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  • 08 May 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 8, 2018

1979). Counter to this notion, results from six experiments show that lay people adhere more to advice when they think it comes from an algorithm than from a person. People showed this sort of algorithm appreciation when making numeric estimates about a visual View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Nov 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Hiding From Managers Can Increase Your Productivity

starts paying attention to something or someone, it happens in one of two ways: executive control (that person deliberately chooses what to focus on) or attentional capture (the attention is captured by a stimulus in the person's sensory... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing
  • 03 Oct 2013
  • Research & Ideas

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

deconcentrate our risk. We may have also missed the chance to put a much bigger stimulus into the system (one-and-a-half to two times more than we did) to fix our broken infrastructure, fund R&D and basic science, address climate... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Banking; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate
  • 29 May 2020
  • Op-Ed

How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents

Australia In Australia, COVID-19 came on the heels of bushfires that devastated many communities. “The need for food dramatically increased as COVID-19 escalated,” reported Ian Carson (HBS OPM 42, 2012), cofounder of SecondBite. “The Australian Government has... View Details
Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Agriculture & Agribusiness
  • 08 Sep 2010
  • First Look

First Look: September 8, 2010

Funding: Bridging the "Valley of Death" Michael J. Roberts, Joseph B. Lassiter, and Ramana NandaHarvard Business School Case 810-144 The case focuses on the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the $38 billion of stimulus funding... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Feb 2009
  • First Look

First Look: February 24, 2009

and how much, to use fiscal stimulus to resuscitate the economy. To help students understand Obama's options, the case reviews both the recent tax cuts under President George W. Bush, including the supply-side and demand-management... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 1, 2008

to drag the economy into a recession. The Bush administration approved a fiscal stimulus package exceeding $150 billion. Interest rates had been repeatedly cut at the fastest pace in decades, to 2.25% as of March 2008. The Fed, in an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 May 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018

Budget Impasse, 2001–2019, draws on recent government documents to explore America's economic performance since 2001, the ideology and effects of the Bush tax cuts, Obama's fiscal stimulus in 2009, the Trump tax cuts in 2017, the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 21 Jul 2009
  • First Look

First Look: July 21

driven by China's insatiable appetite for raw materials. Then the global financial crisis erupted in 2008, brewing challenges for the world's biggest exporter of coal and iron ore. Prime Minister Rudd pushed for massive stimulus packages... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Nov 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Six Steps for Reinvigorating America

we could slip even more, and I think the world would suffer. People used to look to America for leadership, but I'm not sure they do anymore. I think we can bring it back. Q: What is the white-coat economy, and why is it important? A: This, I think, is the leading edge... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Aug 2009
  • First Look

First Look: August 11, 2009

since the Great Depression. That is why Barack Obama and his team have been looking to Franklin Delano Roosevelt for help. The stimulus measure passed by Congress in February that includes money for building infrastructure, strengthening... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Dec 2010
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First Look: Dec. 7

finance a $4 billion fiscal stimulus package amid the global economic downturn. Velasco was now Chile's most popular minister. However, the future of Chile's fiscal policy was questionable with the election of a new president, Sebastian... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 May 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research

that, donating a portion of their stimulus checks to food banks or to friends who are out of work. Some are helping others in non-financial ways, including recovered coronavirus patients donating plasma to help the sick. “During this... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
  • 09 May 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 9

requirements provided a major stimulus for the emergence of local firms in Germany and Spain. U.S. firms were unable to develop internationally competitive products partly because of a rush to capture lucrative contracts dependent on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Jul 2014
  • First Look

First Look: July 8

companies in at least five ways: as a source of knowledge and expertise, as a sounding board and constructive critic, as a driver of accountability, as a stimulus for innovation, and as a resource for the full board. In an accompanying... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 05 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 5, 2009

since the Federal Reserve Board had helped to bailout investment bank Bear Stearns. Deflation, not inflation, had become a top concern. Interest rates were near zero percent. Five million jobs had been lost. The new Barack Obama administration had pushed forward with a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 04 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: January 4

fiscal stimulus package and then must debate whether to extend the Bush tax cuts. Purchase this supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/712012-PDF-ENG View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 24 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 24

electric vehicles in China and electric buses in Europe and America. It just opened two plants in Michigan, partially funded by a grant from America's stimulus fund. At the same time, the company is expanding its business in large, grid... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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