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Business Economics - Doctoral

Students by Interest Asset pricing Lauren H. Cohen Robin Greenwood Samuel G. Hanson Ishita Sen Adi Sunderam... View Details
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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Winner of the 2021 John L. Weinberg/IRRCI Research Paper Award Competition for “The ESG-Innovation Disconnect: Evidence from Green Patenting” with Umit Gurun and Quoc Nguyen.... View Details
  • 2020
  • Working Paper

The ESG-Innovation Disconnect: Evidence from Green Patenting

By: Lauren Cohen, Umit G. Gurun and Quoc H. Nguyen
No firm or sector of the global economy is untouched by innovation. In equilibrium, innovators will flock to (and innovation will occur where) the returns to innovative capital are the highest. In this paper, we document a strong empirical pattern in green patent... View Details
Keywords: ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; Investment; Decision Making; Policy; Energy; Green Technology; Technological Innovation; Patents
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  • 2018
  • Working Paper

Patent Trolls: Evidence from Targeted Firms

By: Lauren Cohen, Umit G. Gurun and Scott Duke Kominers
We provide the first large-sample evidence on the behavior and impact of non-practicing entities (NPEs) in the intellectual property space. We find that on average, NPEs appear to behave as opportunistic “patent trolls.” NPEs sue cash-rich firms—and target cash in... View Details
Keywords: Patent Trolls; NPEs; PAEs; Innovation; Patents; Ethics; Lawsuits and Litigation; Innovation and Invention; Corporate Finance
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  • July 2024
  • Article

Buying the Verdict

By: Lauren Cohen and Umit Gurun
We document evidence that firms systematically increase specialized, locally targeted advertising following the firm being taken to trial in that given location, precisely following initiation of the suit. In particular, we use legal actions brought against publicly... View Details
Keywords: Lawsuits and Litigation; Advertising; Marketing Strategy
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Research - Global

with the state. We introduce novel, general, and... June 2025 Case Redefining the Edge: Jahez’s Strategic Pivot in Saudi Arabia’s Food Delivery Battle By: Krishna G. Palepu and Ahmed Dahawy Jahez made its... View Details
  • February 2022 (Revised April 2022)
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Pushing Past the Boundaries of ESG Investing: AQR Capital Management

By: Lauren H. Cohen, Richard B. Evans, Umit G. Gurun and Quoc H. Nguyen
Cliff Asness was facing a dilemma into how he would plunge his hedge fund into the hottest investment area worldwide—ESG Investing. Founder and managing principal of AQR—one the most storied quantitative hedge funds in the world—Asness knew anything less than a big... View Details
Keywords: ESG; Hedge Fund; Investment; Equity; Green Technology
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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

Harvard Business School Case 425-077, May 2025. 'Net Zero in Action': Impact Investing at the McKnight Foundation By: Lauren Cohen , Christina R. Wing and Sophia Pan May 2025 |... View Details
  • 04 May 2010
  • First Look

First Look: May 4

supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/810011-PDF-ENG Miracle Life Inc. Lauren H. Cohen and Christopher MalloyHarvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

Examination of Business Climate Alliances: Effective and/or Harmful?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-060, May 2025. 'Net Zero in Action': Impact Investing at the McKnight Foundation By: Lauren View Details
  • 17 Apr 2012
  • First Look

First Look: April 17

Introduction to Short Selling Lauren H. Cohen and Christopher MalloyHarvard Business School Note 212-079 We provide a primer on the market for... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Sep 2023
  • News

Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint

Since taking over as CEO of Tata Steel in 2013, T. V. Narendran had sought to transform India’s oldest steel manufacturing firm to ready it for a rapidly evolving business world. He instilled financial discipline, acquired new businesses, and launched digital... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
  • 07 Feb 2012
  • First Look

First Look: February 7

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/112006-PDF-ENG Business Intelligence Advisors (BIA), Inc.: Finding the Hidden Meaning in Corporate Disclosures Lauren H. Cohen View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Print View - Course Catalog

Family Wealth: A FIELD Immersion Finance, Entrepreneurial Management Lauren Cohen Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems Finance,... View Details