• 18 Mar 2008
• First Look

First Look: March 18, 2008

we find that countries with well-developed financial markets gain significantly from FDI via TFP improvements. These results are consistent with the recent findings in the growth literature that shows the important View Details

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Ralph Johnson

in Chicago on a variety of projects. I worked on a youth mentoring program to combat violence. I was part of a team figuring out the best way to incentivize manufacturing... View Details

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• February 1992 (Revised March 1993)
• Case

Intel Corp.--1992

By: Kenneth A. Froot

Intel Corp., the world's dominant designer and manufacturer of microprocessors (the "brains" of the personal computer), has accumulated a large amount of cash (net of debt). Furthermore, it expects to continue to accumulate cash at an unprecedented rate. Has the... View Details

Keywords: Dividends; Financial Management; Competition; Multinational Firms and Management; Cash; Technological Innovation; Capital Structure; Investment Return; Equity; Financial Strategy; Corporate Finance; Semiconductor Industry; United States

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• July 2020
• Teaching Note

COVID-19: The Global Shutdown

By: Laura Alfaro and Sarah Jeong

In the first months of 2020, a pandemic overwhelmed the world. COVID-19, commonly known as the coronavirus, spread from China and created a severe public health emergency across countries. While an immediate fear of the disease’s impact on human life permeaacted... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19; Health Pandemics; Trade; Microeconomics; Macroeconomics; Financial Crisis; Economy; Policy; Governance; Economic Systems; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Economic Sectors

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Alfaro, Laura, and Sarah Jeong. "COVID-19: The Global Shutdown." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 321-021, July 2020.

• December 2008
• Article

Style Investing and Institutional Investors

By: Kenneth A. Froot and Melvyn Teo

This paper explores institutional investors' trades in stocks grouped by style and the relationship of these trades with equity market returns. It aggregates transactions drawn from a large universe of approximately $6 trillion of institutional funds. To analyze style... View Details

Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Behavioral Finance; Stocks; Investment Return; Market Transactions; Performance Expectations; Personal Characteristics; Financial Services Industry

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Froot, Kenneth A., and Melvyn Teo. "Style Investing and Institutional Investors." Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 43, no. 4 (December 2008): 883–906. (Revised from: Equity Style Returns and Institutional Investor Flows, Harvard Business School Working Paper No. 04-048, June 2004.)

• October 2022
• Article

Underestimating Counterparts' Learning Goals Impairs Conflictual Conversations

By: Hanne K. Collins, Charles A. Dorison, Francesca Gino and Julia A. Minson

Given the many contexts in which people have difficulty engaging with views that disagree with their own— from political discussions to workplace conflicts—it is critical to understand how conflictual conversations can be improved. Whereas previous work has focused on... View Details

Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Conflict and Resolution; Values and Beliefs; Learning; Perception

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• 05 Aug 2024
• Research & Ideas

Watching for the Next Economic Downturn? Follow Corporate Debt

that parse data “unprecedented in its breadth and scope,” the researchers write. Understanding the role of leverage Ivashina and colleagues measure changes View Details

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• 05 Dec 2006
• First Look

First Look: December 5, 2006

organization's commitment to a set of work practices that are rooted in the real requirements of its work, rather than in stereotypical images... View Details

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• 12 Apr 2004
• Research & Ideas

Operations and the Competitive Edge

But we've also seen even more fail. In fact, a number of studies have shown that about two-thirds of these programs "fail" in the sense... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

Entering StartUpLand: An Essential Guide to Finding the Right Job

Many professionals aspire to work for a start-up. Executives from large companies view them as models to help them adapt to today’s dynamic innovation economy. Yes, start-ups look magical, but they can also be chaotic and inaccessible. Many books are written for... View Details

• 10 Mar 2021
• Blog Post

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace

nature of that obligation will not be easily foresworn. Employees are unlikely to return happily to a workplace driven by the “old deal,” in which the employer sets standard rules View Details

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• 16 Jun 2003
• Research & Ideas

Surveying the VC Landscape

public within five to seven years of its initial financing, will be able to pursue research that will not have a payoff for fifteen, twenty, or even more years in the future. (But it's not impossible—after... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

• 10 May 2015
• Blog Post

Brand Strategist Turns Entrepreneur

segmentations and audience development strategies. In 2012, I yearned for a complete change of pace. I moved from LA to DC and took a role within Marriott’s portfolio brand... View Details