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  • 21 Jul 2021
  • Research & Ideas

What Does an ESG Score Really Say About a Company?

Receiving more information can clarify the complex, but not when it comes to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scores. A recent study shows that the more information a company discloses about its ESG practices, the more rating agencies disagree on how well... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
  • 25 Jan 2010
  • Research & Ideas

A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy

money. A: In some sense money is just another asset, but it turns out to be a rather special asset. One of the reasons it is special is that there seems to be a relationship between people's holdings of that particular asset and their... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Jul 2019
  • Book

Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence

disproportionate stock price hit to an earnings miss reflects that informational problem. The promise of private equity involves solving that gap between owners and managers. Buybacks must be interpreted in that context as either... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 05 Apr 2011
  • First Look

First Look: April 5

to balance its Chinese heritage claims with claims of modernity. The China skin care market is growing extraordinarily fast. Is that an asset or a liability? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/511051-PDF-ENG Terror... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Feb 2015
  • First Look

First Look: February 3

modules in conjunction with the firm's organizational boundaries and property rights. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2512209 Markets with Price Coherence By: Edelman, Benjamin, and Julian Wright Abstract—In markets with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Dec 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018

describe the enormous changes in the markets for therapies for rare diseases that have emerged over recent decades. The most prominent example is the fact that the profit-maximizing price of new orphan drugs appears to be greater today... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 27 Feb 2006
  • Research & Ideas

When Rights of First Refusal Are a Bad Deal

economics, and market design, was that the right was structured as what he terms a Before and After Right of First Refusal (BA-ROFR). The right holder is offered an initial deal by the asset owner—the landlord offers to sell the flat to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Construction; Real Estate; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 13 Dec 2016
  • First Look

December 13, 2016

forthcoming Journal of Investment Consulting Cloaked Trading By: Cohen, Lauren, Dong Lou, and Christopher J. Malloy Abstract—Using a novel, proprietary database of micro-level trading activities by asset managers, we show strong evidence... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 29 Jan 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 29

competitions to be made. Paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/tnicholas/Hybrid_Japan.pdf Intermediary Functions and the Market for Innovation in Meiji and Taishō Japan Authors:Nicholas, Tom, and Hiroshi Shimizu Publication:Business History... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Apr 2013
  • First Look

First Look: April 30

intermediary to divert consumers to its favored destinations. Applied to Internet search engines, we investigate a diversion mechanism based on Google's exclusive award of preferential placement to its own services. Using web traffic data... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Jan 2013
  • First Look

First Look: January 15

disruption. Download the paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=43906   Cases & Course MaterialsRomney vs. Obama and U.S. Energy Policy Abdelal, Rawi, and Kaitlyn TuthillHarvard Business School Case 713-050 In 2012, the energy sector in the United States was... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

Health helps doctors select the healthiest embryo(s) for assisted reproductive therapy. Darza Yazan Halwani, MBA 2020 Business Track Runner-Up DARZA is a new e-commerce fashion brand that provides the best online shopping fashion experience at the lowest View Details
  • 14 Aug 2012
  • First Look

First Look: August 14

  Working PapersLegislating Stock Prices Authors:Lauren Cohen, Karl Diether, and Christopher Malloy Abstract In this paper we demonstrate that legislation has a simple, yet previously undetected impact on firm stock prices. While it is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • October 2000 (Revised April 2001)
  • Case

Cost of Capital at Ameritrade

By: Mark L. Mitchell and Erik Stafford
Ameritrade Holding Corp. is planning large marketing and technology investments to improve the company's competitive position in deep-discount brokerage by taking advantage of emerging economies of scale. In order to evaluate whether the strategy would generate... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Asset Pricing; Cash Flow; Cost of Capital; Investment; Marketing; Mathematical Methods; Competition; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Financial Services Industry
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  • 20 Dec 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

were your impressions? A: Yes. The transit is not to be missed. Traveling through the channels blasted out of the rock is worth the price of admission, but the truly breathtaking sight is watching a gigantic containership slip through the... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation
  • 23 Aug 2006
  • Op-Ed

The Real Wal-Mart Effect

the world's largest company, primarily focused on its treatment of workers. The recent spate of books on the company is no exception. Some are overtly critical, for example Anthony Bianco's The Bully of Bentonville: How the High Cost of Wal-Mart's Everyday Low View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat & Ken A. Mark; Retail
  • 26 Apr 2011
  • First Look

First Look: April 26

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/811040-PDF-ENG Deferred Tax Assets in Basel III: Lessons from Japan David F. Hawkins, Karthik Ramanna, Nobuo Sato, and Mayuka YamazakiHarvard Business School Case 111-076 In a controversial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Jul 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Bankruptcy Spells Death for Too Many Businesses

a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has hit many companies hard—some to the point of considering bankruptcy—Antill’s research findings may help business leaders make important decisions to avoid the high price of liquidation and choose a... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • Web

Robin Greenwood | About

His research awards include the 2015 Brattle Group Distinguished Paper for an outstanding corporate finance paper published in the Journal of Finance, the Fama-DFA Prize for best paper published in 2019 in the area of capital markets and View Details
  • 31 Jan 2023
  • Op-Ed

Can Insurance Technology Solve the Uninsured Driver Problem?

pay a price because their premiums have to incorporate the risk of getting into an accident with an uncovered driver. Uninsured drivers increase premiums for drivers with insurance by $27 billion annually and $6 billion in California... View Details
Keywords: by Ray Kluender; Insurance