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- 24 Jun 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
“An Unfair Advantage”? Combining Banking with Private Equity Investing
- June 2015
- Case
1996 Welfare Reform in the United States
By: Matthew Weinzierl, Katrina Flanagan and Alastair Su
On August 22, 1996, U.S. President Bill Clinton signed into law the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA)—a dramatic reform of the American system of economic assistance for the poor that, as its title suggested, attempted to... View Details
Keywords: Welfare State; Public Goods; Moral Hazard; Median Voter Theorem; Poverty; Welfare; Public Administration Industry; United States
Weinzierl, Matthew, Katrina Flanagan, and Alastair Su. "1996 Welfare Reform in the United States." Harvard Business School Case 715-030, June 2015.
- 24 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
How to Get People Addicted to a Good Habit
activity, and even when provided with free supplies, people continue to wash their hands without soap—if they wash their hands at all. “If you look at these public health initiatives, you see that they are often a complicated combination... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 02 Jan 2020
- Op-Ed
Medicare for All or Public Option: Can Either Heal Health Care?
its share of the capital that American taxpayers have invested in Medicare’s infrastructure, including its buildings, equipment, and workers. "The public option would harness Medicare’s pricing... View Details
- 09 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Most Accountants Aren’t Crooks—Why Good Audits Go Bad
bias and moderate its ill effects. Only then can we be assured of the reliability of the financial reports issued by public companies and ratified by professional accountants. Professional accountants might seem immune to such biases... View Details
- Research Summary
Profitable Souls: Foreign Investment and the Fate of Human Rights
By: Debora L. Spar
This is a project about foreign investment, about what happens when big multinational firms invest in small, poor, and often nasty places. Typically, most observers assume that this is a largely negative relationship: that multinationals exploit the local population,... View Details
- October 1999 (Revised November 1999)
- Case
Wit Capital: Evolution of the Online Investment Bank
Wit Capital brings democracy to the IPO process via the World Wide Web. This case encourages debate about the role service will play in this technology-intermediated investment bank and the sources and sustainability of its competitive advantage. View Details
Keywords: Initial Public Offering; Service Delivery; Competitive Advantage; Investment Banking; Web; Banking Industry
Hallowell, Roger H., and Tonicia C. Hampton. "Wit Capital: Evolution of the Online Investment Bank." Harvard Business School Case 800-145, October 1999. (Revised November 1999.)
- Fast Answer
Government data and information sources for public entrepreneurship
Review - Cities Books Collaborating to manage : a primer for the public sector Check Harvard Availability Governpreneurship Check Harvard Availability A guide to innovative public-private partnerships : utilizing the resources of the... View Details
- 10 Sep 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Investment Recommendations
- July – August 2008
- Article
Should You Invest in the Long Tail?
By: Anita Elberse
The blockbuster strategy is a time-honored approach, particularly in media and entertainment. When space is limited on store shelves and in traditional distribution channels, producers tend to focus on a few likely best sellers, hoping that one or two big hits will... View Details
Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Distribution Channels; Sales; Marketing Strategy; Online Technology; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Music Industry; Retail Industry
Elberse, Anita. "Should You Invest in the Long Tail?" HBS Centennial Issue Harvard Business Review 86, nos. 7/8 (July–August 2008): 88–96. (HBS Centennial Issue.)
- 07 Jul 2021
- Book
Good News for Disgraced Companies: You Can Regain Trust
with customers, employees, and investors by being “the real deal,” creating valuable products and services, acting on good intentions, treating people fairly, and taking responsibility for how an organization impacts business and society,... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 26 Feb 2019
- News
Building a New Real Estate Investment Model
prices, Davis says. This is just the start of an approach that Davis says is both a good investment and a public good. Over the next three to five years, Steinbridge plans to... View Details
- 22 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Profits and Prophets: The Role of Values in Investment
As chair of the investment committee for a college, Sam Hayes was faced with a challenging dilemma: Should the committee invest only in socially responsible funds even though the outcome might mean fewer... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
A Bold Proposal for Investment Reform
and new requirements for independent, qualified audit committees. The assumption underlying these reforms is that if good information is available, the demand side will use it to make informed investment... View Details
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Resources for Investment Management and Financial Analysis
Topics Good for finding… Suggested Resources Company Research Data and background information for stock pitching prep Basic valuation metrics Strength and Weaknesses of the company (SWOT analysis) Lists (screening) and... View Details
- 10 Sep 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Feeling Good about Giving: The Benefits (and Costs) of Self-Interested Charitable Behavior
- 27 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
A Politician's Investment Portfolio Might Tip Off Corruption Potential
actually did a really good job in predicting their choice in the high-stakes setting,” Minor says. “It just convinced me more that yes, when you look at the portfolio and investment choices of people, you... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- Web
Finance & Investing - Business & Environment
and public sector responses. The wide-ranging effects of environmental risks, technological advances, infrastructure challenges, business model innovations, and national and international policy shifts are impacting the financial sector... View Details
- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
Good News, Not Blues, For the Inner City
University's most influential professors and the author of numerous books and publications including On Competition (HBSP 1998) and co-author of Can Japan Compete? (Perseus Press, 2000), told the audience that it's time to look at inner... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 1999
- Other Unpublished Work
Executive Ownership and Control in Newly Public Firms: The Role of Venture Capitalists
By: Malcolm Baker and Paul Gompers
We study the implications of CEO equity ownership for incentives and control in a sample of 1,011 newly public firms. Before an initial public offering, equity investments by venture capitalists reduce CEO ownership by about half, from an average of 35 percent to 19... View Details
Keywords: Equity; Ownership; Motivation and Incentives; Initial Public Offering; Investment; Venture Capital; Managerial Roles; Cost Management; Governance Controls; Executive Compensation
Baker, Malcolm, and Paul Gompers. "Executive Ownership and Control in Newly Public Firms: The Role of Venture Capitalists." November 1999. (First draft in 1998.)