Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (1,904) Arrow Down
Filter Results: (1,904) Arrow Down Arrow Up

Show Results For

Show Results For

← Page 19 of 1,904 Results →

    Ray A. Goldberg

    A native of North Dakota, Dr. Goldberg received his A.B. from Harvard University in 1948, his MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1950 and his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Minnesota in 1952.

    ... View Details

    Keywords: agribusiness; agriculture; fast food; food; food processing; forest products; grocery; high technology; information; restaurant; retailing; soft drink; textiles; tobacco; transportation; wholesale; wine

      Lauren H. Cohen

      Lauren Cohen is the L.E. Simmons Professor in the Finance & Entrepreneurial Management Units at Harvard Business School and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is an Editor of the Review of Financial... View Details

      Keywords: investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry
      • March 2018
      • Article

      Global Business over Time

      By: Geoffrey Jones
      This article explores how business enterprises have been powerful actors in the spread of global capitalism between 1840 and the present day. It also shows how global firms, emerging out of industrialized Western economies, created and co-created markets and ecosystems... View Details
      Keywords: Global; Multinational; Business History; Globalization; Globalized Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Economic Systems
      Related

        Peter Tufano

        Peter Tufano is a Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School and Senior Advisor to the Harvard Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability. From 2011 to 2021, he served as the Peter Moores Dean at View Details

        Keywords: investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry
        • June 2021
        • Case

        Modern Endowment Management: Paula Volent and the Bowdoin Endowment

        By: Luis M. Viceira, Emily R. McComb and Dean Xu
        This case examines modern endowment investment management through the lens of a leadership transition between Chief Investment Officers (CIOs). In March 2021, Paula Volent is about to step down as the CIO of the endowment of Bowdoin College after twenty-one years, and... View Details
        Keywords: Investment Portfolio; Investment Banking; Growth Management; Investment Return; Capital Markets; Interest Rates; Competition; Cost Management; Risk Management; Financial Liquidity; Performance Evaluation
        Related
        • 2014
        • Article

        Corporate Governance and the Financial Crisis in Italy

        By: Dante Roscini
        The financial crisis hit Italy harder than many other Eurozone countries. In part this was due to the fact that the crisis came upon a system that was weakened by years of sub-par economic growth. One of the several endogenous factors that explain the stagnation of the... View Details
        Keywords: Financial Crisis; Corporate Governance; Italy; European Union
        Related
        • October 1999 (Revised January 2000)
        • Case

        W. R. Hambrecht & Co: OpenIPO

        By: Andre F. Perold and Gunjan D. Bhow
        OpenIPO is a new mechanism for pricing and distributing initial public offerings. The system, which is based on a Dutch auction, represents an attempt by the investment bank W.R. Hambrecht + Co. to change the manner in which IPOs are underwritten. The case provides a... View Details
        Keywords: Investment Banking; Debt Securities; Stocks; Initial Public Offering; Price; Information; Auctions; Agreements and Arrangements; Distribution; Internet; Netherlands
        Related
        • 13 Jan 2010
        • Working Paper Summaries

        Private Equity and Industry Performance

        Keywords: by Shai Bernstein, Josh Lerner, Morten Sørensen & Per Strömberg
        • 2011
        • Chapter

        Innovations in Governance

        By: Raymond Fisman and Eric Werker
        In this paper we explore the innovations in governance that have promoted investment and growth. Some policymakers have tinkered with their country's institutions, some have undertaken wholesale changes, while others have attempted to influence the rules in other... View Details
        Keywords: Economic Growth; Investment; Governance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Government and Politics; Innovation and Invention
        Related
        • 13 Jul 2017
        • Working Paper Summaries

        Catering Through Disclosure: Evidence from Shanghai-Hong Kong Connect

        Keywords: by Aaron S. Yoon
        • February 2025
        • Supplement

        Align Partners and SM Entertainment: Korean Shareholder Activism Meets K-Pop (B)

