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- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
spending) are unleashed when givers are aware of their positive impact. In Study 1, an experiment using real charitable appeals, giving more money to charity led to higher levels of happiness only when participants gave to causes that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Politics is Failing America, and What Business Can Do To Help
get businesses to understand the kind of corrosive effects that this is having on our entire economy" While competition between the two parties looks fiercer than ever, in reality, the study suggests, both Democrats and Republicans benefit from having the other as... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 29 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
'Green Bonds' May Be Our Best Bet for Environmental Damage Control
pricing scheme, bond markets will be central to financing climate change and other environmental interventions. So-called green bonds appeal to investors who are looking for a safe place to park their money, as well as doing a little bit... View Details
- 20 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School
in governance. In spite of all the checks and balances, failures occurred with boards of directors, auditors, regulators, financial analysts, and professional investors and money managers. We thought we had a pretty good system, one the... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 13 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Small Businesses Are Worse Off Than We Thought
of respondents reported optimism about their chances of surviving the crisis. However, only 70 percent of them expressed interest in pursuing such government subsidies. Cullen, an assistant professor at HBS who researches labor market... View Details
- 16 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
European Private Equity—Still a Teenager?
because they're driven by mutual funds or hedge funds and are rewarded in the short term. Long-term funders can expect to see more opportunities coming their way, he continued.... View Details
- 12 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
How Crowds and Experts Kickstart the Arts
money to or not have funded at all” Crowdfunding platforms represent a major shift in the way art projects seek support and find success. Since its founding in 2009, Kickstarter has raised more than $1.5... View Details
- 10 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Numbers on Social Investments
to social problems through market solutions, the rate of return on these deals should be at least as high as traditional early stage investments. The big winners were in the technology and health care sectors, and in another group of... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 10 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Homers: Secrets on the Factory Floor
I can answer that question. This research also raises the issue of gray zones in organizations. The trading of mutual funds once the market has officially cleared, the... View Details
- 06 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 6, 2007
perform their jobs more safely and effectively. The latter required that workers engage in mutual expressions of vulnerability: they acknowledged their physical limitations, learned from their mistakes, and attended to their own and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 May 2019
- What Do You Think?
Is There a Distinctive West Coast Style of Management?
differentiate itself from the ‘stuffy, hierarchical’ East Coast. I see this today when I talk to entrepreneurs trying to raise money on both coasts. I hear again and again how fast things happen on the West Coast and how long it takes for... View Details
- 17 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Brazil Teaches About Investor Protection
size of stock markets across countries and on the ownership structure of railways and other companies in France. In one of his books he argues that France was the largest "financial democracy" in the world, because of the large... View Details
- 17 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 17, 2007
Case 806-069 Randall Fojtasek, a partner at Brazos Private Equity Partners, must decide whether to invest more money in Cheddar's restaurant chain, which the firm invested in 10 months earlier. The incremental investment would View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Maybe Uber isn't God's Gift to Mankind
It’s easy to understand why so many people embrace transportation network companies like Uber and the growing number of other ride-sourcing startups, which enable drivers to make money using their own vehicles. By allowing passengers to... View Details
- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
Working PapersHow Does Foreign Direct Investment Promote Economic Growth? Exploring the Effects of Financial Markets on Linkages Authors:Laura Alfaro, Areendam Chanda, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, and Selin Sayek. Abstract The empirical... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting
trust. Why is One Report important now? "The capital markets and our planet have simultaneously reached a fork in the road. One path continues the status quo. The other and new path is a commitment to a better society, stronger financial... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55402 The Creation and Evolution of Entrepreneurial Public Markets By: Bernstein, Shai, Abhishek Dev, and Josh Lerner Abstract—This paper explores the creation and evolution of new stock... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
School Case 215-012 EcoMotors International Eco-Motors, funded in part by Khosla Ventures, has to decide how to go to market with a new technology for internal combustion engines for automotive and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
that investors were increasingly supporting late stage research with higher probabilities of success, while funding for riskier early stage research was drying up. Should FasterCures raise money and direct... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
supplement: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208125 China's Financial Markets: 2007 Harvard Business School Note 208-147 Provides an overview of capital markets in mainland China in 2007,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace