Using Small Baskets of Financial Assets to Estimate Exchange Rates
Companies operating in managed exchange rate environments may be able to use a similar proxy to establish suitable prices and to profit from currency speculation.
Economics
Is There a Free Lunch in Commission Free ETFs?
This study investigates how holding and transaction costs can affect the cost calculus of commission-free ETFs and provides a recommendation on how to minimize costs.
Doing Business with the Untrustworthy
Empirical observations, laboratory experiments, and game theory offer guidance for a prudent person doing repeat business with potentially untrustworthy partners.
Hiring Disabled Workers
Too often the ability of the community of disabled persons to constructively contribute to society and the recognition of their need to do so is overlooked.
Summaries of the 2015 “The Future of Healthcare Symposium”
Read the summaries of the Keynote Speakers: Steve Collis and Susan Dentzer as well as the summaries of the three panels for the 2015 Healthcare Symposium.
Is Cyprus the Warning Bell
After the crisis in Cyprus, even smaller depositors lost money in Cyprus banks. This raises a troubling question: will bank bail-ins—by depositors, creditors and bondholders—become the norm in other countries as well?
A Whale of a Legal Tale
SOX includes a broad prohibition on obstruction of justice. Should that criminal statute apply to a commercial fisherman improperly disposing of undersized fish?
The Commercial Global Drone Market
The civilian or commercial drone market in the United States is just beginning to emerge, which puts U.S. businesses behind businesses in other countries.
Sustaining an Organization in the Midst of Chaos
Using the 2008 recession, we will look at how leaders have handled economic, environmental, and organizational responsibility and sustainability during chaos.
Arrow Electronics: Surviving and Thriving After Tragedy
John C. Waddell shepherded Arrow Electronics through a major crisis after the tragic loss of the company’s top executives…lessons in leadership, strategy, and HR.
Certificate in Private Capital Markets
Attendees learn in-depth critical analysis and evaluation skills for transacting successful financing deals and valuation methods used by capital providers.
A Values Approach to Advancing Women in Leadership
Women make up half the workforce in nearly every country, still, labor shortages call for increased participation of women workers at all levels of the organization.
Is “Go Away in May” a Good Portfolio Play?
The Halloween effect seems particularly compelling because of its seemingly large potential payoffs and the endless attention it receives in the media.
Trends in Employee Turnover and Retention
After decades of globalization and intensifying competition, the market for talent has replaced loyalty as the factor shaping the relationship of employers/employees.
Is Warren Buffett Unpatriotic?
A tax inversion happens when a firm relocates its headquarters to another country and declares that country as its domicile for the foreign country’s lower tax rate.