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  • 06 Apr 2010
  • First Look

First Look: April 6

standard deviation increase in the divergence increases the average loan spread by approximately 18%, or 35 basis points. The effect of the excess control rights on the cost of bank debt is more pronounced when the borrowing firm is... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Feb 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

default for those who don’t make an active choice: pharmacy pick-up without insurance subsidies. Under this program, 42% of eligible employees actively choose home delivery, 39% actively choose pharmacy pickup, and 19% make no active... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 May 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 9

American Economic Review The Costs of Sovereign Default: Evidence from Argentina By: Hébert, Benjamin, and Jesse Schreger Abstract—We estimate the causal effect of sovereign default on the equity returns of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Jul 2006
  • Op-Ed

Corporate Governance Activists are Headed in the Wrong Direction

corporations incorporated in a given state—public or private, big or small—are subject to the same statutory framework. State statutes typically specify plurality selection as the default rule for director elections. Most... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Hinsey
  • 14 Jun 2004
  • Research & Ideas

The Big Money for Big Projects

decision to invest in a very large and very risky project. If done as part of the corporate balance sheet, there is a possibility that the project could drag the parent or "sponsoring" company into default if the project gets... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services
  • 15 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 15, 2008

exploring the conditions under which investable tax credits may be the most effective mechanism to deliver a production subsidy and discusses the desirability of employing investable tax credits in other policy domains. Estimates of tax... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Jun 2018
  • Research Event

Has Environmental Sustainability Lost its Relevance?

iPhoto For businesses and other organizations seeking to overcome roadblocks to sustainability over the last few decades, much can be learned from the debates I heard at the recent Harvard Business School conference, Understanding and Overcoming Roadblocks to... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones; Energy
  • 01 Dec 2009
  • News

An Action Plan for Economic Recovery

effectively force all securitizations on the balance sheet. Since the new rules treat banks as if they have 100 percent of the risk of loss, they must put up capital as if that were true. So we’ve gone from one extreme to another, with... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance
  • 04 Aug 2009
  • First Look

First Look: August 4

Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-005.pdf The Effect of Labor on Profitability: The Role of Quality (revised) Author:Zeynep Ton Abstract Determining staffing levels is an important decision in retail operations. While... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Nov 2016
  • First Look

November 15, 2016

will be critical to their success. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51813 Fiscal Rules and Sovereign Default By: Alfaro, Laura, and Fabio Kanczuk Abstract—We provide a quantitative analysis of fiscal rules... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Dec 2008
  • What Do You Think?

Can Housing and Credit be “Nudged” Back to Health?

governments to influence choices in ways that encourage choosers to make decisions in their best interest. They call it "libertarian paternalism." This involves utilizing "nudges" such as the wording of choices in ways that influence individual... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 15 May 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018

Layoffs That Don't Break Your Company: Better Approaches to Workforce Transition By: Sucher, Sandra J., and Shalene Gupta Abstract—Today layoffs have become companies’ default response to the challenges created by advances in technology... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 24 Oct 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Building an IT Governance Committee

In a recent Harvard Business Review article, authors Richard Nolan and Warren McFarlan explored the role of the board of directors in IT governance—and how most "fall into the default mode of applying a set of tacit or explicit rules... View Details
Keywords: by Richard Nolan & Warren McFarlan
  • 29 Jan 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019

a concurrent change in electronic transaction standards allowed hospitals to document a larger number of diagnoses per claim, which had the effect of reducing risk-adjusted patient readmission rates. Prior studies of the HRRP relied upon... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 20 Aug 2012
  • Research & Ideas

The Acquirers

won't," he says. "If it doesn't, private equity investors can walk away." Factoring In Co-insurance Rhodes-Kropf says a co-insurance effect combined with debt market misvaluation plays out in different ways. A strategic... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard; Financial Services
  • 01 Mar 2021
  • Blog Post

Best Practices for Creating a Successful Virtual Internship

Development has gathered best practices from companies who crafted remote internships for the first time in 2020, and those who have managed virtual teams for years. Using these strategies and tools will help set your company up for an View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 10 Jul 2000
  • Research & Ideas

IT Links for Boundaryless Companies

phones that can speak with your phone, your phone becomes more valuable. "We see that very strongly in information technology. That effect is very important not only in terms of the hardware protocols, but also in terms of virtual... View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
  • 14 Jun 2016
  • First Look

June 14, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50814 Fiscal Rules and Sovereign Default By: Alfaro, Laura, and Fabio Kanczuk Abstract—We provide a quantitative analysis of fiscal rules in a standard model of sovereign debt accumulation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Jul 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 17, 2018

deep conviction that Islamism could not provide an effective model of governance in the twentieth century and therefore would collapse of its own accord within months after the Islamists seized power. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 02 Jul 2010
  • What Do You Think?

Is Profit as a “Direct Goal” Overrated?

Summing Up Why do managers choose to pursue profit so directly? The word "profit" in this month's column provoked a wide range of issues and emotions among respondents. It set off several debates. They ranged from definitions of "acceptable" profit... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
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