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  • 30 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Big Companies, Big Opportunities—Big Questions

away from anything but a majority position, Rodriguez said. Illiquid markets are also a turn-off for institutional investors. Only thirty-three companies in Latin America meet the minimum $5 million in daily trading volume most View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
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Media

Media

This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details

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Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Info Do Fire Sales Create Externalities? By: Sergey Chernenko & Adi Sunderam DEC 2018 How do cash policies affect stock returns? A mutual fund that uses its cash reserves to accommodate outflows will lower... View Details
  • December 2019
  • Case

Steemit: A New Social Media?

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Alexander White and Karen Elterman
This case discusses the alternative social media site Steemit, including the principles it was founded on in 2016 and the challenges it faced in 2019. Steemit was a blockchain-based platform that aimed to differentiate itself from other social media companies by... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Decisions; Voting; Economic Systems; Money; Fairness; Values and Beliefs; Goals and Objectives; Digital Platforms; Product Design; Design; Problems and Challenges; Network Effects; Motivation and Incentives; Social and Collaborative Networks; Reputation; Business Strategy; Competition; Internet and the Web; Social Media; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States; Virginia; New York (city, NY)
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Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni

(login required) What's Next for the United States and the World? 10:40–11:40 a.m. EST Speaker: Rawi Abdelal , Herbert F. Johnson Professor of International Management Video Recording Women & Money 1:30–2:15 p.m. EST Faculty Moderator:... View Details
  • 15 Apr 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Solving the Search vs. Display Advertising Quandary

a few clicks of a mouse, companies can tell how successful a particular ad was in making a purchase decision. "A lot of companies have put more and more money into online marketing because online View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising
  • 25 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 25

working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=46882 Friends with Close Ties: Asset or Liability? Evidence from the Investment Decisions of Mutual Funds in China By: Gao, Xinzi, T.J. Wong,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Jun 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Rethinking Retirement Planning

She'd say that he was worth 4,000 pounds a year. That's how we usually think of our standard of living." Merton says we're used to the mutual fund industry as a vehicle for getting to our retirement... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Financial Services
  • 18 Oct 2010
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Venture Capital’s Disconnect with Clean Tech

promising start-ups, which, without multiple funding rounds, fell into a financial "Valley of Death"—that precarious stage between researching and developing a product and actually going to market... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities; Financial Services
  • 02 Jan 2024
  • Research & Ideas

10 Trends to Watch in 2024

The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 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

    Randolph B. Cohen

    Randolph B. (Randy) Cohen is the MBA Class of 1975 Senior Lecturer of Entrepreneurial Management in the Finance Unit at Harvard Business School. Cohen’s main research focus has been the identification of top investment managers and the prediction of manager... View Details

    Keywords: financial services; investment banking industry
    • 02 Feb 2004
    • Research & Ideas

    Where Does Apple Go From Here?

    one is the path of least resistance because they can continue the BMW strategy for the Mac, which at a minimum breaks even, makes a little money, or loses a little money in any given quarter. The strategy View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • 03 Mar 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: March 4, 2008

    because their market power allows them to charge higher service fees than domestic banks. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/05-025.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsThe Armstrong Investigation Harvard Business School... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 10 Mar 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: March 10, 2009

    Working Papers An Investigation of Earnings Management through Marketing Actions (revised) Authors: Craig J. Chapman and Thomas J. Steenburgh Abstract Prior research hypothesizes managers use "real actions," including the... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 21 Apr 2014
    • Research & Ideas

    Bio-Piracy: When Western Firms Usurp Eastern Medicine

    emerging market entities as imitators. (Cases of bio-piracy indicate the opposite.) From a practical perspective, they wanted to suss out factors that might thwart bio-piracy altogether. In a series of new papers, the researchers trace a... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Legal Services; Biotechnology
    • 20 Apr 2009
    • Research & Ideas

    Misgovernance at the World Bank

    Getting a seat at the table often makes all the difference in the world. New research from Harvard Business School suggests that this idea holds true literally at the World Bank, where the 24 countries serving on the Board of Executive Directors benefit their own... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace
    • 28 Aug 2017
    • Research & Ideas

    Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?

    Source: Cecilie_Arcurs George Serafeim has a startling suggestion to fix the world’s biggest environmental, social, and governance (ESG) problems such as water pollution, deforestation, and wealth inequality: encourage companies within industries to do less competing... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Manufacturing; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Mining
    • 10 Sep 2008
    • Research & Ideas

    Long-Tail Economics? Give Me Blockbusters!

    you can make money in many creative industries by selling specialized products to niche markets identified via the Internet. For example, the new CEO of GlaxoSmithKline, the pharmaceuticals giant, likens the... View Details
    Keywords: by John Quelch; Entertainment & Recreation; Pharmaceutical
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    Lehman Brothers Timeline | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

    activities. 1958 Lehman Brothers established the One William Street Fund, a mutual fund of diversified holdings. 1969 Robert Lehman, the last family member to head Lehman Brothers, dies. 1969–1973 Frederick... View Details