Interest Rates - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2004
News

David Horgan: Iraqi Briefing, 21st November, 2003

because overcharging absorbs the interest rate subsidy. Anyway, the true shortfall is closer to $100 than $36 billion - and that’s before dealing with inherited debt. It would be ironic if an Anglo-American... View Details

Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

02 Feb 2010
First Look

First Look: Feb. 2

achieve actionable transparency by embedding their design in a centralized system with a shared design language and near-real-time updating, where everyone with an interest in improving the design has the right and the means to act on it.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

25 Feb 2020
News

Profits and Purpose

Henderson. RH: It must be the British accent. GS: Really, I learn from our collaboration every day. And the way that I got interested in this whole space is obviously by looking at the world and understanding that, one, we’re just... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

23 May 2019
Book

These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems

from a UK prison, significantly reducing the rate of recidivism. The book is the result of four years of research, including a survey of 13 MBA classes, more than 200 interviews, and extensive archival and secondary research. Stevenson... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Green Technology

01 Mar 2010
News

Sole Mates

joint venture, are building plants, and other companies are interested in investing here. Macedonia is a small and newly independent country of proud people, a peaceful place guided by a hope for a better future. We are a candidate... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Forestry and Logging; Agriculture; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government

05 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Venture Capital Goes Boom—or Bust?

computer to access data stored on another and to interact with that information. As he publicized his innovation among his fellow employees and across the computing community, people admired the quality of his work. In fact, in head-to-head comparisons, his software... View Details

Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner

11 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 11

biased forecasts for potential future employers are more likely to face favorable career outcomes and bank executives appear to profit from the analysts' bias since the bias is associated with higher levels of insider trading. Our results highlight the bias created by... View Details

10 Nov 2008
What Do You Think?

How Much Can You Ask of Your Customers?

need to bring trouble-shooting forums in house, Ruediger Voelske said, "Innovations and strategies can then be developed from forum experience." Others offered examples of interesting applications of the idea of involving... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

24 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

In Troubled Africa, Botswana Flowers

rate of 10 percent a year for four decades—this is the highest sustained growth in real output of any country in the world. Q: Although your research is still ongoing, what appear to be some factors contributing to the country's success?... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

10 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 10

effect: the growth rate of an industry within a region may be declining in the level of economic activity of that industry. At the same time, positive spillovers across complementary economic activities can provide an impetus for... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Aug 2016
First Look

August 30, 2016

relative performance incentives in addition to piece rates to encourage competition in the workplace. We find that social identity has a significant impact on competition: a weaver only competes against coworkers with a different social... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

23 May 2016
Research & Ideas

A Little Understanding Motivates Copyright Abusers to Pay Up

settling in the first 30 days by 12 percent, and increased the amount of settlement revenue by 80 percent. Adding messages that also include a deadline increased the settlement rate by up to 19 percent, and the revenue by 130 percent.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Media & Broadcasting; Publishing

Web

How One Coffee Shop Is Brewing Change for Business and Society | Working Knowledge

Richard S. Ruback. Roughly 6.5 million people in the United States have intellectual disabilities such as autism and Down syndrome, but less than 23 percent of working-age disabled women and men were employed in 2023, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. The... View Details

02 May 2016
Research & Ideas

Why People Don’t Vote--and How a Good Ground Game Helps

to put off until it is too late. The researchers recruited volunteers to perform some 20,000 direct door-to-door visits to random households. They found that just providing information on how to register wound up increasing registration View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Communications; Public Relations

03 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?

probably witness higher inflation. We also know that our entitlement policies are unsustainable, that our unfunded pension liabilities take their toll on millions of retired workers, and that those on fixed incomes are being clobbered by artificially low View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Banking; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate

20 Feb 2007
First Look

First Look: February 20, 2007

that the tire grading system was close to becoming a reality. Second, Joan Claybrook, a former Nader consumer interest group lobbyist, had just become head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the agency within the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Web

HBS - Financials | From the CFO

the freedom to pursue the questions that interest them most and stay close to practice, generating insights that can help address the most pressing issues confronting businesses, organizations, and society. The faculty then bring the... View Details

12 Apr 2023
News

Step Change

making something from nothing had long been part of the cultural mindset. Today's startup scene in Egypt is hopping. Venture capital funding reached $491 million in 2021, with a compounded annual growth rate of 117 percent between 2017... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

01 May 2007
First Look

First Look: May 1, 2007

officials, while committing not to mandate the reduction of interest rates in microcredit, express their expectation that rates will drop as quickly as possible. A week... View Details