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- 12 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
with higher exposure to sustainability issues, greater institutional and socially responsible investment fund ownership, and coverage from analysts with lower portfolio complexity. Moreover, we document intra-industry View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 31
case recounts Chegg's history from its origins as a distant competitor to Craigslist in college classified listings through a pivot into textbook rental followed by a period of explosive growth. Resulting challenges in scaling warehouse operations, customer service,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jan 2017
- News
Personalizing Women’s Path to Success
measurable way to invest in the development, retention, and promotion of their talent,” she adds. “The level of personalization and the caliber of the offering really resonates with women,” says Skeete Tatum. “When I tell people the... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Ideas: Books
institutions ranging from Wall Street, to law and business schools, to the AFL-CIO examining the responsibilities of “gatekeepers” — corporate directors, regulators, auditors, lawyers, investment bankers, and journalists. They find that... View Details
- 22 Jan 2020
- News
What It Takes
people, how to have a good investment committee, how to figure out what was the right type of thing to be buying at the right time. We had a great conversation. In the middle of it I tried to sell him some products, which I normally would... View Details
- 17 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
Broadband: Remaking the Advertising Industry
business, and the difficulties writing about such a moving target. Julia Hanna: What is the subject of your book in progress? Stephen P. Bradley: We are looking at industries that are being transformed by broadband such as the news and View Details
- 06 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 6
controlling family, when the borrower has a higher degree of informational opacity, a lower credit rating, and a lower potential for being propped up, when the loan facility is subject to more credit risk, and during financial crises. The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Reimagining China and India
misconception that these countries are too unfamiliar for us to really grapple with. Getting over that barrier allows one to invest in acquiring the knowledge that’s necessary. There’s really nothing mysterious about either country.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Ask the Expert: Energy’s Next Era
sector supports, develops, or acquires the most promising low-carbon energy technologies of the future. Ultimately, the companies that are willing to make investments in these technologies will become our next generation of corporate... View Details
- 26 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 26, 2010
support for ultimate target agreements. Download the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/jsebenius/articles_scans/10_NegCampaignsNN.pdf Working PapersPayout Taxes and the Allocation of Investment Authors:Bo Becker, Marcus Jacob, and Martin... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Investor Protection: The Czech Experience
Second, the emphasis on local laws as being all-important may be misplaced given the large role of foreign investment in emerging economies and the ability of these investors to avail themselves of nonlocal laws. The web of bilateral... View Details
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Introduction - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA... View Details
- 06 Nov 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Top-Down Resource Allocation on the Rise?
the unit level." Saravanan introduced the old/new, product-market 2X2 matrix to argue that top-down resource allocation is most appropriate when both products and markets are new. But he reminded us that "The decision on the total spend available and the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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leadership among the business community by founding the Ebola Private Sector Mobilization Group (EPSMG). Our project evaluated the role that AM and EPSMG played during the Ebola crisis in Liberia. Measuring the "Impact" in Impact View Details
- 03 Oct 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: Galactic Returns
investing in space is going to take off even more? What do you think needs to happen, if anything, before that occurs? Laetitia Garriott de Cayeux: That's a really interesting question because on one hand there is an enormous amount of... View Details
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Phillip Michael Strazzulla
fifth grade. He and his brother would listen to the adults talking about investments and became intrigued. Already showing an entrepreneurial side, Strazzulla made money mowing lawns and trading baseball cards. But after he made his first... View Details
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
plans-epitomized by the ubiquitous 401(k)-which transfer the investment risk from the company to the employee. With that transfer has come a dangerous shift in investment focus, argues Nobel Laureate Robert... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
A Binary Formula
kind of leadership. “Since the investment and R&D decisions you make today are often not easily quantifiable and not coming to fruition for fifteen to twenty years, special intuition and judgment are required,” he observes. “Compared with... View Details
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
examine the effect of increased competition on the disciplining effects of reputation. Using a variety of data sources, we find that competition leads to more issuer friendly and less informative ratings. First, the credit ratings issues... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
value of its philanthropic giving. The foundation recently raised a $120 million Growth Capital Aggregation Pilot fund that is investing in only three social sector organizations, including Youth Villages. The Decade Ahead IDEAS RULE:... View Details