Publications

March 2018
Case

Chaudhary Group: Rebuilding Nepal

By: Christopher J. Malloy, Lauren H. Cohen and Inakshi Sobti

After the 2015 Nepal earthquake, the Chaudhary Group, a billion-dollar conglomerate in Nepal, decides to play a pivotal role in rebuilding the country. The Group's philanthropic arm (Chaudhary Foundation) works with stakeholders and develops a blue print for short- and... View Details

31 May 2016
First Look

May 31, 2016

findings ultimately suggest that nonverbal dominance displays influence humans’ visual attention in ways that are likely to shape how social interactions unfold. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51104 Winter 2016 Journal of Applied... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

The Times Captures History of American Business

a collection of interesting articles across the history of the paper. There were already a few publications on more specific subjects: For example, Floyd Norris, a well-respected columnist at the Times, edited a book on the history of View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Journalism & News

20 Mar 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018

administer the exercise in class. The goals of the exercise are to examine how asking questions during conversation influences interpersonal perception, information exchange, decision making, productivity, as well as relationships and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part One]

where one applicant out of 10,000 got a job at MITI — to change their world view and do something different Change is starting to occur. Officials are quitting MITI and the Ministry of Finance early. Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori is more of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer

15 Nov 2016
First Look

November 15, 2016

payoffs differently than private households do. This gives the government a "social risk management" motive: projects that ameliorate market failures when household marginal utility is high are appealing. The second friction is that government View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Dec 2012
First Look

First Look: December 18

activity and new venture financing is an age old question. Public promotion efforts are controversial, and in most cases they tend to fail. In the United States, debate about the role of government in these areas can be traced back to at... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

15 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 15

and financing alternatives. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/mission-produce/an/514023-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 914-025 Managing Global Health: Applying Behavioral Economics to Create Impact No abstract available.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

November 2024
Teaching Note

Mercado Bitcoin: M&A, IPO, or Series B?

By: Raymond Kluender, Emanuele Colonnelli and Sabrina Howell

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 825-047. In April 2021, Brazilian cryptocurrency platform Mercado Bitcoin, had to decide how to scale: go public, M&A with a bank, or take a VC big check. In a highly volatile market, Roberto Dagnoni, chairman of the board, viewed the... View Details

01 Sep 2009
First Look

First Look: September 1

http://www.springerlink.com/content/978-3-642-03109-0 Sell Side School Ties Authors:Lauren H. Cohen, Christopher J. Malloy, and Andrea Frazzini Publication:Journal of Finance (forthcoming) Abstract We study the impact of social networks... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 7, 2009

multinational firms requires a similar fortitude. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-107.pdf Corporate Misgovernance at the World Bank Authors:Ashwin Kaja and Eric Werker Abstract We test for evidence of corporate misgovernance at the World Bank.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

July 2019 (Revised November 2022)
Case

Backstage at Boston Ballet

By: David G. Fubini, Ryan Raffaelli, Begum Agca Okutgen and Julia Kelley

This case asks students to consider how to prioritize goals when placed in a new leadership role. In August 2014, Meredith “Max” Hodges became the youngest Executive Director (ED) in the Boston Ballet’s 51-year history. In her first year, she was able to claim several... View Details

26 Apr 2011
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities

January 2024
Case

ECOALF: Fashion for the Future

By: Elizabeth A. Keenan, Diego Aparicio, Carlota Moniz and María José Satrústegui

ECOALF, a Spanish fashion brand and sustainability pioneer, aimed to tackle the industry's challenges of excessive consumption and production. The brand's mission was to create timeless apparel exclusively from recycled and eco-responsible materials, matching the... View Details

18 Oct 2011
First Look

First Look: October 18

the operating decisions of the waste-to-energy firm. Our analyses suggest that if the social planner's objective is to maximize landfill diversion, offering a subsidy as a per kilowatt-hour for electricity is more cost effective, whereas... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 28, 2009

Surgical to develop some, but not all, of Incept's IP. The specifics of which IP Confluent would develop were described by a licensing agreement between Incept and Confluent. Venture capitalist Charles Warden of Schroder Ventures Life Sciences was deciding whether to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

September 2023 (Revised March 2024)
Case

ReMo Energy: Sizing Up Investors

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Tom Quinn

In 2023, executives with ReMo Energy (founded 2020) were deciding which size ammonia plant to build as their first project. Their innovative model produced ammonia—useful for making fertilizer and for energy storage—from renewable energy, and they had received funding... View Details

29 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 29

Pvt. Ltd. (formerly SET Pvt. Ltd.), a leading television broadcaster in India. Describes Singh's decision to evaluate employees based on values as well as performance and the management committee's response. Allows for discussion of 1)... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

2011
Chapter

Regional Trade Integration and Multinational Firm Strategies

By: Pol Antras and C. Fritz Foley

This paper analyzes the effects of the formation of a regional trade agreement on the level and nature of multinational firm activity. We examine aggregate data that captures the response of U.S. multinational firms to the formation of the ASEAN free trade agreement.... View Details

Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Trade; Foreign Direct Investment; Multinational Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Analytics and Data Science; Agreements and Arrangements; United States