Political Reservations - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation

effectiveness as political theater, there is too much focus on proprietary trading and hedge funds, both of which had limited culpability for the crisis. Little has been done to eliminate or mitigate the threat to the system from firms... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Dec 2007
News

Mead Treadwell

size of California. Do other Arctic countries like Canada, Russia, or Norway have stronger cultural or nationalist feelings about the North? If so, is the United States at a disadvantage in trying to forge domestic political consensus... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Transportation

01 Dec 2006
News

MBA vs. MBA

from Fort Worth’s southern suburbs to Crawford, Waco, and east to College Station, home of Texas A&M University and the presidential library of Bush’s father, George H.W. Bush. Political analysts rank Texas 17 as the nation’s most... View Details

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

24 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018

with positive consequences on business evaluation only for female-led ventures, for which increased perceptions of warmth attenuate female entrepreneurs’ gender role incongruity. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54067 2018 The Palgrave... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Mar 2009
News

Gazprom Goes Global

confirmed the fears of many in the West that the wounded Russian bear, smarting from its diminished role in the post-Soviet era, could be a cruel and dangerous troublemaker. With about one-quarter of the world’s reserves of natural gas,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Natural Gas Distribution; Utilities

24 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

In Troubled Africa, Botswana Flowers

developing countries. After receiving generous amounts of aid in the early years of its development, the country weaned itself off these external flows as quickly as possible. They now maintain a comfortable cushion of foreign reserves to... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

02 Mar 2017
What Do You Think?

Is China About to Overtake the US for World Trade Leadership?

reluctance to open up the banking system and promote the yuan as a global reserve currency. These were the conclusions of nearly all respondents to this month’s column. Nevertheless, there was an undertone to the comments suggesting that... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

30 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019

inferences are formed as a function of what is chosen. Specifically, when observers encounter someone else's choice (e.g., of political candidate), they use the chosen option's attribute values (e.g., a candidate's specific stance on a... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

25 Jul 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017

forthcoming Journal of Political Economy Reserve Design: Unintended Consequences and the Demise of Boston's Walk Zones By: Dur, Umut, Scott Duke Kominers, Parag A. Pathak, and Tayfun Sönmez... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

04 Feb 2014
First Look

First Look: February 4

http://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/the-art-of-strategic-renewal/ August 2013 Journal of Development Economics Political Reservations and Women's Entrepreneurship in India By: Ghani, Ejaz, William R. Kerr,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009

Finally, in contrast with some cross-country analyses, ethnic and caste polarization, land inequality, and political participation are not significantly associated with violence. Download the paper:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Oct 1998
News

A Marketable Skill

talented, artistically, but I was good at managing creative types." After sharpening those management skills at HBS, Gehrke held a succession of marketing jobs with big companies but never stayed in one place too long. "I need to run things, I have strong opinions, and... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

Profile

Kurt White

veterans was not what I expected. Veterans are incredibly well treated at both schools. Even people who are opposed to the politics behind the [Iraq] war are incredibly supportive.” Books, comic and .com In his first summer break, Kurt... View Details

03 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

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

share of mortgages through Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Housing Administration, and the Federal Reserve buys most of the securities guaranteed by these entities. Congress has not yet agreed on a system with a better balance of... View Details

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

21 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

What Health Care Managers Need to Know--and How to Teach Them

Reserve University, Duke University, Peking University, University of Alabama at Birmingham, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Pennsylvania, Vanderbilt Law School and Virginia Commonwealth University, who led the... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Guttry; Health; Education

31 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

Why Competition May Not Improve Credit Rating Agencies

reserves when investing in bonds of lower ratings. Ratings are also used in private contracts, for example to define the investment objectives of bond mutual funds. Ratings are a concise and well-understood metric of credit quality.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

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01 Apr 1997
News

HBS Conferences Explore Range of Issues

you have performed much more than adequately to have lasted so long; and a confidence that having come this far, you are well prepared to meet all future challenges." "The nation's business community," Graves said, "continues to reserve... View Details

05 Jan 2010
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First Look: January 5

(revenue maximizing) auction for sponsored search advertising. We show that a search engine's optimal reserve price is independent of the number of bidders and independent of the rate at which click-through rate declines over positions.... View Details