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  • 01 Dec 2001
  • News

September 11: A Community Reflects

prevail," and urged U.S. policymakers to think beyond short-term solutions — such as cutting interest rates and letting companies buy back their own stocks — to more lasting measures — such as creating new forms of employment and... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
  • 06 Sep 2016
  • First Look

September 6, 2016

strategic naïveté. Economic Uncertainty and Earnings Management By: Stein, Luke C.D., and Charles C.Y. Wang Abstract—In the presence of managerial short-termism and asymmetric information about skill and effort provision, firms may... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 18 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 18

entering this market would present unique challenges for Vanguard. Vanguard had a philosophy espousing low-turnover investing, while ETFs enabled short-term trading. The company would also need to develop a distribution network for ETFs.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 19, 2010

for the upcoming board meeting. The recent financial crisis had vividly highlighted several key issues including the adequacy of short-term liquidity, the effectiveness of portfolio risk management, and the balance of internal and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Aug 2009
  • First Look

First Look: August 11, 2009

relatively more short-term debt, firms fill the resulting gap by issuing more long-term debt, and vice-versa. This type of liquidity provision is undertaken more aggressively: i) in periods when the ratio of government debt to total debt... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Feb 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

assessment system focused on organizational values. We find a counterintuitive result: the intervention drove even higher effort on dimensions of short-term financial performance associated with preexisting monetary incentives but did not... View Details
  • 06 Mar 2012
  • First Look

First Look: March 6

But a short-term focus in many businesses and political gridlock have prevented the U.S. from taking the steps needed to meet the challenge. The U.S. retains core strengths in areas such as entrepreneurship and higher education. However,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 May 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 9

and Charles C.Y. Wang Abstract—In the presence of managerial short-termism and asymmetric information about skill and effort provision, firms may opportunistically shift earnings from uncertain to more certain times. We document... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Jun 2021
  • Research & Ideas

The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients

absent in the “2020-2021 Class of Lift Outs.” The lack of cultural integration may even be a short-term plus, freeing new recruits to devote their energies entirely to the tasks at hand, without the cognitive burden and social stress of... View Details
Keywords: by Robin Abrahams, Boris Groysberg, and Steven L. Manchel
  • 24 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 24

decreases participants' short-term debt by about 20%. In addition, participants who experience an economic shock have less need to reduce consumption, and subjective well-being improves significantly. Precautionary savings and credit... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 18

less financing in this period. The results are not driven by issuers' riskiness or exposure to Europe: for the same issuer, money market funds with greater exposure to Eurozone banks decrease their holdings more than other funds. We show that relationships are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Jan 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 11

leading government officials to set policies that undermine competitiveness and sap economic growth. Business is caught in a vicious circle. A big part of the problem lies with companies themselves, which remain trapped in an outdated, narrow approach to value... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Dec 2007
  • First Look

First Look: December 11, 2007

performance, but only for two years. Those who switched to firms with better capabilities and those who moved with other team members exhibited no significant decline in short-term or long-term performance. These findings suggest that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 Mar 2019
  • News

Life Is a Startup

Absolutely, the handcuffs of life are things that we accumulate without realizing it. I think that just about everyone accumulates them in some ways, because we make incremental decisions that in the short-term make all the sense in the... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2012
  • News

From Where We Stand

caused by the tendency to focus on quarterly earnings growth and the necessity to appeal to shareholders who are not long-term investors. These two factors have, in many cases, spurred short-term decision making and therefore long-term... View Details
  • 28 Jan 2014
  • First Look

First Look: January 28

investors and fiduciaries. A wide range of contributors offer new perspectives on dynamics that drive the current emphasis on short-term investment returns. Moreover, they analyze the forces at work in markets around the world, which are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Sep 2011
  • Research & Ideas

High Ambition Leadership

that does not come as easily to public company leaders, with the exception of the higher-ambition-type leaders we studied. Public company leaders have the constraints of capital market expectations for short-term quarterly earnings. They... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 10 Sep 2007
  • Research & Ideas

High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet

then you have to be very careful about taking the easy jobs, because other people can do those, too. You can make short-term business choices that work against your ability to command high margins in the long run; become known for the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Music
  • 01 Mar 2004
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science

to define how each project should support the overall goals of the program, both in terms of performance and learning. This process should explicitly address the potential trade-offs that are likely to exist between short-term project... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Dec 2022
  • News

HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion

the most seriously wounded. APRIL 25 Winning the War of the Future: Cyber, Disinformation, and AI Monday April 25, 2022, 5:30–6:30pm, Virtual program A discussion on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the short-term consequences, and what it... View Details