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  • 22 Jun 2009
  • Research & Ideas

“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms

restructure, sell, or liquidate a failing company. Bottom line, no firm should be too big to fail. At the same time, the majority of financial firms that pose no systemic risk should face relatively light regulation, ensuring their continued View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services
  • 24 Apr 2019
  • Research & Ideas

The 'Amazon Effect' Is Changing Online Price Competition—and the Fed Needs to Pay Attention

locations. “It’s not about just the markup, which, to some extent, is just a temporary effect,” Cavallo says. “If competition with Amazon changes the way firms such as Walmart or Best Buy make pricing decisions, it can have much longer-lasting effects on View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Retail
  • 18 Jul 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Will Global Demand for Oil Peak This Decade?

Is the globe’s thirst for oil finally topping out? A major international energy watcher says yes, predicting last month that demand for global oil for transport will peak around 2026, plateau for all uses by 2028, and possibly hit a zenith by the end of the decade.... View Details
Keywords: by Alvin Powell, Harvard Gazette; Energy; Industrial Products; Auto; Green Technology
  • 11 Oct 2016
  • First Look

October 11, 2016

back-of-the-envelope calculation suggests that advertising would produce a positive return on average for restaurants in our sample. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51728 Self-Employment Dynamics and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: January 17

knowledge distribution are not deterministic but are strategic choices. If dynamic capabilities are associated with innovation streams, and if innovation types are rooted in contrasting innovation logics, there are important implications... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Feb 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space?

this dynamic future for humanity.” Meanwhile, Blue Origin, under the ownership of Bezos—Amazon CEO and richest man in the solar system—is also pursuing citizen astronaut flights on its New Shepard rocket and space capsule. Weinzierl... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Wallask; Aerospace; Tourism; Transportation
  • 08 Mar 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile

twentieth century, neither country would see such glory again. “Before 1914, [Argentina] was one of the most dynamic nations in the first global economy, attracting a record amount of foreign investment and massive inflows of immigrants,”... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 30

incentive to default through inflation versus hedging against unforeseen shocks. We model and calibrate these arguments to assess their quantitative importance. We use a dynamic equilibrium model with tax... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Aug 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Reading the Financial Crisis Warning Signs: Credit Markets and the 'Red-Zone'

A year ago, most experts thought the US economy was thundering headlong toward recession, as the Federal Reserve moved at a historic pace to slow inflation by bridling interest rates. Yet, despite recent tremors in the stock market, no... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Banking
  • 02 Feb 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 2

and Finance (forthcoming). (Also Harvard Business School Working Paper No. 05-053 and NBER Working Paper No. 13131.) Abstract The main arguments in favor of and against nominal and indexed debt are the incentive to default through View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Jan 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Maybe Uber isn't God's Gift to Mankind

Whither Uber? Competitive Dynamics in Transportation Networks. “I’m trying to counterbalance the many papers that exult in how fabulous Uber is, and how it’s practically God’s gift to mankind,” Edelman says. Forthcoming in the journal... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Transportation; Insurance
  • 31 Mar 2002
  • What Do You Think?

Is This the Decade of the Investor?

their responsibility to represent the best interests of investors, who will? Will dynamics that determine flows of funds and foreign investment levels in the U.S. ultimately pose the threat of fewer funds—foreign or otherwise—to finance... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 08 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 8

navigate employer pressures regarding who they are and who they can be outside of work. Lakshmi Ramarajan and Erin M. Reid consider how the attunement to power dynamics affects organisational effectiveness and organisational change.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Dec 2007
  • First Look

First Look: December 18, 2007

  Working PapersHappiness, Contentment and Other Emotions for Central Banks Authors:Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch Abstract We show that data on satisfaction with life from over 600,000 Europeans are negatively correlated with the unemployment rate and the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Sept. 7

proliferation of IFRS worldwide is one of the most important developments in corporate governance over the last decade. I offer an analysis of the international political dynamics of countries' IFRS harmonization decisions. The analysis... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 May 2013
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First Look: May 7

given to applications, the coarseness of rating patterns, and the sellers' dynamic certification strategies. In the model, certifiers respond to the sellers' desire to get a chance to be highly rated and to limit the stigma from... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 02 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 2

Business Review 88, no. 6 (June 2010) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the preview: http://hbr.org/2010/06/are-you-a-high-potential/ar/1 Altruistic Dynamic Pricing with Customer Regret Authors:Julio J. Rotemberg... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 27

of inflation increases demand for cost of living adjustments. Frames that highlight flexibility, control, and investment significantly reduce annuitization. A majority of respondents prefer to receive an extra "bonus" payment... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Dec 2019
  • Research & Ideas

How to Turn Down the Boil on Group Conflict

Jeffrey Lees, a doctoral candidate in Organizational Behavior and Psychology at Harvard Business School. In actuality, most people have a wildly inflated sense of just how negative the other side feels, according to a new paper that Lees... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 27 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 27, 2009

on a farsighted version of strong dominance (cf., Roth and Postlewaite, 1977) if no individual is indifferent between his endowment and the endowment of someone else. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-129.pdf Altruistic View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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