financial markets - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Sep 2021
News

Increasing Access and Expanding Opportunity

graduate school, how does the fear of incurring a large amount of debt keep individuals from applying to HBS? Chad Losee: We did a market research study in 2019 to understand what prevents qualified potential students from applying. View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

12 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

‘Let the Buyer Beware’ Doesn’t Protect Investors

do; they get them with the confirmation of a purchase rather than ahead of time. Were there a five-day waiting period before an order could be placed, the current system would perform better. But people want to act quickly, and in markets... View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

08 Aug 2018
Blog Post

Hands-on Experience in Hospitality

During my time in Barcelona, I was able to see the operations of the hotels, understand the financial model of the hospitality industry, get to know their marketing strategies and see how crucial HR is to... View Details

Keywords: Hospitality

06 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 6

learning, can reorient research about the link between identity-group-based diversity and performance. How to Make Finance Work Authors:Robin Greenwood and David S. Scharfstein Publication:Harvard Business Review 90, no. 3 (March 2012) Abstract Once a sleepy old boys'... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2011
News

Happening Fast

global markets recently. “It’s just nonstop trying to piece all this stuff together, and the hardest thing is there’s no road map,” she explained. “It’s oddly exhilarating because so many things are happening so fast.” View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

18 Feb 2014
News

Stick with Plan A

redefine the concept of banking and financial access in the future." Ezuza is preparing to launch its service after six years of business development, putting partnerships together and building the technology platform. "To some people,... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Waleed Iskandar (MBA 1993); Telecommunications

28 Mar 2018
Research & Ideas

Sophisticated Investors May Be Harming Fintech Lending Platforms

precisely pin down the safest loans to back. If platforms limit the amount of information available, the playing field is more level and a wider variety of investors have a better shot at choosing cream-of-the-crop loans. Not your parents’ bank Peer lending View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Financial Services

18 Oct 2011
First Look

First Look: October 18

attempt to answer the latter question by attempting to institutionalize empathy as part of its delivery of care. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/612031-PDF-ENG China or the World? A Financial Reporting Strategy... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Jan 2004
Research & Ideas

Does Your HQ Operation Fit With Corporate Strategy?

Structure and Performance of Corporate Headquarters." Among their findings: Contrary to popular belief, European HQs were smaller than American HQs. And the much-touted "lean and mean" ideal does not necessarily lead to better View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

How Politics Drives Business Decisions in a Polarized Nation

so,” Kempf says. “We see it in views of the economy or views of certain risks, like the risk posed by certain political events or climate change or by the pandemic. There’s even the growing importance of partisanship in determining who works together and who does View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

15 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

High Ambition Leadership

Fredberg, and Flemming Norrgren. "The world of business has been governed by an implicit leadership model," Beer explains. "With the exception of a minority of CEOs, however—those we interviewed and others like them—the purpose of the firm is defined by a single-minded... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2009
News

Broad Range of Interests Among Nine New Faculty

accounting from the University of Chicago. He’ll tap his interests in corporate accountability and disclosure to help him teach the first-year required course Financial Reporting and Control. Assistant Professor Thales Teixeira, a member... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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

27 Mar 2020
News

CPD Taps Alumni Network to Help Students Navigate Crisis

Kristen Fitzpatrick (MBA 2003) Kristen Fitzpatrick (MBA 2003) HBS Career and Professional Development (CPD) has pivoted quickly in recent weeks to help first- and second-year students who are still in need of internships and employment—and facing an uncertain View Details

03 Dec 2008
What Do You Think?

Can Housing and Credit be “Nudged” Back to Health?

loan. Further, they suggest in a recent Financial Times op-ed that "government and the market should try to deal with temptation" (our limited self-control) by, for example, requiring that families... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Mar 2018
News

Realizing The Potential Of One Harvard

special connection: They have both been fellows in Harvard Business School’s Program for Research in Markets and Organizations (PRIMO), a 10-week summer program for Harvard undergraduates that matches students with HBS faculty members to... View Details

01 Jun 1998
News

Mark Tatum

on their part made it financially possible for their bright and affable son to enter Cornell's premed program. But during his junior year, at the age of nineteen, Tatum decided to change his major to business management. "I just didn't... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; photograph by Webb Chappell

Fast Answer

Betas

How do I find current betas for companies? Historical? Industry Beta? Current BETA: Bloomberg Current and historical financial information on individual equities, stock market indices, fixed-income... View Details

Profile

Carlos Coto

always been a dream of mine to attend an Ivy League school. When I was applying for college, it wasn't financially possible. Now it was." Carlos came to HBS with his wife, Julia, whom he married in June 2008. They live off-campus in... View Details

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