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- 19 Apr 2016
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April 19, 2016
three-time increase in cov-lite issuance compared to a previous peak in 2007. We evaluate whether this development can be attributed to market overheating, increased borrower demand for cov-lite loans, or a rise in creditor coordination costs. The last hypothesis View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Road Map to Fix America’s Transportation Infrastructure
Any highway commuter who has wasted hours stuck in traffic can see the cracks in the United States' transportation system, as can any airline passenger who has been stranded overnight in an airport. Yet while many agree that the need for infrastructure change is... View Details
- 16 Nov 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Data.gov: Matching Government Data with Rapid Innovation
wasted, and take action to stem the tide. A third said that Data.gov should focus less attention on data acquisition than on encouraging private industry to develop applications. "Brand them as 'powered by Data.gov.' The end user,... View Details
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Global Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog
intelligence, quantum computing, and advanced materials find centers of excellence in a number of emerging ecosystems. The quality of STEM education as well as the government support for basic R&D can create opportunities to found... View Details
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
results stem from the professional ownership, tighter monitoring, and reputational considerations exhibited by PE sponsors. Download the paper from SSRN.com ($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/w14085 PublicationsPublic Action for Public... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 21
evidence that the decline in performance outcomes stems from reduced effort or increased risk taking. Instead, errors in logic lead to a decline in performance, which suggests a cognitive explanation for the negative response to increased... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Health Care Research and Prospects
come as a surprise to a lot of companies who are spending a lot of money and not getting a payoff for it. Q: There's been a lot of controversy around the ethics of stem cell research and cloning. Have you been keeping an eye on that? A:... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
An American Odyssey
it India/Pakistan, the Balkans, or the Middle East, there are ancestral grievances about economic injustice underneath that have not been recognized or analyzed properly. A lot of our conflicts globally stem from these kinds of historical... View Details
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
are witnessing the dawn of a new model of corporate power: The coordination of actions and decisions on the front lines now appears to stem from widely shared values and a sturdy platform of common processes and technology, not from... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Politics is Failing America, and What Business Can Do To Help
holding them accountable?” Gehl said she and Porter wondered. “What’s going on?” Porter, who studies economic development and competitiveness, said the idea to examine politics through the lens of business stemmed from his experience... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Geography of Corporate Giving
tutoring to financial support of Pediatric AIDS, The Children's Defense Fund, and Action for Children. It is likely that the Columbus corporations' interest in benefiting children stems from the influence of Dave Thomas, the founder of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
whether there are similar benefits to relatedness at an operating unit level and whether such benefits stem from spillovers between operating activities. Using data from the hospital industry, we first examine the relationship between... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
performance after they go public. These results stem from the professional ownership, tighter monitoring, and reputational considerations exhibited by PE sponsors. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-104.pdf Elections... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018
higher-end goods at Target. In the 1990s, its growth stemmed mainly from acquisitions, not all of which proved beneficial in the long term. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/718510-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018
segregation over time. We demonstrate that the return of racial establishment segregation owes little to within-establishment processes but rather stems from differences in the turnover rates of more- and less-homogeneous workplaces.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Global Activities 2020-2021 - Global Activities 2021
Harvard Medical School through the Harvard Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology—to explore biotech careers in emerging markets, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa region. Her family’s difficulty obtaining health... View Details
- 03 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa
There has been much recent discussion about which objective the United States should pursue—democracy for them vs. security for us—in instances where the two seem at odds. The problem with this debate is that it stems from an imprecise... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth
them — were needed to stem internal bleeding caused by even mild stress on his joints. His blood-filled knees and ankles left Massie unable to walk and brought on “interminable nights when pain banished sleep,” he later wrote. His parents... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Your Own Medicine
compounds owned by struggling biotechs. Williams usually calls Tracy once or twice a day, with about a dozen emails back and forth daily. Things are moving. Long term, the Secklers see stem cell or gene replacement therapy wiping out the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
How to Survive Past Start-up
military members wanted to connect with one another. At the time, there was no central place on the Internet for them to do so. Military.com was born. For Beck, the opportunity she saw stemmed from both her professional and her personal... View Details