by Bill Kirby - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

How Social Entrepreneurs Can Increase Their Investment Impact

can be profitable while doing good, suggests new research from Benjamin N. Roth, a Harvard Business School assistant professor in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit. “This idea that you're increasing your impact by leveraging capital,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

19 Dec 2023
Research & Ideas

15 Podcast Episodes That Grabbed Listeners in 2023

bill got passed, what the law contains, how its provisions connect to other climate-related laws, and how it seeks to accelerate the country’s deployment of clean energy and other efforts to address climate change. Google’s AI Approach to... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

22 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?

pricing. The September 14, 1998 issue of Advertising Age reports that the percentage of marketers who compensate agencies on billings (media purchases) dropped from 71 percent in 1983 to 35 percent in 1997. Furthermore, the average profit... View Details

Keywords: by Benson Shapiro; Manufacturing

December 2007
Case

Envisioning "Free Banking" in Antebellum New York (A)

By: David A. Moss and Cole Bolton

Banks throughout New York State suspended specie payments (i.e., payments in gold and silver) in May 1837 following the collapse of several state banks and the onset of a nationwide financial panic. Amid the chaos, the upstart Whigs were able to depose the longstanding... View Details

Keywords: History; Government Legislation; Capital; Financial Crisis; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; New York (state, US)

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Educators

Purchase

18 Jun 2010
News

Caught in a bind over closing tax loopholes

11 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Branding Sells Cereal, Handbags, and Vacations. Can It Sell a Country?

nature. The resulting “100% Pure New Zealand” campaign—which targeted travelers in the United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Australia, and Singapore—helped boost tourist visits by 50 percent from 1999 to 2005. New Zealand couldn’t have... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Tourism

12 May 2016
Research & Ideas

When Mass Shootings Lead to Looser Gun Restrictions

restrictions by 75 percent. In Democrat-controlled legislatures, mass shootings have no statistically significant effect on laws enacted. Between 1990 and 2014, there were 20,409 firearm-related bills... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

07 May 2012
Research & Ideas

The Art of Haggling

if you hold firm on your terms. Careful analysis may reveal that the other party needs the deal as much or more than you do. Then there are psychological factors to consider, like the power of working from one's own ideal number rather than getting anchored View Details

Keywords: by Katie Johnston

08 Mar 2004
Research & Ideas

Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”

mountain in the world or how many zeros you tally up in your portfolio. New levels of human performance take us closer to the gods and set the stage for what we hope is excellence in our own DNA. These moments also make good copy. Rocketing success markers that are... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson

23 Mar 2010
News

Robert Huckman on the Passage of U.S. Healthcare Reform Legislation

02 Apr 2020
What Do You Think?

What Are Lessons for Leaders from This Black Swan Crisis?

doubts were expressed by readers of this column about whether it even qualifies as a Black Swan. Let’s turn to some of the responses. “We are not dealing here with a Black Swan,” Tom Coyne commented. “The potential for, and impact of, a... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

07 Nov 2016
Research & Ideas

Corporate Tax Strategies Mirror Personal Returns of Top Execs

Tax strategies used by top executives on their own taxes can also show up in the companies they run. Source: Melpomenem New research shows that top executives who prefer to reduce personal taxes appear to also influence the strategies of... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

16 Dec 2014
News

The Future of Green China

01 Sep 2003
What Do You Think?

To Whom Should Boards be Accountable?

numbers by cutting the newsgathering budget. What is a board's responsibility to employees and customers, among others? And just how can it be exercised in the context of a rich history of shareholder (versus employee or customer)... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

04 Sep 2019
News

After mass shootings, GOP-led legislatures double efforts to loosen gun restrictions, data show

06 Oct 2017
News

Guns and the Soul of America

25 Jun 2012
News

To Create Jobs, Break the ICE -- Innovate, Collaborate, Educate

20 Jul 2010
First Look

First Look: July 20

contained in the mandatory transitional documents required by International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 1 (2005). We find significant negative abnormal returns for firms reporting negative earnings reconciliation. Although the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Aug 2012
News

How to profit from a Senate vote

14 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

Deflategate and the Sustained Success of the New England Patriots

championship win over the Indianapolis Colts by tampering with the footballs. Accusers, which included the National Football League’s head office, said someone with the team underinflated the balls to make them easier for quarterback Tom... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Sports

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