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  • 21 Oct 2011
  • Working Paper Summaries

Market Interest in Nonfinancial Information

Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles, Michael P. Krzus & George Serafeim

    W. Carl Kester

    Carl Kester is a Baker Foundation Professor and the George Fisher Baker Jr. Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at Harvard Business School. He is a member of the Finance Unit. He served as Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs (2006-2010), Chairman of the... View Details

    Keywords: asset management; banking; education industry; financial services; investment banking industry; pharmaceuticals; private equity (LBO funds)
    • 26 Mar 2013
    • First Look

    First Look: March 26

    economic expansions. It is also more pronounced for the insurance firms for which regulatory capital requirements are more binding. The results hold both at issuance and for trading in the secondary market and are robust to a series of bond and issuer controls,... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 03 Jun 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: June 3, 2008

    China‘s income inequality has risen rapidly over that same time frame, Vietnam‘s has only grown moderately. Structural and socio-cultural determinants fail to account for these divergent pathways. Existing political variables are also... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 08 Sep 2009
    • Research & Ideas

    The Height Tax, and Other New Ways to Think about Taxation

    Harvard economist N. Gregory Mankiw, Weinzierl coauthored the HBS working paper "The Optimal Taxation of Height: A Case Study of Utilitarian Income Redistribution" [PDF]. The main framework economists use to think through tax... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace

      Robert C. Merton

      Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

      Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

      Keywords: banking; brokerage; financial services; insurance industry; investment banking industry; retail financial services
      • 02 Jan 2024
      • Research & Ideas

      10 Trends to Watch in 2024

      The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details
      Keywords: by Rachel Layne
      • 1998
      • Working Paper

      Some Evidence on the Optimal Welfare State Based on Subjective Data

      By: Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch
      It is often difficult to evaluate all the costs and benefits of the welfare state. This paper suggests an alternative approach based on surveys of citizen satisfaction with welfare programs. In the first part of the paper we estimate the level of unemployment benefits... View Details
      Keywords: Personal Characteristics; Employment; Surveys; Programs; Government and Politics; Age; Income; Residency; Welfare; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Cost vs Benefits; Satisfaction; United Kingdom
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      • 30 Sep 2014
      • First Look

      First Look: September 30

      Experiment By: Cole, Shawn, Xavier Giné, and James Vickery Abstract—Weather is a key source of income risk, particularly in emerging market economies. This paper uses a randomized controlled trial involving a sample of Indian farmers to... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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      Finance - Faculty & Research

      RTX’s Lifetime Income Strategy: Shaping the Future of Retirement By: Daniel Green , Luis M. Viceira and Sarah Mehta May 2025 | Case | Faculty Research Set in 2024, this case explores the Lifetime Income... View Details
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      Company databases: which database to choose?

      Comprehensive platform used to analyze financial data from equity and fixed income markets, and public and private companies.  Real time data. Excel plug-in.   CB Insights HBS intranet... View Details
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      Bankruptcy | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

      mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and other speculative securities (including commercial MBSs, high yield debt, and leveraged loans) with the expectation of receiving a higher rate of return. When the MBSs and speculative fixed View Details
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      About - Business & Environment

      instrumental in driving the firm’s successful growth in fixed income ETFs and sustainable indexing. Before joining BlackRock, Carolyn created structured derivatives solutions for corporations at Citibank,... View Details
      • 25 Jul 2023
      • Research & Ideas

      Could a Business Model Help Big Pharma Save Lives and Profit?

      medicine to people who need it. And you’re actually growing your business,” Samuel told The BiGS Fix in an interview. “You find that you started from nothing, and you end up cultivating a viable market.” Samuel, Harvard Business School... View Details
      Keywords: by Esther Schrader; Pharmaceutical; Health
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      2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

      last? Why is the ‘skills gap’ so pervasive and enduring? Why is the workforce participation at historic lows across so many developed countries? What can be done to reverse the trend toward a barbell shaped income distribution? This... View Details
      • 28 Oct 2014
      • First Look

      First Look: October 28

      conditions under which this will occur and provide strong empirical evidence for such behavior by exploiting a natural experiment in Ecuador. We find that when firms are notified by the tax authority about detected revenue discrepancies on previously filed corporate... View Details
      Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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      Planned Giving - Alumni

      provides secure, fixed payments for life to one or two people, and will ultimately support the HBS purpose you specify. To learn how to do this through your IRA, please contact us (see below). Charitable Remainder Trust With a CRT,... View Details
      • 16 Jul 2020
      • Research & Ideas

      Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

      restaurants typically purchase without the ability to hedge or otherwise lock in pricing, and so are at the mercy of supply-price fluctuations. A third cost challenge for restaurants is occupancy. Locations are generally leased on a triple net View Details
      Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage
      • 21 Aug 2013
      • Research & Ideas

      What Went Wrong at J.C. Penney?

      available options, from low-end Walmart and discounters like TJ Maxx to Kohl's, Macy's, and Target. Beyond that, there are plenty of specialty stores such as The Gap and Gymboree. Aisner: That's a full plate of problems. What did Johnson do? Lal: To View Details
      Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Retail
      • 28 Sep 2011
      • Research & Ideas

      The Profit Power of Corporate Culture

      employees, the sum of the effects of employee turnover, referrals of potential employees by existing ones, productivity, customer loyalty, and referrals of new customers attributable to culture can add up to half of the difference in operating View Details
      Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne