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- 12 Jul 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
Sticky Capital Controls
Capitalism at Risk
The spread of capitalism worldwide has made people wealthier than ever before and raised living standards to new heights. But capitalism’s future is far from assured. The global financial meltdown of 2008 came within a hair’s breadth of triggering another Great... View Details
- Research Summary
Capital Flows and Capital Goods (joint with Eliza Hammel)
By: Laura Alfaro
We examine one of the channels through which financial integration can help promote growth. In particular, we study the effects of capital account liberalization on the imports of capital goods. We pay particular attention to the effects of equity market...
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- March 2008
- Article
The Consequences of Information Revealed in Auctions
By: Brett E. Katzman and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
This paper considers the ramifications of post-auction competition on bidding behavior under different bid announcement policies. In equilibrium, the auctioneer's announcement policy has two distinct effects. First, announcement entices players to signal information to...
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Katzman, Brett E., and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf. "The Consequences of Information Revealed in Auctions." Special Issue on Theoretical, Empirical and Experimental Research on Auctions. Applied Economics Research Bulletin 2 (March 2008): 53–87.
- 1998
- Other Unpublished Work
Pursuing Value: The Information Reporting Gap in the Italian Capital Markets
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr. and Luca Lupone
- 2020
- Chapter
Business, Ethics and Institutions. The Evolution of Turkish Capitalism in a Comparative Perspective
By: Asli M. Colpan and Geoffrey Jones
This chapter offers a survey of the evolution of Turkish capitalism from the 19th century Ottoman Empire until the present day. It shows that Turkish business over the last century and a half was shaped in an institutional context similar to those in many developing...
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Keywords:
Business Groups;
Capitalism;
Entrepreneurship;
Ethics;
Government and Politics;
History;
Religion;
Business History;
Turkey;
Central Asia;
Middle East
Colpan, Asli M., and Geoffrey Jones. "Business, Ethics and Institutions. The Evolution of Turkish Capitalism in a Comparative Perspective." Chap. 1 in Business, Ethics and Institutions: The Evolution of Turkish Capitalism in Global Perspectives, edited by Asli M. Colpan and Geoffrey Jones, 3–22. New York: Routledge, 2020.
- 30 Jun 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: The Role of Business Leaders in Sustaining Market Capitalism
environmental issues, inadequate governance, and lack of transparency. But these same leaders have very different perspectives on the most appropriate path forward. Some feel the sole focus of business should be on building great companies. Others believe that for...
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Re: Multiple Faculty
- February 2013
- Article
Institutions and Venture Capital
By: Josh Lerner and Joacim Tag
We survey the literature on venture capital and institutions and present a case study comparing the development of the venture capital market in the United States and Sweden. Our literature survey underscores that the legal environment, financial market development,...
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Keywords:
Venture Capital;
Organizations;
Taxation;
Entrepreneurship;
Financial Markets;
United States;
Sweden
Lerner, Josh, and Joacim Tag. "Institutions and Venture Capital." Industrial and Corporate Change 22, no. 1 (February 2013): 153–182.
- 2022
- Article
Which Corporate ESG News Does the Market React To?
By: George Serafeim and Aaron Yoon
Using a dataset that classifies firm-level ESG news as positive and negative, we examine how stock prices react to different types of ESG news. We analyze 111,020 firm-day observations for 3,126 companies and find that prices react only to issues identified as...
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Keywords:
ESG;
ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance;
ESG Ratings;
Social Capital;
Environment;
Sustainability;
CSR;
Stock Price;
Stock Market Expectations;
Materiality;
Market Reaction;
Environmental Sustainability;
Governance;
Social Issues;
Performance;
News
Serafeim, George, and Aaron Yoon. "Which Corporate ESG News Does the Market React To?" Financial Analysts Journal 78, no. 1 (2022): 59–78.
- 28 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Eyes Shut: The Consequences of Not Noticing
product safety expert, and we have a shared interest in what keeps safer products from reaching the market and what keeps less safe products on store shelves. In 2002 she wrote: As the world's largest retailer and the nation's largest toy...
