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- 13 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Dark Side of Trust
Oberholzer-Gee saw in TrapGuard, being marketed for the first time to plumbers in Philadelphia, an interesting way to better understand the link between trust and diffusion of new products. With Victor Calanog, a doctoral student at the... View Details
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Really Drives Your Strategy?
"While companies might have an intended strategy, the strategy that actually emerges can be very different," says HBS professor Clark G. Gilbert. It is a topic that Gilbert and professor Joseph L. Bower have explored at length... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- September 2009
- Article
Deterring Online Advertising Fraud Through Optimal Payment in Arrears
By: Benjamin Edelman
Online advertisers face substantial difficulty in selecting and supervising small advertising partners. Fraud can be well hidden, and limited reputation systems reduce accountability. But partners are not paid until after their work is complete, and advertisers can... View Details
Keywords: Cost Management; Misleading and Fraudulent Advertising; Profit; Online Advertising; Advertising Industry
Edelman, Benjamin. "Deterring Online Advertising Fraud Through Optimal Payment in Arrears." Financial Cryptography and Data Security: Proceedings of the International Conference (September 2009). (Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science.) (Featured in Working Knowledge: Reducing Risk with Online Advertising.)
- 29 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Gender Gap: Why Fewer Women Are Dying
in general, women are more risk-averse than men. Similar gender differences emerged in response to an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2002, Pons notes. This latest research also suggests women may be more inclined... View Details
- 11 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
Economic Jitters Push Pandemic Job Seekers to Big Companies, Not Startups
States, began shifting their job searches to larger firms after federal officials declared a national state of emergency on March 13 due to COVID-19. Experienced and higher-quality talent were among those fleeing to large companies,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- May 2008
- Teaching Note
Subprime Meltdown: American Housing and Global Financial Turmoil
By: Julio J. Rotemberg
Teaching Note for [708042]. View Details
- 15 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Building Bridges to Sustainable Infrastructure with Allied Climate Partners
The summer between my first year and second year at HBS, I joined Allied Climate Partners (ACP) as a Summer Associate in New York. ACP, a philanthropy-backed investment firm, dedicates itself to catalyzing climate-related infrastructure projects in View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- February 2023 (Revised May 2023)
- Case
Accelerating the Accelerator: Raja Al Mazrouei at DIFC Fintech Hive
By: Linda A. Hill, Emily Tedards and Lydia Begag
In January 2023, Raja Al Mazrouei became the Managing Director and Acting CEO of Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI) in Dubai, UAE. In her previous role as the Executive Vice President of the DIFC Fintech Hive, she successfully built and led an accelerator program for... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Management; Strategy; Technology Adoption; Information Infrastructure; Financial Management; Financial Strategy; Technological Innovation; Digital Marketing; Digital Strategy; Digital Transformation; Global Strategy; Globalized Markets and Industries; Banks and Banking; Corporate Finance; Leadership; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Financial Services Industry; Technology Industry; Banking Industry; Middle East; Singapore; London; United Arab Emirates; Dubai
Hill, Linda A., Emily Tedards, and Lydia Begag. "Accelerating the Accelerator: Raja Al Mazrouei at DIFC Fintech Hive." Harvard Business School Case 423-064, February 2023. (Revised May 2023.)
- 01 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sometimes Success Begins at Failure
ideas that have been rejected internally. VCs are adept at crafting business models for emerging technologies, and they can experiment with nascent technologies in emerging View Details
- 21 Jul 2016
- Cold Call Podcast
How Small Investors Can Bet Big on Brands They Love
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
bearers of bad news is mitigated when recipients are made aware of the benevolence of the messenger’s motives. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55611 March 2019 Enterprise & Society Oral History and the Business History of View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Strange Bedfellows
goal. Profits reported to tax authorities and to capital markets were essentially the same. Over time, well-considered exceptions — expensing of investments, for example — were introduced to advance policy goals such as stimulating... View Details
- February 2005 (Revised April 2006)
- Case
Richard Grasso and the NYSE, Inc. (A)
By: William W. George and Andrew N. McLean
In 2003, the New York Stock Exchange faces heated controversy over the pay of Chairman Richard Grasso. Traces Grasso's development and his success serving stakeholders while transforming operations at the world's largest exchange. Describes how Grasso's compensation... View Details
Keywords: Financial Markets; Corporate Governance; Executive Compensation; Leadership; Performance; Financial Services Industry; New York (state, US)
George, William W., and Andrew N. McLean. "Richard Grasso and the NYSE, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 405-051, February 2005. (Revised April 2006.)
- July 2010 (Revised March 2015)
- Teaching Note
1366 Technologies
By: Ramana Nanda and Joseph B. Lassiter III
Teaching Note for 810005. View Details
- 02 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Success of Persistent Entrepreneurs
emerges from our analysis is to find an experienced (and successful) partner! Given the very difficult investment conditions, venture investors are paring back their portfolios and are hesitant to make new commitments. To get serious... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Underwater Options May Not Sink Incentives
During the bull market of the 1990s, stock grants and options formed increasingly large components of executive compensation. Now, however, with many options "underwater" as share values have declined well below the strike price, boards... View Details
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
change in global opportunities and risks. With increasing regulation and fierce competition between banks, the Western hemisphere was going to be a tougher place to do business. Emerging markets, however, offered many opportunities.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- April 2006
- Background Note
Understanding Corporate-Value-at-Risk through a Comprehensive and Simple Example
By: Marc L. Bertoneche and Frantz Maurer
Using a comprehensive and simple example of a firm exposed to foreign exchange risk, interest rate risk, and commodity price risk, shows how to use corporate-value-at-risk to measure and manage a firm's global exposure to risk. View Details
Keywords: Financial Markets; Interest Rates; International Finance; Globalization; Risk Management; Measurement and Metrics; Value
Bertoneche, Marc L., and Frantz Maurer. "Understanding Corporate-Value-at-Risk through a Comprehensive and Simple Example." Harvard Business School Background Note 206-046, April 2006.
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
hear from administrators and faculty about current School initiatives as well as to work in committees on issues that are relevant to alumni connectedness. This year, the Board has identified three specific areas for committee work. View Details
- 25 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 25, 2008
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w14483 The Flattening Firm and Product Market Competition: The Effect of Trade Liberalization Authors: Maria Guadalupe and Julie M. Wulf Abstract This paper establishes a causal effect of competition from... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace