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- 31 Jan 2023
- Op-Ed
Can Insurance Technology Solve the Uninsured Driver Problem?
drumming up hundreds of dollars households may not be able to afford. How technology can help Innovations in insurance technology can address the problems of high fees by automating away many of the transaction costs, indexing the amount... View Details
- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
the heyday of the suggestion box, some overflowed with penciled index cards while others sported cobwebs. Dialogue is necessary for creating a shared reality—especially now. People’s pandemic experiences have varied widely depending on... View Details
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
section of stock returns, also predicts excess bond returns. These relationships remain in place even when bonds and stocks become "decoupled" at the index level. They are driven by a combination of effects including... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2003
- What Do You Think?
Is This the Twilight Era for the Managed Mutual Fund?
investor, I feel powerless to control or even understand how my mutual funds operate." Anupam Bordia comments, "the mutual fund scandal will shift public trust towards index funds." There is also a suggestion that the job... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
the supply of capital create the need for increased upfront financing, but this protection lowers the real option value of the new venture. In equilibrium, financing risk disproportionately impacts innovative ventures with the greatest... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
case. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=307009 LinkedIn (A) Harvard Business School Case 707-406 In the summer of 2005, LinkedIn, a two-year-old start-up, was choosing between two options... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 30
disproportionately affected by international financial integration. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-012.pdf Nominal versus Indexed Debt: A Quantitative Horse Race Authors:Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk Abstract The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
Authors:Jakub W. Jurek and Erik Stafford Abstract This paper studies the cost of capital for alternative investments. We document that the risk profile of the aggregate hedge fund universe can be accurately matched by a simple index put... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
When Product Variety Backfires
and also examples of companies who understood this problem and created an effective product mix? A: There are clearly domains where consumers face overchoice: analgesics, automobile options, mutual funds, upholstered furniture, etc. In these domains, fewer View Details
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
pertinent to each step in the industry analysis process. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=708481 Index Options Harvard Business School Note 208-119 The goal... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 3, 2009
projects. When research activities are noncontractible, we show that it is optimal for the financing company to obtain the option right to terminate the research agreement while maintaining broad property rights to the terminated project.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Charting 'Cheapflation': How Budget Brands Got So Pricey
Administration, analyzed millions of products from more than 90 big retailers in 10 countries, including detailed price data for products within the same categories, something that’s been difficult to study. After creating indexes tied to... View Details
Keywords: by Ana Elena Azpúrua
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
What It Takes to Restore Trust in Business
top executives "to get rich no matter what happens to the shareholders." Options should be indexed options. These options pay for performance, not for volatility in... View Details
- 14 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52652 Governance Through Shame and Aspiration: Index Creation and Corporate Behavior By: Chattopadhyay, Akash, Matthew D. Shaffer, and Charles C.Y. Wang Abstract—We study whether stock View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
of a large incumbent organization, with high personnel costs, crippling bureaucracy, lack of customer-centricity, a dull brand, and eroding profitability. Tsamaz was taking over the reins at a time of deep economic crisis in Greece, which would impact the View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 27 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 27, 2009
Abstract This paper constructs an index of financial sophistication that, in comprehensive data on Swedish households, best explains a set of three investment mistakes: underdiversification, risky share inertia, and the tendency to sell... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Are Consumers the Cure for Broken Health Insurance?
options to their employees, ranging from indexed bond funds to microcap equity funds. Second, sources providing advice and information about mutual-fund investment results proliferated, with companies like... View Details
Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger
- 15 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
These VC Partners May Make Your Firm Less Innovative
respected VC firms would be less likely to redirect information between competing startups. They found just the opposite. Companies tied to VCs in the top 25 percent of reputation indexes were significantly less likely to introduce new... View Details
- 05 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 5
Allocators with suspicious partners did not significantly differ from liars on word count. Allocators with suspicious partners used more negative emotion words and profanity. Mixed support was found for indexes from Coh-Metrix that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018
Shi, Thales S. Teixeira, and Michel Wedel Abstract—Consumers have an increasingly wide variety of options available to entertain themselves. This poses a challenge for content aggregators who want to effectively promote their video... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman