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- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Look at Globalization Now
the extra costs (not directly borne by the global producer) and risks of cross-border operation continue to be very significant. As a result, the net price premia, adjusted for risk, available to producers of globally standardized... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 20
Chinese citizens living in cities than in the countryside. China's rapid urbanization, and the accompanying conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural uses, raised a number of economic, social, and political concerns. Could China... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
soon, and recently new data had been discovered that indicated that a small subset of the population would be at risk for stroke, heart attack, or even death if they took PIavix. As a result, the FDA had added a black box warning—the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2004
- Lessons from the Classroom
Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science
project variables that can be changed are therefore the cost of the mission and its scope (or complexity). These two variables, in turn, influence the level of risk in the mission (i.e., the likelihood of errors). Cut cost significantly... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
the Euro. The First Ten Years, 149-178. Madrid, Spain: Banco de España, 2010 Abstract This article explores the demand for the euro for risk management purposes and the evidence of stock market integration in the euro area. We define a... View Details
- 12 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 12, 2016
the sailing will be smooth. Several other important pitfalls can threaten marketplaces: growing too fast too early; failing to foster sufficient trust and safety; resorting to sticks, rather than carrots, to deter user disintermediation; and ignoring the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 29, 2016
metrics, relying on independent auditors, and attempting to enforce compliance. Is this a plausible path forward? This note summarizes work in history, political science, and economics—drawing particularly on the work of Eleanor Ostrom—to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 11, 2009
profit from their private information relating to a specific financial reporting element, goodwill impairments, prior to its incorporation by the equity market or recognition by the firm's accounting system. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
infrastructure and ready talent, and an underdeveloped consumer market. Some innovators, however, have succeeded by building franchises to serve poorer consumer segments; tapping the vast opportunity represented by nonconsumption; internalizing View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
on the political and institutional contexts within which opportunities for policy learning emerge. In particular, opportunities for policy learning are examined with respect to (a) agenda or priority-setting on environmental issues, (b)... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
increase of 285% of a standard deviation in income. We also present different estimates of adaptation across subgroups. For example, we find that those on the right (left) of the political spectrum adapt to status (income) but not to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now
joke and saying, ‘Am I being politically correct?’ is also insulting, and someone needs to let that person know. That’s when you start to tilt the balance in the culture.” Place women in powerful positions Sexual harassment is a power... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
order to reduce the technological and market risks, where reducing technological risk is of paramount importance. As a reward, pioneers ultimately realize a higher likelihood of acquisition, but among acquired firms, early entrants wait... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- February 2022 (Revised May 2022)
- Case
Jaypee Infratech and the Indian Bankruptcy Code
By: Kristin Mugford, William Vrattos and Radhika Kak
In 2016, India passed a new bankruptcy law (IBC) to counter a brewing bank crisis and increased corporate distress. Homebuilder Jaypee Infratech, one of India largest distressed companies (the “dirty dozen”) began restructuring under the IBC in 2017. Two years later,... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Decisions; Judgments; Voting; Developing Countries and Economies; Financial Crisis; Public Sector; Asset Pricing; Borrowing and Debt; Corporate Finance; Credit; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Debt Securities; Bonds; Investment Return; Price; Government Legislation; Laws and Statutes; Bids and Bidding; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Valuation; Real Estate Industry; India; Delhi
Mugford, Kristin, William Vrattos, and Radhika Kak. "Jaypee Infratech and the Indian Bankruptcy Code." Harvard Business School Case 222-071, February 2022. (Revised May 2022.)
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
firm based on social and environmental metrics. We find that the political system, followed by the labor and education system, and the cultural system are the most important NBS categories of institutions that impact CSP. Interestingly,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
decisions ranging from whom to date to whom to hire. When faced with decisions about disclosure, decision makers should be aware not just of the risk of revealing but of what hiding reveals. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
government's support on Newbridge's investment and had to back out of the deal with Newbridge. Weijian Shan has to make a choice between two alternatives: 1) Give up pursuing the deal given huge political View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
forthcoming Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis Leverage and the Beta Anomaly By: Baker, Malcolm, Mathias F. Hoeyer, and Jeffrey Wurgler Abstract— The well-known weak empirical relationship between beta risk and the cost of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman