Market Timing - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 Jan 2008
Research & Ideas

Billions of Entrepreneurs in China and India

Entrepreneurship in the world's two most populous nations, China and India, has through modern times been somewhat asleep. But now, says HBS professor Tarun Khanna in a new book, both societies "have woken up," and the results... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

19 Sep 2023
Blog Post

2023 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

response services by connecting customers’ distributed energy resource assets (DERs) to every wholesale electricity market in North America. The Product Partnerships team is responsible for conducting market... View Details

27 Jun 2019
Blog Post

My Week at Harvard Business School's Summer Venture in Management Program (SVMP)

directors stressed that we must manage our time well in order to finish reading the 2-3 cases assigned each night to prepare for each day of class (14 cases total!). The case method approach to learning proved to be incredibly enriching... View Details

February 2018 (Revised August 2018)
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Blue Haven Initiative: The PEGAfrica Investment

By: Vikram S. Gandhi, Caitlin Reimers Brumme and Amram Migdal

This case examines Blue Haven Initiative (BHI), an impact investing fund and family office, and one of its investments, PEGAfrica (PEG). BHI founder Liesel Pritzker Simmons’ motivations for using her family wealth to start a family office focused on impact investing,... View Details

Keywords: Impact Investing; Family Office; Development; International Development; International Development Investing; Development Fund; Sustainability; Solar Energy; Solar; Pay As You Go; PAYG; MFI; Social Venture; Business Ventures; Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Economics; Development Economics; Energy; Energy Conservation; Energy Sources; Renewable Energy; Social Entrepreneurship; Finance; Assets; Asset Pricing; Capital; Capital Budgeting; Capital Structure; Venture Capital; Cash; Cash Flow; Currency; Currency Exchange Rate; Equity; Private Equity; Financial Instruments; Debt Securities; Stock Shares; Financing and Loans; Microfinance; International Finance; Investment; Investment Return; Investment Activism; Investment Funds; Investment Portfolio; Price; Geography; Geographic Location; Emerging Markets; Ownership; Ownership Stake; Private Ownership; Social Enterprise; Value; Valuation; Value Creation; Energy Industry; Financial Services Industry; Green Technology Industry; Africa; United States

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31 Jul 2007
First Look

First Look: July 31, 2007

the national microfinance markets of Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru within the context of global microfinance. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=307060 Foreign Direct Investment and South... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Finding Talent Opportunities

Committing to Work and Family: Allison Boxer (MBA 2012) Allison Boxer 11 OCT 2024 Allison Boxer (MBA 2012) found that for her, a rewarding career is about balance. After becoming a mother, she realized she wanted more time at home with... View Details

16 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Can Consumers Be Saved From Their Misguided Decisions?

choice exists, or think about it the wrong way, like Advil buyers. In a friction analysis, researchers theorize people are overwhelmed, and don’t take the time to investigate before making a decision. Too many things going on in a... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Consulting; Retail

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For Alumni - Health Care

Harvard inventors to promote the commercialization of life science technologies with significant market potential. For more information, please contact blavatnikfellowship@hbs.edu . Recruit As an HBS graduate, you know our students are... View Details

December 2019 (Revised June 2024)
Case

The Dutch East India Company in 1612 (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci

The Dutch East India Company’s board of directors must decide what to do about an impending legal requirement to liquidate the company’s assets and return to shareholders their capital and any profits earned during a ten-year lock-up period. The charter granted to the... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Globalized Firms and Management; Organizational Structure; Laws and Statutes; Financial Markets; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Government Relations; Business History; Shipping Industry; Netherlands

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11 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

The High Risks of Short-Term Management

short-termism appears to increase investor risk? Serafeim: Many times corporate leaders complain that the market is short-term-oriented. Again, this is a general statement that fails to recognize that... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

Risks, Opportunities, And Investments In The Era Of Climate Change (ROICC)

The MBA course on "Risks, Opportunities, and Investments in an Era of Climate Change" is ideal for students who aspire to become entrepreneurs by starting their own company or joining a start-up that is driving innovation and solving challenges posed by climate change.... View Details

28 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

job."1 It was remarkable that the corporate image of a company whose brands were so well known, and whose operations were so widespread, was so indistinct. There were times between the 1960s and 1990 when Unilever appeared amorphous.... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products

18 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

After the 'Crypto Crash,' What's Next for Digital Currencies?

And so, there’s a lot of uncertainty around crypto; and in times of overall financial market uncertainty, people pull away from riskier assets. At the same time, a lot of the basic technology investment and... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Financial Services; Technology

30 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Six Steps for Making Your Threat Credible

for it to back away from the public commitment he made. If the company now fails to respond with a competitive bid, it is likely to take a greater hit in the stock market than if he had simply kept quiet and let you bid. By increasing the... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra

01 Sep 2023
News

Case Study: The Home Team

Illustration by Jon Krause Illustration by Jon Krause Brendan Kennealey (MBA 2006) wasn’t even searching for a business idea. A couple of years ago, the Wilmington, Delaware, native met up with an old friend who’d bought a new house. Over dinner this friend enumerated... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Real Estate

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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni

prototype, beta, growth, etc.). Describe your primary source of competitive advantage. Summarize plans include developing [x, y, and z] in [year or time frame]. The Market Define target market/customer.... View Details

03 Jun 2013
Research & Ideas

The Power of Rituals in Life, Death, and Business

Norton, an associate professor in the Marketing unit at Harvard Business School. "But we didn't know if the ritual caused the healing." “We see in every culture—and throughout history—that people who perform rituals report... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

20 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

West Coast headed to eastern ports, with a smaller flow of manufactured goods and agricultural products headed the other way. The canal supercharged the growth of the West Coast (at the expense of Venezuela in oil and the South in timber) and generated economic... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation

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Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Golden Age of Black Business

success within a black economy, which developed in response to the nation's rise of two worlds of race." 4 African Americans who attended HBS during this time went on to make significant contributions in diverse fields and in their... View Details

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Online Leadership Principles Course | HBS Online

thought the course was very manageable on top of a full-time job." Abby Katz Senior Marketing Manager at Mavrck Build greater self-awareness and explore how you can adapt your leadership style to meet specific organizational challenges.... View Details

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