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- 05 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Anchor Investors Help Impact Funds Succeed
investors. Did you learn anything unexpected about who they are, the impact they have? Shawn Cole and Rob Zochowski: Impact investors seek to create impact, and many investors viewed seeding new funds as an extension of their impact, in addition to the View Details
- 08 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Strategic Way To Hire a Sales Team
need stars and should not overpay, either in money or in time. In other words, effective hiring and selection in sales is about building the right portfolio of talent. This has actionable implications. Focus on how the salesperson makes a...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 11 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
The High Risks of Short-Term Management
allocation. Investors who care about the volatility of their portfolio should factor in their decisions the time horizon of the corporation. That generates a need for more data that help investors separate companies that are...
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- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Problem with Hedge Funds
writes, "Secretive and far from pristine, the industry [hedge funds] has long been notorious for providing scant information (if any at all) and for suspect fundraising practices."282 Research indicates that long-term investors should reduce their View Details
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by D. Quinn Mills
- 25 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 25, 2006
less risky than value at long horizons for equity-only investors. Long-horizon aggressive investors who have access to bills and bonds increase their allocation to both value stocks and growth stocks at long horizons, but they do not...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Manager’s Guide to International Strategy
the product? In Europe, consumers in 13 different countries have 13 different preferences for the texture and taste of tomato soup. In addition, a company may decide to offer a product completely outside its "known" product line: In Japan, Coca-Cola's View Details
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by Julia Hanna
- 30 Jul 2008
- Op-Ed
Why the U.S. Should Encourage FDI
wealth, has developed an endowment model that eschews direct investments. Instead, the Norwegians have evolved into a world-class portfolio investor that predominantly makes asset allocation decisions. For...
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by Mihir A. Desai
- 25 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 25
Institutional Investors Frame Their Losses: Evidence on Dynamic Loss Aversion from Currency Portfolios Authors:Kenneth A. Froot, J. Arabadjis, S. Cates, and S. Lawrence Publication:Journal of Portfolio...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Apr 2020
- Research Event
How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities
Until a few years ago, climate change’s potential impact seemed abstract for many investors. Now, as sea levels rise, hurricanes intensify, and droughts threaten food supplies, many investors are confronting its financial realities. But it’s not a simple calculation....
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- 07 Dec 2016
- HBS Case
Why Millennials Flock to Fintech for Personal Investing
the responsibility elsewhere so they have more time for their passions, whether that’s their careers, hobbies, or travel. Despite the big differences in operations, the investment strategy Wealthfront pursues is not dissimilar from a mainstream financial investor. Its...
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- 20 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 20, 2008
labor materially alters pre-retirement portfolio choice by significantly raising optimal equity holdings. Using this model, we also investigate the welfare costs of constraining portfolio View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 23 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
The Future of the Venture Capital Cycle
financial product. The supply of venture capital is also likely to continue growing. Within the past two years, numerous pension funds have invested in private equity for the first time. Many experienced investors have also decided to increase their View Details
- 13 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 13
behavior and preferences into service cost and productivity standard metrics. Optimal Value and Growth Tilts in Long-Horizon Portfolios Authors:W. Jakub Jurkek and Luis M. Viceira Publication:Review of Finance (forthcoming) Abstract We...
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Martha Lagace
- 18 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Big Deals: Financing Large-Scale Investments
realizing that the demand isn't there. And if things go well, you can't expand capacity, which means there is limited upside potential," he continues. "As a result, companies can't take a portfolio perspective and rely on a few...
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by Julia Hanna
- 04 Oct 2024
- In Practice
Research-Based Advice for the Seasonally Overwhelmed and Schedule Challenged
more productive, escaping the trap of all-consuming work. The second rule is to focus on the right thing. Embrace a framework for allocating your efforts. US President (and legendary General) Dwight D. Eisenhower is credited with one...
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by Rachel Layne
- 09 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 9, 2016
Endowment Portfolios: The Case of Christ Church College The case centers on Christ Church’s Treasurer, James Lawrie, who is contemplating his options for investing a portion of the College's endowment in real estate. Approximately 1/3 of the total $690 million...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 8, 2018
Abstract—Many production processes are subject to inspection to ensure they meet quality, safety, and environmental standards imposed by companies and regulators. Inspection accuracy is critical to inspections being a useful input to assessing risks, View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 17, 2009
that issuance is partly an attempt to arbitrage mispriced characteristics. Our approach helps forecast returns to portfolios based on book-to-market, size, price, distress, payout policy, profitability, and industry. Our results provide a...
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Martha Lagace
- 24 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 24, 2008
Working Papers Firm-Size Distribution and Cross-Country Income Differences Authors: Laura Alfaro, Andrew Charlton, and Fabio Kanczuk Abstract We investigate, using firm-level data for 79 developed and developing countries, whether differences in the View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 05 Jan 2011
- Op-Ed
Funding Unpredictability Around Stem-Cell Research Inflicts Heavy Cost on Scientific Progress
million to $5 million, with most of that money coming from grants from institutions like the National Institutes of Health (NIH). “Funding can be canceled with the stroke of a pen.” The NIH allocates money to researchers whose proposals...
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