Wall Street - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 Jun 2011
First Look

First Look: June 28

and the Dodd-Frank Financial Reforms Clayton S. Rose and Aldo SesiaHarvard Business School Note 311-094 The note provides background on the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, brief... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)

annually and continues to grow, according to the Wall Street Journal. These bonds are purchased by portfolio investors. Even the real estate industry's leading trade group, the Urban Land Institute, sees... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Energy; Utilities

05 Nov 2014
What Do You Think?

Are We Entering an Era of Neuromanagement?

look like? What do you think? To Read More Sharon Gilaie-Dotan, Agnieszka Tymula, Nicole Cooper, Joseph W. Kable, Paul W. Glimcher, and Ifat Levy, "Neuroanatomy Predicts Individual Risk Attitudes," The Journal of Neuroscience, September 10, 2014, 34 (37): pp.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

07 Sep 2010
Research & Ideas

Mindful Leadership: When East Meets West

difficulties of Hewlett-Packard, British Petroleum, CEOs of failed Wall Street firms, and dozens of leaders who failed in the post-Enron era are examples of this. Q: The two essential aspects of effective... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

05 Jan 2009
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles and Working Papers 2008

with the strategy. 18. How Female Stars Succeed in New Jobs Women who are star performers on Wall Street tend to fare better than men after changing jobs. Why? According to HBS professor Boris Groysberg,... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

12 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

The New Real Estate

percent for the market as a whole. New Capital Market Instruments The press and Wall Street are focused on the 24 countries which now have REITs and the 28 countries which are expected to have REITs over the... View Details

Keywords: by Arthur I. Segel; Construction; Real Estate

17 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 17

advertising were not sufficient to replace the loss of print revenue, and many publishers had explored charging readers for content, with mixed success, where specialized sources like The Wall Street Journal... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

20 Jun 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono

realized that no one had ever told this story as a business story." In the bigger picture, U2's journey reflects our own moment here in the early 21st century, Koehn says, pointing to a growing spiritual hunger among young people, the backlash against View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

10 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Why a Federal Rule on CEO Pay Disclosure May Get You In Trouble With Customers

remember thinking, oh, that must just be my dad; he must be the only person who cares about that." The Dodd-frank Requirement Fast-forward to 2010, when the US Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

14 May 2007
Research & Ideas

The Key to Managing Stars? Think Team

organizational context. Q: Why did you construct your study as you did? A: Our study focuses on the performance of Wall Street analysts because this is a population that is commonly believed to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

05 Jun 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018

more patents, and reduced the degree of earnings management, leading to higher ROA. These effects are concentrated at innovating firms—those that are early-life-cycle or engage in R&D spending—and especially at those facing Wall View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

30 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds

investing, especially for smaller investors, and ultimately created greater returns than most professionally managed mutual funds could deliver. That has made index, or passive, funds wildly popular: For the 12-month period ending May 2016, according to the View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

27 Jun 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Learning to Make the Move to CEO

committed to helping others achieve shared goals?" In some situations—a Wall Street trading floor or a car dealership, for example—people are paid on commission, and it doesn't matter if they're... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education

03 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

Everyone Knows Innovation is Essential to Business Success—Except Board Directors

Open the Wall Street Journal on any given day, and you are likely to find at least one story about how technology is disrupting yet another industry, and the pressures companies face to innovate. And yet,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

10 Apr 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018

electronic car company founded and led by Elon Musk. Wall Street analysts are wildly divided on the future growth prospects for this company, and analysts’ one year share price targets range from $160 to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 May 2013
Research & Ideas

A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity

gender-related themes from media outlets including the Wall Street Journal and New York Times. This allowed them to trace how, when, and why the firm evolved in its focus on gender. They also created a time... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Accounting

18 May 2010
First Look

First Look: May 18

system was in a state of crisis and Lehman Brothers went from a major Wall Street investment bank to an insolvent institution. It was a swift end for a firm that had its beginnings over 150 years prior. What... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

19 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard

media empire: his reputation for ruthlessness. Murdoch is on the line for the phone-hacking scandal in the UK and faces potential bribery charges that reach to the US under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. He might be sued by the Bancroft family, who sold him the... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Journalism & News; Publishing

09 Feb 2010
First Look

First Look: Feb. 9

performers? Though an affirmative answer may seem straightforward on the surface, this answer becomes more complicated when group members benefit from collaborating on interdependent tasks. Examining Wall View Details