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- 09 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 9, 2016
economic activity? This paper exploits the federal preemption of national banks in 2004 from local laws against predatory lending to gauge the effect of the supply of credit on the real economy. Specifically, we exploit the heterogeneity in the market View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Oct 2010
- Op-Ed
Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic
other policies to change relative prices can provide a countervailing force by subsidizing exports. But they increase the costs of imports, hurting both domestic consumption and export-oriented industries with high import content. More... View Details
Keywords: by Christian Ketels
- 18 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
Warning: Scary Warning Labels Work!
periods as the periods without any labels. The only warning that slowed soda sales were those with graphics and text. The share of sugary drinks purchased in the cafeteria experiment during those periods dropped from 21.4 percent without... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Breaking News
24 papers in Colorado was structured to keep control in local hands? We set up the Colorado News Conservancy as a public benefit corporation. We earmarked a majority of shares to be eventually fully locally owned. The Conservancy is... View Details
- 15 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat
foreign direct investment. The other thing that surprised me was that some indicators of globalization aren't increasing as many experts have claimed. There is general agreement that the international share of total Internet traffic is... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink
near 20 percent online market share. Apparel, greeting cards, party supplies, and office products have reached double-digit penetration as well while sporting goods and cosmetics will likely reach double-digit share in 2011. Pet products... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
global and a series of regional B Climate Collectives designed to support businesses to share what they are learning on topics such as how to move to a regenerative business model. How might you explore ways to reimagine your business... View Details
- 06 Aug 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?
was a marketing executive at American Express. Shelly, thanks for joining me today. Santana: Thanks for having me. Kenny You're listening in on the 100th episode of Cold Call, so we're excited to be here today to share this with you.... View Details
- Web
2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
Video Recording – Less Info - Video Recording Dean Srikant Datar kicks off Reunion Weekend by sharing his key priorities, which will strengthen and accelerate the School’s impact in the world. 10:00-11:15 a.m. EDT Navigating Uncertain... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Ask the Expert: Energy’s Next Era
toward renewables, it also moves from variable cost to fixed cost—from an Opex world to a Capex one. How should pricing evolve to reflect a Capex world and induce consumption when energy is abundant and prevent it when it isn’t? —Catarina... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Taxing Questions
Image by Brian Stauffer What would the "perfect" tax plan look like? Sheridan Schechner (MBA/JD 1983), managing director, Barclays Capital, USA I'd envision three simple building blocks: a consumption tax with no exclusions that... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Why We Do—or Don’t—Donate Time and Money
there are some charities where the volunteer opportunities are so popular, you have to pay to volunteer. When you get into situations like that one, it can start to share traits with other consumption goods,... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 02 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Have Marketers Ignored America’s Man-of-Action Hero?
Q: What is the compensatory consumption thesis and why did you want to challenge it? A: The academic goal of the study was to confront what we call the compensatory consumption thesis, which is widely... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 02 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 2, 2009
and Copyright Authors:Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Koleman Strumpf Abstract The advent of file sharing has considerably weakened effective copyright protection. Today, more than 60% of Internet traffic consists of consumers View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 27, 2009
consumption growth by a representative agent with a high elasticity of intertemporal substitution. This paper documents several empirical difficulties for the model as calibrated by Bansal and Yaron (BY, 2004) and Bansal, Kiku, and Yaron... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 16, 2008
respond to a revised proposal from two private equity firms to take the company private. In November of 2006, the Board had unanimously approved an offer of $37.60 per share after going through intense negotiations with numerous firms,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Instilling Production with Principles
Video Embed The Esquel Group has reduced water consumption at its factories by more than 50 percent in the last nine years. Asia–based Esquel Group is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of high-end cotton shirts, producing about 100... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
mind.” “Aggressive deficit spending may help in a number of ways, but it won’t solve the tangible barriers to production and consumption that the pandemic has imposed. So it won’t be enough to turn a downward spiral into an upward spiral,... View Details
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2.3.1 Drug & Alcohol Policy | MBA
behaviors, such as binge drinking and the rapid or competitive consumption of alcohol, and their many adverse consequences for students’ health and lives. All members of the HBS community are expected to comply with the laws of the... View Details
- 13 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments
organisms in its ice cream. There's also the booming "sharing economy," which is built around the concept of monetizing shared resources, thus cutting down on carbon consumption and other environmental... View Details