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- 1998
- Other Unpublished Work
Information Needs of Analysts and Investors in the French Capital Markets
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr. and Patrick Frotiee
- 1999
- Other Unpublished Work
Pursuing Value: The Information Reporting Gap in the Dutch Capital Markets
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr. and Jos A. Nijhuis
- February 2018 (Revised June 2019)
- Case
Jaguar Capital S.A.S., Take the Money and Run?
By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Sayiddah Fatima McCree
In January 2014, Tomas Uribe and Rodrigo Sanchez-Rios of Jaguar Capital S.A.S. (Jaguar or Jaguar Capital), were considering an offer from White Stone, the world’s largest private equity real estate investor. Jaguar Capital needed capital to fund its investment thesis,...
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Keywords:
Real Estate;
Investing;
Private Equity Financing;
Deal Structuring;
Emerging Market;
Emerging Economies;
Emerging Market Finance;
International Entrepreneurship;
Finance;
Entrepreneurship;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Emerging Markets;
Real Estate Industry;
Retail Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Colombia;
Latin America;
United States
Lietz, Nori Gerardo, and Sayiddah Fatima McCree. "Jaguar Capital S.A.S., Take the Money and Run?" Harvard Business School Case 218-078, February 2018. (Revised June 2019.)
- 19 Jan 2021
- News
Managing the Unintended Consequences of Your Innovations
- November 2010
- Article
Capitalizing on the Underdog Effect
By: Anat Keinan, Neeru Paharia and Jill Avery
This article presents the results of a study that investigated the use of the underdog effect in marketing. The idea of triumphing over disadvantages by impassioned determination is said to be a powerfully positive image, which can lead consumers to choose a brand over...
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Keywords:
Marketing;
Brand Management;
Brands;
Brand Positioning;
Competitive Positioning;
Competition;
Brands and Branding;
Advertising Campaigns;
Marketing Communications;
Marketing Strategy;
Advertising Industry;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Fashion Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry
Keinan, Anat, Neeru Paharia, and Jill Avery. "Capitalizing on the Underdog Effect." Harvard Business Review 88, no. 11 (November 2010): 32.
- February 2017
- Case
Securities Exchange Board of India: Developing and Regulating India's Capital Markets
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Radhika Kak
Srinivasan, Suraj, and Radhika Kak. "Securities Exchange Board of India: Developing and Regulating India's Capital Markets." Harvard Business School Case 117-049, February 2017.
The Unintended Consequences of the Zero Lower Bound Policy
Our novel evidence suggests that in the times of unusually low interest rates money market fund managers increased, on average, their portfolios’ risk. We also show... View Details
- 1998
- Other Unpublished Work
Pursuing Value: The Information Reporting Gap in the Swiss Capital Markets
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr. and Peter F. Weibel
- 2021
- Working Paper
rTSR: Properties, Determinants, and Consequences of Benchmark Choice
By: Paul Ma, Jee-Eun Shin and Charles C.Y. Wang
We develop a measurement-error framework for assessing the quality of relative-performance metrics designed to filter out the systematic component of performance and analyze relative total shareholder return (rTSR)—the predominant metric market participants use to...
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Keywords:
Relative TSR;
Relative Performance Evaluation;
Systematic Risk;
Board Of Directors;
Compensation Consultants;
Style Effects;
Executive Compensation;
Performance Evaluation;
Corporate Governance
Ma, Paul, Jee-Eun Shin, and Charles C.Y. Wang. "rTSR: Properties, Determinants, and Consequences of Benchmark Choice." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-112, April 2019. (Revised May 2021.)
- 2023
- Article
Moral Escalation: Contested Category Emergence and Its Consequences in the Toy Industry
By: Ryann Noe
Preexisting research has outlined the cognitive, competitive, and economic barriers to market category emergence. Yet scholars have paid scant attention to the processes and consequences of moral resistance to nascent categories. Through a longitudinal, qualitative...
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Keywords:
Moral Sensibility;
Market Entry and Exit;
Product Positioning;
Technology Industry;
Consumer Products Industry
Noe, Ryann. "Moral Escalation: Contested Category Emergence and Its Consequences in the Toy Industry." Academy of Management Proceedings (2023).