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The Pursuit of Power Corrupts: How Investing in Outside Options Motivates Opportunism in Relationships

By: D. Malhotra and F. Gino

Across three laboratory studies, this paper illustrates how a common strategic decision aimed at increasing one's own power—investing in outside options—can lead to opportunistic behavior in exchange relationships. We show that the extent to which individuals have... View Details

Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Motivation and Incentives; Opportunities; Relationships

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January 2009
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Multinationals as Arbitrageurs? The Effect of Stock Market Valuations on Foreign Direct Investment

By: Malcolm Baker, C. Fritz Foley and Jeffrey Wurgler

Empirical evidence of imperfect integration across world capital markets suggests a role for cross-border arbitrage by multinationals. Consistent with multinational arbitrage as a determinant of foreign direct investment (FDI) patterns, we find that FDI flows increase... View Details

Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Financial Markets; Foreign Direct Investment; Valuation; Capital Markets; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Cost; Forecasting and Prediction; Capital; Stocks; Integration

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Foreign Investment in Southeast and East Asia: Lessons for Ghana

By: L. T. Wells Jr.

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Trade; Ghana; Asia

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Managing the Unknowable: The Effectiveness of Early-stage Investor Gut Feel in Entrepreneurial Investment Decisions

By: Laura Huang and Jone L. Pearce

Using an inductive theory-development study, a field experiment, and a longitudinal field test, we examine early-stage entrepreneurial investment decision making under conditions of extreme uncertainty. Building on existing literature on decision making and risk in... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Risk and Uncertainty; Decision Making; Emotions; Performance Effectiveness

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April 2014 (Revised July 2014)
Case

Aspada: In Search of the Right Structure for Impact Investing

By: Michael Chu and Rachna Tahilyani

2010
Other Unpublished Work

Top Executive Background and Corporate M&A: The Case of Former Investment Bankers

By: Francois Brochet and Kyle Welch

We study the M&A activity of firms with top executives whose employment history includes experience in a Wall Street firm, especially those with investment banking background ("IB executives"). In terms of strategy, controlling for firm-level effects, we document that... View Details

Keywords: Managerial Roles; Reputation; Investment Banking; Financial Reporting; Mergers and Acquisitions; Social and Collaborative Networks; Goodwill Accounting; Power and Influence; Banking Industry

2022
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Regulatory Treatment of Changes in Fair Value and the Composition of Banks' Investment Portfolios

By: Michael Iselin, Jung Koo Kang and Joshua Madsen

In their implementation of Basel III, U.S. bank regulators are again including changes in the fair value of available-for-sale (AFS) debt securities in Tier 1 capital, but only for the largest U.S. banks. This paper investigates a potential impact of expanding this... View Details

Keywords: Fair Value Accounting; SFAS 115; Basel III; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Banks and Banking; Debt Securities; Credit; Risk and Uncertainty; Investment Portfolio; Decision Making; Banking Industry; United States

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December 2016
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Impact Investing: A Brief History

By: Brian Trelstad

Over the last decade, impact investing has become an increasingly-discussed topic in the realms of both business and public policy. Impact investors are motived by a desire to advance social or environmental goals and an intuition that pursuing two goals at once -... View Details

Keywords: Impact Investing; Investment; Ethics; Strategy

January 2019 (Revised January 2022)
Case

Chinese Infrastructure Investments in Sri Lanka: A Pearl or a Teardrop on the Belt and Road?

By: Meg Rithmire and Yihao Li

In 2015, a surprise presidential election result seemed to imperil Chinese investments in Sri Lanka, which were associated with China’s Belt and Road Initiative to build global infrastructure. In the previous decade, China had undertaken two major projects in the... View Details

Keywords: Belt And Road Initiative; Investment; Infrastructure; China; Sri Lanka

September 2010
Teaching Note

Acumen Fund: Measurement in Impact Investing (TN) (A) and (B)

By: Alnoor Ebrahim

Teaching Note for 310011 and 310017. View Details

Keywords: Projects; For-Profit Firms; Networks; Health Care and Treatment; Performance Evaluation; Investment Portfolio; Asset Pricing; Competition; Multinational Firms and Management; Venture Capital; Investment Return; Poverty; Financial Services Industry; Kenya

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Syndication Networks and the Spatial Distribution of Venture Capital Investments

By: Olav Sorenson and Toby E. Stuart

Keywords: Media; Networks; Venture Capital; Investment; Media and Broadcasting Industry

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2006
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Using Investment Behavior to Assess the Pervasiveness of Price Mismeasurement

By: Diego Comin

Keywords: Investment; Behavior; Measurement and Metrics; Price

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2023
Working Paper

Who Invests in Crypto? Wealth, Financial Constraints, and Risk Attitudes

By: Darren Aiello, Scott R. Baker, Tetyana Balyuk, Marco Di Maggio, Mark J. Johnson and Jason Kotter

We provide a first look into the drivers of household cryptocurrency investing. Analyzing consumer transaction data for millions of U.S. households, we find that, except for high income early adopters, cryptocurrency investors resemble the general population. These... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Finance; Cryptocurrency; Fintech; Inflation; Portfolio Choice; Stimulus; Consumer Behavior; Risk and Uncertainty; Investment

2007
Other Unpublished Work

Wage Policies and Incentives to Invest in Firm-Specific Human Capital

By: George P. Baker and Cristian Voicu

Keywords: Human Capital; Wages; Investment; Motivation and Incentives

December 2022 (Revised April 2023)
Technical Note

Technical Note on ESG and Impact Investing in Real Estate

By: Arthur I Segel, Dwight Angelini, Matt Kelly, Elisha Baker and Miguel Goncalves

Article

Forget About Making College Affordable; Make It a Good Investment

By: Joseph B. Fuller

Keywords: Cost Management; Higher Education; Investment Return

April 17, 2023
Article

Crypto-Influencers Give Poor Investment Advice—and the SEC Is Taking Notice

By: Joseph Pacelli

Keywords: Cryptocurrency; Power and Influence; Investment; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Investment Return; Consumer Behavior

April 2022
Teaching Note

Shanghai Pudong Science and Technology Investment Co., Ltd.: December 2014

By: Josh Lerner

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 822-111. View Details

October 2016
Teaching Note

OMV Petrom: Investment as Partnership—When It Takes Three to Tango

By: Dante Roscini and Emer Moloney

Teaching Note for HBS No. 716-035. View Details

02 Nov 2005
Conference Presentation

Wage Policies and Incentives to Invest in Firm-Specific Human Capital

By: George P. Baker, Nancy D. Beaulieu and Cristian Voicu

Keywords: Wages; Policy; Motivation and Incentives; Human Capital

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