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- 22 Jul 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #7: Turning Waste Heat to Power
as much as 50% of its carbon emissions. The process is reliable and can generate more electricity where blackouts occur. The process can also be a hedge against inflation when electricity prices are rising.” Janice acknowledges that as a... View Details
- 21 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #12: Vehicle to Everything - Claire Broido Johnson (MBA 2002), Chief Operating Officer of Fermata Energy
are hoping that the financial incentives in the new Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) help us underscore the importance of EVs as a solution for the grid to reduce electric loads.” However, Claire admitted that full EV adoption is a long way... View Details
- 18 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 18, 2007
Working PapersHappiness, Contentment and Other Emotions for Central Banks Authors:Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch Abstract We show that data on satisfaction with life from over 600,000 Europeans are negatively correlated with the unemployment rate and the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Jul 2024
- Blog Post
Alumni Career Journey: Rob Self (MBA 2021) – Integrating Climate into Consulting
there has been a corporate shift away from an immediate focus on these topics, at least to some extent because supply chains have been so constrained, and inflation has been high. But if you look at the science behind climate and the... View Details
- 03 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018
alleging that Noble was too aggressive in its fair value accounting for contracts and investments in producers. Iceberg did not accuse Noble of fraud but suggested that Noble’s profits and balance sheet were highly inflated and Noble was... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Are the Most Talented Employees the Highest Paid? Yes—If They’re Bankers
on compensation of talented people, then you stop this mechanism, and you run the risk of having your company be less profitable," Vallée says. "You're putting a friction on a competitive market that's doing what it's meant to do." He notes, though, that market forces... View Details
- 18 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 18
inflation with a devalued currency, despite massive capital inflows and a huge current account deficit. At home, the government has carefully managed between Islamicization, democracy, and secularism. And abroad, it deals with a difficult... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 22 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms
former chairman Alan Greenspan for holding interest rates too low for too long, which inflated the housing bubble with cheap credit. And it scolds the SEC for allowing the credit rating agencies to operate like a cartel without... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
What longer-term good would this possibly accomplish? Isn’t it clear that Wall Street goes through mood swings, that what might float the market’s boat this week might sink it the next? And might not an artificially inflated stock price... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- Article
Power to the People
By: Eric D. Werker
Every nongovernmental organization has a mission statement. For example, CARE, one of the world's largest and best-funded NGOs, explains its mission as serving "individuals and families in the poorest communities in the world. Drawing strength from our global... View Details
Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Food; Service Operations; Inflation and Deflation; Experience and Expertise; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Knowledge; Poverty; Agribusiness; Diversity; Non-Governmental Organizations; Innovation and Invention; India
Werker, Eric D. "Power to the People." Foreign Policy, no. 169 (November–December 2008).
- 15 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of New-Market Disruption
Kittyhawk team had layered in components and features that inflated the price point well beyond $50, and Kittyhawk's strategic flexibility was constrained by its growing losses. Epilogue In the end, HP's Kittyhawk was discontinued and... View Details
- 12 Dec 2019
- Research & Ideas
How to Turn Down the Boil on Group Conflict
Jeffrey Lees, a doctoral candidate in Organizational Behavior and Psychology at Harvard Business School. In actuality, most people have a wildly inflated sense of just how negative the other side feels, according to a new paper that Lees... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 04 Oct 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #10: Amanda Li (MBA 2018): Speeding Climate Change Solutions Through Project Finance Efficiencies
$60 billion will be left on the table if financial institutions do not create greater efficiencies in sustainable infrastructure capital deployment. Her timing for advocating for these changes is spot-on, given this summer’s passage of the View Details
- 10 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis
likely contributed to the great recession by inflating the housing and credit bubbles in 2005-2007. But when it comes to sovereign risk, they are getting it right. Across the world, there are many serious threats to the long-term ability... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 19 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 19
decreased volatility of supply shocks and increased volatility of the Fed's long-run inflation target. Endogenous responses of bond risk premia amplify these effects of monetary policy on bond risks. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Global Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog
impossible to raise capital. This sudden change means dramatic shifts in operating strategies for startups, often leading to reduced headcount and a focus on becoming profitable. Similarly, in countries with high inflation and currency... View Details
- 17 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Brazil Teaches About Investor Protection
and credit from development banks was used for long-term capital needs. I also show that as inflation increased in the 1930s, real returns for investors were lowered significantly. Q: What is the state of governance in Brazil today? A: A... View Details
- 02 Feb 2023
- News
Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?
government support as well, with the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act creating new tax credits for carbon capture. And, in December, the Department of Energy announced $3.7 billion worth of prizes and programs meant to further kick-start the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- First Look
First Look -- September 1, 2015
Abstract—People demonstrate an impressive ability to self-deceive, distorting misbehavior to reflect positively on themselves—for example, by cheating on a test and believing that their inflated performance reflects their true ability.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Africa's Way
transition. [Mandela awarded honorary degree from Harvard.] Mandela and his colleagues have emphasized deficit reduction, privatization, and fiscal conservatism, and the results of their policies are now beginning to bear fruit. Since 1993, for example, GDP has grown... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons