, rising interest rates, and inflation. But the managerial and resource-allocation implications of these developments for start-ups and established companies are often... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Solving for Z
sector that is not particularly well-known for being socially progressive. “When we engage with potential campus hires, the interest in sustainability and sustainable finance is tremendous,” he says. Breitfelder has seen a similar... View Details
- 02 Jun 2022
- Research & Ideas
Blissful Thinking: When It Comes to Finding Happiness, 'Your Dreams Are Liars'
better leaders, and the practical steps to kicking an addiction to success. Dan Morrell: There’s been increasing academic interest in the topic of happiness in recent years. We’ve seen it at HBS with the work of Ashley Whillans, Leslie... View Details
Keywords: by Dan Morrell
- 31 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
How Ben Franklin’s ‘Way to Wealth’ Introduced American Capitalism to the World
of wisdom and many others were made famous by Benjamin Franklin in his 1758 essay known as The Way to Wealth, first published as a sermon delivered by “Father Abraham” in Poor Richard’s Almanack. “I’m interested in how ideas reflect but... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 07 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
Innovation Corrupted: How Managers Can Avoid Another Enron
interest approved by the board. The idea was to use these mind-numbingly complex entities to manage reported earnings, minimize reported debt, and maintain the company's all-important credit rating and... View Details
- 18 Mar 2013
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HBS Cases: LEGO
birth rates declined, children had less time to play and not much interest in toys that didn't offer instant gratification. "These changes did not play well to our strengths," observed current CEO... View Details
- 29 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Time Pressure and Creativity: Why Time is Not on Your Side
been fascinated by the complex effects that time pressure (and other forms of pressure) had on my own creativity and productivity. And, in working with many companies, I've noticed an interesting phenomenon: Most managers—and... View Details