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  • 20 May 2020
  • Interview

Reflections on The Prosperity Paradox, with Euvin Naidoo and Efosa Ojomo

By: Euvin Naidoo and Efosa Ojomo
This week on The Disruptive Voice, we're delighted to introduce you to Euvin Naidoo and Efosa Ojomo, who join us for a conversation about innovation, prosperity, and development in Africa. Originally from KwaDukuza, South Africa, Euvin is a Senior Lecturer at Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Prosperity; Innovation and Invention; Development Economics; Africa
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  • 1987
  • Working Paper

Tests of Excess Forecast Volatility in the Foreign Exchange and Stock Markets

By: K. A. Froot
Simple regression tests that have power against the alternatives that asset prices and expected future asset returns are excessively volatile are developed and performed for the foreign exchange and stock markets. These tests have a number of advantages over... View Details
Keywords: Risk Aversion; Risk; International Investing; International Finance; Risk and Uncertainty; Asset Pricing; Financial Markets; Investment; Behavioral Finance; Volatility
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  • 2014
  • Working Paper

Tommy Koh: Background and Major Accomplishments of the 'Great Negotiator, 2014'

By: James K. Sebenius and Laurence A. Green
Significant negotiation-related achievements from career of Ambassador Tommy Koh of Singapore are highlighted in brief form along with elements of his background and career. In light of these accomplishments, Koh was selected as the recipient of the 2014 Great... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation; International Relations; Personal Development and Career; United States; Singapore; Baltic Countries; Southeast Asia
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  • June 2021
  • Case

Selassie Atadika: Entrepreneurship in Africa

By: Boris Groysberg, Susan Seligson and Katherine Connolly Baden
This case profiles the career of Ghana-based chef and entrepreneur, Selassie Atadika. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, she faced many questions about the future, such as: How could she convince Ghanaian consumers to view their native cuisine in a fresh,... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneur; Women And Leadership; Women-owned Businesses; Food; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; South Africa
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  • 2024
  • Working Paper

Anytime-Valid Inference in Linear Models and Regression-Adjusted Causal Inference

By: Michael Lindon, Dae Woong Ham, Martin Tingley and Iavor I. Bojinov
Linear regression adjustment is commonly used to analyze randomized controlled experiments due to its efficiency and robustness against model misspecification. Current testing and interval estimation procedures leverage the asymptotic distribution of such estimators to... View Details
Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Analytics and Data Science
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  • 17 Apr 2010
  • Other Presentation

New Jersey Competitiveness: State and Cluster Performance

By: Michael E. Porter
Prepared for Governor Chris Christie. View Details
Keywords: Economics; Growth and Development; United States
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  • April 2018
  • Supplement

Celgene

By: Malcolm Baker and Emily R. McComb
In February 2011, Adam Koppel, a Managing Director at Brookside Capital, the public equity arm of Bain Capital, must decide whether to increase or exit the firm’s position in Celgene Corporation. News has emerged that raises potential safety concerns associated with... View Details
Keywords: Life Sciences; Biotechnology; Public Market Investing; Celgene; Revlimid; Hedge Fund; Growth Stocks; Valuation; Investment; Decision Choices and Conditions; Analysis
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  • 04 Apr 2019
  • News

Promoting Diversity at Sundance and Beyond

Brickson Diamond (MBA 1999) was in the midst of a successful career in investment management with the $1.7 trillion Capital Group Companies when he cofounded the Blackhouse Foundation, a nonprofit aimed at advancing the careers of promising black filmmakers View Details
  • 31 Mar 2018
  • Working Paper Summaries

Expected Stock Returns Worldwide: A Log-Linear Present-Value Approach

Keywords: by Akash Chattopadhyay, Matthew R. Lyle, and Charles C.Y. Wang; Financial Services; Accounting
  • April 1981
  • Case

Mexican Rural Development: SAM and PIDER

By: James E. Austin
Keywords: Development Economics; Food; Rural Scope; Mexico
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  • 14 Feb 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age

themselves. However, the qualities they need to develop aren’t the ones you might expect. You might think an organization in flux needs a steady hand, someone with foresight and experience who plots a... View Details
Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards; Technology
  • March 2001
  • Article

Technological Acquisitions and the Innovation Performance of Acquiring Firms: A Longitudinal Study

By: Gautam Ahuja and Riitta Katila
This paper examines the impact of acquisitions on the subsequent innovation performance of acquiring firms in the chemicals industry. We distinguish between technological acquisitions, acquisitions in which technology is a component of the acquired firm's assets, and... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Acquisitions; Knowledge; Strategy; Knowledge Acquisition; Acquisition; Innovation and Invention; Chemical Industry
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  • September 2012 (Revised February 2013)
  • Supplement

Malaysia: The Economic Transformation Program (B)

By: Diego A. Comin and Ku Kok Peng
Keywords: Economic Transformation Program; Productivity Growth; New Economic Model; Najiv; Idris Jala; Malaysia
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  • November 1995 (Revised April 1996)
  • Case

ENTel and the Privatization of Argentine Telecommunications

By: Willis M. Emmons III
Growing fiscal deficits, persistent economic recession, and underinvestment in the nation's telecommunications infrastructure lead the Argentine government to privatize its state-owned monopoly provider of telecommunications services, ENTel, in late 1990. The... View Details
Keywords: Opportunities; Risk and Uncertainty; Communication Technology; Privatization; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Competition; Development Economics; Policy; Government and Politics; Performance Effectiveness; Telecommunications Industry; Argentina
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  • Research Summary

Profitable Souls: Foreign Investment and the Fate of Human Rights

By: Debora L. Spar
This is a project about foreign investment, about what happens when big multinational firms invest in small, poor, and often nasty places. Typically, most observers assume that this is a largely negative relationship: that multinationals exploit the local population,... View Details
  • Research Summary

Investment and marketing strategies of American multinationals in Argentina (1890c-1939)

Andrea Lluch is undertaking a major research project on American business expansion in Argentina up to the beginning of World War II. The first part of the project focuses on the American companies investment strategies. The second part analyses of the evolution of... View Details
  • 17 Dec 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Risks and Rewards of the Intrapreneur

for him, Levine said, was that the company's CEO backed the project, and allowed the group to operate outside the usual corporate boundaries. Levine was even able to move the start-up off campus. Once the group had View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • November 2005 (Revised December 2005)
  • Case

County Department of Public Health: Organizing for Emergency Preparedness and Response

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Ajay Vinze and Minu Ipe
The anthrax attacks of 2001 exposed serious inadequacies in the response of the U.S. public health system to meet such grave threats. The public health infrastructure required rebuilding to respond to any type of large-scale health emergency. The Public Health... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Change Management; Crisis Management; Health Care and Treatment; Infrastructure; Public Administration Industry; Health Industry; United States
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  • 21 Aug 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018

point higher fee relative to the notional invested for selling the dominated bond on average. I develop and estimate a broker intermediated search model that rationalizes this behavior View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 12 Dec 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

and encourages the continued creation of deep knowledge within the field, as well as collaborative research across disciplines that develops and incorporates insights from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne