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  • 04 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 4

and organizations, leaving few left for newcomers and growth. In this context, some networks seek to sell the addresses they previously received-sales that can usefully transfer resources to the networks that most need them, but with certain View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Nov 2021
  • Op-Ed

How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss

As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller
  • 01 Dec 2008
  • News

Lesson from the Fall

assignments; Requiring that a different degree of directors’ wealth be at risk through investments in company shares to ensure they have interests totally aligned with those of shareholders; Completely separating the role of CEO and board... View Details
Keywords: Malcolm S. Salter; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities
  • 19 Jul 2016
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July 19, 2016

I. Norton Abstract—While many experiments have explored risk preferences for money, few have systematically assessed risk preferences for everyday experiences. We propose a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 May 2013
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First Look: May 21

U.S. data. We confirm that the equity of better-capitalized banks has lower systematic risk (beta) and lower idiosyncratic risk. However, over the last 40 years, lower risk... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 13

811-106 Location choice is a critical decision for entrepreneurs. This note explores how entrepreneurs should think about different city options through a systematic framework that encompasses professional and personal issues. We use the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Sep 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Improving Accountability at the World Bank

public participation, supported by improved staff incentives and performance appraisals. Systematically incorporate public participation in decision-making at each stage of its project/policy cycles. Improve the transparency of its... View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
  • 22 Sep 2003
  • Research & Ideas

How Businesses Can Respond to AIDS

out of efficiency, cost, and risk mitigation issues. The elements are interdependent, yet not all stakeholders face the same image and branding exposure. Supply chains also translate to attenuated control; that is, your company can exert... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 01 Aug 2012
  • What Do You Think?

Should CEOs Worry About ‘Too Big to Succeed?’

have been preoccupied with the question of financial institutions becoming too big to fail. But recent data points have me asking whether the relevant question should be whether financial (and other organizations) bear a greater risk of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing; Financial Services
  • 24 Feb 2015
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First Look: February 24

persistent but can also be associated with firms' risk or growth characteristics, implying that ICC regressions are likely confounded by spurious correlations. Moreover, I document that biases in GLS' measurement errors are driven not... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Jan 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]

government in the past: trying to resuscitate ailing industries and nurture new ones. This approach did not actually work. What the government ought to do, instead, is address the systematic weaknesses in the competitive environment in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
  • 18 Aug 2009
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First Look: August 18

http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/609016-PDF-ENG Dharavi: Developing Asia's Largest Slum Harvard Business School Case 710-004 Maharashtra state is accepting bids to redevelop Dharavi, the largest slum in Asia. A real estate developer assesses the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 24

  PublicationsBarriers to Household Risk Management: Evidence from India Authors:Shawn A. Cole, Xavier Giné, Jeremy Tobacman, Petia Topalova, Robert M. Townsend, and James Vickery Publication:American Economic Journal: Applied Economics... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 07 May 2013
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First Look: May 7

decomposes excess return predictability in U.S. and U.K. inflation-indexed and nominal government bonds. We find that nominal bonds reflect time-varying inflation and real rate risk premia, while inflation-indexed bonds reflect... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 22 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 22

and overly restricting access to credit and consumer choice. Nicolas Retsinas, Eric Belsky, and their colleagues aim to stimulate debate based on analysis of the opportunities and challenges presented by the various components of global capital markets: financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 20

place. The leading players in these clusters are multilocation firms that organize and integrate knowledge across sites worldwide. Strong internal links across locations allow these firms to leverage knowledge for competitive advantage without View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 12

Martínez-Fritscher and Aldo Musacchio Abstract There is a large amount of literature that aims to explain what determines country risk (defined as the difference between the yield of a sovereign's bonds and the risk-free rate). In this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Apr 2019
  • What Do You Think?

Does Our Bias Against Federal Deficits Need Rethinking?

Wildebeest added: “There is a good case to be made that deficits from loose monetary policy are the actual cause of the ever-widening income disparity in the US and nearly every major economy.” (JohnfrmClevelnd reminded Wildebeest that MMT “includes a federally-funded... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 17 Nov 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Lessons from a Nasty Trade Dispute

the importance of the relationship between a firm and the government of the country in which it is based, particularly in the context of the WTO, where the unflagging support of the government is essential to success. A third issue is for managers to understand more... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • 18 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 18, 2009

marketing of stylish, lower-tech bicycles. The company's future hangs in the balance. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=609042 KPMG (B): Risk and Reform Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace