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- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
erroneous expressions. Calls that have greater use of non-plain English and more erroneous expressions show lower intraday price movement and trading volume. The capital market responses to non-plain English and erroneous expressions are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS
the time that as far as the Internet was concerned, the government was not involved. That observation intrigued me. Later, I listened to a conversation between two FIBS historians regarding the enclosure movement in England between the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
decentralized within the organization, rather than moving up into middle management. With the merger movement around 1900, many companies retained their historical roots inside larger firms; they, too, resisted full organizational... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago Do Social Movements Sway Voters? Not Really, Except for One What the Rise of Far-Right Politics Says About the Economy in an Election Year Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 11 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now
Ammerman says. “I do feel more confident that we’ll see a ripple effect in terms of a paradigm shift. Even if it doesn’t initially go as far as we would like, we can’t underestimate the reverberating effects this #MeToo movement will have... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 7, 2007
studying markets with tendencies toward "early" hiring. Our data make clear that the movement of the clerkship market back to the third year of law school is highly valued by judges, but we also find that a strong majority of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 21
in bond risk premia. Specifically, bond risk premia are high when aggregate MBS duration is high. The model offers an explanation for why long-term rates may appear to be "excessively sensitive" to movements in short rates and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
multinationals have been significantly more likely than domestic firms to employ women in positions of managerial responsibility. Also, while the market is moving towards a new equilibrium "freer" of discrimination, that View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
England. The company had been at the forefront of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) movement in the 1990s, establishing a CSR group and issuing its first CSR report in 2000. Even before Polman’s arrival, a Unilever sustainability... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 18 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 18
various projects being proposed to improve environmental performance. The case provides a background of the sustainability movement and reviews major sustainability frameworks (including The Natural Step, Carbon Footprints, and the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
a company’s ability to scale, linkage between growth and cash flows, as well the organizational impact of high growth. Rajesh Yabaji, Chanakya Hridaya, and B. Ramasubramaniam (Subbu) came together to create BlackBuck, with an aim to reduce inefficiencies in the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
of countries with deteriorated corporate financial fragility indicators (Altman’s Z-score). Firm size plays a critical role in the relationship between leverage, firm fragility, and exchange rate movements in emerging markets. While the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 17
cause movement out of urban areas. This process is associated with improvements in the spatial allocation of plants across urban and rural locations. Spatial location of plants has implications for policy on investments in education,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/510071-PDF-ENG DR Corporation Roy D. ShapiroHarvard Business School Case 610-049 DR Corporation is a manufacturer of major appliances. The traffic manager is facing a decision of selecting a carrier for the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
the normal developmental trajectory of increased cognitive expertise in categorization, suggests that this anomaly indicates the onset of a critical transition in human social development. Not Just a Pretty Face: The Economic Drivers Behind the Arts in Business View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
launched the highly successful Go Red For Women campaign to help women understand their risk for heart disease. But Go Red became more than a fundraising vehicle. It energized the AHA and its 22 million volunteers, and potentially sparked a long-term View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace