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  • 07 Jul 2022
  • Blog Post

Pathlight: Reimagining the Developer Onboarding Experience

Learning is the ultimate currency for founders, so every experiment you run should unlock new learnings that propel you closer to the right solution. If anything feels unclear, go back to your users. I also think pivoting forces you to... View Details
  • 14 Apr 2022
  • Blog Post

Trust the Process, and Trust Yourself Even More: Interview with Wellness and Empowerment Leader, Dilan Gomih (MBA 2019)

love for storytelling. “It's not just about watching stocks go up or down,” she explained. “A country’s election or a medal won in the Olympics can affect the story of a currency on any given day. I learned the numbers and the selling... View Details
  • 09 Apr 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

was a proprietary managerial accounting system based on Will, a currency that enabled internal market transactions. At DISCO, every hour of labor and every good was associated with a price in Will. Employees were expected to act like... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 27 Jan 2015
  • First Look

First Look: January 27

The Effect of Service Quality and Competition on Demand By: Balasubramanian, Karthik, and David F. Drake Abstract—The use of electronic money transfer through cellular networks ("mobile money") is rapidly increasing in the developing world. The resulting... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Jun 2016
  • News

Again in a Great City

conclusion that investing in Detroit is like investing in an emerging economy without political and currency risk.” Cummings has formed a new company to manage his Detroit projects: The Platform. The name has many meanings for him. A... View Details
Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly
  • 29 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 29

1989 had created significant strains within the system. Moreover, financial deregulation and the growth of cross-border flows of "hot" money increased the likelihood that a speculative attack on one or more ERM currencies might... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Jul 2015
  • Op-Ed

The Future of the Greek Economy

The question is not if, after all the misery, Greece might be better off without the euro (it would not) or if the Eurozone would suffer from financial contagion if it became clear that the common currency is breakable (it would).... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Alfaro, Dante Roscini & George Serafeim; Banking
  • 01 Mar 2019
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019

System for Growth by Christina Wallace (MBA 2010) and David Kidder Currency Most established companies face a key survival challenge. Operational efficiency and outdated bureaucracy are at war with new growth. Legacy companies are skilled... View Details
  • 20 Oct 2009
  • First Look

First Look: October 20

and currency crises—is a crucial aspect to making informed managerial decisions. The cases in this book have been designed to give students an appreciation of the critical role of institutions and policies in affecting patterns of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017

sovereign-debt models, asset-valuation effects occasioned by currency fluctuations act to absorb global shocks and render consumption smoother. Countries do not accumulate reserves to be depleted in “bad” times. Instead, issuing domestic... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 19 May 2015
  • First Look

First Look: May 19

virtual currency including electronic payments. Since its inception in 2009 by an anonymous group of developers, Bitcoin has served tens of millions of transactions with total dollar value in the billions. Users have been drawn to Bitcoin... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • April 2011 (Revised January 2024)
  • Case

The Greek Crisis: Tragedy or Opportunity?

By: Dante Roscini, Jonathan Schlefer and Konstantinos Dimitriou
After its 2009-2010 fiscal crisis shook the euro, could the Greek government stabilize debt, avoid default, and stay on the euro? This case looks at the Greek social and political road to fiscal crisis; the economics of that crisis and efforts to recover from it; the... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Borrowing and Debt; Currency; Financial Condition; Central Banking; Financial Markets; International Finance; Policy; Conflict Management; Cooperation; Public Administration Industry; Greece
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  • August 2022
  • Case

SuperRare: Turning an NFT Marketplace into a DAO

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Scott Duke Kominers and Amy Klopfenstein
In June 2021, John Crain and Jonathan Perkins, the founders of SuperRare, a marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), contemplate whether to transform their company into a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). Crain and Perkins founded SuperRare in 2018 to... View Details
Keywords: NFTs; Crypto Economy; Alternative Assets; DAOs; Arts; Governance; Governance Controls; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Internet and the Web; Digital Platforms; Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Disruptive Innovation; Finance; Currency; Investment; Markets; Auctions; Bids and Bidding; Demand and Consumers; Network Effects; Market Design; Market Transactions; Market Timing; Web Services Industry; North and Central America; United States
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  • 14 Jan 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets

through turbulence. In particular, she and her family emphasized maintaining strong capital equity structures to deal with currency volatility, seeking reliable local partners, and never forgetting long-term opportunities. "For managers... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Manufacturing; Auto
  • 12 Mar 2013
  • First Look

First Look: March 12

currency bond markets develop, a "pseudo-flexible regime," whereby a country accumulates reserves in conjunction with debt, to be the best policy alternative under real external shocks for emerging nations. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 8, 2008

crisis? Did the International Monetary Fund (IMF) help or hinder recovery? Did democracy help or hinder recovery? Seen as an economic miracle, Korea succumbed to the wave of currency crises sweeping Asia in late 1997. Did the same... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Nov 2006
  • First Look

First Look: November 14, 2006

currency. This reduced profitability because Clearwater's costs were in Canadian currency while its sales where largely in other currencies. The case also discusses the challenges of maintaining a sustainable fishery and uses the collapse... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Mar 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Risky Business? Protecting Foreign Investments

foreigners. In the somewhat special case of Indonesia, the political crisis accompanying the Asian Currency Crisis meant that no increases in rates were granted; thus the state-owned power distributor simply could not pay what had been... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy; Utilities
  • 01 Dec 2015
  • News

Golden State of Mind

one of the biggest personal backers of Bitcoin, having purchased about $20 million worth of the digital currency with his own money. (The price has since fallen precipitously, but Draper is unfazed: “I think Bitcoin is going to pay off,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • 20 Sep 2016
  • First Look

September 20, 2016

better consumption smoothing, issue more foreign-currency debt. We propose that monetary policy credibility explains the currency composition of sovereign debt and nominal bond risks in the presence of risk-averse investors. In our model,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne