Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 2002
News

HBS Press Books in Brief

(Harvard Business School Press) Information Markets: What Businesses Can Learn from Financial Innovation, by William J. Wilhelm, Jr., and Joseph D. Downing, is the finance professional’s must-have guide to... View Details

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11 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

The House Wants to Squelch Voices of ‘Small’ Shareholders. Research Shows Those Voices Matter.

$2,000 worth of holdings, shareholders who submitted contested proposals had median shareholdings of $39,000, the data showed. The mean amount, meanwhile, was $10.7 million in shares, owing to proposals from pension funds, hedge View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Dec 2008
News

Alumni Books

This consciousness-raising book asks business students, who are usually risk-averse, to look at risk in a new way. It argues that choices they think are “safe” (lucrative jobs taken only for financial gain, service to View Details

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Resources for Harvard Economics Students

other criteria. Compare a company to its competitors along multiple dimensions. WRDS (Wharton Research Data Service) Provides access to financial databases through a uniform, web-based interface.... View Details

22 Jan 2008
Research & Ideas

New Challenges in Leading Professional Services

Professional service firms—law firms, financial services firms, money management firms, private equity firms, hedge funds, management consultants, advertising agencies—are the most challenging View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Consulting; Accounting; Legal 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. View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

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Investment Strategies - Course Catalog

pay heed to the signals they are sending. Investment Strategies is most directly applicable to students interested in pursuing careers in finance including mutual funds, hedge funds, pension View Details

18 Feb 2021
Blog Post

SIPs in 2021

through the lens of her own. Day one, authenticity; day two, releasing yourself from others expectations; day three, demanding your own worth; day four, aligning your spirit, body, and mind; View Details

01 Dec 2009
News

An Action Plan for Economic Recovery

chairman of MFS Investment Management, a Boston firm that oversees more than $170 billion in pension and mutual funds, Pozen writes with authority and unusual clarity about... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

27 Jan 2012
News

Early-Stage Incubator Launches at Harvard

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15 Feb 2017
Op-Ed

What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects

endowments, sovereign funds, and wealthy families. Most of these securities are yielding from zero to 2% annually. There is a giant search for yield in the financial markets.... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction

30 Jun 2015
First Look

First Look: June 30, 2015

best uses of technology and other support systems create frontline service heroes and heroines, so leaders use technology to elevate the most important View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Mar 2005
News

Venture Capital’s Comeback

specializes in serving the financial needs of its venture-capital and start-up clients. “They weren’t sure what to do with their lives.” Four years later, venture capital is, at least, out of the rough. “We... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

06 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 6

ad-sponsored model, a mixed model in which the incumbent offers a product that is both subscription-based and ad-sponsored, and a dual model in which the incumbent offers two products, one based on the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Mar 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, March 7

of Kansas City) The Federal Reserve's Balance Sheet as a Financial-Stability Tool By: Greenwood, Robin, Samuel Gregory Hanson, and Jeremy C. Stein Abstract—We argue that the Federal Reserve should use its balance sheet to help reduce a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Transportation - Business & Environment

telepresence technologies Trains Increased electrication of freight railways Trucks Increased efficiency and alternative fuels Innovation Innovations to reduce transport-sector GHG emissions—and other air... View Details

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How Risky Trading Desks Turned into Lucrative 'Toll Booths' for Banks | Working Knowledge

competitive as they once were.” Has the rise of hedge funds increased risk in the financial system? In the wake of the Volcker Rule, market risk has shifted from bank trading desks to hedge funds, insurance... View Details

21 Sep 2010
First Look

First Look: September 21, 2010

organizational behavior literatures predict that when it is difficult to align incentives by contracting on output, aligning preferences via employee selection may provide a useful alternative. This study investigates this idea empirically using personnel View Details