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Raising Capital Requirements: At What Cost?
By: Malcolm Baker and Jeffrey Wurgler
Since the financial crisis, bank capital positions have improved considerably. However, calls for heightened capital requirements have not abated. Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke, Vice Chair Janet Yellen, and governors Daniel Tarullo and Jeremy Stein have all... View Details
Baker, Malcolm, and Jeffrey Wurgler. "Raising Capital Requirements: At What Cost?" Review of Financial Regulation Studies, no. 11 (Summer 2013): 4–6.
- 03 Jun 2014
- News
‘Victims’ of churn are accessories to the crime
- 01 May 2000
- What Do You Think?
Can You Hard-Wire Performance?
idea was that maybe it was alright for GE, but could a smaller, less well financed organization employ it? And how safe should an organization play it when employing such a strategy? Several of you offered other examples of performance hard-wiring. View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Future of Boards
lead to dysfunctional group dynamics) and the perspectives brought to the table by board leaders and director. Finally, the benefits of two opposing leadership structures are debated: one chapter argues for electing a chairman who is... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Oct 2001
- What Do You Think?
Will Information Technology Really Turn Organizations Upside Down This Time?
already determined that there's some truly fundamental reason to do so." Some question whether the "upside down" organization is an idea whose time has come. David Koltermann warns, "The potential revolution to turn... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Apr 2005
- What Do You Think?
Can an Organization’s “Deep Smarts” Be Preserved?
Summing Up This month's column appears to have struck a chord with those who lament the continuing loss of implicit knowledge buried inside the heads of experienced leaders (termed "deep smarts" by Dorothy Leonard and Walter... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Nov 2016
- What Do You Think?
Are Employees Becoming Job 'Renters' Instead of 'Owners'?
Summing Up: Is Job Ownership Nature or Nurture? Employees increasingly are becoming “job renters.” For some, it is a disturbing trend. It doesn’t have to happen. And the phenomenon isn’t universal. These observations by respondents to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 21 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?
that led to the financial crisis. And while the intricate details of pay plans don't evoke the outrage of multimillion-dollar paydays, curbing the risk-taking incentives embedded in those plans is key to resolving the current crisis and preventing another. That task... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
- 07 Jan 2015
- What Do You Think?
SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?
needs to be known by members of an organization? What are the limits on transparency in the workplace? What do you think? To read more: David Card, Alexandre Mas, Enrico Moreti, and Emmanuel Saez, Inequality... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Teaching
Overview
Professor Bernstein currently teaches a second-year MBA course in Managing Human Capital (MHC). He is also the faculty chair for the Harvard Business School Online Developing Yourself as a Leader course and teaches in a variety of executive education... View Details
- 05 Oct 2016
- What Do You Think?
Can the US Economy Regain the Growth and Prosperity of the Past?
accomplished, including more freedom for business, more immigration, and big bets by the government and industry to meet imposing infrastructure needs. Ron Kurtz said, “I am concerned that we are facing a decline in the size and spending... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 09 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace
open bar happy hours with David Fairhurst, a personal friend he had promoted to oversee human resources, and the two men developed reputations for “flirting with female employees.” HR allegedly didn’t intervene despite knowledge of the... View Details
- 03 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
5 New Year's Resolutions You Can Keep (With the Help of Behavioral Science Research)
learn more, see The Effect of Providing Peer Information on Retirement Savings Decisions by John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian, and Katherine L. Milkman. If you have resolved to... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 02 Apr 2010
- What Do You Think?
Why Are Fewer and Fewer U.S. Employees Satisfied With Their Jobs?
sustainability. Narasimhan Gopalan cited "special programs to engage the employees to contribute towards green initiatives at different levels." David Cawlfield stressed the need for "employees (to) identify with the value... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tips to Reinvent the Department Store
department stores will once again redefine themselves." David Overton, vice president and director of strategic planning and research for JC Penney, said, "Our biggest competitors are no longer the other department stores."... View Details
- 29 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Creating the Perfect Super Bowl Ad
entertainment in advertising. In 1963, British advertising pioneer David Ogilvy, in his book Confessions of an Advertising Man, argued that ads should be all business, selling products by informing consumers... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Breaking News
after the company, the fact that the public learns about potential misconduct can have a very disciplining effect on companies,” Heese says. “When the Local Newspaper Leaves Town: The Effects of Local Newspaper Closures on Corporate Misconduct,” View Details
- 18 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Advertisers Get Serious About Playing With Their Brands
far. Boston Red Sox baseball player David Ortiz took a selfie with President Obama, which seemed playful at first until it was later revealed that he had done so on behalf of Samsung cameras. Some fans are not amused when the "soft edge... View Details
- 01 Oct 2009
- What Do You Think?
Can the “Masks of Command” Coexist with Authentic Leadership?
leadership? Those arguing that the two can coexist cite situations, generally involving adversity, in which the "greater good" is served by masking a leader's feelings. Frances Pratt argued that " we must be careful (and... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett