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- 06 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Behavioral Finance—Benefiting from Irrational Investors
of individual investors and 30 percent of institutional investors appear to be more inertial than logical. They take the default option, passively accepting the shares offered as consideration in stock mergers and acquisitions. In... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 2023
- Working Paper
Do Active Funds Do Better in What They Trade?
By: Marco Sammon and John J. Shim
We develop two new, simple measures to quantify active fund decisions at the individual position level. The intuition is to separate passive rebalancing induced by flows and position changes from active rebalancing decisions. We find that additive active rebalancing --... View Details
Sammon, Marco, and John J. Shim. "Do Active Funds Do Better in What They Trade?" Working Paper, November 2023.
- 23 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 23, 2018
one, while passive maturity transformation strategies have CAPM betas near zero; and (4) portfolios of bank equities consistently underperform portfolios designed to passively mimic their economic exposures.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Aug 2022
- HBS Case
Building an 'ARMY' of Fans: Marketing Lessons from K-Pop Sensation BTS
the product of heavy government investment to create a unique cultural export. Music agencies built acts using an idol system that managed all aspects of stars’ lives and trained them in singing, dance, and even foreign languages.... View Details
- 19 Sep 2023
- Research & Ideas
What Chandrayaan-3 Says About India's Entrepreneurial Approach to Space
R&D spent in the US in the last couple of decades. And that is just a corpus of knowledge that is the ultimate public good, right? Anybody can access it in theory. India does not invest adequately in R&D, sadly. I’ve written about... View Details
- 24 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 24
Publication:In Innovation Policy and the Economy. Vol. 11, edited by Josh Lerner and Scott Stern. NBER Book Series. University of Chicago Press, forthcoming Abstract In this paper we explore the innovations in governance that have promoted View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 6, 2007
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707486 Corporate Venture Capital at Eli Lilly Harvard Business School Case 806-092 Reviews the role of corporate venture capital and its history at Eli Lilly. Also presents a challenging venture View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens
for granted, ever. Today, social media can quickly amplify the views of even a few vocal opponents, giving voice to latent negative concerns of many otherwise passive groups. As Amazon learned, an apparent “movement” can seemingly spring... View Details
- 23 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 23
of the vision requires leaders to invest in the tools, guide their use, and pave the way for transformation. Perhaps the urgency of the current economic crisis can provide the impetus to overcome resistance to change and turn problems... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Jan 2020
- Book
Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking
fence-sitters. It’s important to know who’s who. First, determine who holds the power tools you need—the resources, information or expertise, and support or legitimacy, and then persuade them to invest in the effort. They will also be... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Feb 2023
- Op-Ed
Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare to Shield It from Economic Fears
Following the murder of George Floyd in 2020, business leaders vowed to change organizational culture to increase diversity and inclusion. Some companies established more robust employee affinity groups, others diversified the voices on their teams, and some View Details
Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and Nicole Gilmore
- 27 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 27
expenditures. In doing so, we show that fiscal spending shocks appear to significantly dampen corporate sector investment and employment activity. These corporate reactions follow both Senate and House committee chair changes, are present... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Taking Advantage of Life’s (Few and Far Between) Inflection Points
promotion. What she did know was that the economy was weak and she had invested ten years at the company, so she was hoping for the best. When I finished the story, Howard shook his head, kicked a pinecone out of his path, and grumbled,... View Details
Keywords: Re: Howard H. Stevenson
- 05 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 5
present day. It covers early entrepreneurial attempts to develop solar energy, the use of passive solar in architecture before World War II, and the subsequent growth of the modern photovoltaic industry. It explores the role of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
proactive effort to be as effective and clear as possible in their communication to both internal and external stakeholders. Importantly, a vast majority of the initiatives that companies in our sample are implementing do not require large capital View Details
- 08 Aug 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Parmigiano-Reggiano, Jane Austen, and Other Things You Didn't Know About Finance
but their passive investment nature offers few checks on those companies’ executives. Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds As investors increasingly demand View Details
- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
deliberate and optimal allocations to passive and highly skilled active investment vehicles, and they should eliminate commitments to structurally underperforming long-only active managers, unless the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
arrangement and a commitment contract that made the $30 payment conditional on both attending the provider visit and meeting an ART adherence threshold. Third, the passive control arm received routine care and no incentives. Participants:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
New Challenges for Long-Term Investors
process of deep restructuring. Traditionally, indexing and active investment were mixed together in products such as mutual funds. The massive growth of cost-efficient indexing, derivative products and technological progress have made it... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 28 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?
already being done by business enough? George Serafeim: Think about the following: in the past two decades, most companies have established sustainability departments, hired more people for social impact, invested more resources, and... View Details