Decision-making In Financial Markets - Publications - Faculty & Research

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... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

11 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

The New International Style of Management

is inevitably reflected in the way these companies are managed. "There is an increasingly international style of management," declares HBS professor John Quelch, an expert in international View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

04 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Start to Measure Your E-commerce Success

development. The multiple measures will typically include both financial and non-financial measures that are leading and lagging indicators of performance. They may be used in a balanced scorecard,... View Details

Keywords: by Marc J. Epstein

26 Sep 2024
HBS Case

If a Car Can Drive Itself, Can It Make Life-or-Death Decisions?

our classrooms,” Badaracco says, “but you have got to be willing to be a little dumb on this stuff.” Managers cannot be experts on everything, but AI represents such a foundational, significant change to decision-making that they must... View Details

Keywords: by Tom Quinn; Auto; Technology

12 Mar 2018
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Why BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Is Not a Socialist

portions of its profits in the business—through research and development, market expansion, capital expenditures, and most importantly (and often forgotten) development of talented people and leaders. This... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Banking

28 Mar 2018
Research & Ideas

Sophisticated Investors May Be Harming Fintech Lending Platforms

iPhoto Marketplace lending platforms such as LendingClub and Prosper have made significant competitive inroads against traditional banks in recent years by bringing together people who want to borrow with investors ready to bankroll them.... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Financial Services

12 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs

team? Your investors have probably seen many different configurations and can help you get creative if you’re trying to land a key hire or to retain and motivate your current team. Other financial areas where investors can be helpful are... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

16 Aug 2024
In Practice

Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?

for finance professionals striving to make well-informed financial decisions. Political homogeneity creates potential risks in the workplace. When decision-makers share the... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

27 Feb 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

How Following Best Business Practices Can Improve Health Care

Roughly one in 66 women has a better chance of leaving the hospital alive if their doctor is also a woman. Behavioral Economists Can Make You a Healthier Consumer and Smarter Marketer Psychological... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies

09 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate

CMBS represent a $550 billion market. It's hard to overestimate the impact of this market restructuring. In fifteen years, the public equity and debt markets for commercial... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Construction; Real Estate

12 Nov 2014
Op-Ed

A Challenge to the New Congress: Pass Housing Finance Reform

mortgage should continue as the backbone of the new system. It helps keep monthly payments low, and protects consumers from interest-rate volatility. Given the recent extreme economic stress, Uncle Sam must stand behind these mortgages in... View Details

Keywords: by Nicolas Retsinas & Rob Couch; Construction; Real Estate

12 Aug 2002
Op-Ed

Using Big Business to Fight Poverty

world's poor live in countries where governments lack either the will or the ability to raise living standards on their own. Financial assistance to such governments, therefore, has often not helped their... View Details

Keywords: by George C. Lodge

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Bright Ideas: The Creative Power of Groups

fruition. The typical pitfalls encountered in group decision-making are all too familiar. Who hasn't witnessed, for instance, the silence around a conference table as meeting participants turn suddenly... View Details

Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron

30 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Do Mergers Hurt Product Quality?

consistently increase or decrease in quality level” Sheen decided to pursue the product perspective of mergers in order to help determine the cause of post-merger financial... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products

23 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

New Challenges for Long-Term Investors

spending needs as well as economic factors such as rising interest rates that affect different assets in different ways. Viceira's research analyzes asset allocation strategies for personal and institutional investors. He teaches... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

How to Write a Great Business Plan

Every seasoned investor knows that detailed financial projections for a new company are an act of imagination. Nevertheless, most business plans pour far too much ink on the numbers—and far too little on the information that really... View Details

Keywords: Re: William A. Sahlman

10 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

What Happens When Business Owners Turn to ChatBots for Advice

of the study. "Already we’re seeing how generative AI can change people's lives." Businesses that were already financially stable used the AI-generated advice to produce measurable improvements, while struggling businesses ran into... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

22 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

High-Tech Immigrant Workers Don’t Cost US Jobs

that allows it to expand its rate of innovation and the number of products it creates, and that creates jobs for everyone from new marketing people to new HR staff to new finance jobs and legal counsel. It creates a demand for other jobs... View Details