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- 02 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 2
that aims to explain what determines country risk (defined as the difference between the yield of a sovereign's bonds and the risk-free rate). In this paper, we contribute to the discussion by arguing that an important explanatory factor is the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Nov 2016
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: Wayfair
merchandising, easy product discovery and attractive prices for over 7 million products from over 7,000 suppliers across five distinct brands: Wayfair.com, Joss & Main, AllModern, DwellStudio and Birch Lane. Our cofounders are... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 26 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019
develop three novel measures of how much of the price impact of their trading different mutual funds internalize. We show that mutual funds that internalize more of their price... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 14 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 14
Abstract—This paper examines the direct private equity investment strategies across sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) and their relationship to the funds' organizational structures. SWFs seem to engage in a form of trend chasing, since they are more likely to invest at... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Aug 2006
- What Do You Think?
What Happens When the Economics of Scarcity Meets the Economics of Abundance?
Summing Up There's no need to rethink important economic constructs just because of the growth of the Long Tail phenomenon and its impact on demand and supply. Or is there? That was part of the debate that occupied respondents to this... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Digital Exhibits | Baker Library
commissioned photographers to document the inner workings of the company as part of a national public relations campaign. From the Great Depression through the post-war boom, photography served as a persuasive tool in PR campaigns. Agents of Change: The Founding and... View Details
- 14 Feb 2019
- News
Plotting a Path Forward on Climate Change
need new technology, Perry said—we need to apply capitalism and government regulation to these problems to provide incentives to farmers or convince consumers they should pay for this change either through higher prices or by providing... View Details
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
industries in its preferred direction. We find that exogenous price shocks proved particularly helpful in this regard. The Impact of Relative Standards on the Propensity to Disclose Authors:Alessandro... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 30, 2007
and Erik Stafford Periodical:Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract This paper examines institutional price pressure in equity markets using market prices of mutual fund transactions caused by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Harvard Business School
oppression and discrimination were still a reality in many parts of the country." 6 Darden later recounted, "After Dr. King was assassinated, that really had a major impact on me, so much so that I contemplated dropping out of the MBA... View Details
- 30 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 30, 2015
2000s, a period during which Treasury bonds enabled investors to hedge macroeconomic risks. This paper develops a New Keynesian macroeconomic model with habit formation preferences that prices both bonds and stocks. The model attributes... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
innovations might impact—and be impacted by—workers, consumers, organizations, and society. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55845 March 2019 Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Choice... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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Program Policies - HBS Online
Exceptions Policy Appeals Disability Accommodations Payment and Refund Policy Changes to a Participant's Enrollment Status Join the HBS Online Community Program Discount Codes Past Participant Pricing HBS Online Program Policies The... View Details
- 01 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
An Aerospace Engineer Provides a Lift for Underrepresented Innovators and Entrepreneurs
for ways to make an impact on problems she was passionate about. As the daughter of immigrants (her father emigrated from Nigeria and her mother emigrated from Ghana) she wanted to use her skills to make an View Details
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Mapping the Salt Tax That Helped Shatter a Monarchy | Working Knowledge
which heightened discontent, intensifying the impact of the gabelle du sel on riots. “This suggests that the drought and subsequent price increases may have acted as a spark on land already parched by salt... View Details
- 05 Aug 2015
- News
Mobilizing the Public to Fight Bribery
government operates. These insights led Motte-Munoz and his co-founder, Happy Feraren, to focus initially on the little, routine corruption that comes along with accessing basic government services, since that has the most direct impact... View Details
- 29 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 29, 2007
needs of the "poorest of the poor," who cannot even repay loans and therefore do not qualify as Habitat beneficiaries? How can Makar continue to innovate to achieve the greatest mission impact while maintaining funding and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
IFC India 2025: Sustainability in Action: Inside Hindustan Unilever’s Public Sanitation and Plastic Recycling Facilities
across the country. Introduction and ContextOur time in India exposed the severe risks vulnerable populations face due to climate change, while showcasing the resilience of local communities working to address these challenges. During our visit to Mumbai, we explored... View Details
- 13 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 13
firm-level indices of vertical integration for a large set of countries and industries and exploit cross-section and time-series variation in import tariffs to examine the impact of prices on organizational... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
facing a venture with an historically premium-priced strategy in an ecommerce environment where promotions and discounts have become the norm. The case concerns the interaction of branding, channel, and pricing in a firm as well as the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman