Money Market Mutual Funds - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Oct 2013
News

Moving the Needle

mutual impact objectives," she observes. Seegull brought her knowledge of how to amplify the power of impact investing to her current position as chief investment officer at ImpactAssets, a $100 million donor-advised View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

21 Dec 2009
Research & Ideas

Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government’s Role as Fixer

the primary regulator of every systemically risky institution is just not practical. That means it would need to be an expert on money market funds, hedge funds, and life insurance companies as well as... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services

06 Dec 2021
Research & Ideas

The Popular Stock Metric That Can Lead Investors Astray

find out how accurately this ratio predicted a stock’s returns, the authors gathered data from Standard & Poor’s Compustat and The Center for Research in Security Prices, or CRSP, and mutual fund... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

07 Jan 2009
What Do You Think?

Is the World Really Flat?

concluded that "governments should fund education in math and science ... Markets will take care of entrepreneurial innovation." Jay Somasundaram asked whether we are even asking the right... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Dec 2015
News

Giving Advice

philanthropic structures Foundations, DAFs, and other vehicles are most often, in my experience, “pass through” entities wherein the donor uses the benefits of tax planning and simplicity of donation to give the money and then, over the... View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

Case Study: Farming It Out

funding last March and is ready to scale. “We’ve gone from having a couple of robots in the field to showcase their autonomy to having a fleet of them running miles every day,” Andersen says. And it’s just the beginning of Burro’s... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Agriculture

14 May 2013
First Look

First Look: May 14

entertainment: building a business around blockbuster products-the movies, television shows, songs, and books that are hugely expensive to produce and market-is the surest path to long-term success. Along the way, I reveal why entertainment executives often spend... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

31 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: Jan. 31

Publication:Financial Analysts Journal 67, no. 6 (November-December 2011) Abstract What is the critical factor for success in the U.S. mutual fund industry? Is it top-ranked investment performance,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel

03 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 3, 2007

Mutual Fund Industry Authors:Peter Tufano, Ajay Khorana, and Lei Wedge Periodical:Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract We study mutual View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick

Many companies follow a tried-and-true approach to pursuing corporate social responsibility practices. They set aside a certain amount per year to fund a CSR office, which then tries to help clean up the environment or improve the quality... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Field Course: Investing for Impact - Course Catalog

the HBS Impact Investment Fund and videos of some of our existing portfolio companies. Please read the Power Point Presentation here for more information about this course. Course Objective To provide students with the opportunity to... View Details

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

New Paths to Success in Asia

agree. In Japan, for example, Professor Lynda M. Applegate is working on a case on the launch of Nasdaq Japan. "This new venture is developing a hybrid financial market model for Japan that integrates Nasdaq's U.S. View Details

Keywords: by Alejandro Reyes & Deborah Blagg

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Frequently Asked Questions - Alumni

associated costs to participating may come up throughout the year: Commuting-related expenses, such as gas, parking, transit passes, etc. Food and beverages for monthly meetings, in the form of a small cash contribution or bringing one item. Social outings View Details

01 Mar 2015
News

Ask the Expert: Inside the Fed

good to get short-term interest rates up to at least 2 or 3 percent? There seems to be too much cheap money flowing around now, and unused funds earn nothing at this point (in fact slightly negative,... View Details

Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance

02 Jul 2001
What Do You Think?

Built to Last or Bought to Sell?

stimulated by advocates of agency theory over the past two decades. And it brings to mind the old Milton Friedman axiom that the business of business is to make money (presumably more than the average for the View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

09 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Does Misery Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off

change agenda (see http://www.iccr.org), to the wide variety of socially screened mutual funds that offer individuals and institutions an opportunity to invest in firms that meet their social performance... View Details

Keywords: by Joshua D. Margolis & James P. Walsh

01 Jun 2017
News

The Exchange: Venture Forth

value just doesn’t happen. It’s often the case that hot venture sectors get too much money, that too much money chases too few deals and drives up prices. It’s being driven by the fact that the markets don’t... View Details

Keywords: April White

26 Nov 2013
First Look

First Look: November 26

competitive firms. August 2013 Journal of Financial Economics Winners in the Spotlight: Media Coverage of Fund Holdings as a Driver of Flows By: Soltes, Eugene F., David H. Solomon, and Denis Sosyura Abstract—We show that media coverage... View Details