Money Funds - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

Are Assets Only for America’s Wealthy?

enough money to prosper, low-income families' access to health benefits, their civic participation, family stability, and mental wellbeing are all diminished by their low success rate in building assets. Peter Tufano, Sylvan C. Coleman... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

26 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Behind India’s Economic and Political Woes

rupiah and the Brazilian real. A common cause of these price movements is shifts, or expected shifts, in US monetary policy. The United States is still the big gorilla in the global currency field, and when policies are tightened at home, resulting in the dramatic... View Details

Keywords: by Zeenat Potia

14 Jul 2006
Op-Ed

The Case for Consumer-Driven Medicaid

Carolina Governor Mark Sanford (R) has suggested an option that is worth serious consideration in other states. His plan gives Medicaid enrollees a choice: Every recipient would obtain catastrophic and preventive coverage as well as a personal health account (PHA).... View Details

Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger

08 Aug 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

Parmigiano-Reggiano, Jane Austen, and Other Things You Didn't Know About Finance

Sapphire Made Credit Cool for Millennials The Chase Sapphire Reserve card was one of the hottest product launches in 2016. But what would be JP Morgan's next act be? State Street’s SHE: Investing in Women Leaders Index funds are the major... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

05 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

Five questions for Regina E. Herzlinger

"bonus" long-term policies that reward those who switch to healthy lifestyles. Insurers and providers will receive risk-adjusted payments, so the sick will become financially attractive enrollees and patients. With today's pricing—the same for the sick and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

15 Dec 2009
First Look

First Look: Dec. 15, 2009

diminished focus on losses and heightened focus on gains when policies are evaluated in bundled form. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-147.pdf PublicationsAssessing the Cost and Benefits of Brokers: A Preliminary Analysis of the Mutual View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

19 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

How Charitable Organizations Can Thwart Excuses for Not Giving

participants were given the option of donating money to the bundle of state chapters, or keeping the funds for themselves. The researchers then repeated the experiment, offering the bundle of four chapters... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

24 Jun 2015
HBS Case

Upgrading School with a Startup Mentality

prominent example of the significant venture money now available from investors and philanthropists who are willing to fund innovative ideas and entrepreneurs in the education sector. There is a greater... View Details

Keywords: Re: John Jong-Hyun Kim; Education

28 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform

funds, and money managers are natural active investors, but they have been shut out of boardrooms and strategy by the legal structure, by custom, and by their own practices." There are many reasons why shareholders have remained on... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia A. Montgomery & Rhonda Kaufman

17 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Building Communities as Well as Companies

said, only 4 percent of the money raised by venture capital funds went to women- and minority-led business plans; at the same time, these ventures were growing at two to three times the rate of other... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

08 Nov 2024
Op-Ed

How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis

these international actors to fund everything is just not realistic. However, according to Sifma research, more than $120 trillion (with a T) in private money from insurance companies, pension funds,... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Green Technology; Energy

24 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

The Trick of Balancing Business and Government

outsiders, including the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, is desired? No country can easily exist in a vacuum and cut itself off from the global economic marketplace, commented Spar. Given the complicated and often tragic... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

25 Aug 2015
First Look

First Look Tuesday

monetary effect of athletic success to many academic institutions in the United States. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49494 Forthcoming IMF Economic Review An Evaluation of Money Market View Details

15 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Solving the Search vs. Display Advertising Quandary

advertising agency on how much money was spent and how the funds were allocated. In addition, he received data on how many consumers "converted" after clicking on search and display ads. Because a decision... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising

10 Aug 2010
First Look

First Look: August 10

Fund's investment activities. For Fekete, the decision to declare the WAR funds a ''failed experiment" marked a turning point. In May 2009, money from the redeemed underlying View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Nov 2012
Op-Ed

Stop Talking About the Weather and Do Something: Three Ways to Finance Sustainable Cities

The wrath of Hurricane Sandy has illuminated a fundamental question: How do we ensure that our cities are resilient in the face of inevitable future disasters? A destroyed city is not a sustainable city. I'm making the case that it's time to stop complaining about... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

02 May 2008
What Do You Think?

What is the Future of State Capitalism?

Summing Up In state capitalism, is the operative word "capitalism"? State capitalism is neither to be applauded nor feared, judging from the tone of responses to this month's column. That is, "as long as the key decisions are in favor of making View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

07 Dec 2016
HBS Case

Why Millennials Flock to Fintech for Personal Investing

through direct ads or referrals by early adopters who post about their services. “Their way to capture clients is through viral acquisition,” says Viceira. Lastly, fintech firms save costs by outsourcing money management expertise to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

18 Feb 2014
First Look

First Look: February 18

Frictions in Shadow Banking: Evidence from the Lending Behavior of Money Market Funds By: Chernenko, Sergey, and Adi Sunderam Abstract—We document the consequences of money... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Water, Electricity, and Transportation: Preparing for the Population Boom

consumers would jump at the chance to save 25 percent on their monthly mortgages, even if it meant paying some financing fees up front, they seem less apt to invest in energy-saving measures that will save them money in the long run, such... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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