Zero Lower Bound Of Interest Rates - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 May 2007
First Look

First Look: May 8, 2007

efficiency. I'll first consider a range of examples, from slavery and indentured servitude (which once were not as repugnant as they now are) to lending money for interest (which used to be widely repugnant... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Jul 2020
Op-Ed

It's Time for a Bipartisan Health Plan for Employers and Employees

The recent twin economic and pandemic calamities should cause us to rethink the status quo for health insurance compensation. Must General Motors be a benefits company that happens to make cars? Is it in the best interest View Details

Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger and Richard J. Boxer; Health; Insurance

11 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

How Do You Grade Out as a Negotiator?

own scale, Wheeler intentionally has users distribute a fixed number of points among the different skills. A high self-rating in one area must be paid for by corresponding lower View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

23 May 2016
Research & Ideas

A Little Understanding Motivates Copyright Abusers to Pay Up

lower request may not generate a higher settlement rate if it simultaneously sacrifices an implicit threat of escalation. In contrast, adding a deadline appears to have... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Media & Broadcasting; Publishing

19 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Your Customers: Use Them or Lose Them

staff—all of this costs money, Frei said. Commerce Bank pays for it by paying lower rates on deposits compared to the giant banks. "Think about it," she told the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

24 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care

important interactions with expensing. That is the fourth piece they should pay attention to. The fifth piece is the change in the structure of passthrough taxation which is really quite revolutionary. Weinzierl: There's been some talk... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

13 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

Paid Search Ads Pay Off for Lesser-Known Restaurants

restaurants during the period between August and October 2015. In an interesting twist, the restaurants were not told they were essentially enjoying a free ad ride. This allowed the researchers to separate the impact View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage

01 Feb 2012
What Do You Think?

Is Support for Small Business Misplaced?

reassessment may be in order. Consider the conclusions from some recent research: Small businesses may not be a strong source of prosperity. Not only are they less productive than their larger counterparts, they have, according to a World... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

15 Feb 2017
Op-Ed

What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects

the “Infrastructure Paradox.” Investors have an easy explanation for the paradox: a lack of bankable projects. For bankers (admittedly a broad characterization), a “bankable” project has several characteristics: a clear source View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction

07 Jan 2013
Lessons from the Classroom

Culture Changers: Managing High-Impact Entrepreneurs

Books. Before Penguin was founded by Allen Lane in 1935, serious literature—"good books"—was expensive and bound in hardcover; only lurid fiction was sold in paperback. "The good books were out View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics; Food & Beverage; Entertainment & Recreation; Information; Publishing

09 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation

customers by providing them adequate functionality in return for lower prices. The technology of this sort of disruptive innovation offers "good enough" performance... View Details

Keywords: by Scott D. Anthony, Mark W. Johnson & Matt Eyring

25 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

Cyber-Marketing: Scouting the Digital Communications Frontier

despite rates comparable to or better than those offered in this country. Deighton and Barwise also warn that interacting digitally with marketers may not remain a favorite use of consumers' scarce leisure... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs

08 May 2020
In Practice

Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On

sales. If the economy remains shut for more than a couple of months, the enterprise will not survive. A creative donor rushing in with debt at low rates and a grace period may decide the future access View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

20 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

US Competitiveness at Risk

loopholes, deductions need to be reduced. The right policy is to lower the rate substantially and end most deductions. That's a policy economic theory supports, and almost everybody in the private sector... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin

19 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

LEED-ing by Example

Unit at Harvard Business School. "For example, procurement policies could serve a demonstration role that would stimulate private demand by making people more aware of green buildings. They might also cover the start-up costs View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

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... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

18 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

GM’s IPO: Back to the Future

one. Based on the price range of the transaction, it is likely that the IPO will be done at a lower value per share than the average paid by the Treasury at the time of the... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto

23 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 23, 2008

$800) instead of receiving lower amounts (e.g., self and other each get $500) in their transactions (Bazerman, Loewenstein & White, 1992). The present analysis, however, shows that the perceived value... View Details