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  • 1993
  • Working Paper

Currency Hedging Over Long Horizons

By: K. A. Froot
This paper reexamines the widely-held wisdom that the currency exposure of international investments should be entirely hedged. It finds that the previously documented ability of hedges to reduce portfolio return variance holds at short horizons, but not at long... View Details
Keywords: Currency; Hedging; Transaction Costs; Exchange Rates; International Markets; Real Exchange Rate; Purchasing Power Parity; International Finance; Currency Exchange Rate; Asset Pricing; Investment; Globalized Markets and Industries
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  • 22 Jul 2014
  • First Look

First Look: July 22

firms is significantly lower than that of comparable U.S. firms and that the difference depends on the firm's home country characteristics. Foreign firms from countries with a weak rule View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Nov 2014
  • First Look

First Look: November 4

conclude, after one century of banking crisis this is the best of times for Mexican banking. Publisher's link: http://www.library.hbs.edu/forms/purchaseform/ November 2014... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Feb 2019
  • Book

What’s Really Disrupting Business? It’s Not Technology

non-committal prices. That is, until Birchbox came along in 2010 with an innovative offer: Pay a monthly fee and receive a curated box of beauty samples by mail. “They said, ‘We're going to start off doing this View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Beauty & Cosmetics; Insurance; Service; Retail
  • May 2007
  • Case

Free the Grapes--Direct-to-Consumer Shipping in the Wine Industry

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Dennis A. Yao, Patricia Wu and Libby Cantrill
While wine tourism in the United States was booming, the majority of consumers who tasted a Cabernet Sauvignon in one of Napa Valley's tasting rooms were not permitted to ship the wine directly to their home. In 2002, direct-to-consumer shipping was either banned or... View Details
Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Lawsuits and Litigation; Agreements and Arrangements; Business and Government Relations; Corporate Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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  • 05 May 2003
  • Research & Ideas

SEC Commissioner Sees “Healing and Reform”

Despite the wrongdoings that have convulsed corporate America in recent months, SEC Commissioner Harvey J. Goldschmid believes that the business world is on the mend. "I have a very optimistic view," he said. "Out View Details
Keywords: by Catherine Walsh
  • September 2010 (Revised February 2013)
  • Background Note

The Cage-Free Egg Movement

By: Michael W. Toffel and Stephanie van Sice
Describes the social movement confronting conventional egg production techniques (battery cages) based on animal welfare concerns, and some merits and drawbacks of cage-free alternatives. Highlights animal rights activist campaigns, political and regulatory responses,... View Details
Keywords: Animal-Based Agribusiness; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Rights; Supply Chain Management; Natural Environment; Social Issues; Competitive Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
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  • December 2007 (Revised February 2009)
  • Case

Don Jenkins: Resigning from the Firm

By: Boris Groysberg, Geoff Eckman Marietta and Steven Manchel
Don Jenkins, a star event planner at a large firm, resigns to take a position at a boutique firm. However, Don may have made some mistakes when departing that could be trouble later on down the road. The case can be used to teach the business and legal aspects of... View Details
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Resignation and Termination; Retention; Law; Service Industry
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  • 21 Jul 2015
  • First Look

First Look: July 21, 2015

Across three studies, we show that gift givers mis-predict appreciation for socially responsible gifts and that their mis-predictions depend on the nature of their relationship to the recipient. Drawing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Entrepreneurial Management Overview Faculty Curriculum Seminars & Conferences Awards & Honors Doctoral Students 2024 Jeffrey J. Bussgang : Named one of the Boston Globe 's Tech Power Players 2024. Zoe B.... View Details
  • 19 Jan 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 18

people's likelihood to cross ethical boundaries. A promotion focus leads individuals to be more likely to act unethically than a prevention focus (Studies 1, 2, and 3). These higher levels of dishonesty are explained by the influence... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Feb 2022
  • Blog Post

Short Intensive Program (SIP): Climate Adaptation

Short Intensive Program (SIP) Recap: Climate Adaptation From January 18th through January 21st, approximately 40 students gathered in Aldrich Hall for a SIP on Climate Adaptation. This course was led by HBS Professor John Macomber with... View Details
  • 19 Jun 2023
  • Blog Post

The Road to Impact

opportunity for the citizens of 80 countries. Originally, Offensend thought he’d propel himself into that nonprofit career through law school. But then, he jokes, he realized what lawyers actually do View Details
  • Web

Industry Information - Alumni

Association of Realtors Data from the National Association of Realtors - topical sections include government affairs, research, law and policy, technology, and education. The... View Details
  • 29 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 29

support. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-147.pdf   PublicationsCommentaries and Cases on the Law of Business Organization Authors:William T. Allen,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Aug 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Why IT Does Matter

advantage. As a result, he said, companies should rethink how much they pay for IT given this reduced return on investment. HBR received a large number of positive and critical responses to Carr's piece... View Details
Keywords: by F. Warren McFarlan & Richard L. Nolan
  • 06 May 2014
  • First Look

First Look: May 6

in which matching is made contingent on the percentage of others who give (e.g., "if X% of others give, we will match all donations"). A field experiment shows that a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Oct 2008
  • First Look

First Look: October 28, 2008

who regulate access to, and interactions around, the platform. We present evidence on Facebook, TopCoder, Roppongi Hills, and Harvard Business School to document the "regulatory" role played by MSPs. We find MSPs use nuanced... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 2

fixed costs of changing prices. The latter predict unrealistically large responses of price changes to inflation for firms that do not frequently reduce their prices.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Jun 2021
  • Research & Ideas

A Rare Find in Health Care: A Simple Solution to Racial Inequity

for these long-standing disparities.” For the past 20 years, Chandra has been examining differences in health outcomes between white and Black Americans, searching for solutions to shrink the gap. In a recent working paper published through the National Bureau View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health