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  • 30 Jun 2015
  • First Look

First Look: June 30, 2015

Management Journal Monitoring Global Supply Chains By: Short, Jodi L., Michael W. Toffel, and Andrea R. Hugill Abstract—Firms reliant on supply chains to manufacture their goods risk reputational harm if the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 13 Dec 2016
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December 13, 2016

emerged in areas ranging from labor markets to credit applications to housing—sometimes made worse by a lack of regulation, the absence of in-person interactions, and the use of automation and big data. How can companies reverse the tide?... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 20 Jan 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency

get significant tax breaks under a Trump administration, to give more of their supply chain contracts to U.S.-based small businesses. In addition, National Federation of Independent Business surveys show that access to affordable health... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
  • 01 Apr 2019
  • What Do You Think?

Does Our Bias Against Federal Deficits Need Rethinking?

created as tax revenues fail to keep up with expenditures. At some point, one rarely experienced in the United States, investors may become unwilling to fuel deficits with further loans. The result: a government’s credit rating will... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 17 Dec 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Enterprising Women

Lewis (HBS MBA '92), took the Internet retailer of office supplies from 25 to 400 employees and $50 million to $500 million in revenues. Being an "intrapreneur" within a larger corporation—with a larger corporation's deep... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 14 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

strategy for how you actually get to those results. For example, the MCC made a $550 million grant to the government of Ghana that was focused on infrastructure such as irrigation and roads that could get farm goods to market, as well as agricultural View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 22 Jan 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 22

welfare in Mexico. Did liberalization lead to an increase (or decrease) in the supply of credit? Did liberalization lead to an increase (or decrease) in the cost of credit? Did liberalization lead to an increase (or decrease) in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 May 2013
  • First Look

First Look: May 7

equity groups. Instead, they appear to expand their private equity engagement to take advantage of the credit market booms while capturing private benefits from cross-selling of other banking services. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 07 Jul 2009
  • First Look

First Look: July 7

the fact that a large portion of new businesses is created in the informal sector. The authors identify the main obstacle to this area as the country's insufficient access to credit for small entrepreneurs. The chapter is devoted to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Dec 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 8

Economics 1, no. 1 (December 2009) Abstract Much of empirical corporate finance focuses on sources of the demand for various forms of capital, not the supply. Recently, this has changed. Supply effects of equity and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Jun 2015
  • Research & Ideas

The Transparency Revolution in Corporate Reporting

is increasing yields in their production while moving the supply chain toward more productive and just labor conditions. Novo Nordisk, a leading healthcare provider for diabetes, is making great strides in product affordability. Most... View Details
Keywords: Re: George Serafeim
  • 05 Feb 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Business and the Global Poor

have several great examples of that. First of all, Nestlé. Since World War II, Nestlé's milk has by and large been produced by thousands of small farmers in developing countries. And their supply chain efforts have gone way beyond just... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 17

preemption of national banks in 2004 from local laws against predatory lending to gauge the effect of the supply of credit on the real economy. Specifically, we exploit the heterogeneity in the market share... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 23

(forthcoming) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Download the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/bvillalonga/VillalongaAmit_FM_Final.pdf Working Papers Banking Market Concentration and Consumer Credit Constraints: Evidence from the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 8

  PublicationsThe New Science of Retailing: How Analytics Are Transforming the Supply Chain and Improving Performance Authors:Marshall Fisher and Ananth Raman Publication:Harvard Business School Press, 2010 Abstract Retailers today are... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Sep 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Explaining China's Crash

a number of commodities, in the process benefiting those countries that could supply them. The issue is that we may be reaching the limits to the outsourcing trend. For example, almost 100 percent of textiles in this country are now... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese; Financial Services
  • 30 Nov 2016
  • Op-Ed

Where Could More Regulation Help Small Businesses? Online Lending.

addressable market of $280 billion. That’s music to the ears of small businesses. Indeed, our research shows a sizeable credit gap exists for small businesses, particularly for loans under $100,000, which is the size that over 60 percent... View Details
Keywords: by Karen Mills and Brayden McCarthy; Financial Services
  • 22 Feb 2022
  • Research & Ideas

When Will the Hot Housing Market Finally Start to Cool?

There were a whole lot of risk factors in the Great Recession that contributed to the collapse: It was availability of credit to subprime borrowers, the syndication of these mortgages in the residential mortgage-backed securities market,... View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
  • 10 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017

C. Stein Abstract—Small business lending by the four largest banks fell sharply relative to others in 2008 and remained depressed through 2014. We explore the dynamic adjustment process following this credit View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Aug 2024
  • In Practice

Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?

and the International Economy Unit. Elisabeth Kempf: Political views shape economic outlook Political views influence the perception of economic reality among finance professionals. In a study linking credit rating analysts to party... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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