Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2011

The coverage suggested that the man who gave us QE2 held shockingly anachronistic beliefs about basic research's role in promoting innovation. I thought this would be a wonderful gateway to post on how poorly economists and economics understand and measure innovation in global markets. My jaw dropped even as my eyes glazed over.

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Due Diligence Disintermediation Micromanagement Analysis 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

It’s no wonder, then, that young people are anxious about their ability to compete in the job market. Take Rohit Kumar, the principal and leader of National Tax Policy Services at PWC, where Adam works. These advances all point toward the total automation of our lives, including the way we work and do business.

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Skills Morale Ethics System 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

A sound economy, a booming stock market, and huge business tax cuts, the story goes, have convinced CEOs of companies flush with cash to distribute some of it to front-line employees. There are no public shareholders clamoring for higher dividends, no hedge funds gorging on management fees. to $15 per hour.

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Definition Company Succession Airlines 8

Leading Blog

APRIL 5, 2019

Should they make a big bet, hedge their position, or just wait and see? Our instinct for determinism may well have been an evolutionary innovation. While their job may have been setting or applying strict credit policies in the past, they may now start to wonder whether their traditional credit rating models are still effective.

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Uncertainty Sports Credit Rating Learning-by-Doing 309

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

A lot of businesses have pursued social responsibility more out of their marketing departments or as some sort of charitable donation. Even in the most hard-nosed of private equity firms or hedge funds you will find that people align with strategies that mean something to them, that they’re passionate about.

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Insurance Bond Hedge Bottom-up 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2014

You’d have this beta with the market, so you have the riskless rate plus beta times the equity premium. A mini-glossary: beta is the amount that an individual stock fluctuates relative to the overall stock market, and the equity premium is the difference in expected return between stocks and a “riskless” asset such as Treasury bonds.].

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CAPM Discount Price Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Some of the largest companies of recent times by market capitalization, such as Facebook, Alphabet, and Alibaba, carry dual class-shares. MSCI’s recent analysis shows that unequal voting stocks outperformed the market over the period from November 2007 to August 2017. So, a one-size-fits-all policy would not work.

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Class Maturity IPO Short-term 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2015

.” Both stories contain some truth, as a forthcoming study of activist hedge funds demonstrates. The early activists were pension funds, but starting in the 1990’s some hedge funds adopted the strategy. The early activists were pension funds, but starting in the 1990’s some hedge funds adopted the strategy.

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Hedge Finance Short-term Document 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

But not the economic policies of the empire, since British control in that area had not been so onerous. The wealthy classes also sought stability over market-oriented efficiency and growth, not unlike Lord Grantham in the television show "Downton Abbey.". Yet a burst of entrepreneurial activity led to a jump in productivity.

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Class Hedge Technology Maturity 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2012

In fact, the increasing focus on pay by policy makers, shareholders, and the media has magnified its importance as a gauge of success for top executives and created a vicious cycle of ever-higher pay demands. Some countries have been highly innovative in this area. Exemplars of moderation on pay can be found in different markets.

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Execution Committee Incentives Hedge 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2015

In speeches on July 13 and July 24, front-runner Hillary Clinton first outlined and then elaborated upon her policy agenda for combating what she calls “quarterly capitalism.” Yet Icahn has never invested in Apple’s value-creating capabilities that increase innovation and productivity.

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Proposal Hedge Safe Harbor Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Based on his campaign, Trump’s policies are directionally clear: Reduce personal and corporate taxation, invest in infrastructure, repeal the Affordable Care Act, tighten up on illegal immigration, strengthen law enforcement, and take a tougher stance on trade policy. So what are those implications, exactly? Invest in Resilience.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 26, 2021

What are the most innovative companies doing to position themselves? How do you become a market leader in the midst of rapid change? You predict that we will have only 100 dominant players in 50 markets by 2050. In fact, many of their leaders have forgotten how they got there – mission, talent, offering, and markets.

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Disintermediation Cost-Benefit Analysis Short-term Long-term 131

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2016

Presidential candidates once campaigned on taxes, government spending, and foreign policy. Firms do market research consulting customers, but don’t put them on the board. But more recently, executive compensation has suddenly become a hot topic for winning the public’s approval. In the U.S.,

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