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- 21 Nov 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017
classes. While most investors specialize in a single asset class, a handful of generalists can gradually reallocate capital across markets. Upon the arrival of a large supply shock, prices of risk in the directly impacted asset class... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
applications available on it. Our model is based on the observation that even if users prefer application variety, applications often also exhibit direct network effects. When there are direct network effects, users View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
global buyout fund: Bain Capital Fund XI. For the fund, Bain was offering its limited partners a choice between three different fee structures: first, a "conventional" fee structure of a 1.5% management fee with 20% carried interest and a 7% View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Commencement 2016 Address | About
like to use the word honor as a noun, as something you give or receive—such as the honor you have achieved for yourselves and your families by graduating from our institution this afternoon. However, I prefer to use the word honor most... View Details
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Key Metrics | Annual Report 2024
— 13% 12% 6% — Black / African American — 9% 9% 4% — Hispanic / Latino / Latinx — 10% 8% 4% — Multi-Race / Non-Hispanic — 2% 2% 1% — Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander — < 1% 0% 0% — White — 53% 43% 22% — Prefer not to answer — 4%... View Details
- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
aligning preferences via employee selection may provide a useful alternative. This study investigates this idea empirically using personnel and lending data from a financial services organization that implemented a highly decentralized... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
1.11 Leaves of Absence | MBA
involuntary leave of absence is not a disciplinary sanction. However, an incident that gives rise to a leave of absence, whether voluntary or involuntary, may subsequently be the basis for disciplinary action. A student who prefers to... View Details
- 14 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 14, 2016
and the risks associated with each. Accepting involves prioritizing the job above all else and remaining available 24/7. Because accepters fail to cultivate outside interests, they’re often slow to recover from professional setbacks. And... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Aug 2020
- News
What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic
our credit card or for users who choose not to connect a card and would prefer to answer questions instead. How do we make those estimates more accurate or how do we account for things like the fact that a grocery bill should be... View Details
- 08 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 8, 2016
volatility. Using our model we quantify how capital injections impact the risk of financial institutions and estimate firm-specific precautionary capital needs. In addition, the longstanding observation that volatility is more responsive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Uncovering Racial Discrimination in the ‘Sharing Economy’
for having a poor location score relative to nonblack hosts," the researchers write in the paper. "These differences highlight the risk of discrimination in online marketplaces, suggesting an important unintended consequence of a... View Details
- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
It was the first time they had truly considered forcing a company into involuntary bankruptcy, which he clearly would prefer to avoid lest they risk losing their entire investment. As the company’s financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017
increases one’s bargaining power. A minimally necessary condition for an agreement to be mutually acceptable is that each side prefers the deal to its BATNA. Thus, how well each party’s BATNA serves its interests determines whether a zone... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 22, 2008
goal is not to identify the "best" program, but rather to lay out the range of innovations to meet the needs of heterogeneous potential savers. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-075.pdf Cases & Course Materials2006 Hurricane View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 6
Departing from prior work that has mainly focused on examining the antecedents and consequences of dishonesty, we examine two approaches to mitigating unethical behavior: (1) values-oriented approaches that broadly appeal to individuals' View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Choose the Best Deal
alternative—in this case, continuing to search for a viable site. The next step is to double-check your calculations by comparing the hypothetical deals. If Jim discovers that he'd subjectively prefer the orchard property, then he should... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 18 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 18
dealings with one another. To assign human rights obligations to MNEs and their managers risks undermining this ideal. The paper situates this argument in relation to the United Nations "Protect, Respect and Remedy" Framework by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Dec 2021
- News
Higher Returns
practices and sustainable products. They're the ones checking the packaging and labeling to ensure that there is a positive social and environmental impact message as well, specifically on consumer products. And they prefer to work for... View Details
- 15 Feb 2017
- Op-Ed
What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects
bankers’ preferred conditions exist there. Revenues are sketchy, exchange rate risk is real, political uncertainties abound, and expertise is thin. Yet projects get funded and built. Capital lessons What can... View Details
- 07 Jun 2019
- Book
Are You a Digital Manager?
purpose; managers need to answer not just what the team should or could be doing, but also why doing so matters. All of us, particularly the younger generations in the workforce, want to be in organizations where we can make a difference. If MBAs are to work hard and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace