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- 10 Jun 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Transparency Revolution in Corporate Reporting
materiality map for each industry. In our paper, we take those maps and construct scores showing how different companies are investing on material ESG issues. That allows investors to construct better risk profiles and View Details
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Re: George Serafeim
- 10 May 2017
- Research & Ideas
Amazon Web Services Changed the Way VCs Fund Startups
to recent research. Enter the era of “spray and pray,” where venture firms over the last decade have seeded more firms than previously, but with less upfront investment of time and money. As someone who teaches entrepreneurial finance,...
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- 09 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 9
Papers The Real Effects of Capital Controls: Financial Constraints, Exporters, and Firm Investment By: Alfaro, Laura, Anusha Chari, and Fabio Kanczuk Abstract—In the aftermath of the global financial crisis of 2008-2009, emerging-market...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Dec 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions?
that we have invested in significantly to understand deeply I'll trust our predictions. And I'll trust the prediction more if it's (from) someone who has an unbiased 3rd party interest in the outcome." Paul Lepley added that...
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by James Heskett
- 24 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017
firms and shareholders. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51128 Harvard Business School Case 418-019 Sensing (and Monetizing) Happiness at Hitachi Inspired by research linking happiness and productivity, Hitachi had View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 28
209-152 Real estate is an increasingly important component in the portfolios of institutional investors. This note discusses the issues these investors must consider when investing in real estate from the...
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Martha Lagace
- 04 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018
default on his loan. Having now built three models, Figel compares them to determine which model is most effective at classifying borrowers correctly then uses that model to determine how to invest in a View Details
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Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Lose Money With Customers
Investors diligently manage financial portfolios to maximize returns on their assets; yet corporate managers who invariably proclaim their business customers to be "valuable assets" rarely manage their relationships with them...
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by Peter K. Jacobs
- 26 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 26, 2007
Working PapersTaxes, Institutions and Foreign Diversification Opportunities Authors:Mihir A. Desai and Dhammika Dharmapala Abstract Investors can access foreign diversification opportunities through either foreign portfolio View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 29 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
growth, while different across regions, are non-linear and asymmetric. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53596 Global Portfolio Diversification for Long-Horizon Investors By: Viceira, Luis M., and...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Lessons Not Learned About Innovation
must contribute to the other. Q: What is the innovation pyramid and how does it work? A: The innovation pyramid is an innovation strategy that works at three levels. The lion's share of the investment underwrites a few big bets at the...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
PublicationsSpanning the Institutional Abyss: The Intergovernmental Network and the Governance of Foreign Direct Investment Authors:Juan Alcácer and Paul Ingram Publication:American Journal of Sociology (forthcoming). Abstract Global...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day: Recent Research on Sustainability
government-mandated requirements to a 3-inch endangered bait fish. When Good Deeds Invite Bad PublicityMany executives assume that investments in corporate social responsibility create public goodwill. But do they? Felix Oberholzer-Gee...
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- 22 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 22
unaffected countries finds a substantial portfolio reallocation towards the former. This effect cannot be explained by several potential alternative hypotheses, including differential changes to the preferences of American investors,...
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Martha Lagace
- 13 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 13
portfolio would offer investors exposure to a basket of nine major hedge fund strategies. The DELTA strategy would be innovative in two ways. First, in terms of its structure, AQR would implement these underlying strategies using a...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
The New Real Estate
world of property derivatives. Derivatives help investors deal with the cumbersome, expensive, and timely nature of buying and selling real estate. Through synthetic derivative instruments, investors can rebalance portfolios and transport...
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- 09 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
How to Speed Up Energy Innovation
career studying technological change, Henderson has observed trends and common traits across a variety of industries. “I believe energy is the problem of our time.” And her message is optimistic. Moving to clean energy "is not hopeless at all. We've hardly started...
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- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
prior to retirement. However, variable labor materially alters pre-retirement portfolio choice by significantly raising optimal equity holdings. Using this model, we also investigate the welfare costs of constraining View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 10 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Long-Tail Economics? Give Me Blockbusters!
customers and drive distribution for other products in a company's portfolio. A company's commitment to searching out potential blockbusters and then investing in marketing to convert potential to reality attracts and retains top...
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- 01 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 1
the number of the investment choices in the 401(k) plan and the quality of optimal portfolio achievable given those investment choices. Download the paper:...
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Sean Silverthorne