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- 22 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 22
exists. Traditional economic explanations emphasize factors that reduce entry costs or raise entrepreneurial returns, thereby increasing net returns and attracting entrepreneurs. A second class of theories hypothesizes that some places are View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Bibliography - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections
Perspective." In Operation and Regulation of Financial Markets , edited by Peter Englund. Stockholm: The Economic Council, 1993. Merton, Robert C. "Optimal Investment Strategies for University Endowment Funds." In Studies of Supply and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Kash Rangan
secure a reliable stream of funds? I don’t think so. There’s a lot of charitable money available. Family foundations now number more than 34,000, an increase of 22 percent between 2001 and 2005. Big foundations have more money in their View Details
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
Rica benefited from biodiversity and a pleasant climate, the country’s preeminence in ecotourism requires more than a natural resource endowment explanation. While previous literature has emphasized the efforts of the government and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017
continuing challenges it faces because of reputational issues and government supervision. A decision by the Foundation to endow $100 million to provide financial aid for Chinese students studying overseas, which included large gifts to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 28, 2016
resource endowment explanation. The paper argues that the ecotourism industry was a co-creation of the public, private, and tertiary sectors. While the role of the government and conservation NGOs is acknowledged in the existing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 23
learning? How does a supplier's initial resource endowment play into the dynamic? Our empirical analysis yields interesting findings that have implications for theory and practice and that suggest new directions for future research. 2013... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 24 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 24
Investments Office staff must decide whether to continue to allocate the bulk of the university's endowment to illiquid investments-hedge funds, private equity, real estate-given the impact of the recent market turmoil. The case explores... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
fellow TED Fellow Camille A. Brown, BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play by Camille A Brown and Dancers, nominated for a 2016 Bessie Award for Outstanding Production. The Ford Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities have supported... View Details
- 17 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 17
long-term prominence of firms headquartered in Denmark, the more fluctuating role of U.S.-based firms, and the more recent growth of German, Spanish, Indian, and Chinese firms. While natural resource endowment in wind has not been very... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 May 2023
- News
Fail Better
can not always be positive. No rose gardens. So this experience of mine helped me very much. JH: Depelsha Thomas McGruder (MBA 1998) is treasurer and COO at the Ford Foundation, enabling the organization's grantmaking program as it leverages a $16 billion View Details
- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
New Challenges for Long-Term Investors
Treasury. This demand has peaked recently, as inflationary pressures are building in the economy. Not surprisingly, institutional investors with long-term spending needs that grow with inflation (such as university endowments and... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
because many allocators now keep the entire endowment for themselves (without playing the lottery). In our standard dictator game, the median transfer amounts to 41% of the dictators' endowment. Once the lottery option is present, the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The House that Howard Built
with all I have.’ ” McArthur was as good as his word. Through his efforts, and thanks to a chair endowed in 1981 by HBS roommates and Silicon Valley pioneers, Arthur Rock and Fayez Sarofim (both MBA 1951), Stevenson became the first... View Details
- 08 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 8
product design important, or is manufacturing the key locus of learning? How does a supplier's initial resource endowment play into the dynamic? Our empirical analysis yields interesting findings that have implications for theory and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 1, 2007
sharing where all peers are endowed with standard preferences and show that the endogenous structure of the network is conducive to sharing by a significant number of peers, even if sharing is costlier than freeriding. We build on this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
business strategy for their company? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/617050-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 218-005 Investing in Commodities at Global Endowment Management No abstract available. Purchase... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 17, 2009
Returns Authors:Robin Greenwood and Samuel Hanson Abstract When investors overvalue a particular firm characteristic, corporations endowed with that characteristic can absorb some of the demand by issuing equity. We use time-series... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
excellent practice. Consumers saw a single campaign, not two related campaigns." In Chicago, when John McCarter needed help financing an exhibition on the Dead Sea Scrolls, he found a surprising mix of funders. He received support from the Lilly View Details
- 06 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 6, 2007
Office must decide whether to continue to allocate the bulk of the university's endowment to illiquid investments—hedge funds, private equity, real estate, and so forth. Considers the risks and benefits of a different asset allocation... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace