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- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
the world take big risks but also work harder than anyone else. Luis Robles (MBA 2010) X-Star Partners A Dream Redefined We first met Peter Szulczewski when he was working on a neat concept called ContextLogic. He had built contextual... View Details
- 05 Jun 2013
- What Do You Think?
Do We Need to Extend ‘No Surprises Management?’
or are reluctant to risk carrying bad news up the chain of command, making a bad situation worse. What if the NSM concept was extended downward, to entreat managers not to surprise those reporting to them? The potential benefits were... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 09 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Education, Technology, and Business: What’s the Catch?
identifies opportunities in the education sector, and was recently also CEO of Chancellor Beacon Academies, Inc., a Miami-based company that develops and operates independent and charter schools. The fourth panelist, Nereyda Salinas,... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Q&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office
Both transitions have strategic and competitive implications for firms operating in and out of the region. The current "reconstruction" of Asia offers insights about differentiating systemic from asystemic View Details
- 26 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 26
under Risk Authors:Eyal Ert and Ido Erev Abstract Five studies are presented that explore the assertion that losses loom larger than gains. The first two studies reveal equal sensitivity to gains and losses. For example, half of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- December 2010
- Article
Nominal versus Indexed Debt: A Quantitative Horse Race
By: Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk
The main arguments in favor of and against nominal and indexed debt are the incentive to default through inflation versus hedging against unforeseen shocks. We model and calibrate these arguments to assess their quantitative importance. We use a dynamic equilibrium... View Details
Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Motivation and Incentives; Inflation and Deflation; System Shocks; Taxation; Risk and Uncertainty; Framework; Problems and Challenges; Interest Rates; Cost; Developing Countries and Economies; Service Operations
Alfaro, Laura, and Fabio Kanczuk. "Nominal versus Indexed Debt: A Quantitative Horse Race." Journal of International Money and Finance 29, no. 8 (December 2010): 1706–1726. (Also Harvard Business School Working Paper No. 05-053 and NBER Working Paper No. 13131.)
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
A Roaring Success in the Windy City
best-practice tales from the frontlines, and networking opportunities with other alumni. "I had forgotten how great it is to be in a classroom," said Alan M. Silberstein (MBA '72), after hearing Professor William A. Sahlman's humor-filled presentation on View Details
- 29 Jun 2015
- HBS Case
Consumer-centered Health Care Depends on Accessible Medical Records
admitted patients who were at high risk for readmission to the hospital. Patients at risk of being readmitted within 30 days of discharge have hospital staff members who work with them on managing... View Details
- 28 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy
various directions within different departments. For example, human resources might initiate a United Way gift program that involves a company match; operations might work on waste reduction; and marketing might collect an extra dime from... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Mar 2007
- Op-Ed
Government’s Misguided Probe of Private Equity
jointly underwriting public corporate offerings. Nor is this unique to the United States. Britain's Financial Services Authority has announced that it is increasing its scrutiny of private-equity firms. Among the problems or risks... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
One-on-One with Peter Cuneo
entering the direct-to-video business by producing animated, full-length films that sell directly to retailers. When it comes to licensing, we don’t like to risk our own capital. Since I came to the company in 1999, we’ve done 1,500... View Details
- 13 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Venturing: Entrepreneurship on the Inside
biting the bullet, and saying we will give these people an opportunity to get rich if they succeed at what it is they are choosing to do. We'll also load them up with the risk that an outside entrepreneur would have." Finding And... View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Home from the Sea
fashion. That’s Rich. He’s very disciplined and just a consummate mariner. He has an almost religious fixation about doing things right and in exactly the same way. You don’t just put the winch handle down in the same place, you have it facing the same way. His style... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Books
how artists work will have an advantage over those who don’t.” Artful Making is the product of an unlikely intellectual collaboration. Austin, a former technology implementation manager at Ford, is an assistant professor at HBS who teaches Technology and View Details
- January 1995 (Revised May 1997)
- Case
Syscom Computers
By: Kenneth A. Froot, Peter Tufano and Chris L Marshall
Discusses a company deciding what it should do to manage its worldwide hedging operations. View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Currency Exchange Rate; Information Management; Management Practices and Processes; Risk Management; Operations
Froot, Kenneth A., Peter Tufano, and Chris L Marshall. "Syscom Computers." Harvard Business School Case 295-094, January 1995. (Revised May 1997.)
- December 2009 (Revised April 2012)
- Case
Neoprene
By: Tom Nicholas and Felipe Tamega Fernandes
In 1931, during one of the worst economic crises in U.S. history, Du Pont announced the discovery of an innovative rubber synthetic product—neoprene. Yet at the time of the announcement, Du Pont did not have any neoprene to sell. Manufacturing facilities were still... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Business History; Innovation and Invention; Product Development; Risk and Uncertainty; Science-Based Business; Commercialization; Chemical Industry; United States
Nicholas, Tom, and Felipe Tamega Fernandes. "Neoprene." Harvard Business School Case 810-084, December 2009. (Revised April 2012.)
- 26 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 26
rates to those facing high tax rates. Evidence from the worldwide operations of U.S. multinational firms indicates that affiliates in low-tax jurisdictions use trade credit to lend, whereas those in high-tax jurisdictions use trade credit... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy
possibilities and for spreading the risk on those selected. Does this not furnish a sound business basis for trying new methods of applying development capital? We cannot depend safely for an indefinite time on the expansion of our old... View Details
Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante
- 01 May 2020
- In Practice
COVID-19’s Hard Lessons Might Prepare Business for Climate Change
operations and supply chain will not only better enable them to manage future pandemics, but also some of the disruptions that climate change is bringing like more intensive storms, droughts, and flooding. I also hope that this pandemic... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 21 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 21
duration function as large-scale shocks to the quantity of interest rate risk that must be borne by professional bond investors. I develop a simple model in which the risk tolerance of bond investors is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne