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  • 10 Jan 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

Such motives spring from the humanitarian values possessed by the organizations or individuals involved. Utilitarian motives, on the other hand, cater to the partners' organizational needs, focusing on issues like risk management or the... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team
  • 22 Dec 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 22

Authors:Dale F. Gray, Robert C. Merton, and Zvi Bodie Publication:In Central Banking, Analysis, and Economic Policies. Central Bank of Chile, forthcoming Abstract This paper proposes a new approach to improve the way central banks can... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Jun 2012
  • HBS Case

HBS Cases: A Startup Takes On the Credit Ratings Giants

Fons is about to propose a strategy to Kroll to launch KBRA. Along with Fons, an economist specializing in credit risk and rating agency issues, students are asked to consider several key questions: Should KBRA enter this business, which... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Banking; Financial Services
  • April 2011
  • Teaching Note

Carbon Trading Simulation: Green Cement Inc. (TN)

By: Peter A. Coles
Teaching Note for 911051. View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Trade; Decisions; Risk and Uncertainty; Production; Pollutants; Price; Sales; Profit
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  • 21 Jun 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets

Emerging markets such as the BRIC countries—Brazil, Russia, India, and China—entice and intimidate. When managers are asked what is special about emerging markets, they typically point to rapid economic growth, potential competitors, and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • Web

Dean LeBaron | Baker Library

Dean LeBaron MBA 1960, Batterymarch Play Video duration: 1:35:29 Dean LeBaron, HBS 1960. Interview conducted in February 2001 Dean LeBaron, HBS 1960, was working for an investment services firm when he became interested in cutting-edge View Details
  • Web

Forest L. Reinhardt | About

leaders understand the economic and political environment in which business is conducted, and the strategic opportunities and risks to which globalization and anti-globalization give rise. The second,... View Details
  • 14 Dec 2020
  • Research & Ideas

What Does December's Drug-Approval Dash Mean for COVID-19 Vaccines?

cause serious adverse effects, including more hospitalizations, life-threatening incidents, and deaths. The findings come at a time when regulatory agencies around the world are considering end-of-the-year emergency applications for COVID-19 vaccines developed with... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Pharmaceutical; Health
  • March 8, 2008
  • Comment

Marketing Your Way Through a Recession

By: John A. Quelch
The signs of an imminent recession are all around us. The spillover from the subprime mortgage crisis is weakening both consumer confidence and the consumer spending—much of it on credit—that has been buoying the U.S. economy. View Details
Keywords: Marketing; Recession; Products And Sales; Core Values; Fluctuation; Volatility; Economic Growth; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Growth and Development; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Risk and Uncertainty; Salesforce Management; Asia; Europe; Latin America; North and Central America
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  • 22 Mar 2011
  • First Look

First Look: March 22

and overly restricting access to credit and consumer choice. Nicolas Retsinas, Eric Belsky, and their colleagues aim to stimulate debate based on analysis of the opportunities and challenges presented by the various components of global capital markets: financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Apr 2002
  • News

Dot Vertigo

economic environment. The I-Net, Nolan explains, merges a firm's intranet seamlessly with the Internet, creating "fluid, permeable, and connected" enterprises that "truly reflect the speed, collaboration, and scalability of the network... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • October 2019
  • Article

Does Political Uncertainty Increase External Financing Costs? Measuring the Electoral Premium in Syndicated Lending

By: Olivia S. Kim
This article investigates the impact of political uncertainty on contractual lending terms using a large sample of syndicated loans and a within-firm estimation approach to achieve identification. Firms pay 7 basis points (bps) more on loans originated when their... View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Political Elections; Financing and Loans; Developing Countries and Economies
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  • Fast Answer

FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Ghana

href="https://viewpoint-eiu-com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/analysis/geography/XN/GH" id="LPlnk979420" target="_blank">Economist Intelligence Unit Useful for: In-depth country information covering recent economic... View Details
  • 23 Aug 2004
  • Research & Ideas

New Challenges for Long-Term Investors

like to emphasize that my previous statements about long-term stock return risk do not mean, as some have sometimes characterized it, that "stocks are riskless in the long run." This statement lacks empirical or logical support.... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
  • 06 Oct 2009
  • First Look

First Look: October 6

  PublicationsDoes Foreign Direct Investment Promote Growth? Exploring the Role of Financial Markets on Linkages Authors:Laura Alfaro, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, Areendam Chanda, and Selin Sayek Publication:Journal of Development Economic... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • January 2006 (Revised July 2006)
  • Case

Drug Testing in Nigeria (A)

By: Debora L. Spar
In 1996, a meningitis epidemic swept across Nigeria. Thousands of children were struck and, lacking appropriate medicine, were liable to die from the disease. Doctors at Pfizer had an antibiotic that could probably save most of these children's lives. The drug was new,... View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Health Pandemics; Health Testing and Trials; Developing Countries and Economies; Pharmaceutical Industry; Nigeria
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  • October 2022
  • Case

Spaceport America, Public Sector Risk-taking, and Political Accountability (A)

By: Matthew Weinzierl, Dava Newman, Rebecca Browder and Angela Acocella
Sitting quietly in the heart of the New Mexico desert in the summer of 2014, Spaceport America (SA) housed little of the activity its supporters anticipated when opening its hangar doors in 2011. Despite $1 million in annual rent from Virgin Galactic, British... View Details
Keywords: Funding Sources; Risk and Uncertainty; Public Sector; Business and Government Relations; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Aerospace Industry; New Mexico
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  • Fast Answer

FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Taiwan

information and data Economist Intelligence Unit Useful for: in-depth country information covering recent economic and political developments, risk and regulation, and the broad business... View Details
  • Web

Introduction - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections

Economic Sciences Chicago Board of Options Exchange Exhibit Home Introduction Nobel Prize Award Ceremony, 1997. Robert Cox Merton Papers, HBS Archives, Baker Library Historical Collections In October 1997, the Royal Swedish Academy of... View Details
  • 16 Mar 2023
  • Blog Post

HySynergy and Crossbridge Energy

“chicken-and-egg” problem: Every energy producer needs off-takers (buyers) and the cooperative strategy between HySynergy and Crossbridge Energy reduces the first-mover risk in order to spur investment from both parties. Additionally, our... View Details