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Supply and Demand and the Term Structure of Interest Rates
By: Robin Greenwood, Samuel G. Hanson and Dimitri Vayanos
We survey the growing literature emphasizing the role that supply-and-demand forces play in shaping the term structure of interest rates. Our starting point is the Vayanos and Vila (2009, 2021) model of the term structure of default-free bond yields, which we present...
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Greenwood, Robin, Samuel G. Hanson, and Dimitri Vayanos. "Supply and Demand and the Term Structure of Interest Rates." Annual Review of Financial Economics (forthcoming). (Pre-published online April 19, 2024.)
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Rock 100: The Network - Entrepreneurship
alumni please complete this application form . Criteria for Membership HBS alumni Current operating founders in a senior role Funded at Seed to Series C or generating revenue at rapidly growing pace Demonstrated market traction Benefits...
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- 26 Oct 2021
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Want Most in a CEO: A Good Listener
basic social capabilities are perceived to play a key role for the success of complex and information intensive organizations. It is unclear, however, whether the supply of social skills in the managerial labor market has been able to...
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by Jay Fitzgerald
- December 2023
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Intermediary Balance Sheets and the Treasury Yield Curve
By: Wenxin Du, Benjamin Hebert and Wenhao Li
We document a regime change in the Treasury market post-Global Financial Crisis (GFC): dealers switched from net short to net long Treasury bonds. We construct “net-long” and “net-short” curves that account for balance sheet and financing costs, and show that actual...
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Du, Wenxin, Benjamin Hebert, and Wenhao Li. "Intermediary Balance Sheets and the Treasury Yield Curve." Art. 103722. Journal of Financial Economics 150, no. 3 (December 2023).
- February 1995 (Revised July 1995)
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Power Play (A): Nintendo in 8-bit Video Games
The home video-game industry began in 1972 with the founding of Atari. After riding a dramatic boom and bust in the early 1980s, most players left the business. Nintendo of Japan then rebuilt the industry--establishing a commanding worldwide position by the end of the...
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Brandenburger, Adam M., Monique Burnett, and Julia Kou. "Power Play (A): Nintendo in 8-bit Video Games." Harvard Business School Case 795-102, February 1995. (Revised July 1995.)
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Departments - Employment
Alumni Relations (includes Alumni Clubs, professional career and development advisors, reunions and events teams) Alumni Marketing and Communications (includes web, print and alumni and development communications teams) Business...
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- May 2016
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Matching with Slot-Specific Priorities: Theory
By: Scott Duke Kominers and Tayfun Sönmez
We introduce a two-sided, many-to-one matching with contracts model in which agents with unit demand match to branches that may have multiple slots available to accept contracts. Each slot has its own linear priority order over contracts; a branch chooses contracts by...
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Matching With Contracts;
Stability;
Strategy-proofness;
School Choice;
Affirmative Action;
Airline Seat Upgrades;
Contracts;
Market Design;
Marketplace Matching;
Balance and Stability
Kominers, Scott Duke, and Tayfun Sönmez. "Matching with Slot-Specific Priorities: Theory." Theoretical Economics 11, no. 2 (May 2016): 683–710.
- 20 Aug 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is a Social Media Blockbuster
next to his became social currency across Canada. It's easy to write off these fads as simple stunts of digital narcissism, but they matter to marketing because they carry incidental meaning. It was not lost on Ford's reelection team that...
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by John Deighton
- July 2004 (Revised December 2004)
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RelayHealth
By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Elizabeth Kind
RelayHealth provides secure, online communications for doctors, patients, and health plans. The company's services include online consultations, prescription renewals, and appointment scheduling. RelayHealth's business model derives subscription revenue from doctors...
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Communication Technology;
Internet and the Web;
Consumer Behavior;
Entrepreneurship;
Health Care and Treatment;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Health Industry;
Telecommunications Industry
Lassiter, Joseph B., III, and Elizabeth Kind. "RelayHealth." Harvard Business School Case 805-021, July 2004. (Revised December 2004.)
- June 1992 (Revised August 1992)
- Case
Parker-Spencer: The Legal Form of Joint Ventures
Parker Co., a U.S. based agricultural chemical company with $4 billion in sales, has agreed to a joint venture with Spencer, Inc., a smaller U.S. based company, to develop and market a new herbicide for corn. The two companies must consider marketing, tax, and...
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Business Organization;
Joint Ventures;
Taxation;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Chemical Industry;
United States
Wilson, G. Peter, and Jane Palley Katz. "Parker-Spencer: The Legal Form of Joint Ventures." Harvard Business School Case 192-155, June 1992. (Revised August 1992.)
- September 2008 (Revised March 2014)
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Loews Corporation: Corporate Strategy as a Portfolio
By: Joseph L. Bower
In 2007, Loews Inc., under the leadership of James Tisch, was considering whether to buy natural gas properties from Dominion Resources. The question is whether the acquisition fits the corporate strategy. In exploring the questions, students will have the chance to...
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Corporate Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Business or Company Management;
Value Creation;
Acquisition;
Management Teams
Bower, Joseph L. "Loews Corporation: Corporate Strategy as a Portfolio." Harvard Business School Case 309-004, September 2008. (Revised March 2014.)
- 31 Jan 2013
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Can Super Bowl ads still infect the Internet?
- 19 Feb 2014
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Why China Can't Innovate
- 09 Aug 2012
- News
AweSummit Boston: You don't know what you don't know
- 16 Jan 2013
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George Says Dell Going Private `Is a Stretch'
- 01 Jul 2016
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Fixing America’s Talent Supply Chain
- 24 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Yelp Factor: Are Consumer Reviews Good for Business?
digital age is a fertile area of his research. Luca is looking at rankings, expert evaluations, online consumer reviews, and quality disclosure laws to see how they work in market settings, and which are most important for consumers. To...
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- 08 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated
poor performance. This should be based on metrics that are clearly tied to the company’s mission. Note that we say performance, and not performers. Performance may be based on factors besides the talent and motivation of the individual in question, such as job or View Details
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by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- August 2018 (Revised April 2019)
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Chateau Winery (A): Unsupervised Learning
By: Srikant M. Datar and Caitlin N. Bowler
This case follows Bill Booth, marketing manager of a regional wine distributor, as he applies unsupervised learning on data about his customers’ purchases to better understand their preferences. Specifically, he uses the K-means clustering technique to identify groups...
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Datar, Srikant M., and Caitlin N. Bowler. "Chateau Winery (A): Unsupervised Learning." Harvard Business School Case 119-023, August 2018. (Revised April 2019.)
- July 1994 (Revised April 1995)
- Case
San Francisco Bay Consulting
By: George P. Baker III and Karin B Monsler
San Francisco Bay Consulting leads the field of economic consulting and litigation support in the application of powerful computers and cutting edge software to manipulate and analyze large data sets. The transfer pricing system, used to facilitate the purchasing and...
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Keywords:
Fair Value Accounting;
Profit;
Marketing;
Fluctuation;
Consulting Industry;
Computer Industry
Baker, George P., III, and Karin B Monsler. "San Francisco Bay Consulting." Harvard Business School Case 195-096, July 1994. (Revised April 1995.)