Financial Product Positioning - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 2000
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Faculty Retirements

addition, he has held important administrative positions at the School, chairing Exec Ed's Advanced Management Program and its International Senior Managers' Program, as well as the MBA Program's Production... View Details

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Sekou Calliste

conviction. "I found HBS alums from Trinidad and contacted them – they all had leadership positions and were doing phenomenal things!" But taking the lead, Sekou has discovered at HBS, "is rarely a black-and-white issue.... View Details

November 2019 (Revised April 2021)
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United Technologies: Are the Parts Worth More Than the Whole?

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel Fisher

After spending more than 50 years creating a diversified industrial conglomerate that Fortune magazine described as “arguably the most profitable conglomerate in America” in 2014, UTC’s CEO Greg Hayes was under pressure from activist investors (Dan Loeb and Bill... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Business Conglomerates; Financial Management; Corporate Governance; Organizational Structure; Investment Funds; Value Creation; Industrial Products Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Industrial Products Industry; United States

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Cristina Ros Blankfein

look and design to inspire a positive reaction. By the holiday season in 2014, Be Mixed launched its first major production run and is currently being sold in 17 different food stores in the New York City... View Details

10 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

The Hard Numbers on Social Investments

a positive IRR on their total investments, 15 percent simply achieved capital preservation, 21 percent experienced a negative IRR, and the remaining 22 percent suffered a total capital loss. These realized View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

01 May 2013
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Catherine E. Kuehn Price, MBA 1986 & Malcolm K. Price, MBA 1987

institution they believe in without compromising their family’s financial security. “Harvard is great at providing vehicles that allow you to achieve your philanthropic goals,” he says. “I also would argue that—in terms of View Details

26 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019

incompatibility. We also investigate how factors such as exclusive content and hardware-only adopters affect compatibility incentives. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55682 January 4, 2019 Harvard Business Review How Companies Can... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Jun 2015
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The End of Cows?

Price is a market barrier for lab-grown beef, with production costs currently exceeding 250,000 euros per burger. (Photo courtesy of Cultured Beef) Price is a market barrier for lab-grown beef, with View Details

Keywords: Jason Feifer; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade; Scientific Research and Development Services

27 Nov 2012
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The Beauty of the Network

have come from HBS.” Those friends have also been essential in the funding of Restorsea (www.restorsea.com), a line of luxury skincare products with an initial launch of day and eye creams. (Additional products, with expanded... View Details

Keywords: cosmetics; salmon; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

01 Oct 1998
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A Community Investment

energies to worthwhile causes beyond our jobs and our families. That is what's driving a lot of us to branch out into social and community activities beyond our business life. Jerry Ostrov: My impression is that there is a widely shared belief among us that significant... View Details

01 Jun 1997
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A Better Way to Go on Strike

contract, American and its pilots would be in the same financial position as they would be with a strike. Each could bargain as hard or as collaboratively as it saw fit, holding out as long as its resources... View Details

Keywords: David Lax and Professor James K. Sebenius

09 May 2017
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New Research and Ideas, May 9

May 2017 Journal of Financial Economics The Value of Trading Relations in Turbulent Times By: Di Maggio, Marco, Amir Kermani, and Zhaogang Song Abstract—This paper investigates how dealers’ trading relationships shape their trading... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2006
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Private Sector and Public Interest Meet at Global Leadership Forum

for decision-making and leadership, in these overlapping public-private realms.” Speaking at luncheon, on the opening day of the conference, Haass, a former State Department official, posited three possible scenarios for the world’s... View Details

20 Dec 2016
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December 20, 2016

securities to retail investors. We focus on a large market of investment products targeted exclusively at households: retail-structured products in Europe. We hypothesize that banks strategically use View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

29 Mar 2023
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Giving Hope and Comfort

bigger challenge today is sourcing these vital products in the face of inflation and snags in the supply chain. Today, Hope and Comfort is still one of the few nonprofits distributing hygiene products, says Feingold, who retired from his... View Details

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Annette Rodriguez-Ferrer

(now CCMP Capital). Annette has significate public, private and non-profit Board experience. Currently, she serves as Executive Chairperson of Wax Center Partners and previously held Board positions with Clean Streak, Fertilitas, and as... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products

08 May 2015
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A new view of the cost of equity and capital requirements for banks

Capital requirements for banks, which govern the ratio of equity to debt, have come under greater scrutiny in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. A central question is how these requirements affect banks’ overall cost of capital, or... View Details

01 Sep 2017
News

Case Study: Confidence Builder

Rose and John Wise (both MBA 2015) on the positioning challenge facing their unique pop-up card company: Lovepop makes a product that looks a bit like a greeting card but acts much more like a gift. “How do... View Details

Keywords: April White; Confi; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

16 Dec 2020
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A Creator in the Era of Disruption

a way to pool financial resources. Haryopratomo: I basically became a pot salesman. [Sound of pots and pans] Like, “Hey ladies, we have this new pot—it uses Teflon.” And this is a place where people never use Teflon. So when I wiped the... View Details

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Labor Practices | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

into focus. And the constant search . . . for men of ability to fill positions of responsibility, assures him of recognition when he is ready for advancement.” 31 The publication featured photographs of men engaged or receiving training... View Details

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