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- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
it faced huge capital expenditures associated with constructing its manufacturing facilities. The company was at a crossroads: it had to decide whether to partner with IBM or align with other firms as it tried to keep up with Intel.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jul 2014
- Op-Ed
Reform Tax Law to Keep US Firms at Home
facilitate the expatriation of US corporations. Such transactions reflect the effects of policies and of the changing structure of multinational firms. From a policy perspective, the transactions highlight the increasing costs of... View Details
- 27 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments
By implication, the annual deficit is equal to the reported deficit plus the change in the vested, unfunded liabilities incurred in that year (e.g., the change in the Medicare liability) plus the implicit net cost of the annual guarantee... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 24 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Do We Tax?
this policy be designed not just to meet Utilitarian goals but also to align with the principle of Equal Sacrifice. The principle of Equal Sacrifice declares that the goal of tax policy is to share the costs of funding public goods evenly... View Details
- 07 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 7
future performance and cost of capital and (ii) to critically assess the implied assumptions underlying the market's expectations. The case is best suited for a course on business valuation at all levels... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?
Act, which was passed by Congress in 2010, created a mechanism to deal with many of them, alongside Basel III the most recent iteration in global banking regulations. Important details of both are still being hammered out. The most progress has probably been made in... View Details
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
Drivers of Corporate Sustainability and Implications for Capital Markets: An International Perspective Authors:Ioannis Ioannou and George Serafeim Publication:In The Landscape of Integrated Reporting, edited by Robert G. Eccles, Beiting... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 10
pre-selection by a menu setter. We develop a model to study the relation between the ability of the menu setter and the size and quality of the menu. We show that when the cost of increasing the size of the menu is sufficiently small, a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Nov 2019
- Op-Ed
Gender Bias Complaints against Apple Card Signal a Dark Side to Fintech
which was historically plagued by frictions, is becoming potentially more accurate, efficient, and cost effective. For small-business lending, technology is changing the game, providing access to capital for... View Details
- 24 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 24
environments and does not seem to be explained by measurement error. Third, difference in differences estimates with respect to the cost of effort, due to weather shocks and popular sport events, reveal that the observed difference... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 16 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 16
economic theory of GAAP under the assumption that GAAP's objective is to facilitate efficient capital allocation within an economy. The theory predicts that GAAP, as shaped by the economic forces of demand for and supply of financial... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 6, 2007
(Brazil, Russia, India, and China). Experts agreed that for Brazil to grow like other BRIC countries, the Brazilian government would have to reduce the cost of doing business in the country ("Brazil cost"). At the same time,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Nov 2011
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again
intellectual capital was drained" —Reynold Levy Levy, who was a senior lecturer at HBS before he took the Lincoln Center job, has stayed committed to the institution's funding base—the fiercely dedicated baby boomers who have... View Details
- 19 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future
On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers... View Details
- 06 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 6, 2007
balance sheet instead of raising our cash dividends or buying back shares?; Do we have the optimal capital structure, with the lowest weighted after-tax cost of total capital, including debt and equity?; Do... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017
“particularly on high cost of failure situations where good information on potential service providers is correspondingly of high value.” Angie's List had a paid subscription model as it charged “members” for access to the information... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company
share, customer satisfaction, and return on capital employed, which allow them greater freedom. The span of control and the span of accountability are not independent. They must be considered together. The first defines the resources... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
propose a general mechanism of partner choice, "screening," that is similar to the economic theory of mechanism design. Imposing the appropriate costs and rewards may induce the informed individuals to screen themselves... View Details
- 13 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 13
census. We document a shift to smaller shops following a 1996 regulatory change that increased the costs of opening large stores. Our analysis suggests that total factor productivity (TFP) of multi-store retail chains fell after the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Your Board’s Effectiveness
corporate strategy—create value by becoming known for better governance and greater transparency to external providers? Can they lower their cost of capital and perhaps get a valuation premium based on the... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan