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- 26 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018
markets. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54633 A Measure of Risk Appetite for the Macroeconomy By: Pflueger, Carolin E., Emil Siriwardane, and Adi Sunderam Abstract—We document a strong and robust positive relationship between... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 19, 2006
Publication:Oxford University Press, 2007 Abstract With real case stories Wells and Ahmed bring to life both the hopes for and the failures of international guarantees of property rights for investors in the developing world. Their cases... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Facing the New World Order
high grade to several of the countries in East Asia. It puts technology at the center of the story. The real winners, in our view, over the long term are those countries that are able to sustain high rates... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
broadcasting, flip the channel to FOX. If you want even more reinforcement, there’s talk radio and the blogs. Nor is there any willingness to talk about real costs. We are now fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that are costing nearly... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 22 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
Balancing the Ideal with the Real: Conveying Corporate Culture to Candidates
to pull their weight.” Although the idea of a culture may be easily expressed, its representation can cross challenging realties. Given an environment in which many corporations express the same values, it can be difficult to stand out with View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Taking Care of Business
wick away moisture and odor; it has since expanded into sleepwear, shapewear, plus-sizes, and men’s underwear, with an annual growth rate of more than 20 percent. “Stay focused and listen to customers—that’s who opens their pocketbooks,”... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Faculty Q&A: Cents and Sensibilities
When we talk about a minimum wage increase, what are we really talking about? The US federal minimum wage is not very high—it’s much lower in real terms than it has been for much of the last several decades—and it’s hard to argue that a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
FIELD 2 in Accra
important information." Learning by Doing Introduced in 2011, FIELD 2 is a transformative experience in learning that sends all 900-plus first-year MBA students across the globe to emerging markets each January where they work with partner organizations on projects... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Feedback
the Bitcoin supply should grow approximately at the real rate of our global economies—perhaps with a built-in boom/bust modulator. However, I understand that its growth is purely mechanical now and could... View Details
Keywords: feedback
- Web
How One Coffee Shop Is Brewing Change for Business and Society | Working Knowledge
Richard S. Ruback. Roughly 6.5 million people in the United States have intellectual disabilities such as autism and Down syndrome, but less than 23 percent of working-age disabled women and men were employed in 2023, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. The... View Details
- 05 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
How New BofA Executives Learn its ’Deep Smarts’
Editor's note: How does an organization hold on to its wealth of accumulated knowledge when the knowledge-holders depart? It's a very real dilemma made even more critical as Baby Boomers begin their mass exit into retirement. The new book... View Details
- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
making by high-affinity syndicates post investment. Taken together, our results suggest that non-ability-based "birds-of-a-feather-flock-together" effects in collaboration can be costly. Download the paper: http://papers.nber.org/papers/W18141 Monetary Policy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2018
- What Do You Think?
Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?
potential for ecommerce growth in the country which relies (on) a lot of machine learning and AI the growth rate through the new economy prospects is just starting to take off here in Bangladesh.” Jacob Navon added, “Is the New Economy... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 27 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 27
simplifies the retirement savings plan participation decision. Individuals received an opportunity to enroll in a retirement savings plan at a pre-selected contribution rate and asset allocation, allowing them to collapse a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Whence IT Value?
storage capacity, bandwidth and memory — especially on a per-dollar basis — are driving the observed business benefits. However, all of these have been getting better, faster and cheaper at about the same rate throughout the history of... View Details
Keywords: by Andrew McAfee
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
significantly increased the returns on capital. However, contrary to what economic theory might lead us to expect, the cost of capital as measured by long-term real interest rates has not increased, but... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 8, 2015
and women alike rated power as one of the main consequences of professional advancement. Our findings reveal that men and women have different perceptions of what the experience of holding a high-level position will be like, with... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
discussed in a pub in Toronto before he came to Soldiers Field, it was fine-tuned during his second year at HBS. “The contest and our field study afforded us the opportunity to test ideas in a relatively risk-free environment,” remarks... View Details
- 11 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 11
biased forecasts for potential future employers are more likely to face favorable career outcomes and bank executives appear to profit from the analysts' bias since the bias is associated with higher levels of insider trading. Our results highlight the bias created by... View Details
- 04 Aug 2014
- Op-Ed
Why Small-Business Lending Is Not Recovering
self-employed person declined 19 percent in real terms between 2007 and 2010, according to the Federal Reserve's Survey of Consumer Finances. And a survey by the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) noted that small... View Details