Real Investment - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

The Box Office Power of Stars

in your research? Does the HSX accurately reflect a movie's predicted and actual profitability? A: The Hollywood Stock Exchange is an online market simulation that revolves around movies and movie stars. It is a game—no real money is... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Entertainment & Recreation; Motion Pictures & Video

08 Feb 2023
Op-Ed

Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare to Shield It from Economic Fears

Following the murder of George Floyd in 2020, business leaders vowed to change organizational culture to increase diversity and inclusion. Some companies established more robust employee affinity groups, others diversified the voices on their teams, and some View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and Nicole Gilmore

27 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

When Rights of First Refusal Are a Bad Deal

that he has such a last mover advantage may discourage third parties from investing in trying to purchase the asset. But all that is turned upside down by the before and after rights we studied, since in those, the right holder has to... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Real Estate; Real Estate; Real Estate

28 Jul 2015
First Look

First Look: July 28, 2015

driven by large aggregator NPEs and is not the behavior of small innovators. We find further suggestive evidence of NPE opportunism, such as forum shopping and targeting of firms that may have reduced ability to defend themselves against litigation. Finally, we find... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

The Big Influence of Small Countries in the United Nations Secretariat

democracies such as Finland and New Zealand are overrepresented. Does It Matter? "There are two views of the United Nations," says Werker. "Either you think it matters or you don't." In the first camp are those who believe that the United Nations... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

15 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

The New Global Business Manager

in there who is an arrogant, ethnocentric person. It is important to understand country differences as strengths, not as impediments to your operation. The real battle now is shifting to how you use the world as a source of ideas and... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

14 Mar 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, March 14

interest rates is driven by four state variables: the real interest rate, temporary and permanent components of expected inflation, the "nominal-real covariance" of inflation, and the real interest rate with... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

When Founders Recruit Friends and Family as Investors

founder-CEO said that "if you think there is a real possibility that you might lose their investment, maybe you haven't addressed all the risks" and should take the hint to think again and try harder to reduce them. However,... View Details

Keywords: by Noam Wasserman

28 Jun 2022
Book

The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose

How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

26 Mar 2018
Research & Ideas

To Motivate Employees, Give an Unexpected Bonus (or Penalty)

iStock In the 1992 film Glengarry Glen Ross, an executive played by Alec Baldwin presents a unique motivational scheme to a trio of down-on-their-luck real estate salesmen. There will be a new contest, he tells them, to see who can bring... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing

12 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

experts in the selection and development of early-stage ideas. Our context is the movie industry, in which customer appeal is difficult to predict and investment costs are high. The Black List, an annual publication, ranks unproduced... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

11 Aug 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Perfecting the Project Pitch

new venture. Getting other people interested enough to either invest their money or buy the product is the really difficult part, and it's often the spot where even the most experienced executives and entrepreneurs stumble. “An idea isn't... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher

13 Nov 2012
First Look

First Look: November 13

ignores the implications of past successes when valuing future innovation. We show that two firms that invest the exact same in research and development (R&D) can have quite divergent, but predictably divergent, future paths. Our... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Dec 2014
What Do You Think?

Can the Brilliant Jerk Be Managed Effectively?

Summing Up Can the Brilliance of the "Jerk" Be Tapped? The best business problem cases are those that divide a class into groups making two or more persuasive arguments. The questions of whether or not and how to make View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

25 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Who is to Blame for 'The Great Training Robbery'?

training typically doesn’t yield the return on investment in improved organizational effectiveness and performance that companies expect. “Individual development has to take place in the context of a larger change process motivated by the... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Education

10 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink

declined or held flat, and return on invested capital (ROIC) has suffered dramatically. This decline in ROIC has been exacerbated by the significant growth in store square footage before the recession. Retail store count exploded through... View Details

Keywords: by Rajiv Lal & Jose B. Alvarez; Retail

24 Feb 2022
Op-Ed

Want to Prevent the Next Hospital Bed Crisis? Enlist the SEC

capacity of different hospitals can be readily compared. As measurement and investment experts, FASB’s governors are capable of and motivated to fashion a standard that clearly addresses this issue. Their focus would be to protect the... View Details

Keywords: by Regina Herzlinger and Richard Boxer; Health

19 Mar 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Overcoming the Stress of ‘Englishnization’

difficult for the Frenchco workers than working with English-speaking colleagues in Poland, the Netherlands, or Spain, Neeley found. In one interview a Frenchco worker said: "A real English person is in a stronger position, and I... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

06 Mar 2020
Book

A Great Teacher's Lessons for Leading

know we are invested in them and care deeply about them. I’ve seen it over the years. When I am teaching executives, among whom may be 60-year-olds, and I ask them, “Write down the name or names of individuals in your career who you knew... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

30 Jun 2021
In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021

years—so one can keep hoping! Karim Lakhani (@klakhani) is the Dorothy & Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration and co-director of the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard. George Serafeim: Capitalism and social impact Impact: Reshaping... View Details

Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland

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