Limits To Arbitrage - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Mar 2022
Blog Post

The Impact of Career Coaching | When Mission Meets Passion

CPD interviewed Nancy M. Williams (MBA 1992) to share how she leveraged career coaching to make a career switch, launch a venture and find true fulfillment in her professional and personal endeavors. Tell us... View Details

29 Apr 2015
Blog Post

2+2: Challenging Conceptions of Business

my conception of what a business can do for the world. I realized the inherent limitations of my previous work in activism, and the infinite potential of products to provide tangible solutions View Details

12 Aug 2013
Research & Ideas

‘Hybrid’ Organizations a Difficult Bet for Entrepreneurs

well-defined form that people understand," says Lee. "Creating a new hybrid is difficult to explain as a rational choice taking this limitation into account." Lee and Battilana sought other explanations for... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

10 Apr 2014
Blog Post

HBS FIELD 2 - A good sneak-peek into consulting

its way of working: We had to solve a problem in limited time and therefore they made sure that we had access to all the resources we needed. Small meeting with the chief of... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

05 Mar 2013
First Look

First Look: March 5

and Alexis BrownellHarvard Business School Case 813-121 Rebeca Minguela hopes to create an arbitrage platform, similar to Rocket Internet, that can bring start-up ideas and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Jun 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Twenty-first Century Skill: Trading Carbon Credits

Cap and trade has become an increasingly popular mechanism used by governments to induce green behavior among corporate polluters, with news emerging almost daily. Just recently New Jersey Governor Chris Christie withdrew his state from the Regional Greenhouse Gas... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities

03 Jan 2017
First Look

January 3, 2017

Johnson, David Simchi-Levi, and He Wang Abstract—We consider a price-based network revenue management problem where a retailer aims to maximize revenue from multiple products with limited inventory over a... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

24 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Why Small Businesses Deserve More Credit

could lead to substantial growth.” But new research suggests that small businesses are far more fiscally conservative than banks realize. In fact, firms with up to 10 employees hold back spending on their... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services; Banking

31 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: Jan. 31

duties in firms incorporated in that state. This change limited managers' incentives to take actions favoring equity over debt for firms in the vicinity of financial distress. We show that this ruling... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel

23 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

One More Way the Startup World Hampers Women Entrepreneurs

potential appeal of the product,’” Koning says. “When you are trying to grow a startup, the people you are getting advice and feedback from are overwhelmingly men.” This gender gap is hardly limited View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

13 May 2013
Blog Post

Being Uncomfortable at HBS

that challenges me to go beyond the limits I have set for myself - stretching my imagination, questioning the status quo, learning through failure, defending my assertions, and confronting my own fears.... View Details

18 Apr 2007
HBS Case

How Magazine Luiza Courts the Poor

are challenged to assess the viability of this merger as well as to lay out guidelines for future growth initiatives. Throughout this discussion issues of cultural fit for employees and customers as well as... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail

23 Oct 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018

that RCMs are more precise at allocating firm heterogeneous effects to model slopes and intercepts than standard regression models. We also discuss RCMs’ possible limitations due View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

11 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

How Hackathons Help Decide Platform Winners and Losers

find.” Of course, given the limitations the coronavirus pandemic has placed on large gatherings, hackathons have necessarily been suspended over the past year, though Wu says some have successfully transferred at least some of their... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

20 Dec 2011
First Look

First Look: December 20

limited managers' incentives to take actions favoring equity over debt for firms in the vicinity of financial distress. We show that this ruling increased the likelihood of equity issues, increased... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Jun 2020
What Do You Think?

Will Challenged Amazon Tweak Its Retail Model Post-Pandemic?

asked, “Is this a good time to begin thinking about prudential limits so that the brick-and-mortar stores will continue to be around when the next lockdown happens?” Perhaps... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

08 May 2018
Blog Post

Meet the Entrepreneurship Club

with several hundred current students and alumni, there are limited tables available for companies to recruit at the flagship monthly event, and opportunities to co-sponsor... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

13 Dec 2011
First Look

First Look: Dec. 13

Norway, cartels received support from the Norwegian government when they were deemed to be beneficial to Norwegian economic interests. The legislation was used to foster the... View Details