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- 10 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 10, 2009
Working PapersInflation Bets or Deflation Hedges? The Changing Risks of Nominal Bonds Authors:John Y. Campbell, Adi Sunderam, and Luis M. Viceira Abstract The covariance between U.S. Treasury bond returns and stock returns has moved... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Facing the New World Order
period. However, the Global Competitiveness Report does include an analysis of the short- or medium-term economic impact of these tragic events and it is cut with a number of specific policy recommendations. I wanted to draw your... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
engineer scarcity by limiting supply when secondary markets thicken to separate primary and secondary markets. We find support for these hypotheses in the U.S. concert ticket industry. Publisher's link: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2359803 August... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
After Germanwings, More Attention Needed on Employee Mental Health
on an X-ray," says Quelch, who holds a joint appointment as Professor in Health Policy and Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. "Mental health conditions aren't so readily identifiable." It's clear from Quelch and... View Details
- 30 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Political Polarization: Why We All Just Can't Get Along
observationally result in the same thing—‘I don’t trust them’—but has very different policy implications and takeaways for practitioners.” IN BELIEF WE TRUST Minor says the overarching issue is what leads people to trust one group over... View Details
- 26 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Grocery Bags Manipulate Your Mind
lights when we leave the room or recycling our bottles," Karmarkar says. "Bringing bags is interesting in that it's a difficult thing to remember to do, and actually requires a fairly big behavioral change on the part of the... View Details
- 02 Oct 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Leadership an Increasingly Difficult Balancing Act?
ephemeral state of entropy we live in, called Digital." We're left with impression that changes in leadership required for success in the fast-moving information economy will be achieved with limited discomfort. And yet we are... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 12
choice, and consumers fight back by rooting out and disseminating pricing policies that seem unfair. The problem is that companies generally think of value as a pie that is rightfully theirs. But value is not fixed, and it neither... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 23
quantitative implications match a range of moments not targeted in the estimation quite well. We then characterize the optimal policy path implied by the model and our estimates. Optimal policy makes heavy... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Health Care Managers Need to Know--and How to Teach Them
entrepreneurship, and policy making. "It was an exciting effort that joined health care administrators, policymakers, and academics in discussing how to strengthen management education in the health sector, with a special focus on... View Details
- 16 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 16, 2008
City from its founding in the 17th century through 2008. Focuses on the decisions made by New York City officials, past and present, highlighting the challenges of economic development at the city level. Enables deep examination of the interdependence and interrelation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 24
depends on (i) how changes in the number of developers affect the incentives to invest in the open platform, and (ii) how investment in the open platform affects the revenues of the proprietary platform. Finally, a proprietary platform... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 29, 2015
adjusts the policy rate slowly in response to changes in its privately observed target. Such gradualism reflects an attempt to not spook the bond market. However, this effort ends up being thwarted in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 31
Abstract tIn this paper, we consider how the structures of tasks and teams interact to affect team performance. We study the effects of diversity in experience on a team's ability to respond to task changes by separately examining... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 12
as new players enter these markets and change the ecosystem of the industry. Although no single model has been successfully imported from one country to another due to significant country-specific differences in the regulatory financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?
returns grew still further. It was a vicious cycle.... "The stockholder-centric view of the current Schumer bill simply cannot be the cure for the disease it spawned." Rather than address specific policy proposals, HBS professor... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
- 23 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Are Great Teams Less Productive?
paper, "When Learning and Performance are at Odds: Confronting the Tension." In this interview, Edmondson discusses her work and practical considerations for organizations looking to sharpen their learning skills, i.e., any business hoping to be successful in... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
banks had failed since 1825, and many legislatures believed that a significant change in the banking regime was needed to shore up the state's financial systems. Others, however, feared that a major change... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
insurance developed stronger private equity markets in high volatility sectors over 1990-2004. These patterns are further evident in U.S. investments into Europe. In this context, policy mechanisms are more important than the overall... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Time that Government Reopens for Business
extension, which historically has not been a matter of contention. The juxtaposition with a change in leadership at the Federal Reserve also adds to the concern. And finally, I think that businesspeople have long had an attitude that,... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner