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  • 17 Sep 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Is There Help for the Big Ticket Buyer?

As a professor of decision making and negotiation, I often receive unsolicited phone calls from relatives, friends, and acquaintances seeking my advice on consumer matters such as negotiating for a house, bidding on eBay, and investing in... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman
  • 14 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 14, 2009

Working Papers The Investment Strategies of Sovereign Wealth Funds Authors: Shai Bernstein, Josh Lerner, and Antoinette Schoar Abstract This paper examines the direct private equity View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • May 2009 (Revised January 2011)
  • Case

Enel: Power, Russia, and Global Markets

By: Rawi E. Abdelal, Richard H.K. Vietor and Sogomon Tarontsi
Although the global trend toward liberalization of electric utilities forced Enel, the largest power company in Italy, to give up some of its assets in its home base, it also opened up many opportunities abroad, including in Russia, one of the largest electricity... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Energy Generation; Foreign Direct Investment; Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Business and Government Relations; Utilities Industry; Russia; Italy
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  • 06 Jan 2010
  • What Do You Think?

Is a Stringent Climate Change Agreement a Pot of Gold?

Summing Up Do we even need a stringent climate change agreement? Judging from this month's comments, a question can be raised about the necessity of a climate change agreement, stringent or not, as a catalyst to foster innovation and the venture capital View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Energy; Utilities
  • 2024
  • Article

Political Polarization and Finance

By: Elisabeth Kempf and Margarita Tsoutsoura
We review an empirical literature that studies how political polarization affects financial decisions. We first discuss the degree of partisan segregation in finance and corporate America, the mechanisms through which partisanship may influence financial decisions, and... View Details
Keywords: Government and Politics; Investment Portfolio; Decisions; Governance
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    Mihir A. Desai

    Mihir A. Desai is the Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance at Harvard Business School and a Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. He received his Ph.D. in political economy from Harvard... View Details

    • March – April 2009
    • Article

    Market Research and Innovation Strategy in a Duopoly

    By: Dominique Lauga and Elie Ofek
    We model a duopoly in which ex-ante identical firms must decide where to direct their innovation efforts. The firms face market uncertainty about consumers' preferences for innovation on two product attributes and technology uncertainty about the success of their R&D... View Details
    Keywords: Profit; Innovation and Management; Demand and Consumers; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Research and Development; Competitive Strategy
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    • 2008
    • Working Paper

    Just Keep My Money! Supporting Tax-time Savings with U.S. Savings Bonds

    By: Peter Tufano
    This paper reports the results of a 2007 experiment testing if specific process simplification can foster increased take-up rates for savings products, particularly by low-to-moderate income (LMI) households. Tax refund recipients at certain H&R Block tax preparation... View Details
    Keywords: Household; Income; Bonds; Investment; Personal Finance; Saving; Taxation; United States
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    International Financial Integration and Entrepreneurship (joint with Andrew Charlton)

    By: Laura Alfaro
    We explore the relation between international financial integration and the level of entrepreneurial activity in a country. Researchers have stressed the role of new firm activity and economic dynamism on growth. Yet, the empirical effects of international capital... View Details
    • 02 Jun 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: June 2

    federal center and provincial governments, relations between the state and big business, economic policy, and models of economic development. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/710030-PDF-ENG Foreign Direct View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 02 Jan 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    10 Trends to Watch in 2024

    The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne
    • 22 Apr 2016
    • HBS Seminar

    Dr. Milt McColl, MD, Gauss Surgical, CEO

    • 01 Oct 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    How Politics Drives Business Decisions in a Polarized Nation

    executive suites, start-up firms, and even entire professions and industries. Within finance, in particular, decisionmakers’ political views influence investment returns, credit ratings, asset allocations, loan terms, and bond yields,... View Details
    Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
    • 07 Sep 2017
    • Blog Post

    How One Organization Increased Their Internship Yield

    In their reciprocal pursuits of internships and interns, HBS MBA candidates and participating employers invest a considerable amount of interest, time and, in many cases, money. With so much at stake, both hopes and anxieties run high,... View Details
    Keywords: Manufacturing
    • 07 Dec 2009
    • Research & Ideas

    Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship

    struggled to realize good returns from investments since the year 2000. Many traditional investors are questioning whether they should continue to provide capital to these funds. But given the important role that venture capital has had... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology
    • 15 Jan 2007
    • Research & Ideas

    The Business of Free Software

    IT vendors including Oracle, IBM, and Sun that traditionally have built offerings based on proprietary technologies are now investing billions of dollars into open source software—arrangements that are transforming in some ways the... View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Computer
    • 07 Apr 2003
    • What Do You Think?

    Should Global Business Initiatives Be Devalued?

    that in the global village the villagers drive the economy should be more successful." Flavius Chircu said that "... business leaders should get together with political leaders and figure out where and how to compete." Amadeo Isart was even more View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • May 2018 (Revised June 2018)
    • Case

    Ashar Group: Brokers and Co-opetition in the Life Settlement Industry

    By: Alexander Braun, Lauren H. Cohen, Christopher J. Malloy and Jiahua Xu
    Connecting life insurance policyholders with potential investors (called Life Settlement Providers), Ashar Group plays a pivotal role in the industry. Its current position is, however, increasingly being challenged by consumer-direct models, led by major providers... View Details
    Keywords: Insurance; Investment; Markets; Competitive Strategy; Cooperation; Financial Services Industry
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    • 10 Jan 2005
    • What Do You Think?

    Public Pension Reform: Does Mexico Have the Answer?

    Summing Up Judging from responses to the January column, the debate concerning reform of the social security system in the U.S. will take many directions before the question can even be framed adequately. If the responses are an... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services
    • 21 Feb 2024
    • Blog Post

    Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Bridges Fund Management

    For Harvard Business School students eager to make a positive impact on the world, one exciting path forward is investing in mission-centered businesses. Areas like healthcare, education, energy, and the environment attract innovative and... View Details
    Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity