Capital Market Consequences - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Jun 2013
Op-Ed

Corporate Leaders Need to Step Up on Climate Change

temperatures will likely increase 6 degrees C by 2100, "which would have devastating consequences for the planet." This means more super droughts, floods, storms, fires, crop failures, sea-level rise, and other major... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler

01 Dec 2002
News

Bad Times for Business

directors, auditors, regulators, financial analysts, and professional investors and money managers. We thought we had a pretty good system, one the rest of the world looked to as a capital market that... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Jun 1996
News

New Releases

Spencer, president and CEO of Sematech, bring together top technical managers from Alcoa, IBM, Intel, and Xerox and leading scholars of the history and economics of technological change. The result is an important discussion of the View Details

04 Oct 2016
First Look

October 4, 2016

innovation qualities, and firm size affects innovation incentives. This framework allows us to analyze how different types of innovation contribute to economic growth and how the firm size distribution can have important consequences for... View Details

17 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Where Did My Shopping Mall Go?

that are unavoidable consequences of survival strategies on the part of retailers. The new retail landscape requires strategic thinking not just from retailers and landlords but from policy makers as well. View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

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Jan Pianca

MBA Admissions. Before joining HBS, Jan worked as a Marketing and Communication Manager for Austrian Airlines in Milan. As a career coach to alumni and students, Jan welcomes the opportunity to assist individuals with their job search,... View Details

03 Nov 2014
Research & Ideas

Brand Lessons From the Nobel Prize

It draws from previous work by Urde (an associate professor at the Lund University School of Economics and Management in Lund, Sweden), John Balmer (a marketing professor at Brunel University in London) and Greyser. In 2007, the three... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

30 Sep 2014
First Look

First Look: September 30

regimes and codes of conduct-that diffuse global standards. But little is known about the conditions under which companies adhere to these standards. We conduct one of the first large-scale comparative studies to determine which international, domestic, civil society,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 12, 2007

significantly increased the returns on capital. However, contrary to what economic theory might lead us to expect, the cost of capital as measured by long-term real interest rates has not increased, but actually fallen. We call this... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

19 May 2014
Research & Ideas

Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy

practices are presented and how consumers may communicate their preferences. The consequence has been a chilling of the market for personal information, with consumers less willing to provide their... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products

24 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 24

A share market skyrocketing. We discuss the cause and the consequence of investor sentiment on the cross-listing decision of firms and the responsibilities of corporate managers to maximize existing... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

29 Jan 2013
First Look

First Look: Jan. 29

at the individual level. We discuss the implications of our results for the study of learning as well as for providers and consumers of outsourced services. Preference Heterogeneity and Optimal Capital Income Taxation Authors:Golosov,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 May 2023
Blog Post

Choosing To Be Optimistic about Climate Change

Sustainability, was among the first to take the stage. He spoke of the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and the consequences for the Earth. “Our present moment,” he said, “is one of both climate optimism and deep foreboding.”... View Details

Fast Answer

Social Entrepreneurship & Systems Change

38,000 active international organizations from 300 countries and territories - including intergovernmental (IGOs) and international non-governmental organizations (INGOs). Capital IQ - profiles of public and private... View Details

Fast Answer

Banking industry: overviews & statistics

Institution Directory listing top US Backs going back to 1992. S&P NetAdvantage has industry survey on multinational banks, regional banks, and consumer finance. Also available in Capital IQ under View Details

Randall L. Tobias

streamlined its overall operations. He managed costs and divested of non-core businesses, spinning off medical devices to form Guidant Corporation. Through his efforts, Lilly’s market capitalization grew... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare

15 Jun 2021
News

Elevator Pitch: Dress Code

Video Embed Animation by Drue Wagner and Troubadour Image + Sound The Yes Julie Bornstein (MBA 1997), cofounder and CEO; former COO, Stitch Fix Jennifer Koen-Horowitz (MBA 1997), head of brand marketing and PR Vision: The Spotify of... View Details

Keywords: online shopping; fashion; mobile technology; entrepreneurship; startup; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade

21 Nov 2016
Research & Ideas

It Matters That Your CEO Doesn't Know Much About Sales

longer profitable or missing new areas that might yield more profits as the market changes or both. Finally, when it comes to reducing the firm’s cost of capital, consider the basics: Financing needs are driven by the cash on hand and the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Mar 2005
News

Ideas: Books

plantations to local growers, transforming itself into a marketing company. The firm’s shareholders opted for lower risks but also lower profits. Multinationals and Global Capitalism by Geoffrey Jones... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

02 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Retail Reaches a Tipping Point—Which Stores Will Survive?

everything—was reportedly in conversations to buy some of those storefronts—possibly its first real beach-head in the brick-and-mortar world. As harbingers of the future of retail, these events certainly caught the attention of Harvard Business School View Details