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- 27 Dec 2023
- Podcast
Revisiting Upward Mobility: The 2023 American Opportunity Index
In its second iteration, the corporate scorecard draws on a wider range of worker outcomes to rank Fortune 500 employers on how well they boost career prospects. The index is a collaboration of the HBS Managing the Future of Work Project, the Burning Glass Institute,...
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- 20 May 2021
- News
Inflation Rate Calculator: Customize Your Own Consumer-Price Index
- 2004
- Chapter
Building the Microeconomic Foundations of Prosperity: Findings from the Business Competitiveness Index
In The Global Competitiveness Report 2003-2004
Competitiveness has become a central preoccupation of both advanced and developing countries in an increasingly open and integrated world economy. Despite its acknowledged importance, the concept of competitiveness... View Details
Competitiveness has become a central preoccupation of both advanced and developing countries in an increasingly open and integrated world economy. Despite its acknowledged importance, the concept of competitiveness... View Details
Porter, Michael E. "Building the Microeconomic Foundations of Prosperity: Findings from the Business Competitiveness Index." In The Global Competitiveness Report 2003-2004, edited by Michael E. Porter, Klaus Schwab, and Xavier Sala-i-Martin, 29–56. Oxford University Press, 2004.
- May 2014
- Article
Dynamics of Demand for Index Insurance: Evidence from a Long-Run Field Experiment
By: Shawn A. Cole, Daniel Stein and Jeremy Tobacman
This paper estimates how experimentally-manipulated experiences with a novel financial product, rainfall index insurance, affect subsequent insurance demand. Using a seven-year panel, we develop three main findings. First, recent experience matters for demand,...
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Cole, Shawn A., Daniel Stein, and Jeremy Tobacman. "Dynamics of Demand for Index Insurance: Evidence from a Long-Run Field Experiment." American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings 104, no. 5 (May 2014): 284–290.
- February 1998
- Teaching Note
Mid Ocean Limited: Trading Catastrophe Index Options, Teaching Note
By: Kenneth A. Froot and Markus Mullarkey
Teaching Note for (9-298-073).
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- 19 Apr 2014
- Interview
How the U.S. is Lagging on Quality of Life
Fareed Zakaria speaks with Michael Porter, a professor at the Harvard Business School, about a groundbreaking new Social Progress Index and how the United States is lagging on many indicators.
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Porter, Michael E. "How the U.S. is Lagging on Quality of Life." Fareed Zakaria GPS, New York, NY, April 19, 2014.
- 2006
- Chapter
The Microeconomic Foundations of Prosperity: Findings from the Business Competitiveness Index
By: Michael E. Porter, Christian H.M. Ketels and Mercedes Delgado-Garcia
Porter, Michael E., Christian H.M. Ketels, and Mercedes Delgado-Garcia. "The Microeconomic Foundations of Prosperity: Findings from the Business Competitiveness Index." In Global Competitiveness Report 2006-2007, edited by Augusto Lopez-Claros, Michael E. Porter, Xavier Sala-i-Martin, and Klaus Schwab. Palgrave Macmillan: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
- 2001
- Working Paper
Designing an Option Plan That Rewards Relative Performance: Indexed Options Revisited
Meulbroek, Lisa K. "Designing an Option Plan That Rewards Relative Performance: Indexed Options Revisited." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 02-022, October 2001.
- 1999
- Other Presentation
The New Challenge to America’s Prosperity: Findings from the Innovation Index
By: Michael E. Porter and Scott Stern
A comparison and projection of the innovation capabilities of the U.S. and 24 other nations based on a new set of quantitative indicators.
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Porter, Michael E., and Scott Stern. "The New Challenge to America’s Prosperity: Findings from the Innovation Index." Council on Competitiveness, 1999.
- Article
Online and Official Price Indexes: Measuring Argentina's Inflation
By: Alberto Cavallo
Prices collected from online retailers can be used to construct daily price indexes that complement official statistics. This paper studies their ability to match official inflation estimates in five Latin American countries, with a focus on Argentina, where official...
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Keywords:
Inflation;
Online Price Index;
Economics;
Macroeconomics;
Inflation and Deflation;
Price;
Latin America;
Argentina
Cavallo, Alberto. "Online and Official Price Indexes: Measuring Argentina's Inflation." Journal of Monetary Economics 60, no. 2 (March 2013): 152–165.
- 2001
- Working Paper
Executive Compensation Using Relative-Performance-Based Options: Evaluating the Structure and Costs of Indexed Options
Meulbroek, Lisa K. "Executive Compensation Using Relative-Performance-Based Options: Evaluating the Structure and Costs of Indexed Options." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 01-021, August 2001.
- March 2005 (Revised December 2005)
- Case
Morgan Stanley and TRAC-X: The Battle for the CDS Indexes Market
Morgan Stanley's credit derivatives business, specifically its collateralized debt obligation (CDO) business, has been hugely successful. One of its leading offerings is the TRAC-X product, jointly created and marketed by Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan. However, a new...
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Keywords:
Credit Derivatives and Swaps;
Product;
Competition;
Capital Markets;
Financial Services Industry
Chacko, George C., Vincent Dessain, Anders Sjoman, Leonie Maruani, and Kate Hao. "Morgan Stanley and TRAC-X: The Battle for the CDS Indexes Market." Harvard Business School Case 205-075, March 2005. (Revised December 2005.)
- August 22, 2017
- Blog Post
Governance through Shame and Aspiration: Index Creation and Corporate Behavior in Japan
By: Charles CY Wang
Wang, Charles CY. "Governance through Shame and Aspiration: Index Creation and Corporate Behavior in Japan." Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance (August 22, 2017). https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2017/08/22/governance-through-shame-and-aspiration-index-creation-and-corporate-behavior-in-japan/.
- Web
PAIS index | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Citations PAIS index PAIS index Check Harvard Availability Bookmark This PAIS index /citations/pais-index Literature of economics, environmental studies, international...
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Russell US Equity Indexes | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Databases Russell US Equity Indexes Russell US Equity Indexes Bookmark This Russell US Equity Indexes /find/databases/russell-us-equity-indexes Access comprehensive coverage of...
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Targeting Weather Insurance Markets
By: Anita Mukherjee, Shawn Cole and Jeremy Tobacman
The suitability of insurance products often depends greatly on individual circumstances. This paper examines the challenges of heterogeneity in a relatively new product, weather‐indexed insurance. This index insurance product has been launched in over a dozen...
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Keywords:
Index Insurance;
Labor Markets;
Self-insurance;
Self-protection;
Weather;
Insurance;
Markets;
Household;
Risk Management
Mukherjee, Anita, Shawn Cole, and Jeremy Tobacman. "Targeting Weather Insurance Markets." Journal of Risk and Insurance 88, no. 3 (September 2021): 757–784.
- Web
Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Databases Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index Bookmark This Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index...
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