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Can Mutual Fund Managers Pick Stocks? Evidence from Their Trades Prior to Earnings Announcements
By: Malcolm Baker, Lubomir Litov, Jessica Wachter and Jeffrey Wurgler
We consider measures of stock-picking skill of mutual fund managers based on the earnings announcement returns of the stocks that they hold and trade. Relative to standard approaches, this approach focuses on an especially informative subset of the returns data,...
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Baker, Malcolm, Lubomir Litov, Jessica Wachter, and Jeffrey Wurgler. "Can Mutual Fund Managers Pick Stocks? Evidence from Their Trades Prior to Earnings Announcements." Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 45, no. 5 (October 2010): 1111 –1131.
- February 2018 (Revised January 2020)
- Case
SoulCycle: The Road Ahead
By: Ashish Nanda, Eric Van den Steen and Jeffrey Boyar
Julie Rice and Elizabeth Cutler founded SoulCycle, an indoor cycling studio chain, in 2006 as more than a health club; they wanted it to become a lifestyle brand that would “empower riders in an immersive fitness experience.” By early 2015, SoulCycle had grown to 38...
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Keywords:
Fitness;
Fitness Industry;
Exercise;
Cycling;
Boutique Fitness;
Exit Strategy;
Growth;
Bicycles;
Retail;
Pricing;
Community;
SoulCycle;
Vision;
Health;
Leadership;
Strategy;
Marketing;
Decision Making;
Health Industry;
United States
Nanda, Ashish, Eric Van den Steen, and Jeffrey Boyar. "SoulCycle: The Road Ahead." Harvard Business School Case 718-499, February 2018. (Revised January 2020.)
- June 2013
- Article
Signals across Multiple Networks: How Venture Capital and Alliance Networks Affect Interorganizational Collaboration
By: Umit Ozmel, Jeffrey J. Reuer and Ranjay Gulati
In this paper, we examine the contingent effects of signals generated by different types of networks on new ventures' formation of future strategic alliances. We argue that the signaling value of a given tie in reducing adverse selection is more pronounced when another...
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Ozmel, Umit, Jeffrey J. Reuer, and Ranjay Gulati. "Signals across Multiple Networks: How Venture Capital and Alliance Networks Affect Interorganizational Collaboration." Academy of Management Journal 56, no. 3 (June 2013): 852–866.
- 08 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 8, 2019
to deliver high-quality goods or services in a cost-effective manner. This concept has become increasingly relevant to cardiac catheterization laboratories, as insurers move away from fee-for-service reimbursement and toward payment determined View Details
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Dina Gerdeman
- November 2019
- Case
Chief: Role for Lindsay Kaplan
In 2018, Lindsay Kaplan is preparing to meet with Carolyn Childers about the possibility of co-founding Chief, a New York-based peer network for women executives. Kaplan is currently the vice president of communications and brand engagement at a successful mattress...
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Keywords:
Negotiation;
Entrepreneurship;
Leadership;
North and Central America;
United States;
New York (state, US);
New York (city, NY)
Coffman, Katherine B., Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Kathleen L. McGinn, Julia Kelley, and Katherine Chen. "Chief: Role for Lindsay Kaplan." Harvard Business School Case 920-020, November 2019.
- March 2024 (Revised August 2024)
- Case
Darktrace: Scaling Cybersecurity and AI (A)
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and Alexis Lefort
In 2023, Darktrace CEO Poppy Gustafsson was contemplating her growth strategy at a leading U.K.-based cybersecurity venture, launched in 2013 by a group of anti-terror cyber specialists, University of Cambridge mathematicians, and artificial intelligence (AI) experts....
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Keywords:
Technology;
Talent;
Scaling;
Entrepreneurship;
Cybersecurity;
Leadership;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Recruitment;
Resignation and Termination;
AI and Machine Learning;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Organizational Culture;
Going Public;
Technology Industry;
United Kingdom;
Europe;
United States
Rayport, Jeffrey F., and Alexis Lefort. "Darktrace: Scaling Cybersecurity and AI (A)." Harvard Business School Case 824-092, March 2024. (Revised August 2024.)
- February 2018 (Revised December 2020)
- Case
People Analytics at Teach For America (A)
By: Jeffrey T. Polzer and Julia Kelley
As of mid-2016, national nonprofit Teach For America (TFA) had struggled with three consecutive years of declining application totals, and senior management was re-examining the organization's strategy, including recruitment and selection. A few months earlier, former...
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Polzer, Jeffrey T., and Julia Kelley. "People Analytics at Teach For America (A)." Harvard Business School Case 418-013, February 2018. (Revised December 2020.)
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Broadcast executive and businessman W. Don Cornwell was hired by Goldman Sachs in 1971 and later promoted to chief operating officer of the investment banking division's corporate finance department. In 1988, Cornwell left the securities...
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- 25 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
from Medical Device Recalls By: Ball, George P., Jeffrey T. Macher, and Ariel Dora Stern Abstract—When innovations are successfully commercialized into new products, they can create value for both consumers and firms. When products...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Fab Four
All illustrations by Joe Ciardiello Jeffrey Bussgang (MBA ’95) is collaborating with faculty member Noam Wasserman on a case to be taught in Wasserman’s elective course...
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- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
their advice because such dismissal threatens advisors’ sense of self-worth, leading them to judge seekers more harshly. Moreover, these effects are compounded by advisor expertise: expert advisors are more likely to punish seekers who...
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Dina Gerdeman
- April 2017 (Revised May 2022)
- Case
King Digital Entertainment
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Davide Sola, Federica Gabrieli and Elena Corsi
Riccardo Zacconi was the co-founder and CEO of King Digital Entertainment, the video game company that had quickly established itself as the world’s leading maker of casual games for mobile devices after the sensational success of its game “Candy Crush Saga.” Zacconi...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Information Technology;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Organizational Structure;
Acquisition;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Video Game Industry;
Europe;
Sweden
Rayport, Jeffrey F., Davide Sola, Federica Gabrieli, and Elena Corsi. "King Digital Entertainment." Harvard Business School Case 817-117, April 2017. (Revised May 2022.)
- 2005
- Working Paper
Pseudo Market Timing and Predictive Regressions
By: Malcolm Baker, Ryan Taliaferro and Jeffrey Wurgler
A number of studies claim that aggregate managerial decision variables, such as aggregate equity issuance, have power to predict stock or bond market returns. Recent research argues that these results may be driven by an aggregate time-series version of Schultz's...
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Keywords:
Managerial Roles;
Equity;
Market Timing;
Financial Instruments;
Investment Return;
Mathematical Methods
Baker, Malcolm, Ryan Taliaferro, and Jeffrey Wurgler. "Pseudo Market Timing and Predictive Regressions." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 10823, January 2005. (First Draft in 2004.)
- 2005
- Working Paper
Can Mutual Fund Managers Pick Stocks? Evidence from Their Trades Prior to Earnings Announcements
By: Malcolm Baker, Lubomir Litov, Jessica Wachter and Jeffrey Wurgler
We consider measures of stock-picking skill of mutual fund managers based on the earnings announcement returns of the stocks that they hold and trade. Relative to standard approaches, this approach focuses on an especially informative subset of the returns data,...
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Keywords:
Stocks;
Asset Management;
Business Earnings;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Competency and Skills
Baker, Malcolm, Lubomir Litov, Jessica Wachter, and Jeffrey Wurgler. "Can Mutual Fund Managers Pick Stocks? Evidence from Their Trades Prior to Earnings Announcements." NBER Working Paper Series, No. w10685, February 2005. (First Draft in 2004.)
- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
forthcoming Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis Leverage and the Beta Anomaly By: Baker, Malcolm, Mathias F. Hoeyer, and Jeffrey Wurgler Abstract— The well-known weak empirical relationship between beta risk and the cost of...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 31 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 31
Abstract Theories of the firm have been dominated by a legacy of ideas from early industrialization that pose zero-sum opposition between capital and labor (or capital and nearly everything else), differentiating the economy from society...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 2008
- Chapter
Identity Negotiation Processes Amidst Diversity: Understanding the Influence of Social Identity and Status Differences
By: Jeffrey T. Polzer and Heather M. Caruso
We integrate an identity negotiation framework with research on diversity, social identity theory, and status differences. This integration reveals the distinct advantages and challenges that high and low status people face when they engage in identity negotiation...
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- January 2018
- Case
Scaling Swagbucks (A)
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and Matthew G. Preble
In early 2014, Chuck Davis (HBS '86) has joined Swagbucks as its first professional CEO to scale a successful and profitable brand promotion and consumer research business. Davis came into the job while serving as a venture partner at TCV, a growth stage VC firm,...
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Keywords:
Loyalty Management;
Scaling;
Scale;
Entrepreneurship;
Human Resources;
Employees;
Employee Relationship Management;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Design;
Leading Change;
Growth Management;
Religion;
Information Technology;
Internet and the Web;
Transition;
Leadership;
Web Services Industry;
Technology Industry
Rayport, Jeffrey F., and Matthew G. Preble. "Scaling Swagbucks (A)." Harvard Business School Case 818-070, January 2018.
- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
the online, Chicago-based t-shirt company, was not your typical fashion apparel company. The company, run by Jake Nickell, Jacob DeHart, and Jeffrey Kalmikoff, turned the fashion business on its head View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 2017
- Book
Entering StartUpLand: An Essential Guide to Finding the Right Job
Many professionals aspire to work for startups. Executives from large companies view them as models to help them adapt to today's dynamic innovation economy, while freshly minted MBAs see magic in founding something new. Yes, startups look magical, but they can also be...
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Bussgang, Jeffrey J. Entering StartUpLand: An Essential Guide to Finding the Right Job. Boston: Harvard Business Review Press, 2017.