First Look: May 31

The institutional logic of great firms

A new theory by Rosabeth Moss Kanter posits that institutional logic guides great firms to put people and society, not just profit, at the core of their missions. Yes, these companies still want to make money, bu…

Japan Disaster Shakes Up Supply-Chain Strategies

Published:May 31, 2011Author:Dennis Fisher

The full cultural and sociological aftershocks of the earthquake in Japan—the worst disaster to hit the country since World War II—are washing like a tsunami across many industries as manufactur…

An Empirical Decomposition of Risk and Liquidity in Nominal and Inflation-Indexed Government Bonds

Published:May 27, 2011Paper Released:March 2011Authors:Carolin E. Pflueger and Luis M. Viceira

Executive Summary:
The yields on US Treasury Inflation Protected Securiti…