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- 04 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 4, 2016
evidence on whether and how these programs affect the real economy. Using rich borrower-linked mortgage-market data, we document that there is a “flypaper effect” of LSAPs, where the transmission of unconventional monetary policy to... View Details
- 30 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 30
avoidance at portfolio firms as an additional source of economic value. We document that PE-backed portfolio firms engage in significantly more nonconforming tax planning and have lower marginal tax rates than other private firms.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 May 2018
- News
Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area
direct conversations with these very high-level CEOs.” The CEOs are not “presenting their PR pitch deck on the virtues of their company,” says Rick Williams (PMD 33, 1977), a former club president. “They’re engaging in a lively and creative View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 10 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Legacy of Boaty McBoatface: Beware of Customers Who Vote
participants who lost the vote subsequently rated their approval for the company lower than both those who retained the vote and those who never had it. The last category, non-suppression, is the principle that was violated in the... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Sir Martin S. Sorrell, MBA 1968
DoubleClick last April, WPP quickly countered with the purchase of 24/7 Real Media. Also high on Sorrell's agenda is the subject of corporate social responsibility (CSR)—or global corporate citizenship—which he says was catapulted into... View Details
- 13 May 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #5: Phyllis Newhouse, CEO, Entrepreneur, Leader
worldwide.) Two years later, I began thinking about a suggestion for a women-led SPAC. So, I developed a 90-day plan, which involved learning about capital markets, investment banking, SEC rules. And on day 89, I was ringing the bell at the New York Stock View Details
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
proposals, and quality evaluations for more than 12,000 evaluator-proposal pairs. The analysis shows that solicitations offering a personal reward for top submissions boost participation rates without affecting submission quality. We show... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Apr 2021
- News
Road Work
Friedman. He’d had a successful career in investment banking and venture capital, which included being the founder and former president of the investment banking operation of Houlihan Lokey at the age of 28. Houlihan Lokey would go on to become a New York Stock View Details
- 16 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant
pace due to the increased rate at which we now exchange information. That’s why it is more important than ever for managers to make increased efforts to stay relevant and protect against skill obsolescence.... View Details
- 11 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Non-competes Push Talent Away
legalization of non-competes had a definite brain drain effect. Indeed, after the passage of MARA, more inventors left Michigan for states that did not enforce non-competes than for states that did. The paper explains that from 1975 to 1996—the period surrounding the... View Details
- 20 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 20, 2007
a period of financial repression. Nationalization led to lower interest rates and lower quality intermediation and may have slowed employment gains in trade and services. Development lending goals were met, but these had no View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
The VC Quandary: Too Much Money
necessarily the best strategy. "What you've got (to do is) be sure that you're into the first five or six: the guys that have a real chance of making it. And that means they're early to market, that they're ahead in their product... View Details
- 02 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018
stall a company’s scaling efforts. To prevent this from happening, companies must make core processes like recruiting, interviewing, and development a real priority in daily practice. As Aristotle emphasized a long time ago, “Excellence... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
in real time, even as other communications were disrupted. Just as important, Twitter became an invaluable tool for people to check on loved ones and seek evacuation and medical assistance. "That was the moment I decided to work at... View Details
- 22 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms
leverage and reforming the credit rating system. The Case Against A Systemic Risk Regulator In a lengthy minority dissent, the oversight panel's two Republicans, Texas Congressman Jeb Hensarling and former New Hampshire Senator John... View Details
- 25 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #1: Kameale C. Terry
she said, have purchased electric vehicles. She believes that paying her staff a living wage is just good business. “We increase our retention rate by paying people enough to live on, enough so that they don’t require a second job.” She... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Back to the Future
instability surrounding world oil supplies, the uncertainty about the reserve base and the depletion rate of U.S. oil and gas reserves, the immobilization of nuclear energy in the United States, the challenge of building up an expanded... View Details
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
ride this one out." At the same time, I've met very few who feel the situation is so bad it can't be fixed. Most people we've talked with feel we've got a real problem, it can be fixed, but it requires action. They're asking about... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
months that included marrying Sarah Abugre, a teacher he met in Ghana; moving with her to the United States; and settling in at Soldiers Field. While pursuing concurrent MBA and MPA degrees at HBS and the Kennedy School, Murphy was delighted to find “so many... View Details
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
whiffed management assignment, an unceremonious firing, or a failed marriage. Whatever the circumstances, one point becomes clear: The only real failure is not learning from one. Catch those stones While I have had “whoopsies” at jobs as... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios