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  • 13 Jul 2011
  • News

China Boot Camp

Accounting and Management Unit, Srinivasan says that his research received an immediate boost from the trip. “I have a couple of projects on securities markets and financial reporting in China that have come... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 18 Mar 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]

Founded in 1997 to revolutionize the mundane printing business with new display technology, the company had its eye on multibillion-dollar markets like electronic newspapers. But to realize that vision, its scientists had to get into... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
  • 09 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 9

failures are likely to spur problem solving. We hypothesize that problem solving activities are especially likely to follow reported operational failures that provoke financial and legal liability risks. We also hypothesize that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Mar 2018
  • Op-Ed

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

companies must serve a social purpose. “Society is demanding that companies, both public and private, serve a social purpose,” Fink wrote. “To prosper over time, every company must not only deliver financial performance but also show how... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George; Banking
  • 15 Oct 2001
  • Op-Ed

Lessons from the Rubble

unfold and at the continued horrors that any response will undoubtedly let loose. We know that the death toll is at least in the thousands, and that the financial toll will soar to tens of billions of dollars. There are other things,... View Details
Keywords: by Debora L. Spar
  • 12 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 12

actions. Combining supermarket scanner data with firm-level financial data, we find evidence that differs from prior literature. Instead of reducing expenditures to boost earnings, soup manufacturers roughly double the frequency and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Jun 2010
  • News

$how Me the Money

Baker: With a strong belief in change within the system, working to reduce corruption so that free markets will function better, to the benefit of rich and poor nations alike. Photos by Katherine Lambert Corruption. Said slowly, even the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Legal Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • Web

Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton

Introduction Prelude to the Option Pricing Model The Formula The Spread and Adoption of Option Pricing Models The Significance and Consequences of Financial Models Selected Bibliography Lenders to the Exhibit Additional Information About... View Details
  • 16 Jan 2007
  • First Look

First Look: January 16, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=705475 Market Making Exercise Harvard Business School Exercise 207-033 Purchase this exercise: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207033 Pitney... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 27, 2009

Finally, the long-run risks model implies extremely low yields and negative-term premia on inflation-indexed bonds. Download the paper from SSRN ($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/W14788 Measuring the Financial Sophistication of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • July 2013
  • Case

B. Zaitz & Sons Co. Farmland Investing

By: Andre F. Perold
In April 2013, Ben Zaitz was looking down at an expanse of agricultural land as his plane flew over the Midwest. He would soon arrive in northern Minnesota to meet with farmers regarding land he had recently purchased there. The vast tracts of row-crop acreage below... View Details
Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Investment; Market Participation; Business Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Minnesota; Latin America; Africa; United States; Europe
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  • 11 Oct 2006
  • Research & Ideas

U.S. Tops Business Competitiveness Index 2006

higher levels in the future," according to the report. Among the dozens of variables analyzed are production process sophistication, per capita Internet and cell phone use, intensity of local competition, financial View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • Profile

Shantanu Rege

responsibility for my financial advice." Among other deals, Shantanu helped place $350 million in an independent power producer. And he gained time to reflect on his career. Gaining clarity on the global picture "To be a good... View Details
  • 05 Jun 2007
  • First Look

First Look: June 5, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=607031   PublicationsCapital Rules: The Construction of Global Finance Author:Rawi Abdelal Publication:Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2007 Abstract The rise of global View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 9

market reaction to attempts to enforce sovereign debt contracts via U.S. "dollar diplomacy" in Latin America in the pre-World War II period and by legal action in the 1990s and early 2000s. We argue that dollar diplomacy created... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Mar 2013
  • First Look

First Look: March 12

marketers to communicate with consumers in a format that enhances their lives and offers long-term value. Paper: http://hbr.org/2013/03/for-mobile-devices-think-apps-not-ads/ar/1 The Mobile Banking Payment Revolution Authors:Gupta, Sunil... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • April 1985 (Revised September 1986)
  • Case

CML Group, Inc.: Going Public (B)

By: William A. Sahlman
Contains a description of some issues confronting management of CML Group as the company progresses toward making an initial public offering. Among the issues and topics addressed in the case are: considerations in choosing an underwriting team, the initial public... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Initial Public Offering; Financial Markets; Financial Strategy; Planning; Cost vs Benefits; Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Consumer Products Industry; Retail Industry
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  • 02 Nov 2020
  • Blog Post

WE RISE

that taught kids how to be entrepreneurs. A would-be bakery owner, for instance, could work through the necessary steps of calculating costs and doing market research on the way to selling chocolate-covered pretzels for a profit.... View Details
Keywords: Other Financial Services; Other Financial Services; Other Financial Services
  • January 2006 (Revised March 2007)
  • Case

Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (A): True to Brand?

By: Jeffrey Fear and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Examines one of the most important entrepreneurial decisions made in the history of Porsche, made in early 1998: to build a sport utility vehicle (SUV)--the Cayenne. After decades of relying on one or two sports car models and nearly going bankrupt and losing its... View Details
Keywords: Diversification; Supply Chain Management; Luxury; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Globalization; Brands and Branding; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry
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  • 2008
  • Working Paper

Consumer Demand for Prize-Linked Savings: A Preliminary Analysis

By: P. Tufano, Nick Maynard and Jan-Emmanuel De Neve
This paper reports on a small-scale survey of the potential American demand for prize-linked savings accounts, an account that awards prizes as part of the saving product's return. In October 2006, Centra Credit Union launched a prize-linked savings pilot. As part of... View Details
Keywords: Saving; Income; Consumer Behavior; Personal Finance; Investment Return; Banks and Banking; Clarksville
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