        By: Charles C.Y. Wang and Billy Chan
        Supplements the (A) case, HBS No. 125-065. For years, institutional investors had experienced very limited success in influencing the management of listed companies through shareholder activist campaigns in Korea. The common practice of circular ownership and public... View Details
        Keywords: Financial Reporting; Public Equity; Stocks; Investment Activism; Music Entertainment; Corporate Governance; Success; Business and Shareholder Relations; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; South Korea
        Related
        • August 1993 (Revised October 1993)
        • Case

        Dimensional Fund Advisors: 1993

        By: Jay O. Light
        A small California-based money manager is now offering specialty products for institutional investors based upon recent financial research findings. View Details
        Keywords: Financial Instruments; Investment; Financial Services Industry; California
        Related

          A New Way to Understand Corporate Leverage

          The link between measures of risk and return within the equity market has been very weak over the past 47 years: in the United States, returns on high-risk stocks have cumulatively fallen short of the returns on low-risk stocks, during a period when the equity market... View Details
          • July 2020
          • Case

          Mortgage Backed Securities and the Covid-19 Pandemic

          By: Emil N. Siriwardane, Luis M. Viceira and Dean Xu
          In April 2020, global financial markets were still reeling as the COVID-19 pandemic spread rapidly across the world. Global equity markets had initially fallen by 30% in response to the pandemic, and high-yield credit markets had dropped by nearly 20%. In contrast,... View Details
          Keywords: COVID-19; Mortgage-backed Securities; Health Pandemics; Financial Markets; Assets; Resource Allocation; Financial Instruments; Decision Making
          Related
          • March 2017
          • Article

          Entrepreneurial Beacons: The Yale Endowment, Run-ups, and the Growth of Venture Capital

          By: Y. Sekou Bermiss, Benjamin J. Hallen, Rory McDonald and Emily Cox Pahnke
          This paper investigates the social context of entrepreneurship in organizational sectors. Prior research suggests that firm foundings are driven by collective patterns of activity—that is, by patterns of prior foundings—including support from related markets as well as... View Details
          Keywords: Signals; Social Salience; Venture Capital; Higher Education; Organizations; Entrepreneurship; Investment
          Related
          • April 1993
          • Case

          Sumiko Ito

          By: David A. Thomas
          Describes the life and career of the first Japanese female investment banker at Nomura Securities, Sumiko Ito, who later became a partner at Alex Brown, a U.S. investment bank. Organized around the major life events and career transitions Ms. Ito experienced. Set in... View Details
          Keywords: Investment Banking; Personal Development and Career; Gender; Diversity; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Japan; England; United States
          Related
          • January 2005 (Revised November 2005)
          • Case

          Gobi Partners: October 2004

          By: G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
          The general partners of Gobi Partners, a venture fund located in Shanghai, are trying to decide the best way to raise money for their first fund. Their strategy of investing in early-stage digital media companies in China was well-received by strategic investors--IBM... View Details
          Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Investment; Goals and Objectives; Emerging Markets; Problems and Challenges; Conflict Management; Shanghai
          Related
          • January 2001 (Revised June 2004)
          • Case

          PetroChina

          By: Alexander Dyck, Yasheng Huang and David Lane
          In March 2000, plans for the initial public offering of shares in PetroChina were proceeding on schedule, and institutional investors were evaluating the deal. PetroChina was China's largest oil and gas company and an attractive play on China's continued economic... View Details
          Keywords: Investment; Corporate Governance; Energy Sources; Energy Industry; China
          Related
          • 15 Nov 2018
          • Working Paper Summaries

          Do Fire Sales Create Externalities?

          Keywords: by Sergey Chernenko and Adi Sunderam; Financial Services; Banking
          • 20 Jan 2009
          • Research & Ideas

          Risky Business with Structured Finance

          In the wake of the financial crisis, many once-esoteric investment terms have become a familiar part of our vocabulary. The role of structured finance securities such as collateralized debt obligations (CDOs), for example, and the part... View Details
          Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Financial Services