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  • 07 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 7

the role of trading in bankruptcy. We find that trading during the case leads to higher concentration of ownership, particularly among debt claims that are eligible to vote on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2015
  • News

Fever Pitch

their favorite investment, while some 1,600 students and alumni voted on awards for impact and innovation among finalists from 14 global regions. Best Investment Selected by HBS Alumni Angels StreetShares (Mid-Atlantic US Region) Mickey... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade
  • 13 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 13

also became the first district to use a mechanism based on Top Trading Cycles (TTC) in a real-life allocation problem. Since TTC was originally devised for settings in which agents have endowments, there is no formal rationale for TTC in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 30, 2008

disbursements are relatively more staggered. Download the paper from SSRN ($5): http://www.nber.org/papers/w14074 Attitude-Dependent Altruism, Turnout and Voting Author:Julio J. Rotemberg Abstract This paper presents a goal-oriented model... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Sep 2004
  • News

Bill Dunaway (MBA 1964)

After I heard what had happened, I ran up to my room and tore down the signs. As it happens, I had voted for Kennedy. It was a tragic, terrible thing. I thought I would stay in the retail drug business for the rest of my life. My advice... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Retail Trade; Retail Trade
  • 26 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 26, 2010

of capital. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-040.pdf Friends in High Places Authors:Lauren Cohen and Christopher Malloy Abstract In this paper we demonstrate that personal connections amongst politicians, and between politicians and firms, have a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2001
  • News

Passing the Torch

17, 2001), which described Immelt as being so popular and well-liked at GE that, if it were put to a company-wide ballot, he would have been voted "Mr. Congeniality at the very least." Immelt revealed that he intends to increase the use... View Details
Keywords: Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade
  • 06 Dec 2021
  • News

Ink: Talking Shop

and not tooting his own horn, I’ll give a vote for Michael Horn’s podcast, Future U. It’s great for anyone interested in higher ed and workforce development. —Scott Benson (MBA 2008) I’ve been listening to many of the podcasts by Mark... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Retail Trade; Retail Trade
  • 18 Nov 2008
  • First Look

First Look: November 18, 2008

publicly traded firms in the United States under scrutiny. This case examines perceived excessive pay and severance packages at several firms implicated in the credit crisis of 2008, the executive compensation provisions in the Emergency... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 25

large sample of publicly traded U.S. firms over 15 years, we confirm that in the early 1990s, analysts issue more pessimistic recommendations for firms with high CSR ratings. However, in subsequent years up to 2007, analysts progressively... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Aug 2012
  • First Look

First Look: August 28

attributable to comparability. Together, the findings are consistent with mandatory IFRS adoption improving comparability and thus leading to capital market benefits by reducing insiders' ability to exploit private information. Epistemic Contests and the Legitimacy of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Apr 2018
  • News

One Last Pitch

stores, or for cash withdrawals. Others finalists included George Hessler (MBA 1985), who pitched Magma Trading, a new kind of stock market for large block trades that he’s dubbed “the Costco of trading.” Aiden Feng (MBA 2016) introduced... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
  • 25 Mar 2013
  • Research & Ideas

How Chapter 11 Saved the US Economy

Burnham Lambert's Michael Milken carved out new ways to restructure large amounts of publicly traded debt. Gilson's research suggests that the total costs associated with Milken's method of reorganizing troubled companies were as little... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard; Financial Services
  • 07 Apr 2003
  • What Do You Think?

Should Global Business Initiatives Be Devalued?

responsibility of business leaders (in both the U.S. and E.U.) to take charge of the situation. We cannot allow politicians to act alone in their never-ending quest for votes and popularity." C. J. Cullinane, without being specific,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 31 Oct 2007
  • HBS Case

Climate Change Puts Heat on GMs

Trade Union restrictions on carbon emissions. It has a strong internal culture of environmental responsibility, yet at the opening of the case UBS discovers that its stance on global warming lags behind industry competitors. Is 'rational'... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities
  • 01 Sep 2007
  • News

How to Take a Stand On UBS and Climate Change

influence can equal any government’s. Based in Switzerland, UBS is a financial services company with no obligation to comply with the Kyoto Accord or European Trade Union restrictions on carbon emissions. It has a strong internal culture... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance
  • 30 Jan 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds

is not in the best interest of their investors. For example, Vanguard has participated in proxy votes at shareholder meetings. While it has mostly voted in accordance with recommendations by management, in... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services
  • Web

Timeline - Race, Gender & Equity

Reconstruction efforts in former Confederacy 1869 Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor and Colored National Labor Union formed 1870 15th Amendment to the Constitution adopted; the right to vote may not be abrogated by color 1873... View Details
  • 09 Dec 2021
  • News

Higher Returns

71 percent interest in impact-minded companies. And then Gen Z of course, is reported to take that percentage even higher. So these are the folks that are checking the kite marks on products. Kite marks are those little icons that will say, you know, fair View Details
  • 24 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 24, 2009

the opportunity and switching cost of domestic standards are relatively low. We do not find evidence that levels of and expected changes in foreign trade and investment flows in a country affect its adoption decision; thus, we cannot... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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