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19 Jan 2017
News

Finding Purpose in Profit

been cast in earlier, better times. “My parents were very hard-working, ethical people who instilled in us a sense of duty to country, family, and community,” says Coupounas. “They made it clear that we were expected to do all in our... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; B corporations

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Believe Me, I Have No Idea What I Am Talking About: The Effects of Source Certainty on Consumer Involvement and Persuasion

By: Uma R. Karmarkar and Zakary L. Tormala

This research explores the effect of source certainty-that is, the level of certainty expressed by a message source-on persuasion. The authors propose an incongruity hypothesis, suggesting that source certainty effects depend on perceived source expertise. In three... View Details

Keywords: Research; Experience and Expertise; Risk and Uncertainty; Consumer Behavior; Performance Expectations; Interests; Power and Influence

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11 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

Riding the Internet Fast Track

bottom lines, ultimately depressing stock prices. To circumvent this problem, some firms issue "tracking stock," hoping that capital markets will perceive them much like traditional start-up... View Details

Keywords: by Peter Jacobs

01 Mar 2003
News

Naina Lal Kidwai

should find the capital markets attractive. Private equity and venture capital have played a major role in providing equity to firms before they are ready to access the capital markets. Foreign direct investment, at $3 billion annually,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

23 May 2011
Op-Ed

Leading and Lagging Countries in Contributing to a Sustainable Society

assumption that investors who take an interest in ESG data are more likely to integrate that data in their investment decisions. We created an index ranking based on the number of hits controlled for the total stock View Details

Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & George Serafeim

01 Mar 2003
News

A Casual Approach to Success

One of the advantages of getting up before 4 a.m., F. Warren Hellman (MBA ’59) says with a smile, is that you aren’t expected to go to cocktail parties. Every day at that hour, Hellman can be found running six miles through his San... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

30 Apr 2001
What Do You Think?

Dot.Com Shakeout: Chess or Roulette?

pieces on a chessboard. It assumes that the most deserving dot.coms will get financed or bought. The question is, are the venture capital or strategic investment markets as perfect as the stock market? In... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Mar 2017
News

In My Humble Opinion: Arunma Oteh (MBA 1990)

assets. “Our leadership understands that you can bring innovation from the private sector and capital markets to solve the world’s most difficult challenges,” says Oteh. She describes visiting World Bank projects in India that mitigate... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Dec 2003
News

Spreading the Words

introduce users to different learning activities. Cook drew the characters and came up with concepts, and Jan guided content development to meet the needs of classroom teachers. Fast forward to 2003, and the Cooks are still at it. While Cook hasn’t given up his day job... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

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IFC India 2025: From Gray to Green: A Glimpse of the Future of Green Hydrogen in India - Blog - Business & Environment

Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author HBS Faculty Author HBS Staff Author Staff Author Students Topics Topics Accelerating Climate Solutions Conference 2023 Alumni Alumni Programs Alumni in Climate Networking Series Business... View Details

01 Oct 1998
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Merton Named University Professor

Professor of Management. In 1988, he joined the HBS faculty. Merton's research is focused on developing finance theory in the areas of capital markets and financial institutions. Along with fellow Nobel Laureate Myron S. Scholes and the... View Details

17 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Enterprising Women

Zipcar, which uses the Internet to "make access to cars as easy as getting money from an ATM" has approximately 1,500 member-users and expects to open in Manhattan in early 2002. The network for women isn't as developed yet, but... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

03 Dec 2024
News

Magic Numbers

achievement. “There are four big things we’ve learned from studying bright spots,” Sharma says. “The first is belief. The expectations for what kids can do in mathematics in a country like Japan or Taiwan or Singapore are completely... View Details

Keywords: Amy Crawford

04 Jun 2013
First Look

First Look: June 4

and even though the entrepreneur holds all of the market power in the model. Furthermore, although perfectly competitive investors expect zero alpha in equilibrium, the nature of the three-way interaction... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2011
News

What’s after Fannie and Freddie?

to what will replace Fannie and Freddie. The administration has outlined three options designed to frame the congressional debate expected to unfold over the months ahead: (1)privatization of the mortgage market, (2) new private,... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Credit Intermediation and Related Activities; Finance

01 Dec 2014
News

Faculty Q&A: The New Brand Manager: You

do you think? How do you feel?” We can also use it to conduct inexpensive and quick market research. And social media applications offer a treasure trove of information about consumer behavior. What other benefits come from using social... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Mar 2010
News

Faculty Books

mission statements of many business schools talk about developing leaders, these same schools produce little serious research about leadership. To fill this void, Professors Nohria and Khurana and scholars from fields as diverse as psychology, economics, and history... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management

17 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Where Did My Shopping Mall Go?

face a host of challenges in the years ahead. For some retailers, ecommerce threatens to digitize the products they sell and leave them without anything meaningful to stock in their stores. For others, hyper-competitive online retailers... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

05 Jun 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018

decisions to them. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53665 Expected Stock Returns Worldwide: A Log-Linear Present-Value Approach By: Chattopadhyay, Akash, Matthew R.... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Evelyne White

interests, and then reserve their spot. Hosts set the price of their meals, and Bookalokal earns a commission on each meal. Soon after launching the site, however, Bookalokal's market expanded. It turns out that local diners—especially... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Services

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