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The Institutional Foundations of Lending: Indirect Regulation and State-Building
The Institutional Foundations of Lending: Indirect Regulation and State-Building makes two main theoretical contributions to the scholarship on credit markets and institutional development. First, the book demonstrates that opportunistic lenders can take... View Details
- 21 Mar 2012
- Op-Ed
Finding the Right Jeremy Lin Storyline
we may turn against him if or when he fails? The Privileged Underdog Story: If the storyline is how Lin's relative privilege as a Harvard graduate worked against him, the questions we ignore are about our... View Details
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
When Reputation Trumps Regulation
reputational assets have a strong positive incentive to continue to live up to those reputations. Firms with reputational assets are able to secure privileged access to outside finance as a result of their reputation. They may also enjoy... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 17 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
Advertising Symbiosis: The Key to Viral Videos
videos received upwards of a million views each. CONCEPT: Offer the viewer privileged access to valuable content. EXAMPLE: Virgin Atlantic's sneak peek. Also in 2010, members of Virgin Atlantic's frequent-flyer program received an email... View Details
- 20 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Airplane Design Brings Out the Class Warfare in Us All
the socioeconomic strata as we are herded through the pampered world of first and business class to our humble place in coach. It’s difficult to look past the wide and plush seats filled with passengers given privileged access to board... View Details
- 02 Oct 2000
- What Do You Think?
What Lies Beyond NAFTA?
to satisfy the U.S. demand?" Devdip Ganguli asks, "... will neighboring countries be justified in considering it their right that the privileges be extended to them as well?" It's hard to argue with his conclusion that... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 May 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Do Managers Think?
medicine allow doctors to be hands-on today with what will be their job tomorrow . Will future managers have the privilege to experience and acquire practical understanding within real-life companies (as a) complementary device to... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 07 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Organizational Model for Open Source
market, goods like education. If we are granting special tax privileges to organizations to produce software, we as a society are saying something about the nature of that good and the nature of the markets that create it. Q: What were... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 06 Feb 2006
- What Do You Think?
Should CEOs of Public Companies Offer Earnings Guidance?
practice of providing detailed information about the company's "quarterly standings, stock prices, new acquisitions, etc.," concludes that "anyone who has stock or investments in a public company should be privileged to... View Details
- 08 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
Who Rises to Power in American Business?
privileged families have always had an easier path to traditional power. Those on the outside—foreigners, women, African-Americans, non-Protestant religious affiliations—often pursued other paths to power. When doors were closed,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
China’s 60-Year Road from Revolution to World Power
in state industries—became a closed caste, an industrial elite with hereditary jobs, and with privileges and security far above that of their rural cousins. If anything, the gap between urban and rural identities became greater. And the... View Details
Keywords: by William C. Kirby
- 13 May 2002
- Book
Bringing the Master Passions to Work
Communist heaven. Master passions—passions that create our world and are in turn proliferated by these very creations—are ubiquitous. But ubiquity is a privilege that accrues to those who can make themselves invisible. So the master... View Details
Keywords: by Mihnea C. Moldoveanu & Nitin Nohria
- 21 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Shabana Azmi: Leveraging Bollywood Fame into Social Good
communist party, they hosted party gatherings at their home. She talks about going away from that for a few years when she was just getting started in her career, but coming back to it when she realized she had both the privilege and the... View Details
- 05 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Can Putin Score Olympic Gold?
million every four years just for the privilege of using The Rings in their advertising—with hundreds of millions more spent on the advertising campaigns themselves. They aren't the only ones banking on Olympic success. NBC, which paid... View Details
- 03 Nov 2022
- Op-Ed
Feeling Separation Anxiety at Your Startup? 5 Tips to Soothe These Growing Pains
on how to express their concerns with their new bosses versus offering to talk to their boss on their behalf or worse, commiserate with them. Just because you used to sit next to them in a WeWork a year ago, does not afford them the View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 16 Sep 2015
- Op-Ed
The Real Duty of the Board of Directors
value over the short, medium, and long term. These audiences will be privileged for resource allocation purposes, and they will determine what the company deems to be material for reporting purposes. If the board decides, for example,... View Details
Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & Tim Youmans
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Economics May Lead to Better Football Games
clearinghouse that makes efficient matches in students' last year of medical school. (I had the privilege of designing the current clearinghouse algorithm.) Medical marketplaces for subspecialties like gastroenterology are increasingly... View Details
- 27 Jul 2019
- Op-Ed
Does Facebook's Business Model Threaten Our Elections?
unconcerned. Engagement on various applications on the Facebook platform is up. Users appear comfortable with the trade they make to give up privileged information in exchange for a range of convenient and free services. Without a push by... View Details
Keywords: by George Riedel
- 20 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 20
built brands that shaped perceptions of beauty and the business organizations needed to market them. They democratized access to beauty products, once the privilege of elites, but they also defined the gender and ethnic borders of beauty,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How the Giants of Enterprise Seized the Future
feet. Giants lead lives that are privileged in many ways. Their view of the world is distorted as a result. 2. The price of success has often been high. To become a true titan, it often happens that a person has to choose between what is... View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow