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- 09 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation
contribute to this gap, Mills says, and it's where she's focusing some of her early attention. "For the bankers, there's the cost of making the loan, the fact that we have fewer banks now than we did before 2008, and the toll that the View Details
- 12 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Private Sector, Public Good
was to make a series of unsustainable promises that sustained the illusion of prosperity" by extending easy credit to fuel consumption, covering health care and retirement costs, and directly employing people while lowering tax rates. "You take that and... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
organization during “bad times”? Using two large micro datasets on firm decentralization from U.S. administrative data and 10 OECD countries, we find that firms that delegated more power from the Central Headquarters to local plant managers prior to the Great View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
This Crisis Loan Program Preserved Jobs—and Made Money
payments, and are forgivable if firms use the cash infusion for essentials like rent and to retain most workers. A catastrophe in France A dozen years ago, as the Great Recession unfolded, French small businesses also faced catastrophic... View Details
- 24 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Financial Meltdowns Are More Predictable Than We Thought
passed since risky mortgage lending, excessive borrowing, and soaring housing prices collided in 2008 to trigger one of the more severe financial crises in American history. Since then, economists have been studying the factors that led to that disaster and the... View Details
- 21 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Missing the Wave in Ship Transport
price increases drove an industry uptick as the market shifted from oil to coal. Demand for ships outstripped supply until 1981, when a global recession and the US coal miners' strike led to a collapse in ship-hire rates. By 1983,... View Details
- 04 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Energy and Cleantech: Career Advice from the Career & Professional Development Office
regulation. That goal had almost fully materialized when the recession caused my post-law school employer to freeze hiring and rescind offers. I had to pivot. Luckily, I landed at HBS in a role working with faculty to develop, research,... View Details
- 18 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 18
strategy as well as whether she is the right person to continue to lead the organization. Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/410013-PDF-ENG Executive Pay and the Credit Crisis of 2008 (B) Harvard Business School Supplement 110-005 As the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 24
Implicit in U.S. Tax Policy and the Costs of Unequal Growth and Recessions By: Lockwood, Benjamin, and Matthew Weinzierl Abstract—We use official data and standard optimal tax conditions to infer the positive and normative judgments... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Aug 2015
- What Do You Think?
What Happened to the ‘Innovation, Disruption, Technology’ Dividend?
2000, recovery, Great Recession in 2008, recovery--that it makes trend analysis (and consistent productivity growth) impossible. A related argument is that when labor is relatively cheap, growing companies are encouraged to hire more... View Details
- 17 Aug 2022
- News
To Serve and Protect the Markets
they should. It’s like two covers of a big book.” That continued faith in the markets is what drives Jones. “It’s what I hope my impact will be,” she says. “The market crash in the 1920s, the recession in 2008—we know what can happen when... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 03 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 3
Recession did not alter the relationship between the coincident index and IVF use. Conclusions: Our study demonstrates a positive relationship between the economy and IVF use, with greater magnitude in states with insurance mandates. This... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Apr 2015
- Op-Ed
Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths
recession are not part of an optimal economic policy, this view is deeply naïve because it ignores the political realities of Greece. The track record of Greek politicians is one of populism, corruption, and fiscal irresponsibility. (See... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- 27 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Building Businesses in Turbulent Times
One IBM. Not only is IBM surviving, it is thriving once again. Q: Is a recession really the time for a company to make major changes? A: Change is coming anyway, so leaders need to take control. At HBS, our motto is, "Never let a... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
different," Conforti confesses. "The plan all along was to turn Finale into a national dessert chain. We ran into the buzz saw of the recession just as we opened a fourth restaurant in a high-end mall. That's now a couple of years in the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
chain. We ran into the buzz saw of the recession just as we opened a fourth restaurant in a high-end mall. That’s now a couple of years in the rearview mirror, but you can’t deny that the recession had an... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
demand-side recession or depression. Producers (businesses) realize they’re going to have less demand for their products in the future, so they start contracting their operations. That means laying people off. Now you’re really in a... View Details
- 02 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
‘Retail Revolution’ Excerpt: The Scale of the Ecommerce Threat
arrived at this point in part due to the recession when many retailers reduced headcounts as customers focused more on price and less on service, but also as a result of long-term initiatives like self checkout, which eliminated many... View Details
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade
much better. In this article, professor and Balanced Scorecard guru Robert S. Kaplan introduces BSC Customer Profitability Metrics. From Balanced Scorecard Report. Marketing Your Way Through a Recession Published: March 3, 2008 In a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 4
consensus that embraced international trade and outsourcing while supporting continuous upgrading of workplace skills. In April 2009, the new Prime Minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, is balancing short-term responses to a global recession... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace