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Stability and Competitive Equilibrium in Trading Networks
By: John William Hatfield, Scott Duke Kominers, Alexandru Nichifor, Michael Ostrovsky and Alexander Westkamp
We introduce a model in which agents in a network can trade via bilateral contracts. We find that when continuous transfers are allowed and utilities are quasi-linear, the full substitutability of preferences is sufficient to guarantee the existence of stable outcomes...
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Hatfield, John William, Scott Duke Kominers, Alexandru Nichifor, Michael Ostrovsky, and Alexander Westkamp. "Stability and Competitive Equilibrium in Trading Networks." Journal of Political Economy 121, no. 5 (October 2013): 966–1001.
- December 1984
- Article
Misrepresentation and Stability in the Marriage Problem
By: A. E. Roth
Roth, A. E. "Misrepresentation and Stability in the Marriage Problem." Journal of Economic Theory 34 (December 1984): 383–387.
- 1989
- Article
Financial Innovations and Stability of Capital Markets
By: Marc L Bertoneche
Bertoneche, Marc L. "Financial Innovations and Stability of Capital Markets." Review of Economic Conditions in Italy (1989).
- 1982
- Article
The Economics of Matching: Stability and Incentives
By: Alvin E. Roth
Roth, Alvin E. "The Economics of Matching: Stability and Incentives." Mathematics of Operations Research, no. 7 (1982): 617–628.
- 2008
- Working Paper
New Framework for Measuring and Managing Macrofinancial Risk and Financial Stability
By: Dale F. Gray, Robert C. Merton and Zvi Bodie
This paper proposes a new approach to improve the way central banks can analyze and manage the financial risks of a national economy. It is based on the modern theory and practice of contingent claims analysis (CCA), which is successfully used today at the level of...
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Gray, Dale F., Robert C. Merton, and Zvi Bodie. "New Framework for Measuring and Managing Macrofinancial Risk and Financial Stability." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-015, August 2008. (Revised.)
- October 2016
- Case
Elon Musk: Balancing Purpose and Risk
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Sarah Mehta
The case is used to illustrate the place of ‘Purpose’ versus financial risk and returns in a founder’s objectives. It also addresses personal risk profile of different founders, and when paired with the Risk Tolerance Exercise, it enables evaluating one’s own appetite...
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Keywords:
Electric Vehicle;
Solar Power;
Vision;
Trade-offs;
Leadership;
Mission and Purpose;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Entrepreneurship;
Failure;
United States;
North America
Ghosh, Shikhar, and Sarah Mehta. "Elon Musk: Balancing Purpose and Risk." Harvard Business School Case 817-040, October 2016.
- 2007
- Working Paper
New Framework for Measuring and Managing Macrofinancial Risk and Financial Stability
By: Dale F. Gray, Robert C. Merton and Zvi Bodie
This paper proposes a new approach to improve the way central banks can analyze and manage the financial risks of a national economy. It is based on the modern theory and practice of contingent claims analysis (CCA), which is successfully used today at the level of...
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Gray, Dale F., Robert C. Merton, and Zvi Bodie. "New Framework for Measuring and Managing Macrofinancial Risk and Financial Stability." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 13607, November 2007.
- 24 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach
performance. The Balanced Scorecard approach has evolved into a tool that can be used to help companies create greater value at the business unit level, the corporate level, and the board level. This is done...
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Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu
- Summer 2013
- Article
Analyzing Performance of Service Organizations: Balanced Benchmarking Can Identify Best Practices That Are Often Hidden
By: H. David Sherman and Joe Zhu
Just as sports teams have increasingly relied on rigorous quantitative analyses, so have many businesses. In particular, a growing number of service organizations have been investigating the use of a sophisticated linear programming technique called DEA, or data...
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Sherman, H. David, and Joe Zhu. "Analyzing Performance of Service Organizations: Balanced Benchmarking Can Identify Best Practices That Are Often Hidden." MIT Sloan Management Review 54, no. 4 (Summer 2013): 37–42.
- May 2001 (Revised March 2007)
- Background Note
Balance Sheet, The
By: David F. Hawkins and Jacob Cohen
Discusses the accounting equation and defines common terms found in the statement. Also provides an example of the balance sheets of Coca-Cola Co., Ariba, Inc., and Safeway, Inc.
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Keywords:
Accounting
Hawkins, David F., and Jacob Cohen. "Balance Sheet, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 101-108, May 2001. (Revised March 2007.)
- 2012
- Comment
The Balanced Scorecard: Comments on Balanced Scorecard Commentaries
By: Robert S. Kaplan
This paper provides the author's insights about five papers written in this volume about his published work on the balanced scorecard (BSC). The author finds that academic commentary on the BSC often ignores its role in strategy execution. The paper discusses how the...
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Keywords:
Strategy Execution;
Performance Management;
Strategy;
Public Sector;
Balanced Scorecard;
Performance
Kaplan, Robert S. "The Balanced Scorecard: Comments on Balanced Scorecard Commentaries." Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change 8, no. 4 (2012): 539–545.
- April 2020
- Article
A Theory of Experimenters: Robustness, Randomization, and Balance
By: Abhijit Banerjee, Sylvain Chassang, Sergio Montero and Erik Snowberg
This paper studies the problem of experiment design by an ambiguity-averse decisionmaker who trades off subjective expected performance against robust performance guarantees. This framework accounts for real-world experimenters’ preference for randomization. It also...
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Banerjee, Abhijit, Sylvain Chassang, Sergio Montero, and Erik Snowberg. "A Theory of Experimenters: Robustness, Randomization, and Balance." American Economic Review 110, no. 4 (April 2020): 1206–1230.
- March 2024
- Tutorial
FRC: The Balanced Scorecard
By: Trevor Fetter
This brief video tutorial explains the concept and application of The Balanced Scorecard, developed by Prof. Robert Kaplan of HBS. It has been used in the MBA required course, Financial Reporting and Control.
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- 23 Sep 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
New Framework for Measuring and Managing Macrofinancial Risk and Financial Stability
- Research Summary
On the Political Economy of Stabilization Programs
By: Laura Alfaro
This paper provides a political economy explanation for temporary exchange-rate-based stabilization programs by focusing on the distributional effects of real exchange-rate appreciation. I propose an economy in which agents are endowed with either tradable or...
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- September–October 1996
- Article
Strategic Learning and the Balanced Scorecard
By: Robert S. Kaplan and David Norton
Kaplan, Robert S., and David Norton. "Strategic Learning and the Balanced Scorecard." Strategy & Leadership (September–October 1996): 18–24.
- Article
Money, Time, and the Stability of Consumer Preferences
By: Leonard Lee, Michelle Lee, Marco Bertini, Gal Zauberman and Dan Ariely
Lee, Leonard, Michelle Lee, Marco Bertini, Gal Zauberman, and Dan Ariely. "Money, Time, and the Stability of Consumer Preferences." Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) 52, no. 2 (April 2015): 184–189.
- August 2014 (Revised September 2014)
- Case
Indonesia: Growth and Stability in a Global Economy
By: Lakshmi Iyer and David Lane
Iyer, Lakshmi, and David Lane. "Indonesia: Growth and Stability in a Global Economy." Harvard Business School Case 715-002, August 2014. (Revised September 2014.)
- January 1984
- Article
Stability and Polarization of Interests in Job Matching
By: A. E. Roth
Keywords:
Employment
Roth, A. E. "Stability and Polarization of Interests in Job Matching." Econometrica 52, no. 1 (January 1984): 47–57.