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  • 01 Dec 2002
  • News

Mary Callahan Erdoes

on supply and demand than they do on crises in the Gulf. Even if we solved the immediate crisis in Iraq, then what? Terrorism is a global issue that will take years to address. In the investment world, I think an invasion would further fuel the high level of View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
  • 21 Feb 2007
  • Op-Ed

What a U.N. Partnership with Big Business Could Accomplish

insufficient. Fulfillment of community needs such as clean air and human rights is every bit as important. This concept offers multinationals a mechanism to do well with minimum risk and maximum efficiency. It also provides them with a means to improve political... View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge & Craig Wilson
  • 31 Aug 2016
  • Research & Ideas

One Quarter of Entrepreneurs in the United States Are Immigrants

where and what kind of firms they choose to found. “You may find more immigrants in riskier industries and in more volatile business environments like California,” says Kerr. Controlling for industry and geography, the researchers found... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 18 Apr 2012
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Who Controls Water?

get the water they need to support basic human survival is not the perfect solution either. "You still have the problem of the huge year-to-year volatility of water available," said one student. "You absolutely have a... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Agriculture & Agribusiness
  • 17 Nov 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Lessons from a Nasty Trade Dispute

seems likely that Brazil will work with Canada to arrive at mutually agreeable financing packages to be used by each country. HBS professors Rawi Abdelal and Laura Alfaro recently co-wrote a business case with Brett Laschinger on the View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • March 2021
  • Supplement

Snapp: Scaling Under Sanctions in Iran (B)

By: Meg Rithmire and Gamze Yucaoglu
The case opens in November 2020 as Eyad Alkassar and Mahmoud Fouz, co-founders of Iran’s first and leading ride-hailing platform, Snapp, eagerly await the results of the U.S. presidential elections.
The case takes us through the challenging times between... View Details
Keywords: Sanctions; Change Management; Disruption; Volatility; Decision Choices and Conditions; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Government and Politics; International Relations; National Security; Crisis Management; Risk Management; Health Pandemics; Transportation Industry; Middle East; Iran
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  • July 2013 (Revised June 2014)
  • Case

Collaborating for Growth: Duane Morris in a Turbulent Legal Sector

By: Heidi K. Gardner and Annelena Lobb
By the late 2000s, the law firm Duane Morris had transformed itself from a growing U.S. law firm to a significant global player. The firm's uniquely collaborative organizational culture, which featured a transparent, data-driven compensation system, practice-group... View Details
Keywords: Professional Service Firm; Collaboration; Performance Management; Risk and Uncertainty; Competition; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Structure; Groups and Teams; Organizational Culture; Performance; Cooperation; Globalized Firms and Management; Compensation and Benefits; Volatility; Growth and Development Strategy; Legal Services Industry; United States
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  • 24 Sep 2013
  • First Look

First Look: September 24

macro components. The micro component comes from the selection of low beta stocks. The macro component comes from the selection of low beta countries or industries. The two parts both contribute to the low beta anomaly, with important implications for the construction... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Apr 2015
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Use Personal Experience to Pick Winning Stocks

make it move the way you want," says Malloy. Team members Nami Singhal, Trish Higgins, and Yura Mikhalev (all MBA 2013) used a case that Singhal had studied about Argentina's volatile political system as background information to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services
  • 09 May 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Stock Options Are Not All Created Equal

take into account such factors as the number of years until the option expires, prevailing interest rates, the volatility of the stock price, and the stock's dividend rate. Fixed value plans are popular today. That's not because they're... View Details
Keywords: by Brian Hall
  • 13 Apr 2010
  • First Look

First Look: April 13

Interest Rates Author:Luis M. Viceira Publication:International Journal of Forecasting (forthcoming) Abstract This paper explores time variation in bond risk, as measured by the covariation of bond returns with stock returns and with consumption growth, and in the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • November 1996 (Revised June 1999)
  • Case

Living on Internet Time: Product Development at Netscape, Yahoo!, NetDynamics, and Microsoft

By: Marco Iansiti and Alan D. MacCormack
Describes how four companies in the Internet software market approach product development. Drawing upon short case studies of three recent projects, students are invited to synthesize the common attributes of development practice in turbulent environments. View Details
Keywords: Product Development; Internet and the Web; Applications and Software; Situation or Environment; Volatility; Risk and Uncertainty; Research and Development; Information Technology Industry; United States
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  • 21 May 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Fixing the Marketing-CEO Disconnect

decisions, but no one is singularly accountable for the results. Second, responsibility for brand equity still resides in the marketing function, yet brand equity has never been more volatile and important. Today, powerful brands can... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Oct 2016
  • Blog Post

4 Things You Should Know about Entrepreneurship at HBS

because we had that baseline, we should feel confident in taking risks, remembering that “risk” isn’t just downside--its volatility that goes both ways.  The more risk we take, the greater upside potential we have, while our downside is... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2016
  • News

Ask the Expert: Energy’s Next Era

nation like Nigeria provide affordable renewable energy in a depressed economy so dependent on fossil fuels? —Tonye Cole (AMP 186, 2014) KORTENHORST and KORMI: The world of fossil fuels is a volatile one, and exporters of fossil fuels... View Details
  • 19 May 2015
  • First Look

First Look: May 19

decreased volatility of supply shocks and increased volatility of the Fed's long-run inflation target. Endogenous responses of bond risk premia amplify these effects of monetary policy on bond risks.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • May 2022
  • Case

From GOP to NFT: Anthony Scaramucci and the Launch of Flatter NFT

By: Lauren Cohen, Richard Ryffel and Grace Headinger
Anthony Scaramucci, Managing Director of SkyBridge Capital, considered whether he should officially greenlight the launch of SkyBridge’s own NFT platform — Flatter NFT. He had led the investment firm to push first into Bitcoin and then Ethereum to make SkyBridge a... View Details
Keywords: Business Startup; Fintech; Technology; Cryptocurrency; Web3; Business Startups; Volatility; Decision Making; Entertainment; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Strategic Planning; Adoption; Competitive Advantage; Technology Adoption; Finance; Currency; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Technology Industry; New York (city, NY)
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  • 01 Mar 2023
  • News

The Exchange: Micro Management

often rely on informal working capital loans at exorbitant interest rates. Vendors have volatile cash flows, and the one-size-fits-all microfinance repayment model is not a good fit. We are developing a loan product that matches their... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance
  • 06 Sep 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Power of Leadership Groups for Staying on Track

leaders for an increasingly volatile and uncertain world where the only true differentiation is the quality of leadership of all." Polman is paving the way for other corporations to use True North Groups to develop leaders throughout... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
  • 19 Sep 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?

little exposure to today's volatile equity markets. "In fact," he continues, "reinsurance stocks are plummeting also. They get contaminated by the equity market even though their underwriting returns continue apace."... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Financial Services