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- 31 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 31
Strömberg Publication:The Review of Financial Studies (forthcoming) Abstract We use an important legal event as a natural experiment to examine the effect of management fiduciary duties on equity-debt conflicts. A 1991 Delaware bankruptcy ruling View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 13 May 2020
- Blog Post
Crisis Leadership with Nikhil Patel: The Critical Importance of Trust
urgent challenges. In March, community trust would prove critical. While taking a deep dive into the potential for tax policy to incentivize housing development, “COVID-19 really hit,” Patel says. Virtually overnight, Patel’s housing... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Moir Donelson
city as on his ability to navigate the inner circles of Chicago's business elite. Donelson hopes eventually to develop businesses that will create positive social changes in the part of Chicago where he grew up. "I realize this is a... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 26 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 26, 2006
Working PapersScale Without Mass: Business Process Replication and Industry Dynamics Authors:Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee, Michael Sorell, and Feng Zhu Abstract Since the mid-1990s, productivity growth has accelerated in the U.S. economy. In this paper, we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 20
techniques for changing individual behavior in pursuit of policy objectives. The types of “nudge” interventions that governments are now adopting alter people’s decisions without coercion or significant... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Critical Information: MIS Monitors the Ever-Changing World of IT
The following article is the ninth in a series on the activities and research taking place in each academic unit at HBS. The information technology (IT) industry, for which rapid change has been a constant for decades, has reached another... View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb
- 11 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
John Bracaglia, MBA 2020: “I Want to Find the Machine Learning Strategy That Avoids the Pitfalls While Fulfilling the Promise.”
consumer apps to research in things like healthcare and energy management. The philosophical implications are enormous: machine learning is going to change everything.” In addition to his core assignments, Bracaglia took advantage of... View Details
- 08 Oct 2013
- News
The Green Giant
Gillette prior to attending HBS, and is known for bringing a business-centric focus to the conservation movement. He credits a taste for entrepreneurship developed in b-school and a bit of luck for his change in career paths. In the late... View Details
- 15 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 15, 2008
Guide to Changes 10 Years after the 1995 Bank Crisis Authors:Gustavo A. Del Angel, Stephen Haber, and Aldo Musacchio Abstract After the 1995 crisis, the Mexican banking system experienced significant changes... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Wired and Black: Focus on Careers
continue to learn, and plan for the long term rather than retirement at 30. "The economic changes allow us to change the rules and make new rules," said panelist and HBS professor David A. Thomas.... View Details
Keywords: by Carrie Levine
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Addressing The Financial Security Gap
can’t solve this problem, she says, adding that some public policy initiatives need to be implemented, along with paid childcare and more flexible workplaces. Ackerley is passionate about closing the gender pension gap and furthering... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Banking on HBS
Since his arrival in 1995 as its new president, James D. Wolfensohn (MBA '59) has set in motion sweeping cultural and operational changes at the World Bank. One of Wolfensohn's early initiatives, undertaken together with HBS and several... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 06 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Are the Olympics a Catalyst for China Reforms?
earlier pledge to give reporters covering the Olympics unfettered access to the Web. At the same time, it accused the Bush administration of politicizing the Games after the United States criticized China's policies on human rights. We... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
part, Chinese reformers who negotiated the terms of the WTO agreement made a calculated gamble that it would provide the necessary leverage to force policy changes necessary for homegrown businesses —... View Details
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Elsa Sze
immediate ambitions after completing the joint degree, Elsa openly confides, “I don’t know. But the ability to say ‘I don’t know’ is a big change for me. I used to think of my career as a kind of ‘five-year plan.’ Both schools have taught... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Hong Kong Club Thrives, Plans Next Global Alumni Conference
attending the quarterly event. “We try to do it without the press,” he explains. “That's how we preserve the frankness and fluidity of the symposium.” Recent forums featured Lau Siu-kai, head of the Central Policy Unit of the Hong Kong... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
The Billion-Dollar Question
Jobs said, "Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new." Fortunately, we don't need to die to enjoy some of Death's benefits. Many of us "died" when we... View Details
- 17 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 17, 2015
Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50066 Cost of Experimentation and the Evolution of Venture Capital By: Ewens, Michael, Ramana Nanda, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Abstract—We study adaptation by financial intermediaries as a response to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Feb 2009
- First Look
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
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
What’s the Big Idea?
(PhDBE 2009) and HBS assistant professor George Serafeim, the trio studied data from a matched sample of 180 companies over 18 years. Organizations that had adopted environmental and social policies by 1993 (described as... View Details