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  • 25 Aug 2015
  • First Look

First Look Tuesday

Abstract—U.S. money market mutual funds (MMFs) are an important source of dollar funding for global financial institutions, particularly those headquartered outside the United... View Details
  • 25 Sep 2012
  • First Look

First Look: September 25

Fund Relationships Bias Analyst Recommendations? Authors: Michael Firth, Chen Lin, Ping Liu, and Yuhai Xuan Publication: Journal of Accounting Research (forthcoming) Abstract This article investigates whether the business relations... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Oct 2007
  • What Do You Think?

Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?

better. Be it mutual funds or hedge funds, these so-called owners have virtually no emotional investment in the companies (they own)." B. D. Majuqwana comments that "the biggest drawback for PE is... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 28 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 28, 2009

Abstract A new instrument (the Mutual Inheritance Fund or MIF) is proposed whose purpose is to help people carry their savings forward from the moment they retire into their old age. Like annuities, this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Aug 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Decoding Insider Information and Other Secrets of Old School Chums

the paper The Small World of Investing: Board Connections and Mutual Fund Returns, the three scholars found that portfolio managers placed larger bets on firms when there was an alumni connection, and that... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services
  • 20 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: September 20

mutual funds and the income the funds earned from securities lending. Securities lending involved temporarily transferring securities from mutual... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 25, 2008

The Blackwell Handbook of Technology and Innovation Management, edited by Scott Shane, 3-55. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2008 No abstract is available at this time. Book link: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Brand/id-35.html Can Mutual... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Mar 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Are Assets Only for America’s Wealthy?

Chair of the Finance unit, has spent the past four years investigating ways to help low-income families break out of this cycle and thus gain some of the benefits of being connected to the world of financial services. Programs providing incentives to build retirement... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
  • 08 Sep 2003
  • Research & Ideas

A Bold Proposal for Investment Reform

critical look at companies' financial statements. Stock exchanges could fund the cost of audits through a modest transactions charge. Q: In your article you argue that the availability of high quality information is crucial to an... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services
  • 05 Jul 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Reinventing the Dowdy Savings Bond

institutions, particularly the mutual fund industry. His work has focused on the determinants of fund flows, the impact of alternative governance structures on fee setting, the... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Financial Services
  • 30 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Entering the Age of Alliances

competencies of each partner and create two-way value is evidenced by, among others, the collaboration between The College Fund (UNCF) and Merck. UNCF, the largest and oldest minority educational assistance organization in the United... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
  • 03 Aug 2010
  • First Look

First Look: August 3

and questions about growth and scalability. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/310053-PDF-ENG Note: Disclosure, Regulation, and Taxation of Hedge Funds versus Mutual View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 30, 2007

and Erik Stafford Periodical:Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract This paper examines institutional price pressure in equity markets using market prices of mutual fund transactions caused by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Jan 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick

Many companies follow a tried-and-true approach to pursuing corporate social responsibility practices. They set aside a certain amount per year to fund a CSR office, which then tries to help clean up the environment or improve the quality... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 11 Jan 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 11

students and investors how to evaluate mutual funds and other collective investment vehicles. It discusses how different types of funds are managed, marketed, and regulated. It... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Jun 2008
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First Look: June 24, 2008

in academe has a nefarious effect on public research output is, at least in its simplest form, misplaced. The Small World of Investing: Board Connections and Mutual Fund Returns Authors: Lauren Cohen, Andrea... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Aug 2008
  • First Look

First Look: August 5, 2008

to exit direct stockholding if their stock portfolios have performed well; but these relationships are much weaker for mutual funds, a pattern which is consistent with previous research on the disposition effect among direct stockholders... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 May 2003
  • Research & Ideas

How Bank of America Turned Branches into Service-Development Laboratories

stocks and mutual funds. An "investment bar" offered personal computers where the customer could do her banking, check her investment portfolio, or just surf the Internet. There were comfortable couches, where she could relax,... View Details
Keywords: by Stefan Thomke; Banking; Financial Services
  • 15 Dec 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 15, 2009

diminished focus on losses and heightened focus on gains when policies are evaluated in bundled form. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-147.pdf   PublicationsAssessing the Cost and Benefits of Brokers: A Preliminary Analysis of the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 Apr 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform

other out and to work in concert on issues on which they share common ground.—Cynthia A. Montgomery and Rhonda Kaufman Reinvigorate Shareholders. As Michael Jensen observed in a 1993 Journal of Finance article, "Financial institutions such as banks, pension funds,... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia A. Montgomery & Rhonda Kaufman

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