Intermediary Asset Pricing - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Sep 2019
Op-Ed

Even for Non-Believers, These Are the Next Steps on Climate Change

emergency room. This solution can’t afford to fail. However, owners of high-value assets in lower-risk areas probably should consider investing in less expensive interventions that help them live with water in the event of inundation; the... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber

21 Nov 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53530 forthcoming Review of Financial Studies Asset Price Dynamics in Partially Segmented Markets By: Greenwood, Robin, Samuel Gregory Hanson, and Gordon Y.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

The Trouble Behind Livedoor

has researched stock price manipulation in Japan and looked specifically at firms like Livedoor. He says the Livedoor episode may, in the end, do some good by paving the road for reform of Japan's "abysmal" corporate governance.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Technology

July 1991 (Revised August 2000)
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California PERS (A)

By: Jay O. Light, Jay W. Lorsch and James O. Sailer

Examines California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), the world's fourth largest pension fund. Dale Hanson, CEO of CalPERS, has a problem; how does he use CalPERS' influence as the holder of a small percentage of 1,300 American companies to put pressure on... View Details

Keywords: Employees; Retirement; System; Asset Pricing; Performance Improvement; Corporate Governance; Investment Funds; Investment Return; California

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15 May 2007
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First Look: May 15, 2007

case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=301094 PublicationsThe Price of Immediacy Authors:George Chacko, Jakub W. Jurek, and Erik Stafford Periodical:Journal of Finance (forthcoming) Abstract This paper... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Why Public Companies Underinvest in the Future

came up with surprising results: Between 2002 and 2007 (the years covered by the database), public firms increased their gross fixed assets (as a percentage of total assets) by 4.0 percent a year on average versus 9.7 percent at similar... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

26 Jun 2013
Op-Ed

A Roadmap for Afghanistan’s Economic Future

specialized intermediaries emerges over decades to address these issues. There might be auction houses for the wholesaling of goods, companies that specialize in gathering price data for various commodities,... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna

25 Feb 2002
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MNCs in Asia: Investing in the Future

contributed to the development of a business-oriented society with increased short-term opportunity for MNCs. "The dot-com bubble brought practices, ambitions, and goals to China that are here to stay," he added. "Increasingly, MNCs will see corporatized... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

25 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Should You Sell Your Digital Privacy?

property with a market price and opportunity cost. Rights are matters for regulation, assets are matters safely and usually better left to markets. Framed in these terms, here is the problem with regulation.... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls & Sean Silverthorne; Advertising

December 2001
Case

Qwest Communications International Inc.

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Christopher Hackett

Describes the evolution of Qwest from a small fiber-optic construction firm in 1996 to a global telecommunications giant in 2001. Focuses on Qwest's pivotal acquisition of "Baby Bell" US West, a regional Bell operating company many times Qwest's size. Discusses the... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Asset Pricing; Business History; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Organizational Culture; Partners and Partnerships; Vertical Integration; Telecommunications Industry

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10 Jul 2000
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The State of the Markets

the Internet," he concluded. "This will favor the cheapest suppliers and keenest buyers and thus hold down prices and inflation while raising productivity." Ever-changing Demands In his remarks, the NYSE's Cochrane... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner

24 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 24, 2009

Stockholder Consumption Risk and Asset Returns Authors:Christopher J. Malloy, Tobias J. Moskowitz, and Annette Vissing-Jørgensen Publication:Journal of Finance (forthcoming) Abstract We provide new evidence on the success of long-run... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 20

and Andrei Shleifer Abstract—We present an extrapolative model of bubbles. In the model, many investors form their demand for a risky asset by weighing two signals: an average of the asset’s past price... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 8, 2008

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=607014 Asset Allocation I Harvard Business School Note 208-086 The goal of these simulations is to understand the mathematics of mean-variance optimization and the equilibrium... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 Aug 2017
Research & Ideas

Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?

Source: Cecilie_Arcurs George Serafeim has a startling suggestion to fix the world’s biggest environmental, social, and governance (ESG) problems such as water pollution, deforestation, and wealth inequality: encourage companies within industries to do less competing... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Manufacturing; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Mining

17 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

The Business of Babies

defects to their children, single parents, fertile adopters, and "gender selectors" who want a baby boy (or girl) at any cost. "We're not talking about demand for potato chips," said Spar. "This is the kind of demand that becomes an obsession.... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health

13 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Global Investments Are Still a Good Bet

more similar with time. So, while industries within a country might move separately, all that variability comes out in the wash when you average across a broad array of industries on a countrywide scale. “You don’t see the stock price of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

30 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 30

sustainability of nominal debt in developing (volatile) countries. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/05-053.pdf The Price of Capital: Evidence from Trade Data Authors:Laura Alfaro and Faisal Z. Ahmed Abstract We use... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Aug 2016
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August 2, 2016

Liquidity Transformation in Asset Management: Evidence from the Cash Holdings of Mutual Funds By: Chernenko, Sergey, and Aditya Vikram Sunderam Abstract—We study liquidity transformation in mutual funds using a novel dataset on their cash... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

March 2007 (Revised March 2007)
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Burt's Bees: Leaving the Hive

Rapid growth is pushing Burt's Bees' natural personal care products into mass distribution channels, with products and brand elements that are less quirky, more commercial than they used to be. Indeed, CEO John Replogle believes that by focusing on efficacious,... View Details

Keywords: Growth Management; Consumer Behavior; Asset Pricing; Entrepreneurship; Distribution Channels; Product Development; Brands and Branding; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; United States

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