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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
Externalities? By: Sergey Chernenko & Adi Sunderam DEC 2018 How do cash policies affect stock returns? A mutual fund that uses its cash reserves to accommodate outflows will lower the volatility of its underlying holdings by buffering... View Details
- 16 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive
this new environment.” At the outset of the crisis, most restaurants had only two to three weeks of operating reserves and those reserves were quickly exhausted. With no end date in sight of mandatory... View Details
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2018 Financial Risk and Regulation Survey - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
use of off-balance sheetactivities that avoided reserve and capital requirements, high investment bank leverage,and in ated housing price beliefs. By contrast the bottom 5 factors were strategic default by... View Details
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
http://ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2013.837889?nosfx=y August 2013 Harvard Business Review The Price of Wall Street's Power By: Mukunda, Gautam Abstract—Over and over again, executives make... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Case Study: The Home Team
Illustration by Jon Krause Illustration by Jon Krause Brendan Kennealey (MBA 2006) wasn’t even searching for a business idea. A couple of years ago, the Wilmington, Delaware, native met up with an old friend who’d bought a new house. Over dinner this friend enumerated... View Details
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Making Your Threat Credible
question. What follows are six ways to make your threats more credible in negotiation. 1. Increase your costs of not following through on your threat Imagine that you're thinking about bidding to acquire another company that would be of great value to your firm. Your... View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra
- Web
Diversity and Inclusion - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
want to make sure to pronounce everyone’s name correctly, and encourage students to let you know if you are mispronouncing their name. Reach out directly to students whose names you find difficult to pronounce and ask for guidance. View Details
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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership
Pure Food and Drug Act; breakup of beef trust Excise Tax imposed on corporations Tariff Act forces corporations to open their books for government inspection Influence: High 10 1910 s 19 Breakup of Standard Oil and American Tobacco Clayton Antitrust Act Federal View Details
- 01 Feb 2021
- What Do You Think?
Has the New Economy Finally Arrived?
Twenty-year-old entrepreneurs became mega-millionaires, but not for long. It turned out that the “new economy” of that time was a house of cards. It’s a good time to ask the question again. Policies of the Federal Reserve in concert with... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Finance & Investing - Business & Environment
Pension Investment Fund (GPIF): Incorporating Climate Risk in Investment Decisions Uncovering and Pricing Climate Risk in Long-Term Investments Daniel Schrag on the Science of Forecasting Climate Change: What We Know and What We Don’t... View Details
- 25 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy
connection between the present and the future. Current decisions are affected by what people expect the future to bring. For example, business managers set the prices of their products—at least in part—based on expectations. More broadly,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Apr 2021
- Book
A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success
frameworks are complicated. The processes that companies install to develop their strategy are highly complex, hundreds of slides, dozens of analyses, many competing frameworks and considerations. I meet many managers who see strategic thinking as View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship
involved or started a number of entrepreneurial ventures. While working three days a week at AOL, he bootstrapped Compare.com , which enabled customers to compare prices on everything from PCs to mortgages. Later, He worked for Open... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
Who Pays For Wildfire and Hurricane Damage? Everyone.
New Mexico homeowners might think their inland location buffers them from the financial toll of climate change, but they’re still paying for climate-related property damage occurring in coastal states. New research finds that homeowners in New Mexico and other states... View Details
- 20 Jul 2021
- Research & Ideas
Bankruptcy Spells Death for Too Many Businesses
a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has hit many companies hard—some to the point of considering bankruptcy—Antill’s research findings may help business leaders make important decisions to avoid the high price of liquidation and choose a... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
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Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Learning and Pricing for Varying Assortments." Shane M. Greenstein : Winner of the 2021 Ralph Gomory Best Industry Studies Paper Award from the Industry Studies Association for "Technological Leadership (de)Concentration: Causes in... View Details
- 23 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 23
PublicationsInflection Point: New Vision, New Strategy, New Organization Authors:Nancy O.Andrews and Nicolas P. Retsinas Publication:In Investing in What Works for America's Communities. San Francisco: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Aug 2022
- Op-Ed
Now Is the Time for Entrepreneurs to Play Offense
price and had a dozen offers in front of them. Today, layoffs—particularly at growth stage companies—have led to a massive pullback in startup hiring. Thus, some of the most talented people in our ecosystem are suddenly up for grabs... View Details
Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang
- 04 Apr 2022
- What Do You Think?
As Disney Board Chair, What Would You Advise CEO Bob Chapek Regarding 'Don’t Say Gay'?
history. Its stock, suffering the typical ups and downs of entertainment companies during the pandemic, had recovered and was at about the same price as when Chapek took over from “legendary” CEO Bob Iger two years earlier. He was aware,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why IT Does Matter
effectiveness has come the ability to do things truly differently. American Hospital Supply's distribution software and American Airlines' SABRE reservation system are examples of victories in past technologies. The firms were the first... View Details
Keywords: by F. Warren McFarlan & Richard L. Nolan