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- 08 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 8
instead of growing by 11% as forecasted. Also, disruptions in financial and insurance markets created a cash shortfall. In the summer of 2009, Penn was facing the likelihood of default and possible... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2010
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Luxury Prime’: How Luxury Changes People
make self-serving decisions and ignoring the plight of others. To date, more than a year since the crisis started, despite much public outrage and threats to more strongly regulate the financial industry, there do not seem to be any... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 28 Jun 2022
- Book
The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose
How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- Web
Student Spotlight: 2023 HCC Co-Presidents Reflect on Their Time at HBS and the Current Health Care Systems - Blog: Health Supplement
encouraged me to explore a wider range of health care segments including insurance companies, self-insured employers, telehealth providers, and decentralized clinical trial CROs. What is your opinion on the current health care system?... View Details
- 16 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 16
pricing mechanism, capitalism must have the administrative capability to regulate the behavior of economic actors within those markets and the political capability to redesign their institutions; View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
determination, strength, and grace that has made her one of the most influential and noteworthy leaders in corporate America today. For the past 21 years, Fudge has demonstrated a remarkable ability to lead teams, reposition products, and increase the bottom line. She... View Details
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Electricity - Business & Environment
Confronting Climate Change Electricity Renewables, nuclear, and carbon capture offer massive market potential The combustion of fossil fuels to generate electricity is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions and the largest... View Details
- 02 Oct 2017
- What Do You Think?
Do Bitcoin and Digital Currency Have a Future?
for market manipulation (and) used as payment method for online crime.” Bitcoin does not have a future as a currency, Turnbull said, because of the cost of operating sufficient computers to collectively document every single transaction.... View Details
- 18 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Economic Clusters Drive Globalization
two locations shared knowledge of palm oil production even as they competed for market share—a contest that Malaysia eventually won thanks to its more stable political climate and higher quality of institutions. “Because the Malaysian... View Details
- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
Working PapersFinding Missing Markets (and a disturbing epilogue): Evidence from an Export Crop Adoption and Marketing Intervention in Kenya Authors:Nava Ashraf, Xavier Gine, and Dean Karlan Abstract In... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach
time, managers and corporations seek capital for their ideas, but in doing so they have an inherent conflict of interest about what information to disclose. Therefore, for this complex system to work smoothly requires a governance system where standards setters and... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu
- 14 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 14
increased during the 2007-2009 financial crisis. Diversification gave firms both financing and investment advantages. First, conglomerates became significantly more leveraged relative to comparable focused firms. Second, conglomerates' access to internal capital View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Upside of Highlighting a Product's Downsides
Australia’s fourth-largest company, agreed to let Buell and Choi test the benefits of trade-off transparency among its prospective credit card customers. Commonwealth Bank is the country’s biggest issuer of credit card loans, with almost 27 percent of View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 04 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 4
opportunities for providers; and contribute to a more efficient, convenient healthcare delivery system. While the platform could benefit insurers, providers, employers, and patients alike, the company has only marketed to a few health... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space?
in space colonies, the cultural transformation will be significant. “People will start to think of it as another branch of civilization,” he says. Space Sidebar Commercial human space travel is regulated by the Federal Aviation... View Details
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Business, Government & the International Economy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Recipient of the 2020 Russell Sage Foundation Presidential Authority Grant in the Future of Work program for “The Labor Market and Political Effects of Automation” with Sydnee Caldwell. Marlous van Waijenburg : 2020: Finalist for the... View Details
- 05 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 5
Regulation? By: Drake, David F., and Robin L. Just Abstract—A regulator's ability to incentivize environmental improvement among firms is vital in achieving long-term sustainability. However, firms can and do respond to environmental View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
that expansions abroad reduce a firm's domestic activity, instead suggesting the opposite. The Finance Function in a Global Corporation Author:Mihir A. Desai Publication:HBS Centennial Issue. Harvard Business Review 86, nos. 7/8 (July - August 2008) Abstract As... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
Evidence from the Indian Life Insurance Market Authors:Santosh Anagol, Shawn Cole, and Shayak Sarkar Abstract We conduct a series of field experiments to evaluate two competing views of the role of financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Breaking News
that is just market analysis: Where are the places that are growing or shrinking? What’s the business health of each community? What’s the social capital across different communities? Where is (and isn’t) there philanthropy? On top of... View Details