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  • 07 Aug 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Business of Biotech

With the sequencing of the human genome running ahead of schedule, the American Stock Exchange's "BTK" biotech index registered an annual increase of 232 percent in February, prompting exuberant headlines ("Move Over,... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Biotechnology; Health; Technology
  • 30 Jan 2019
  • What Do You Think?

Who Will Measure up to These Two Remarkable Leaders?

diversification and lower costs. So-called index funds became so popular that just before his death Bogle warned that their ubiquity could have a problematic effect on stock markets. Nevertheless, they were a primary factor leading to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Air Transportation; Financial Services
  • 10 Nov 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Hard Numbers on Social Investments

the Domini Index (investments in socially responsible mutual funds) realized a 13 percent return, and the S&P 500 returned 11 percent. The average returns of traditional angel investing are hard to determine given the fragmented... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
  • 20 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 20, 2008

Stock Returns: Evidence from Cross-sectional Variation in Nikkei 225 Weights Author:Robin Greenwood Periodical:Review of Financial Studies (forthcoming) Abstract Relative to their weights in a value-weighted index, a number of stocks in Japan's Nikkei 225 stock View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 14, 2009

which can be indexed by the number of varieties consumers purchase in equilibrium. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-095.pdf Smith and Rawls Share a Room: Stability and Medians Authors: Bettina-Elisabeth Klaus and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Mar 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Unlocking Your Investment Capital

similar to long-maturity fixed-rate debt. If the pension fund enters into an equity asset swap in which it pays the total return on a standard index of the stock market (e.g., S&P 500) and receives in return a fixed rate of interest,... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services
  • 07 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 7, 2008

First, in the case of the core and largest sector, Advertising Agencies, firm-level concentration as measured by Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) increased slightly but remained relatively low from 1977-2002. All of the HHI estimates... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Nov 2019
  • Book

Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History

development due to corrupt business practices? Will it be able to enact more effective reforms? Jones: The latest Corruptions Perceptions Index ranks Turkey as 78 out of 180 countries in their level of corruption, more corrupt than China... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Sep 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Explaining China's Crash

After more than a decade of nearly can’t-miss growth, China’s stock market began a precipitous summer slide that has spooked investors worldwide. In July, the Shanghai composite index dropped 15 percent from June, prompting the People’s... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese; Financial Services
  • 06 Aug 2007
  • Research & Ideas

High Hills, Deep Poverty: Explaining Civil War in Nepal

diversity (can people communicate or not?) and caste diversity (how much do some people want to keep away from other people?). About 90 percent of the population in Nepal is Hindu, but within Hindu society there are many castes and a lot of discrimination against the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 04 Nov 2008
  • First Look

First Look: November 4, 2008

promising directions for future research. Moving to a New Global Competitiveness Index Authors:Michael E. Porter, Mercedes Delgado-Garcia, Christian H.M. Ketels, and Scott Stern Publication:Chap. 1.2 in The Global Competitiveness Report... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Nov 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Facing the New World Order

process of globalization and international trade. But we're putting our bets on our indexes that very clearly [show] a continuation of the now ten- to twenty-year process of intensive globalization. We believe that, particularly the... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 20 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 20

Authors:Jakub W. Jurek and Erik Stafford Abstract This paper studies the cost of capital for alternative investments. We document that the risk profile of the aggregate hedge fund universe can be accurately matched by a simple index put... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 14

information for plants in over 100 countries, we construct a spatially continuous index of pairwise-industry agglomeration and investigate the patterns and determinants underlying the global economic geography of multinational firms. Our... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 May 2014
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First Look: May 6

firms in comparison to the agglomeration of domestic firms? Using a unique worldwide plant-level dataset that reports detailed location, ownership, and operation information for plants in over 100 countries, we construct a spatially continuous View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Mar 2011
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa

a wonderful thing if the monarch is on your side, but there is little to prevent exploitation, opportunism, and corruption by the rulers. Bahrain has been steadily sliding down the Corruption Perception Index for years. Parliamentary... View Details
Keywords: Re: Deepak Malhotra; Energy; Utilities
  • 07 Nov 2006
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First Look: November 7, 2006

own workers and consumers. Frontiers of Capital signals the wide-ranging role of anthropology in explaining the social and cultural contours of the New Economy. Purchase book: http://www.dukeupress.edu The Microeconomic Foundations of Prosperity: Findings from the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Mar 2018
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First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

countries. Our results are close to those reported by the International Comparisons Program (ICP) in 2011 and the OECD in 2014 and can be used to obtain more up-to-date estimates of real consumption across countries without the need for consumer price View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 12, 2007

pricing power from the manufacturer to the retailer, (2) the infiltration of more private-label products into the market, and (3) the rise in commodity costs as a result of inflation (for example, the Producer Price Index (PPI) which... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Aug 2004
  • Research & Ideas

A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation

airlines, discount retailers, and index mutual funds all created growth by offering overserved customers "good enough" functionality at lower prices. New-market disruptive innovations connect with nonconsumers by making it... View Details
Keywords: by Scott D. Anthony, Mark W. Johnson & Matt Eyring
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