financial services - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Nov 2014
First Look

First Look: November 4

for a reduction in financial expenditures due to the subsidies accompanying loans. However, BNDES does not systematically lend to underperforming firms. Our results indicate that BNDES subsidizes firms that could fund their projects with... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Dec 2014
First Look

First Look: December 23

reinterpretation of ideas related to agency conflicts and a holistic view of corporate financial strategy that examines payout and capital structure decisions jointly. Download working paper:... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

25 Jun 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing

services in Vietnam, for example, might go to an inner-city neighborhood of Boston with a high concentration of foreign nationals, to survey them on their banking habits and test out new ideas for changing these habits. Theory Into... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

19 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future

On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Construction; Real Estate

07 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 7

Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/212031-PDF-ENG Social Finance, Inc Shawn Cole, Rawia Abdel Samad, Matt Berner, and Raluca DragusanuHarvard Business School Case 212-055 Social Finance attempts to design and launch a complex new View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Nov 2008
Research & Ideas

Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA

with valuable, current business and management knowledge. If companies wanted new hires with cutting-edge insights, they'd hire an MBA. According to several deans, that's no longer true. Financial services... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson & HBS Bulletin; Education

2011
Article

Strategic Change and the Jazz Mindset: Exploring Practices That Enhance Dynamic Capabilities for Organizational Improvisation

By: Ethan S. Bernstein and Frank J. Barrett

How can leaders adopt a mindset that maximizes learning, remains responsive to short-term emergent opportunities, and simultaneously strengthens longer-term dynamic capabilities of the organization? This chapter explores the organizational decisions and practices... View Details