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- 12 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Regulators Ease Up on Companies Generating Political Benefits
enforcement according to his measure of employment intensity, presenting his findings in the 2014 paper Government Preferences and SEC Enforcement. The data supported Heese's hypothesis. Companies in the top 25 percent of employment... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
When a Rainy Day Comes: The Economics of Happiness
about 10 percent. The general happiness of the population suffers, too, even among people who do not personally experience job loss or reduction in income. For behavioral economists and politicians, among others, these findings raise the question of whether View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
All in a Day's Work
through a day on the job to find out: Mardie Oakes, an HBS Service Leadership Fellow at Boston Community Capital, a community development financial institution, and Paul Sternhell, an entry-level manager at Samsung Electronics. Cookies... View Details
- 14 Dec 2010
- Op-Ed
Tax US Companies to Spur Spending
measures relating to government spending, would stem from decentralized actors responding to private information and incentives. Consider the potential effects of a temporary 2 percent tax on corporations' "excess" cash... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai
- 20 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
No Place Like Home: America’s Housing Crisis and Its Impact on Business
essential blue-collar positions. Says Harvey, "Firms must respond to these realities with higher wages, which make the goods and services they produce more expensive, which in turn makes the overall economy less competitive in a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Estonia, Incorporated
beyond Europe: Kumar presented the project to former Florida governor Jeb Bush during the GOP presidential candidate’s trip to Estonia in June. (Photo courtesy of SAP) Although e-Residents aren’t granted any of the rights of Estonian citizens, they do have access to... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 09 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership
factors that impact the business landscape (geopolitical forces, demographic shifts, technological breakthroughs, labor policies, social mores, and government intervention). In studying the context in which business leadership emerged, we... View Details
- Profile
Juan Eyzaguirre
through government again." On campus, Juan's wife, Cecilia Vial, is collaborating with other entrepreneurs on a media enterprise for Latin American women. Juan admits his own ambitions are currently less precise. Ultimately, the... View Details
- 05 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 5, 2010
optimal government debt maturity in a model where investors derive monetary services from holding riskless short-term securities. In a simple setting where the government is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should CEOs Worry About ‘Too Big to Succeed?’
government intervention " Gerald Nanninga was less willing to accept the notion of "too big to succeed," setting forth several ways of scaling up a company to minimize the burden of size on management. As he put it, "... View Details
- 13 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?
government relations is part of the inner circle. You can look at Turkcell and see it as a typical emerging-market story. Government intervention is everywhere. Regulators even set prices, View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Lisandra Rickards (MBA 2010)
businesses from startup to scale up. An entrepreneur in the dental equipment business had just serviced a large government contract, which created issues with inventory. He went through our training program,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
institutions? The answer, the authors argue, is yes. The key lies in market-creating innovations: products and services that speak to unmet local needs, create local jobs, and scale up quickly. Examples include MicroEnsure, which has made... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Profile
Tuce Zengin Van den Eynde
says Tuce, “going from a huge company to one with just thirteen shops. You can see how everything is related: marketing, operations, government relations, finance.” Ultimately, Tuce’s team advised the stand operator, based on numerous... View Details
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
Vayanos Abstract We examine empirically how the maturity structure of government debt affects bond yields and excess returns. Our analysis is based on a theoretical model of preferred habitat in which clienteles with strong preferences... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Impact on a Global Scale | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
coincidence that Tierney is also co-founder with Jeff Bradach (PhDOB 1992) of The Bridgespan Group, an organization launched in 1999 that provides management consulting and leadership development services to nonprofits, philanthropists,... View Details
- February 2014
- Case
The Fall of the 'Fabulous Fab'
By: Eugene F. Soltes and Nanette Byrnes
Fabrice Tourre, a mid-level trader at Goldman Sachs, seeks to understand how he was one of the only executives of any Wall Street firm held accountable in the aftermath of the financial crises. The case includes commentary from Tourre and jurors that found him guilty... View Details
Keywords: Management; Corporate Accountability; Ethics; Financial Crisis; Finance; Financial Services Industry; United States
Soltes, Eugene F., and Nanette Byrnes. "The Fall of the 'Fabulous Fab'." Harvard Business School Case 114-063, February 2014.
- 1993
- Chapter
Operation and Regulation in Financial Intermediation: A Functional Perspective
By: Robert C. Merton
Keywords: Financial Markets; Operations; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government and Politics; Financial Services Industry
Merton, Robert C. "Operation and Regulation in Financial Intermediation: A Functional Perspective." In Operation and Regulation of Financial Markets, edited by P. Englund. Stockholm: Ekonomiska rådet (Sweden), 1993.
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
that the mayor’s beach house was there on exactly the same basis.” At that point it was time to return to MIT, but Mawilmada believes the government eventually granted an upgrade to the settlement. That experience was a turning point.... View Details
- 2008
- Working Paper
The Small World of Investing: Board Connections and Mutual Fund Returns
By: Lauren Cohen, Andrea Frazzini and Christopher J. Malloy
This paper uses social networks to identify information transfer in security markets. We focus on connections between mutual fund managers and corporate board members via shared education networks. We find that portfolio managers place larger bets on firms they are... View Details
Keywords: Asset Pricing; Investment Portfolio; Governing and Advisory Boards; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Social and Collaborative Networks; Financial Services Industry
Cohen, Lauren, Andrea Frazzini, and Christopher J. Malloy. "The Small World of Investing: Board Connections and Mutual Fund Returns." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-055, January 2008. (Winner of the Barclays Global Investors Award, Best Paper in Asset Pricing, European Finance Association 2007.)