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- Working Paper
Best Ideas
By: Miguel Antón, Randolph B. Cohen and Christopher Polk
We find that the stocks in which active mutual fund or hedge fund managers display the most conviction towards ex-ante, their “Best ideas,” outperform the market, as well as the other stocks in those managers’ portfolios, by approximately 2.8 to 4.5 percent per year,...
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Keywords:
Mutual Funds;
Managerial Skill;
Market Efficiency;
Investment Funds;
Management;
Investment Portfolio;
Decision Making
Antón, Miguel, Randolph B. Cohen, and Christopher Polk. "Best Ideas." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-004, June 2020.
- 04 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Money Connection—Understanding VC Networks
the effects of geographic distance and a "hot" IPO market on the formation of networks in the venture capital industry. The fact that the world is connected through spanning ties has huge effects on the spread of all manner of...
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- June 1983 (Revised July 1986)
- Case
Hamilton Closed-End Income Fund
By: Jay O. Light
Light, Jay O. "Hamilton Closed-End Income Fund." Harvard Business School Case 283-071, June 1983. (Revised July 1986.)
- 26 Jun 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Inventory Management for Mobile Money Agents in the Developing World
- 2022
- Working Paper
Many Markets Make Good Neighbors: Multimarket Contact and Deposit Banking
By: Jonathan Wallen and John Hatfield
We investigate the relationship between the interest rates offered to consumers in a deposit banking market and the contact that banks in that market have with each other in other markets.
We show, in a simple theoretical model, that such overlapping relationships...
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Keywords:
Antitrust;
Deposit Banking;
Market Power;
Multimarket Contact;
Banks and Banking;
Markets;
Competition
Wallen, Jonathan, and John Hatfield. "Many Markets Make Good Neighbors: Multimarket Contact and Deposit Banking." Working Paper, January 2022.
- March 2009 (Revised October 2009)
- Case
CalPERS' Emerging Equity Markets Principles
By: Robert G. Eccles and Aldo Sesia
The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CaIPERS)—the largest public pension fund in the U.S.—had adopted a new principles-based approach to investing in emerging market equities in November 2007. Previously, CalPERS internal and external money managers were...
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Keywords:
Values and Beliefs;
Investment Return;
Investment Funds;
Investment Portfolio;
Emerging Markets;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Value;
Financial Services Industry;
Public Administration Industry;
China;
California
Eccles, Robert G., and Aldo Sesia. "CalPERS' Emerging Equity Markets Principles." Harvard Business School Case 409-054, March 2009. (Revised October 2009.)
- August 1995 (Revised October 1996)
- Case
Futures on the Mexican Peso
By: Kenneth A. Froot, Matthew McBrady and Mark Seasholes
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange needs to decide how to design, and whether and when to introduce, a futures contract on the Mexican peso.
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Keywords:
Exchange Rates;
Money Markets;
Futures Market;
Country Analysis;
International Finance;
Financial Markets;
Futures and Commodity Futures;
Financial Services Industry;
Chicago;
Mexico
Froot, Kenneth A., Matthew McBrady, and Mark Seasholes. "Futures on the Mexican Peso." Harvard Business School Case 296-004, August 1995. (Revised October 1996.)
- March 2016
- Case
M-Pesa: Financial Inclusion in Kenya
By: Rajiv Lal, Lisa Cox and Sarah McAra
M-Pesa, a mobile money transfer service launched in 2007 in Kenya by telecommunications company Safaricom, allowed people to send money via mobile messaging to contacts, such as friends and family, or even to pay for goods and services, such as groceries or a taxi...
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- December 2004 (Revised February 2005)
- Case
Cheetah Conservation Fund Bush Project, The
Laurie Marker, head of the Cheetah Conservation Fund, is trying to form a for-profit institution, the Bush Project, to control the bush encroachment problem in Namibia. Bush encroachment not only destroys the general ecosystem, but it also has a harmful impact on the...
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Keywords:
Social Enterprise;
For-Profit Firms;
Emerging Markets;
Environmental Sustainability;
Financial Strategy;
Africa
Hecht, Peter A., and Judith Walls. "Cheetah Conservation Fund Bush Project, The." Harvard Business School Case 205-046, December 2004. (Revised February 2005.)
- March 1999 (Revised August 1999)
- Case
Coop, The: Market Research
By: Ruth Bolton and Youngme E. Moon
Daryl Buckmeister, CEO of The Chicken Coop, must decide whether to invest in market research, how much money to spend, and which programs to fund. His two vice presidents (of quality and marketing) have presented very different proposals.
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Keywords:
Marketing;
Cost;
Research;
Markets;
Quality;
Decisions;
Management Teams;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Retail Industry
Bolton, Ruth, and Youngme E. Moon. "Coop, The: Market Research." Harvard Business School Case 599-113, March 1999. (Revised August 1999.)
- 01 Feb 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Dollar Funding and the Lending Behavior of Global Banks
- 14 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Big Money for Big Projects
U.K., have adopted a hybrid approach known as the Private Finance Initiative (PFI), also known as "public-private partnerships" (PPP). Under this approach, private firms build and operate the infrastructure while the host government bears many of the residual...
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- October 2007 (Revised November 2007)
- Case
Barclays Global Investors and Exchange Traded Funds
By: Luis M. Viceira and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
Provides an overview of the Exchange Traded Funds (EFT) industry and highlights the leadership role that Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has played in this developing asset class. BGI launched its first ETFs under the iShares brand name in 2000, and by mid-2007 BGI was...
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Keywords:
History;
Venture Capital;
Asset Management;
Stocks;
Investment Funds;
Leading Change;
Expansion;
Competitive Strategy;
Capital Markets;
Global Strategy;
Financial Strategy;
Banking Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Asia;
Europe
Viceira, Luis M., and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Barclays Global Investors and Exchange Traded Funds." Harvard Business School Case 208-033, October 2007. (Revised November 2007.)
- May 2009
- Supplement
Ceres Gardening Company: Funding Growth in Organic Products, Spreadsheet for Instructors (Brief Case)
By: John H. McArthur and Joel L. Heilprin
- November 1992
- Background Note
The Mutual Fund Industry 1992
By: Jay O. Light
Light, Jay O. "The Mutual Fund Industry 1992." Harvard Business School Background Note 293-075, November 1992.
- 17 Jul 2023
- Research & Ideas
Money Isn’t Everything: The Dos and Don’ts of Motivating Employees
wouldn’t otherwise do, and good incentive systems create a market of sorts inside companies with a series of pressure points, Hall says. Whether it’s raising your hand for extra work, prioritizing innovative projects, or staying with a...
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by Avery Forman
- February 2000 (Revised April 2003)
- Case
InSite Marketing Technology (A)
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Genevieve J.S. Feraud and Sheila L Marcelo
Introduces students to products and services that improve customers' online shopping experience. Also discusses the challenges of marketing new product concepts and finding funding for start-up ventures.
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Keywords:
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Financing and Loans;
Technological Innovation;
Business or Company Management;
Marketing Strategy;
Product Launch;
Service Delivery;
Competitive Strategy;
Competitive Advantage;
Service Industry;
Web Services Industry
Applegate, Lynda M., Genevieve J.S. Feraud, and Sheila L Marcelo. "InSite Marketing Technology (A)." Harvard Business School Case 800-279, February 2000. (Revised April 2003.)
- Research Summary
Working on third edition of textbook on the fund industry
The book explains how mutual funds and other collective investment vehicles are organized, how they manage your money, and how they are marketed to investors. It also addresses the internationalization of funds in terms of global investing and global... View Details
- 17 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Rating Fund Managers by the Company They Keep
Many tools for rating the performance of mutual funds and their managers rely heavily on past performance. But what about the future? Now comes a system devised by Randolph B. Cohen and Joshua D. Coval of Harvard Business School, and...
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by Ann Cullen
- May – June 1971
- Article
Funds Control Versus Cost Control
By: J. Ronald Fox
Fox, J. Ronald. "Funds Control Versus Cost Control." Army Logistician 3, no. 3 (May–June 1971).