Publications

23 May 2018
Research & Ideas

How to Know If Your Neighborhood Is Being Gentrified

business received, housing prices in that ZIP code increased by 1.4 percent. More college-educated residents = more food options To compare housing prices with other markers of gentrification, the researchers turned to the Federal Housing... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

March 2017
Supplement

Microfinance in India 2010-2016: Crisis and Recovery

By: Shawn Cole, Vikram Gandhi, Caitlin Reimers and Yannick Saleman

SKS, India's leading microfinance firm, is challenged when politicians declaim microfinance as exploitation of the poor and severely restrict business practices. View Details

Keywords: Microfinance; Government Administration; Policy; Capital Markets; Crisis Management; Poverty; Financial Services Industry; India

27 Jan 2023
Op-Ed

Have We Lost Sight of Integrity?

On January 9, Santos was accused of violating campaign finance laws in a complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission. In Santos’s recent interview on Fox News, Tulsi Gabbard asked him, “What does integrity mean to you?” After he... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

15 Jun 2016
Research & Ideas

These VC Partners May Make Your Firm Less Innovative

You don’t know what you don’t know—and almost by definition new entrepreneurial ventures need a helping hand from established partners if they hope to succeed. “Startups suffer from what researchers call ‘liability of newness,’” says Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services; Banking

26 May 2014
News

Hedge Funds' Investing Prowess Doesn't Live Up to Billing

19 Dec 2013
News

Making the Case for Corporate Tax Reform

06 Oct 2016
News

You may not have to haggle for the next car you buy

March 2008 (Revised April 2009)
Case

The Xiamen PX Project: The Rule of Contract or Citizens in China Today

This case examines the effect of environmental activism on China's investment climate, focusing on the petrochemical sector. It shows how tensions between a country's national economic development goals and political constraints make for a more unpredictable investment... View Details

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Investment; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Government Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Conflict and Resolution; China

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October 2006 (Revised April 2007)
Case

Ayala Corporation

Ayala Corporation is the oldest conglomerate in the Philippines and has been controlled by the Zobel de Ayala family for seven generations. Over the past 25 years, Ayala has evolved from a real estate family business into a highly diversified and professionally managed... View Details

Keywords: Diversification; Family Business; Business Conglomerates; Valuation; Financial Strategy; Public Ownership; Real Estate Industry; Philippines

February 2023
Case

Roblox: Virtual Commerce in the Metaverse

By: Ayelet Israeli and Nicole Tempest Keller

In 2022, Roblox had 58.8 million daily active users, including over half of all children and teens under the age of 16 in the United States. Roblox, a free-to-use “co-experience platform”, allowed users to come together in immersive 3D experiences to socialize, work,... View Details

26 Mar 2015
News

Getting People to Love Taxes

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02 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

Networked Incubators: Hothouses of the New Economy

Business incubators are a booming industry. Offering office space, funding, and basic services to start-ups, these organizations have become the hottest way to nurture and grow fledgling businesses. But are incubators a fleeting... View Details

Keywords: by Morten T. Hansen, Henry W. Chesbrough, Nitin Nohria & Donald N. Sull

14 Jan 2013
News

Why Money Market Funds Are Still Safe Investments

18 May 2023
News

India's New Money Managers

finance piece was completely missing," says Gupta. "So for two years, I went to his office and I worked on our personal portfolios." As she pursued finance in college and as a profession in India, Gupta... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

January 2018
Case

Trian Partners' Proxy Contest at Procter & Gamble

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Quinn Pitcher

In July 2017, activist hedge fund Trian Partners announced that it was launching a proxy fight at U.S. consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble. P&G would be the largest company ever subjected to a proxy fight, as Trian sought to have its CEO, Nelson Peltz, elected to the... View Details

Keywords: Investment; Corporate Governance; Institutional Investing; Investment Activism; Business and Shareholder Relations; United States

December 2019 (Revised December 2022)
Case

TXU (A): Powering the Largest Leveraged Buyout in History

By: Trevor Fetter, Erik Snowberg and Rebecca M. Henderson

This case is designed to support a lively discussion about the relative merits of shareholder vs. stakeholder perspectives in the context of a company that provides a vital public service that has important environmental implications. The 2007 purchase of TXU, the... View Details

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Transformation; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Environmental Sustainability; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Energy Generation; Non-Renewable Energy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Utilities Industry; Energy Industry; Texas