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- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Markets’ Moral Limits
affects social attitudes about altruism. And since markets may not be the best allocators of goods “on grounds of either efficiency or fairness,” Sandel called for broad debate on “where markets belong, and... View Details
- 20 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 20
built brands that shaped perceptions of beauty and the business organizations needed to market them. They democratized access to beauty products, once the privilege of elites, but they also defined the gender and ethnic borders of beauty,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Who Controls Water?
"Farmers would probably have a price of water that would be significantly higher than it is right now so they probably would not plant thirsty crops," remarked one student. "The market would sort out the farmers and the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
could well be a case study about an American manufacturer’s adaptation to the forces of globalization. Back in the 1990s, when the U.S. economy was in a high-tech, dot-com frenzy and China’s experiment with export-driven market economics... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Charlie Rose Interviews Goldman CEO Paulson
him on Goldman’s recently published first quarter results. “The economy feels better than it did a year ago,” replied Paulson with caution. “Things have turned, but our business is lumpy. You can’t extrapolate too much from the last quarter.” Of the View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Faculty Research Online From HBS Working Knowledge
Professor Mihir Desai explains what managers can learn from one unlucky investor’s experience. The Compensation Game Do CEOs deserve “star” compensation? The idea that their pay is driven by the invisible hand of market forces is a myth... View Details
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Banking industry: overviews & statistics
Institution Directory listing top US Backs going back to 1992. S&P NetAdvantage has industry survey on multinational banks, regional banks, and consumer finance. Also available in Capital IQ under View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Losing Our Competitive Edge
"We design them here, but the labor is cheaper in Hell." © Drew Dernavich/Condé Nast Publications/Cartoonbank.com Today, many people are looking to high-technology sectors — like alternative energy — to be the growth engine that revives... View Details
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
most affected by proxy access, as measured by institutional ownership, lost value on that day. The value drop was 55 basis points for a 10 percentage point change in activist institution ownership. These... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Alumni Books
measured? How does India’s accountability rank against other countries? Does accountability affect economic and social performance? He examines the mechanisms that hold governance institutions accountable, explains why many governance... View Details
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historical Perspective: Levitt Shaped the Debate
Harvard Business School professors Richard S. Tedlow and Rawi Abdelal, who provided a historical perspective on Levitt's work at the Globalization of Markets colloquium held May 28-30. The twentieth-year anniversary of the article has... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Speakers Share Triumphs and Challenges
other manufacturers have abandoned it to seek cheaper labor elsewhere. Since corporations are the center of wealth and power in this country, they are the only ones that can make a difference in addressing poverty and unemployment."... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 22 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 22, 2015
co-creation of markets and value, multinationals without firm-specific advantages, and born-global firms. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50242 November 13, 2015 Harvard Business Review If CEOs Care About... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The End of Cows?
Price is a market barrier for lab-grown beef, with production costs currently exceeding 250,000 euros per burger. (Photo courtesy of Cultured Beef) Price is a market barrier for lab-grown beef, with... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
A Market-Based Prescription
they price their products depend on consumer demand, value, and traditional market forces. Our present system suppresses these forces and innovation. Doctors can only provide services that fit static billing and payment codes. These codes... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: On the Fly
free-market competition. While market liberalization internationally is still evolving, the consumer benefits of the competitive marketplace are pretty compelling. Putting any one carrier in charge of the infrastructure that forms the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
preferences. Finally, we find no evidence that CEO activists using economic language are more persuasive in their appeals. The Relevance of Broker Networks for Information Diffusion in the Stock Market By: Di Maggio, Marco, Francesco... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- July 2010
- Technical Note
Note on the Banking Industry
By: Clayton S. Rose and Scott Waggoner
This note provides an overview of the structure and function of the banking industry, with a primary focus on the U.S. It was designed to support the HBS MBA course "Managing the Financial Firm." View Details
Keywords: Banks and Banking; Business or Company Management; Industry Structures; Banking Industry; United States
Rose, Clayton S., and Scott Waggoner. "Note on the Banking Industry." Harvard Business School Technical Note 311-011, July 2010.
- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
create institutional pressure to spur performance improvement. By examining how organizational characteristics moderate establishments' responses to a prominent environmental information disclosure program, we provide among the first... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Oct 2010
- News