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- Mar 2012
- Article
The Incentive Bubble
stewardship abilities of American managers and investors, and rising income inequality. When risk is repeatedly mispriced because investors enjoy skewed incentive schemes, financial capital is being misallocated. When managers undertake unwise investments or mergers in... View Details
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
greater, but the average quality will be lower due to the lower expected value of marginal ideas. However, we posit that slack time such as school breaks may be qualitatively different than work time because contiguous blocks may be... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 May 2020
- In Practice
Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On
survey by the Charities Aid Foundation of America. A staggering 97 percent of respondents expect their funding to decline during the next 12 months as the struggling economy and social distancing hurts fundraising efforts. What can... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 17 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Many Small-Business Employees May Be Close to Losing Health Insurance
faculty members Leemore S. Dafny, Zoë B. Cullen, Christopher T. Stanton, and doctoral student Yin Wei Soon. Their paper was published recently in the New England Journal of Medicine’s Catalyst. “Absent additional relief—and soon—providers and policymakers should View Details
- 11 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 11, 2016
This strategic response is more pronounced for vendors whose stocks of patents are small and whose home markets have weak IP systems. Our study is the first to examine the relationship between heterogeneity in national patent systems and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Elevator Pitch: Forget Me Not
response on a weekly basis. Remento’s AI technology turns those recordings into stories that can be published as a book. The Why: Greene treasures the home movies he has of his father, who died when Greene was 10 years old. When Greene’s... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
South Africa's Lucille Meyer: Shaping a Practical Presidency
Lucille Meyer (SEP '99) and her boss, South African President Thabo M. Mbeki, know they have a tough act to follow. While Mbeki's predecessor, the legendary Nelson Mandela, basked in the adulation of a country savoring newly won freedoms and democracy, the Mbeki... View Details
Keywords: Morgan Baker
- 31 Mar 2002
- What Do You Think?
Is This the Decade of the Investor?
Summing Up Responses to the question, "Is this the decade of the investor?" offer little hope that the investor will get any relief soon, compared to the rewards realized by managers and customers. Nor do they hold out much... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 15 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 15, 2006
expect bankers to have been less central than in Mexico and, perhaps, the United States. Second, I test if the availability of financing alternatives, like a well-developed bond market in Brazil, reduced the average importance of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Message from Dean Clark
The new academic year brings a sense of heightened expectation to the HBS campus. In the last twelve months we have realized extraordinary progress in a number of areas. As we look to the future, our central mission - to educate leaders -... View Details
- 04 Dec 2000
- What Do You Think?
Have We Overdone Deregulation and Privatization?
effects. The highly publicized shortcomings of questionable efforts to deregulate are not encouraging—witness the case of the California electric power industry. It's not clear whether attempting to educate consumers about what to expect... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Profile
Richard Lou
Like many children who grow up with family-owned businesses, Richard Lou was expected to make his contribution at an early age. With three restaurants in Staten Island and Manhattan, Richard paid his dues, "back of house" with... View Details
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Let Customers Call the Shots
experiencing them. There is also an issue of skepticism. Clust has about 175 buying cycles (products actually on sale) at any point in time, compared with about 4,000 aggregated demands. YesMail's emails have a response rate of 15%, which... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Opinion: Making It Better
costs. A variety of coverage plans have emerged in response to a desire for lower-cost insurance, as would be expected in a consumer-driven market. BRIC countries are home to many health-service innovations,... View Details
- 22 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Businesses Can Respond to AIDS
Asia: Building Sustainable Partnerships," held September 4 and 5, brought together over seventy participants from business, government, non-governmental organizations, and activist groups to share experiences and offer a strong corporate View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Research Brief: Profit with Purpose—and Middle Management
George Serafeim (photo by Susan Young) Claudine Madras Gartenberg The idea of corporate purpose—a responsibility that goes beyond dollars and cents—can seem like little more than platitudes tucked into a mission statement. But new... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
- 30 Jan 2009
- News
What’s It Worth to You?
ethical component to compensation and, if so, does it matter? General David Petraeus, who holds a doctorate from Princeton, oversees wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, is responsible for the lives of tens of thousands of war-zone servicemen... View Details
- 25 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
How Disruptive Innovation is Remaking the University
and what subjects to teach, without concern for economic or political agendas. Responsibly exercised, this freedom is a great intellectual and competitive advantage. Traditional universities benefit society not just by producing... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
@Soldiers Field
1982). Expected to open in 2018, the space will feature a flexible floor design that can accommodate up to 1,000 guests. American Express CEO Kenneth Chenault and former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick spoke at the 44th annual H.... View Details
- 16 Jul 2008
- Op-Ed
What Should Employers Do about Health Care?
ignored health care altogether, leaving it to government or dutifully paying their mandated health contributions. Many U.S. employers are dropping health benefits or hoping for reforms that will transfer responsibility for health... View Details