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  • 23 Apr 2013
  • First Look

First Look: April 23

to teach but are largely silent on what to teach. Manufacturing Morals demonstrates how faculty and students are exposed to a system that operates on open-ended directives that require significant decision making on the part of those... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Apr 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Financial Services 24/7

Business Administration. "There are many challenges for firms in figuring out how to position themselves," notes Crane, who has taught finance and banking at HBS for many years. As consumers get more accustomed to using their computers to... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
  • 19 Apr 2011
  • First Look

First Look: April 19

Becker, Zoran Ivkovic, and Scott Weisbenner Publication:Journal of Finance 66, no. 2 (April 2011) Abstract : We exploit demographic variation to identify the effect of dividend demand on corporate payout policy. Retail investors tend to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • September 2011 (Revised January 2012)
  • Case

Telemonitoring at Visiting Nurse Health System

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Mark Keil and Mala Kaul
The Telemonitoring at Visiting Nurse Health System case presents one home healthcare organization's efforts to use telemonitoring to improve the quality of care provided to at-risk patients who were discharged from hospitals and needed home care. After two years of... View Details
Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Cost vs Benefits; Risk Management; Technology Adoption; Technological Innovation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Competitive Strategy; Health Industry; Technology Industry
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  • September 2010
  • Supplement

Compass Maritime Services, LLC: Valuing Ships (CW)

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Albert W. Sheen
Tom Roberts, a founding partner of Compass Maritime Services, a New Jersey-based shipping research and consulting firm, has been asked by a new potential customer in May 2008 for advice on purchasing a capesize bulk carrier. After identifying a suitable ship with his... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Decisions; Microeconomics; Finance; Price; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Market Transactions; Partners and Partnerships; Mathematical Methods; Valuation; Consulting Industry; New Jersey
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  • 31 Mar 2020
  • Blog Post

Know Your Audience – Recruiting HBS Students for Investment Management

decade of prior finance experience, they bring a combined 14 years of Career & Professional Development expertise, helping firms develop their HBS recruiting strategy and connect with students. The Interest Rate at HBS HBS student... View Details
Keywords: Investment Management / Hedge Fund
  • 08 Sep 2010
  • First Look

First Look: September 8, 2010

literature on willpower. Understanding how willpower develops can shed important light on time-inconsistent economic decision making, a topic that has received substantial attention over recent decades. In particular, we argue that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Jul 2007
  • First Look

First Look: July 31, 2007

become major players in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond. Collectively, these investment decisions could have a major long-run impact on South Africa's economic growth and political stability. South African policymakers needed to decide what... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 May 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Fixing the Marketing-CEO Disconnect

company. Gail McGovern: In many companies, marketing exists far from the executive suite because the CEO perceives that there is not the same pressing need to master the marketing discipline as there is, for example, to master finance due... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Jan 2018
  • News

The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition

it be referencing old finance models or discussing strategic frameworks. I find myself using courses that taught us about EQ and people management the most on a daily basis. Classes like ALD and Founder's Dilemma helped me understand my... View Details
Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade; Educational Support Services; Educational Services
  • 2002
  • Other Unpublished Work

Market Liquidity as a Sentiment Indicator

By: Malcolm Baker and Jeremy Stein
We build a model that helps to explain why increases in liquidity—such as lower bid–ask spreads, a lower price impact of trade, or higher turnover—predict lower subsequent returns in both firm-level and aggregate data. The model features a class of irrational... View Details
Keywords: Price; Financial Liquidity; Trade; Valuation; Markets; Forecasting and Prediction; Equity; Stock Shares; Investment Return
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  • August 2006
  • Article

Investor Sentiment and the Cross Section of Stock Returns

By: Malcolm Baker and Jeffrey Wurgler
We examine how investor sentiment affects the cross-section of stock returns. Theory predicts that a broad wave of sentiment will disproportionately affect stocks whose valuations are highly subjective and are difficult to arbitrage. We test this prediction by... View Details
Keywords: Behavioral Finance; Stocks; Investment Return; Forecasting and Prediction; Motivation and Incentives; Risk and Uncertainty; Volatility
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  • 27 Apr 2021
  • Research & Ideas

New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement

Technological Eclecticism Could Help Journal of Applied Corporate Finance Amar Bhidé “Keynes thought it would be ‘splendid’ if economists became more like dentists. Disciplinary economics has instead become more like physics in focusing... View Details
  • November 1994 (Revised February 1997)
  • Case

Levi Strauss & Co.: Global Sourcing (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Jane Palley Katz
In 1993, senior managers at Levi Strauss & Co., the world's largest brand-name apparel manufacturer, were deciding whether the company should have a business presence in China, given the human rights and other problems there. The China Policy Group has been asked to... View Details
Keywords: Management Teams; Decisions; Management Skills; Trade; Brands and Branding; Rights; Ethics; Foreign Direct Investment; Apparel and Accessories Industry; China
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  • 09 Mar 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Warring Algorithms Could Be Driving Up Consumer Prices

antitrust authorities, who fear they could ultimately harm consumers by raising prices above typical competitive levels. It doesn’t seem too long ago when a price change was a major strategic decision for companies, requiring extensive... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail
  • 15 Jan 2008
  • First Look

First Look: January 15, 2008

clear, immediate, and direct, 3) the tendency to ignore unethical behavior when ethicality erodes slowly over time, and 4) the tendency to assess unethical behaviors only after the unethical behavior has resulted in a bad outcome, but not during the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017

trade and production for the Ministry of Agriculture, has won a WTO sugar decision for Brazil against the EU sugar policies. This case analyzes what this decision will mean to world food policies, especially... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • February 2022 (Revised May 2025)
  • Case

Resident 2020

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and Thomas O. Jones
Launched in 2016, Resident was a leading player in the direct-to-consumer bed-in-a-box mattress market, where it was one of at least 175 venture-backed companies competing in the space. By late 2020, it had realized over $500 million in revenue, profitability in the... View Details
Keywords: Digital Marketing; Business Growth and Maturation; Operations; Entrepreneurship; Competitive Strategy; Initial Public Offering; Decisions; Marketing Strategy; Cash Flow; Demand and Consumers
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  • 07 Aug 2019
  • News

“The Star of the North”

competitor analysis, trend research, and leadership programs. Since then, the team has helped Granite Equity research individual company profiles, whether it’s for an acquisition or a vendor or a potential partner. The service also has helped make long-term strategic... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
  • 24 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 24

  PublicationsThe Need for Sector-Specific Materiality and Sustainability Reporting Standards Authors:Robert G. Eccles, Jr., Michael P. Krzus, Jean Rogers, and George Serafeim Publication:Journal of Applied Corporate Finance (forthcoming)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne