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- 21 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government’s Role as Fixer
issuers and rating agencies, to select a rating agency for the bond issuer and negotiate a rating fee. This would eliminate the two worst abuses: the issuer shopping for a higher rating, and the issuer paying inflated fees to get a higher... View Details
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
firms. They also affect trading signal classifications, back-testing inferences, track records of individual analysts, and models of analysts' career outcomes in the three years following the changes. Long-Run Stockholder Consumption Risk... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018
and affect aggregate inflation dynamics. In particular, I show that in the past ten years online competition has raised both the frequency of price changes and the degree of uniform pricing across locations. These changes make retail... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Aug 2023
- Research & Ideas
‘Not a Bunch of Weirdos’: Why Mainstream Investors Buy Crypto
large-scale adoption.” Yet while crypto investors might have a higher risk tolerance than more typical investors, in many ways they’re more mainstream than some might imagine, Di Maggio says. Crypto investors, he says, make decisions... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
- March–April 2023
- Article
Case Study: Should a Dollar Store Raise Prices to Keep Up with Inflation?
By: Jill Avery and Marco Bertini
How should a dollar store maintain its brand and price position in the marketplace in the face of rising inflation? Is holding a $1.00 price point still viable in today's marketplace? In this fictional case, managers face inflationary pressures and must decide whether... View Details
Keywords: Pricing; Pricing Strategy; Retailing; Discount Retailing; Discount Store; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Brands and Branding; Inflation and Deflation; Retail Industry; United States
Avery, Jill, and Marco Bertini. "Case Study: Should a Dollar Store Raise Prices to Keep Up with Inflation?" Harvard Business Review 101, no. 2 (March–April 2023): 140–144.
- 21 Nov 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017
classes. While most investors specialize in a single asset class, a handful of generalists can gradually reallocate capital across markets. Upon the arrival of a large supply shock, prices of risk in the directly impacted asset class... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
February 2018 Journal of Accounting & Economics Bank CEO Materialism: Risk Controls, Culture and Tail Risk By: Bushman, Robert, Robert Davidson, Aiyesha Dey, and Abbie Smith Abstract—We investigate how... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
Technology and COVID Upended Tipping Norms. Will Consumers Keep Paying?
they loved dining out and eating in restaurants and how much pleasure it brought them,” she says. Thus, an era of “over-tipping” or tipping in more atypical settings like takeout, began to emerge. “That was seen as a gesture to thank waitstaff for View Details
Keywords: by Anna Lamb, Harvard Gazette
- 15 May 2024
- Research & Ideas
A Major Roadblock for Autonomous Cars: Motorists Believe They Drive Better
for marketers is to make such interventions short, memorable, and motivational—as when Metro Trains in Melbourne, Victoria, successfully launched a viral ad campaign on railway safety called “Dumb ways to die.” 4. Get concrete. People have more wiggle room to View Details
- 19 Dec 2023
- Research & Ideas
15 Podcast Episodes That Grabbed Listeners in 2023
Happiness, artificial intelligence, and climate change were just some of the themes that caught the attention of Harvard Business School podcast listeners in 2023. Here are some of the most-downloaded episodes of the year: Deep Purpose How Framebridge Founder Susan... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 07 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
Innovation Corrupted: How Managers Can Avoid Another Enron
for natural gas, and to create derivative supply contracts that could help customers manage the risks of demand volatility and price swings more effectively than before. In this way, Skilling and his colleagues solved a major contracting... View Details
- 12 Dec 2023
- Research & Ideas
COVID Tested Global Supply Chains. Here’s How They’ve Adapted
from Intel’s story: Geographic diversification can provide a backstop against some of the inherent risks that come with relying on global supply chains and operations, says Alfaro. Where do we go from here? Despite all the upheaval, it’s... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
- 18 Apr 2023
- Research & Ideas
The Best Person to Lead Your Company Doesn't Work There—Yet
the operations expertise that PE firms bring to bear. CEO selection may soon become even more critical for PE funds, which have been grappling with inflation and rising interest rates that dampened fundraising, investments, and exits last... View Details
- 09 Nov 2022
- In Practice
COP27: What Can Business Leaders Do to Fight Climate Change Now?
The US government’s newly passed Inflation Reduction Act will direct $370 billion toward advancing renewal energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions—the country's largest investment in fighting climate change so far. As business and government leaders around the... View Details
Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Danielle Kost
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
mastering three models, the company has built formidable advantages that are difficult for competitors to overcome. Its example has shown how, properly applied, the implementation of multiple business models is not a risk but rather a new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?
achievement; but it's hard to credit that given the enormous inflation of top executive compensation packages in America in the last decade. Many American firms, especially most of the large ones, are more dependent on capital markets for... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs
much to the attorney. "While the language of the law can be intimidating, the concepts are usually quite straightforward," she says. "Lawyers tend to be risk averse, and if you delegate to them you will usually stay out of... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 04 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 4
now own over 80% of banking assets in Mexico, and we show how, using a political economy model and a series of econometric tests, this has helped to stabilize the system and reduced non-performance loans, but it has also increased the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Better Way to Forecast the Future
to are probability forecasts, outlining the likelihood of the storm going in one direction versus another. In economics, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia coordinates probability and point forecasts for predicted growth in gross domestic product, unemployment... View Details
- 18 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 18
account for horizontal peer comparison when designing executive wage contracts and that this comparison has productivity consequences for firms. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=43633 How Do Risk Managers Become... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino