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- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
firms such as Elliot and Dart as "vultures" or "rouge creditors" who sought to profit on sovereign debt restructurings at the expense of countries suffering economic hardship and of the majority of bondholders whose... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jun 2015
- HBS Case
Upgrading School with a Startup Mentality
It used to be that you risked detention for disrupting an elementary school classroom. Nowadays, disrupting the entire school system can earn you millions of dollars in startup funding. Consider AltSchool, the idea of entrepreneur Max... View Details
- 15 Feb 2012
- Op-Ed
Occupy Wall Street Protestors Have a Point
in developed countries. Of 4.1 billion workers, 3.3 billion would be unskilled living in developing countries. In developed countries the benefits of growth were increasingly enjoyed only by the top quintile, and mostly by, yes, the top 1... View Details
- 02 Feb 2012
- Op-Ed
Once a Castle, Home is Now a Debtors’ Prison
advantage of this maneuver is real: strategic defaulters save money. Sometimes they can rent a comparable home. But they risk a lower credit rating, which could bar them from buying another home for up to seven years. Understandably, most... View Details
- 09 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 9
manage the Canal better than its powerful patron to the north, the story of the Canal since its handover has been that the Panamanians have ultimately proved better at running it. Under the distant governance of a large country not... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Explaining China's Crash
economists as to what the future holds. Are we headed for a “soft landing,” a correction that can be managed so that growth, albeit at a slower pace, will continue to be solid, or are we at an inflection point and we risk a more... View Details
- 23 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization
corporate abuses or (2) less-developed nations roughly equal in power and with some control of corporate abuses. Unfortunately, much of today's international trade does not meet these conditions. Under the colonial system, powerful industrialized View Details
Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence
- 02 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 2
corporate directors' fiduciary duties in that state. This change limited incentives to take actions favoring equity over debt. We show that, as predicted, this increased the likelihood of equity issues, increased investment, and reduced View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Jan 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Should We Think About the Exportation of Jobs?
responses did not correlate well with country of origin. One interesting example concerned fears about the two-tiered economy created by job exportation. Before concluding, "These trends cannot be stopped by any government," A.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
global cooperation, and promote cultural contact and awareness. We use a network approach to demonstrate that the connections between two countries through joint-membership in the same IGOs are associated with a large positive influence... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets
The growth and competiveness of emerging markets is a fundamental reality in global business today. Yet it is often forgotten just how much these countries have changed in a short period of time, how challenging their business... View Details
- 26 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 26, 2007
US outbound FPI and FDI, this paper analyzes whether the composition of US outbound capital flows reflect efforts to bypass home country tax regimes and weak host country investor protections. The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 May 2016
- HBS Case
Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer
Margaret L. Rodriguez, Mérieux NutriSciences: Marketing Food Safety Testing. Food safety problems can be quite costly. An E. coli outbreak in Germany in 2011 caused $1.3 billion in losses to the global agricultural industry. Yet, a worldwide standard for food safety is... View Details
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
unmatched and unchecked culture of engineering ambition, of rote learning and educational experimentation, of sophisticated tastes along with basic concerns with food safety. It is a country that is at once cosmopolitan and confused about... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 14 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 14
Applied Corporate Finance When One Size Doesn't Fit All: Evolving Directions in the Research and Practice of Enterprise Risk Management By: Mikes, Anette, and Robert S. Kaplan Abstract—Enterprise risk... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 20
industries and headquartered in 45 countries during the years 2004 to 2007. Results show that firms that are more environmentally damaging, particularly those in countries where they are more exposed to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 18, 2007
reserve accumulation may reduce sustainable debt levels. In addition, assuming constant debt levels does not allow addressing one of the puzzles behind using reserves as a means to avoid the negative effects of crisis: why don't sovereign View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation
high-growth companies, those with the greatest potential to create jobs. One challenge: geographic gaps across the United States. "Despite the fact that America has a very robust market for risk capital, about 70 percent of the... View Details
- 27 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Family CEOs Spend Less Time at Work
a CEO's incentive to perform is in large part tied to what happens when he or she does not perform—a risk of getting ousted. But aligning a board to say we're going to start looking for someone else is a lot more complicated when the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 08 Apr 2015
- What Do You Think?
Are Technology Companies Ripe for Disruption?
prescription for more commoditized products that can have little value-added and need to be produced in the countries with the lowest costs." Does Parker have something here? What's the downside to disruption in high tech? What do... View Details