Dow Jones - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 8, 2008

this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=308033 Transparent Value LLC Harvard Business School Case 108-069 Leading index company Dow Jones recently signed a license and joint... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Dec 2013
What Do You Think?

Is Walmart Defying Economic Gravity?

turnover among the largest business firms, characterized in the United States by the fact that only one company, General Electric, has survived in the Dow Jones Industrials index since its beginning. We are... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

12 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

The New Real Estate

relative to all asset classes have been enormous. Let's take a moment on this last point, high returns relative to other investments. The public real estate markets as recorded by the Dow Jones Wilshire Real... View Details

Keywords: by Arthur I. Segel; Construction; Real Estate

19 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard

media empire: his reputation for ruthlessness. Murdoch is on the line for the phone-hacking scandal in the UK and faces potential bribery charges that reach to the US under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. He might be sued by the Bancroft family, who sold him the... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Journalism & News; Publishing

14 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Time that Government Reopens for Business

and the October 17 deadline for extending the debt limit. Beyond that, if you look at sources of profitability for a lot of the select companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and even the top end of... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

22 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients

industrial washer in the spin cycle, putting entire industries (arts and entertainment, tourism, food and hospitality) at risk even as others (real estate, construction, and home services) experienced record demand. In the United States, unemployment and hunger hit new... View Details

Keywords: by Robin Abrahams, Boris Groysberg, and Steven L. Manchel

30 Jun 2020
Book

Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

environmental footprint of the company’s entire product portfolio, and some company brands, such as Lipton tea and Lifebuoy soap, had taken on significant social and environmental commitments. For over a decade, Unilever had been the top-ranked food and beverage... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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