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- 30 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax
order to protect the groups earning the least. Nevertheless, opponents claim that a flat tax is likely to redistribute more of the tax burden from the rich to the middle classes. The fairness issue is very important in this case. It is... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 26 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
to low-income Mexicans living at the base of the pyramid (BOP), defined as those living on less than $10 per day. Since its launch in 2009, MIA had built nearly 25,000 homes—providing safe shelter to more than 100,000 Mexicans—while generating an View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 24
information environment quality, forecast horizon, sample composition, and tests of earnings management. Read the paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1264101 Wider dem sauren Mund. Beiersdorfs U.S.-Geschaeft mit der... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 30
provided a one-time tax holiday for the repatriation of foreign earnings by U.S. multinationals. The analysis controls for endogeneity and omitted variable bias by using instruments that identify the firms likely to receive the largest... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 14, 2007
the early years of the 21st century. From a state-owned enterprise earning 97% of its revenue from television sets and other analog consumer electronics, Thomson had become a publicly traded company providing digital video services and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 28
find that our measure of short-termism is associated with various proxies for accruals and real earnings management, suggesting that our proxy captures not just different disclosure strategies, but also different managerial styles. Next,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Aug 2007
- Op-Ed
3 Steps to Reduce Financial System Risk
set of investors who previously had limited access to complex derivative products. These include insurance companies and public and private pension funds. They see the products as a way to earn higher yield. The growing purchase by such... View Details
- 21 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 21
Opportunities: Optimal Taxation when Children's Abilities Depend on Parents' Resources Authors:Alexander Gelber and Matthew Weinzierl Abstract Empirical research suggests that parents' economic resources affect their children's future View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
The two cases challenge Colao’s organizational model of International Values and Local Roots that aims to maintain productive tension between global mandates and local practices. Colao meticulously designed his model based on the key value of trust, his unwavering... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick
Many companies follow a tried-and-true approach to pursuing corporate social responsibility practices. They set aside a certain amount per year to fund a CSR office, which then tries to help clean up the environment or improve the quality of life of people in the areas... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 08 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
You Won't Make It If You Fake It
and venture capitalist Marc Andreessen. That’s what I learned to do as the 27-year-old general manager of Litton Industries’ microwave oven division. I recruited an experienced team of appliance industry veterans, including the marketing and sales head who was twice my... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 21 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Is a Gap in Small-Business Credit Holding Back the American Economy?
access to public institutional debt and equity capital markets and the uncertainty of small business profits makes retained earnings a necessarily less stable source of capital. About 48 percent of business owners report a major bank as... View Details
- 04 Feb 2008
- Research & Ideas
Putting Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector
more students in the United States and other countries are seeking to earn their MBAs with an eye toward building careers in this field. Even students who plan to go into the business sector upon graduation are increasingly aware that... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Apr 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom
dinner, lively conversation, and encouragement at the Christensens' home in Lexington.) Christensen earned his MBA from Harvard in 1943 and shortly thereafter enlisted in the Army Quartermaster Corps, where he worked as a field research... View Details
- 18 Apr 2005
- Lessons from the Classroom
NFL Players Touch Down at HBS
is much needed, said the players. At best they have only a few years of earning power in professional football. And they don't work under guaranteed contracts—they are one nasty hit away from forced retirement. "Our window of... View Details
- 28 Jan 2002
- Research & Ideas
Read All About It! Newspapers Lose Web War
attention to the disruptive proposal. For example, when DEC launched the minicomputer, IBM might have looked at that new business and said, "let them have it." IBM's mainframe customers didn't need it, the small business market was nascent, and the margins... View Details
- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
case:http://hbr.org/search/812128-PDF-ENG Chapman International Inc. David F. HawkinsHarvard Business School Case 112-098 Management must make some accounting policy decisions to reach first-quarter earnings consensus. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
Erasing Racism Louis (Lou) Gossett Jr.’s exemplary life included a groundbreaking career in entertainment and a bold and audacious goal to erase racism. From the Broadway stage to television and the movie screen, Gossett earned major... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard
a law-abiding corporate citizen but as the outstanding corporate citizen, measured both environmentally and by creating well-paying, safe, and productive jobs. If regulations get tightened, some of our competitors may lose their franchise, but we expect to have View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton