Market Timing - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Feb 2018
Research & Ideas

The Airbnb Effect: Cheaper Rooms for Travelers, Less Revenue for Hotels

FangXiaNuo Airbnb is revolutionizing the lodging market by keeping hotel rates in check and making additional rooms available in the country's hottest travel spots during peak periods when hotel rooms often sell out and rates skyrocket, a... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Travel

23 Sep 2014
First Look

First Look: September 23

that pursue a social mission through the use of market mechanisms. These hybrid organizations, often referred to as social enterprises, combine aspects of both charity and business at their core. In this paper we distinguish between two... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2000
News

Looking to the East

fluent Japanese. Commenting on the meeting in the Times of India (August 22, 2000), Kulkarni said, "India is looking for a strategy that will help it achieve rapid economic growth — qualitatively in terms of upgrading its economy and... View Details

01 Feb 2001
News

A Bankable Trust

Carla Ann Harris (MBA 1987) is a managing director at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, in charge of the marketing and execution of new-issue equity financing in the technology, media, telecommunications, transportation, industrial, and... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment

01 Dec 2003
News

Selling Digital Privacy

marketing companies to sell it. Consumers, he asserts, have much to gain — be it money, price discounts, better customer service, or products tailored specifically to their needs. In the current system, information that is gathered about... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

IT Links for Boundaryless Companies

said, it's time for a new kind of standards to emerge: standards not just for how computers communicate, but for how business processes work. Even an advanced technical protocol like XML, said Upton, "with all its cleverness, doesn't... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

25 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

10 Reasons Customers Might Resist Windows 8

will compete against Apple iPad. And industry observers have noted similarities between Apple's tightly-controlled marketing tactics and Microsoft's marketing campaign for the upcoming OS—Microsoft is even... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Computer; Consumer Products

08 Jul 2021
Blog Post

Managing Sustainable Advantage with Key ESG Co-Founders, Anne-Marie Schoonbeek and Heleen van Poecke

fast-growing Series C start-up, in New York that provided data intelligence software to large enterprises. She later returned to Europe to join her family investment firm, Atlas Invest, investing in energy companies. Product-Market-Founder Fit During their View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Technology

01 Mar 2015
News

Feedback

herbs. Every time we go to the US, we think how late the market is in getting out a good frozen food chain. I hope Luvo will soon become a household name even for cooks without a microwave. —Denise Dampierre... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

Profile

Micah Macfarlane

Micah Macfarlane tries to make every career decision to make the greatest difference in the most lives. Before HBS, Micah worked in global health – expanding access to quality care and, especially, affordable medicines. "I worked to solve View Details

Keywords: Healthcare/Biotech; Manufacturing/Energy; Nonprofit/Government/Education

30 Jul 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching The Deal

It's best to be nice when negotiating a business deal, but it's also OK to be aggressive in pursuing your interests—as long as you back up your position with facts. "If you're a seller and your price seems high, but it's justified in some way, with View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education

10 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

The Hard Numbers on Social Investments

commercial solutions to social and environmental problems." The goal of the study was to help IC, whose members collectively invested $80 million from 1992 to 2001, the time horizon of the study, develop a fact-based understanding of... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

02 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2017

identify characteristics of stocks that an investor who is worried about bad times should buy— a “rainy day” portfolio. Diversity in Innovation Paul A. Gompers and Sophie Q. Wang discuss a systematic and persistent lack of female,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

02 Mar 2023
News

Carbon's Second Act

long second act in the software sector. But about five years ago, he decided it was time for a big change. Todd Brix: I had learned enough about software and had enough time in the software industry, [and]... View Details

15 Dec 2009
First Look

First Look: Dec. 15, 2009

clearinghouse: it coordinated the timing of the market in a way that increased its thickness and scope. The clearinghouse does not seem to have had an effect on wages. As this became known among... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Melody Koh

was a Product Manager at Fab.com leading marketing & analytics products and the founder/CEO of a seed-funded wine subscription e-commerce service. Melody was also a venture investor at Time Warner’s... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital

01 Jun 2008
News

Smartphones Get Smarter

When Apple’s Steve Jobs announced a new licensing deal for Microsoft software that makes Apple’s iPhone more attractive to businesspeople, venture capitalist John Doerr (MBA ’76) of Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers was also on hand, the New York View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

Profile

Monica Dodi

As a cofounder and managing director of the Women’s Venture Capital Fund (WVCF), Monica Dodi (MBA 1984) backs female-led, early-stage ventures in digital media and sustainable products and services. Dodi says these emerging consumer View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity; Financial Services; Entertainment / Media

Web

Kenneth R. Andrews Papers — New Directions – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

HBS Home HBS Index Contact Us Kenneth R. Andrews Papers, 1946—1988 Online finding aid During his time at HBS, Kenneth R. Andrews was an innovator in teaching and research in business policy, a founder of the field of corporate strategy, a... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

In the business of empowering women entrepreneurs