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2002, Ackman shorted MBIA’s stock and bought credit default swaps betting that the firm would tank. Then he went public with his bets and a 66-page research report detailing his case. What happened next would have broken a man possessing... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; subprime mortgages; Finance; Real Estate

01 Sep 2023
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That Was Then, This Is Now

daughters and nieces, and a wonderful community in Boston. Through long days and short years I have relied on a default to joy as I learn from mistakes: e.g., a concussion and three broken ribs taught me to respect the conditions while... View Details

Keywords: Photographed by Tony Deifell (MBA 2002); edited by Julia Hanna. Above: Heidi Brooks, photographed in 2003 and 2023.; life experience; family; leadership

01 Sep 2023
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Research Brief: Making Way for Moonshots

imposed their own preferences on the process, which meant they defaulted to safer bets, even after being instructed to assign triple weight to transformational potential. It’s a natural response, Krieger explains: “Scientists have been... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

12 Jan 2023
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‘Debiasing’ Debt with Data

repaid in 98.2 percent of instances. “That’s an implied default rate of about 1.8 percent,” Ballard says. For comparison, one SBA loan program included in the data had a trailing 10-year default rate of 17.6... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

20 Jan 2023
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Free Spirits

up in that question,” Wood acknowledges. “People feel judgment running in both directions: I might think you’re judging me a prude, and you might think I’m judging you as less virtuous.” If you’re a young woman in the workplace, moreover, “the View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

22 Feb 2022
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A World of Difference

about each other’s expertise or knowledge. You’re not putting people into categories, and by default you end up being much more inclusive. So the students have fun, and then afterward we talk about which strategies unlocked more puzzles.... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

30 May 2024
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Women’s Association Goes Nationwide; Connecticut Club Hosts Beshears

listed. When they listed lower-calorie items first, people purchased 25% fewer calories. That’s the concept of choice architecture, in that we are lazy as humans and we are influenced by the order in which items are presented. So nudges come to life in the presentation... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Feb 2000
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Staying Afloat

foreign investors or foreign capital. In 1991, due in large part to defaults on payments by customers in the Soviet Union and other crumbling communist economies, the shipyard found itself $260 million in debt, hounded by five thousand... View Details

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