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Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy - Course Catalog
framework can be used to evaluate how globalization is likely to change the performance of specific markets and thus assess the associated risks and opportunities. Course Content and Organization Most of the... View Details
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
SEC Commissioner Sees “Healing and Reform”
optimism were New Jersey Senator and former Goldman Sachs co-head Jon S. Corzine, and Ernst & Young chairman James S. Turley. In assessing the current business climate at the Restoring Confidence in American Business conference at... View Details
Keywords: by Catherine Walsh
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
The Kids Are Alright: Alumni Children Crack Case
student proposed a way to assess the possible risks of Gavin’s strategy: “Since this company is about the kids who use it, maybe you could send out a survey,” she suggested. Beaming at the exchange,... View Details
- 19 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2016
situations that are not amenable to quantitative risk modeling. They argue that firms can avoid the artificial choice between quantitative and qualitative risk management, allowing both to play important... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 13 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Unexpected Way Whistleblowers Reduce Government Fraud
more risk in projects by limiting their use of “cost-plus” agreements, which make it easier to overcharge government agencies, according to researchers. This renegotiation of contractual terms allows the agency to hedge its bet with a... View Details
- 21 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 21
framework. The first layer assesses the relative importance of skilled labor, suppliers, and knowledge spillovers. The second layer considers whether firms can benefit from geographic concentration without co-locating. The final layer... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jul 2024
- In Practice
The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities
Chinese companies. Nippon Steel’s proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel has all but been blocked despite the Japanese firm’s planned $1.4 billion investment to improve U.S. Steel’s older mills. When assessing regulatory View Details
- 04 Aug 2014
- Op-Ed
Why Small-Business Lending Is Not Recovering
because of a perfect storm of their falling sales and weakened collateral, and growing risk aversion among lenders. Those days are not over. While lingering cyclical factors from the crisis may still be constraining access to bank credit,... View Details
- 09 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 9
the international financial architecture; and the formal rules and informal norms of international organizations. Book link: http://www.tobinproject.org/twobooks/pdf/New_Perspectives_Full_Text.pdf Government as Risk Manager Authors:Tom... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 18
http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/609016-PDF-ENG Dharavi: Developing Asia's Largest Slum Harvard Business School Case 710-004 Maharashtra state is accepting bids to redevelop Dharavi, the largest slum in Asia. A real estate developer View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
Education Leveraging Crowdsourced Peer-to-Peer Assessments to Enhance the Case Method of Learning By: Avery, Jill Abstract—Many marketing educators use the case method to help their students strengthen their decision-making skills.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 24
long-term impact on the practice and thinking in this field will reach its full potential. From Counting Risk to Making Risk Count: Boundary-Work in Risk Management... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
ClimateCAP 2024
ClimateCAP: The Global MBA Summit on Climate, Capital, & Business brings together MBA students, business leaders, and experts from around the world to assess the implications of climate change for business and investment. At the... View Details
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Building Bridges to Sustainable Infrastructure with Allied Climate Partners - Recruiting
environment. My responsibilities spanned two main areas: supporting fund strategy by conducting deep dives into new markets and verticals that might offer promising investment opportunities, and assessing the viability of opportunities... View Details
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Transportation - Business & Environment
contributions are even greater; in the U.S., transportation is the top GHG contributor. [37] Transportation infrastructure--roads, bridges, airports, and ports-- is particularly at risk of disruption from climate change. Flooding, storms,... View Details
- 14 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 14, 2007
useful for assessing vulnerability, policy analysis, sovereign credit risk analysis, and design of sovereign risk mitigation and control strategies. Applications for investors... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Building Bridges: New Dimensions in Negotiation
differences in their forecasts of future events (such as the profitability of a business being sold), attitudes toward risk and time, tax and regulatory status, market and technological knowledge and access, and so on. The third dimension... View Details
Keywords: by Anita M. Harris
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Mary Callahan Erdoes
for her analytical skills and sound judgment, Erdoes is particularly sought out for her expertise in assessing complicated financial instruments, such as derivatives. The Chicago native and Georgetown University graduate says that during... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 03 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 4, 2008
help improve saving and financial decision-making, but much more can be done to improve the effectiveness of these programs. Download the paper from SSRN.com ($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13824 Contract Rights and Risk Aversion:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 29
software in private fixed investment in the United States. We argue that these findings point to a large potential undercounting of "digital dark matter" and related IT spillovers from university and federal funding. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne