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- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
School Publishing) Public and philanthropic dollars are not enough to address global issues of poverty and disease, but innovative finance can bring governmental, commercial, and philanthropic resources to bear on the common good. Keohane...
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- 10 Dec 2014
- News
Front-Row Seat
national interest was still going strong—but it was losing millions of dollars a year. Something had to change. Bradley, a slim, silver-haired man in his early 50s, spoke clearly but softly—a viral infection had damaged his vocal cords...
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- 25 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 25
estimates suggest that a one dollar increase in the minimum wage leads to a 14% increase in the likelihood of exit for a 3.5-star restaurant (which is the median rating) but has no discernible impact for a 5-star restaurant (on a 1 to 5...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
revive New England and the U.S. economy. In their minds, ARD would solve a major imperfection of modern U.S. capitalism: New companies were starved for money and professional management. It’s hard to imagine these days, with billions of View Details
- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
spending) are unleashed when givers are aware of their positive impact. In Study 1, an experiment using real charitable appeals, giving more money to charity led to higher levels of happiness only when participants gave to causes that explained how these View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times
another million dollars into the [culture] and DLU it created a high degree of comfort and confidence that we're focused on what really matters," observed the VP of Sales."3 The company's revenue, profits and stock price...
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by Martha Lagace
- 04 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Is Health Care Making You Better—or Dead?
uninsured and the middle class. For $70 dollars a month, you get 24/7 access to a doctor. And the reason I told you about who they are is this is not naïve or idealistic—this is a team that can execute. They're bankable. But the insurance...
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- 04 Apr 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?
George: I teach governance and serve on many corporate boards, and I can tell you that once you make the decision to go from a wholly-owned private company to go public, you're getting public money, you're getting investor money, pension View Details
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- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
matter who funds it? How does it evolve logically over time? What insights could you derive from studying that particular set of circumstances, where there’s lots of uncertainty and lots of agency problems, meaning that one group may not...
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Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
establish new norms of collaboration and respect. Capital Allocators: How the world's elite money managers lead and invest By Ted Seides (MBA 1999) Harriman House The chief investment officers (CIOs) at endowments, foundations, family offices, pension funds, and...
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- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
undervaluing its currency. The Chinese government has pegged the yuan at 8.3 to the dollar since 1996, which undervalues it by 15 to 25 percent, according to Morris Goldstein of the Institute for International Economics in Washington,...
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- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
the Primary Dealer Credit Facility (PDCF), the Term Securities Lending Facility (TSLF), and the Asset Backed Commercial Paper Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility (AMLF). Purchase this case:...
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Martha Lagace
- Web
Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
established then in 1997. The governors who provided the seed funding for a private nonprofit institution already had their own public institutions, and I think they simply just recognized that there were many of their residents that were...
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- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
not been well served by the financial sector's boom. First, the shift from deposit-based banking to a market-based "shadow banking" system, without adequate regulatory adjustments, has left the financial system vulnerable to crisis. Second, trillions of View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
a variety of measures, including tolls, to shelter local enterprises from competition. They are motivated by the need to protect the local tax base. Without it, local officials stand to lose a major source of revenue needed to pay their own salaries and View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
into poverty during the pandemic, and to prevent firms (especially small ones) from falling into bankruptcy. Federal funds may be absolutely essential for some of these purposes, for mitigating the impact or limiting the damage, and...
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- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
billion dollars in revenues and almost 6,000 people providing aid and economic opportunity in some of the toughest environments around the world. On top of these baseline operations, which have been expanding since its founding in 1979,...
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- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
products at reasonable prices and runs a highly popular advertising campaign that spoofs current events. It offers its farmers 80% of the consumer's dollar for milk, compared with 35% to 40% typical in some Western markets. Amul's...
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Sean Silverthlorne
- 03 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 3, 2009
activity, a trend that shows little tendency of alleviating. This book looks at the experiences of governments in encouraging entrepreneurs and venture capitalists across many decades and continents. Certainly, the dollars spent each year...
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Martha Lagace
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
discussion of how ownership concentration constrains restructuring alternatives, how hedge fund investors might confront controlling shareholders, and how the mispricing of agency costs can give rise to ownership structures that allow for...
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Martha Lagace