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  • 18 Dec 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018

borrowers communicating their debt forgiveness to other borrowers, who then more often strategically default on their own obligations. This strategic default contagion is economically large. When the lender doubles debt forgiveness, the default View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • Web

HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

percent to nearly 41,000, a compound annual growth rate of more than 67 percent since the group launched in fiscal 2014. Women comprised 42 percent of the total enrollment in fiscal 2022, while international students made up 67 percent.... View Details
  • 01 Feb 2021
  • What Do You Think?

Has the New Economy Finally Arrived?

accumulated in the US to the point that they could fuel demand that outpaces supply, increasing inflation. Extended ultra-low interest rates may promote all kinds of unwise financial decisions and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 02 Dec 2002
  • Research & Ideas

The Secret of How Microsoft Stays on Top

years. Our aim was to come up with an objective measure of performance—one that was unrelated to arguments about market power, monopoly position, or predatory tactics. This meant we excluded any consideration of measures like market share or profitability, and focused... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 2010
  • Casebook

Global Capital and National Institutions: Crisis and Choice in the International Financial Architecture

By: Laura Alfaro
All managers face a business environment in which international and macroeconomic phenomena matter. International capital flows can significantly affect countries' development efforts and provide clear investment opportunities for businesses. During the 1990s and early... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Capital; International Finance; Globalized Economies and Regions; Policy; Government and Politics; Business and Government Relations
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  • 01 Apr 2013
  • Research & Ideas

First Minutes are Critical in New-Employee Orientation

University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School. "It was interesting for us to think about how part of your identity seems to go away as you go through that process." “It was interesting for us to... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Web Services; Service; Telecommunications
  • 30 Jul 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Repugnant Markets and How They Get That Way

higher." If we had allowed that to happen, then you would have been made worse off by our decision to allow kidneys to be legally sold, even though you would not sell your kidney. All of a sudden you are not eligible for the best View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 09 Feb 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Professional Networking Makes People Feel Dirty

read through a list of consumer products and rate each one on a desirability scale of one to seven. The list included several specific cleansing items (such as Dove shower soap, Crest toothpaste, Windex) as well as neutral items (like... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 07 May 2024
  • Blog Post

Opportunity to Offset Travel Emissions with Carbon Credits that Meet HBS Criteria

well-being, and providing decent work & sustainable economic growth. Despite CNaught’s efforts to reduce risk by curating a portfolio of 99.5% carbon credits rated BBB or better by Calyx, there is no guarantee projects will deliver... View Details
  • 05 Mar 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019

rates of public sector employment, the crown jewel of the Jordanian regime’s patronage. Interviews with over 60 of the surveyed firm owners across four strategically paired districts illustrate that business owners covet forbearance and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 12 Jun 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018

inventors increases the rate of codification of herbal knowledge at U.S. assignees by 4.5%. Our identification comes from an exogenous shock to the quota of H1B visas and from a list of entities exempted from the shock. We also find that... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 12 Mar 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019

we find that the switch is associated with relatively higher employee departure rates (poorer matches) if the business unit manager has a local advantage; that is, if the store serves repeat customers, serves a demographically atypical... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 26 Jun 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018

results of this multi-method investigation have implications for both managers and academics interested in how consumers learn to become expert in hedonic product categories. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 02 Oct 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018

four independent start-ups. Most of the program’s agripreneurs in Ibadan (53 of the 70) remained affiliated with the IITA. Poor access to commercial loans, which carried interest rates up to 30%, was the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 09 Apr 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

proposals, and quality evaluations for more than 12,000 evaluator-proposal pairs. The analysis shows that solicitations offering a personal reward for top submissions boost participation rates without affecting submission quality. We show... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Oct 1999
  • News

Banking on Success

outlook for the next fifty years, I would say it's sensational. How would you rate your personal computing skills? I've kept up pretty well, by necessity. You can't get a stock quote today without being able to use a computer. Our ability... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
  • 05 Feb 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

between steps. I show that the optimal number of modules (and buffers) increases as the underlying rate of technical change goes up. When the underlying technologies are changing rapidly, it makes sense to sacrifice some degree of flow... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 15 Nov 2016
  • First Look

November 15, 2016

levels and frequency of default typical of emerging markets even if the household impatience parameter is calibrated to local interest rates. A quantitative exercise calibrated to Brazil finds welfare gains of the optimal fiscal policy to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Statistical & Data Services - Research Computing Services

data Revise and Resubmits (R&Rs), such as rerunning analyses and responding to comments For more detailed information on our areas of expertise and how they might be employed in your research, please see Areas of Expertise . If you are View Details
  • 24 Feb 2021
  • Blog Post

My HBS Student Loan Story: Les Williams (MBA 2005)

payments are now about $224 per month. The interest rate is so low, around 2.25%. Some people pay the loans quickly, but I know many who pay them off more slowly given the low View Details