high frequency trading - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Aug 2014
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individual feel dirty. We theorize that such feelings of dirtiness decrease the frequency of instrumental networking and, as a result, work performance. We also examine sources of variability in networking-induced feelings of dirtiness by... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Crypto Is Growing Up. Are Companies Ready? | Working Knowledge

appear more liquid and popular. By simulating high trading volumes, or so-called "wash trading,” they attract new listings, user accounts, and fees—at least temporarily. For customers, the key takeaway is:... View Details

01 Mar 2010
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Slum for Sale

a potential rate of return as high as 40 percent, but there are significant hurdles to clear, too. For one, private investors could find themselves at the whim of the Maha-rashtra state government, which is itself often swayed by powerful... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

16 Sep 2013
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Earnings Calls That Get Lost in Translation

questions. The calls are high stakes — a top executive with a murky message can cause share demand to dry up, or worse, a drop in the stock price, faster than you can say, "Outlook is uncertain." Imagine, then, the challenge for... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

13 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 13, 2007

of the various parties involved, and the manner in which the key issues of structure, management, implementation, and accountability have been addressed. The Omidyar-Tufts Microfinance Fund seeks to have a catalytic effect on the expansion of an activity deemed to have... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 Nov 2009
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L. Bower Publication:Chap. 9 in Boardroom Realities: Building Leaders Across Your Board, edited by Jay A. Conger, 253-275. Jossey-Bass, 2009 Book link: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470391782.html Information Content of Insider View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Mar 2025
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Alumni Explore a Changing Hong Kong; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Singapore

of local and global companies, government organizations, and universities in Hong Kong. A group of high school students also attended at the invitation of the club’s Board Director Max Burger (MBA 1981). “Hong Kong, today, is in the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

02 Dec 2013
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Companies Choreograph Earnings Calls to Hide Bad News

Revelation of Bad News, were published in September. To determine when and why companies engage in this behavior and what it might indicate about their future earnings, the research team examined roughly 70,000 call transcripts from all publicly View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services

16 Jun 2003
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Surveying the VC Landscape

this is a real worry without a clear solution. There are, however, a few possible ways to address concern. First, publicly traded corporations could be clearer in describing and reporting on their long-run research projects, which may... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

07 Jan 2015
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SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?

system promoted a high level of collaboration—"(It was) brilliant!" P. A. Chacko said that "pay bands and the roles/designation levels which are mapped to each may start facilitating aspirational endeavours." Kristin... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Dec 2014
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Dressing by Number

page « To learn more about these seven HBS Alumni trendsetters, click on their photos below: Marjorie Yang Instilling Production with Principles Instilling Production with Principles Áslaug Magnúsdóttir Customizing Couture Online Customizing Couture Online Jamal... View Details

Keywords: Christine Lejeune; fashion; cosmetics; Retail Trade; Retail Trade

18 Apr 2012
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HBS Cases: Who Controls Water?

Central Valley farmland fallow, which pushed local unemployment rates as high as 40 percent, drove protesters into the streets, and led Woolf to cut his crop back dramatically, at one point grinding up 90,000 water-hungry almond trees.... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Agriculture & Agribusiness

18 Jul 2012
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Penn State Lesson: Today’s Cover-Up was Yesterday’s Opportunity

have retained Best Buy's reputation for sound values (and his own). Contrast these actions with JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, who took immediate responsibility for his firm's recent trading losses, calling them "stupid and... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Education

01 Jun 2012
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Bringing ‘Global’ Back Home

balance between nations on trade and tariff issues, as well as a more globally competitive US corporate tax rate. Professors Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin, cochairs of the US Competitiveness Project at HBS, define competitiveness as “the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing

08 May 2012
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First Look: May 8

thought (versus conscious thought) would reduce frequency of intrusions from an analogue trauma film. Participants viewed a distressing film and were subsequently instructed to think about the film deliberately (conscious thought), to... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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VBHCD Initiative - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

and manage patient-level costs over complete cycles of care for a variety of medical conditions. This innovative approach links costs to clinical outcomes in order to identify opportunities for value improvement and develop reimbursement models aligned with View Details

25 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018

Cadre Late in 2017, CEO Ryan Williams and his team debated whether Cadre should become not only a technology-enabled investment manager, but also an online trading exchange providing high levels of liquidity... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

13 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 13

externality and technology diffusion play a particularly important role in multinationals' offshore agglomeration. Download the paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1524857 Do Prices Determine Vertical Integration? Evidence from Trade Policy... View Details