Money Market - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

VCs Survey Post-Bubble Opportunities

technical expertise, said Kapoor. A sense of timing and a good marketing instinct are two qualities at a premium in today's market. "It's not about specialization," said Reiss. "It's about quickly figuring out new trends... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Hanna; Financial Services

02 May 2008
What Do You Think?

What is the Future of State Capitalism?

Gupta comments, "Countries like India ... need investments in infrastructure .... Where does it get the money it needs? From the money owners. How does it matter who they are?" Could global... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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Investment Strategies - Course Catalog

bonds outstanding. Every day, public markets set prices for CEOs and CFOs, financial institutions, and investors, all seeking to raise and invest money in a way that drives the economy forward. A public exit... View Details

Mar 2012
Article

How to Make Finance Work

has been mixed. The sector's growth has been beneficial for U.S. corporations, which enjoy ready access to the deepest capital markets in the world. Venture capital, for example, and the public equity View Details

12 May 2016
News

Drawing Connections Between Business and Art

works a year from emerging Japanese artists and then displays them in galleries and the company’s offices before selling them at a charity auction, where the artists and buyers can meet. The money raised goes to scholarship funds for... View Details

01 Jul 2019
Research & Ideas

The Airbnb Lesson for Startups? Success Takes More Than Technology

money by becoming the supermarket for all your travel needs. That has not been the case in the travel industry. Kost: Why is that? Teixeira: Hotels focus on customers from the time they enter their doors to when they leave. Airlines focus... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Travel; Tourism

30 Jul 2008
Op-Ed

Why the U.S. Should Encourage FDI

difficult one for direct investors. Tilted Playing Field Why is it so difficult to make money as a direct investor in the United States? Indeed, much of the rhetoric on investing environments argues that the major destinations for U.S.... View Details

Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai

01 Feb 1997
News

Herzlinger on Health Care: Revolution in Evolution

conversation. What are the major market forces that are transforming the health-care system? First and foremost, it's consumers. They have already revolutionized the retailing and information industries because they are so busy working... View Details

01 Sep 2013
News

The Joy of Spending

more money," says Norton, now an associate professor in the Marketing Unit at HBS. That search for answers led to their new book, Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending, which offers peer-reviewed guidance for the purse strings—much... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

12 Jan 2015
News

Good Investments

Illustration by Marcos Chin It’s market day in Barrio Curtidores, which means the main thoroughfare is packed with shoppers perusing makeshift stands that offer everything from jeans and blenders to vegetables and tacos. Moto-taxis... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; impact investing; ideas; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

01 Jun 2008
News

America the Difficult

making money on direct investing is very difficult. In a relatively unfettered market like the United States, the presence of such a capability is all the more important, and recent experience suggests that... View Details

Keywords: Mihir A. Desai; foreign investors; Finance

24 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Want People to Save More? Send a Text

safety net for emergencies, but also would reduce financial stress and improve their quality of life. "In the private sector, a lot of startups fail, and the market provides a signal about whether the product is viable," says... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

Article

An Exploration of Optimal Stabilization Policy

By: N. Gregory Mankiw and Matthew C. Weinzierl

This paper examines the optimal response of monetary and fiscal policy to a decline in aggregate demand. The theoretical framework is a two-period general equilibrium model in which prices are sticky in the short-run and flexible in the long-run. Policy is evaluated by... View Details

Keywords: Fiscal Policy; Monetary Policy; Economic Models; Aggregate Demand; Demand and Consumers; Money; Mathematical Methods; Taxation; Spending; Policy; Welfare; Household; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation

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01 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?

money to invest. Associate Professor Ramana Nanda further differentiates between crowdfunding through donations or lending and equity crowdfunding. In the case of donations, which is currently much more common, funders expect little if... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

28 Jan 2002
Research & Ideas

Read All About It! Newspapers Lose Web War

attacks the established market, but too often in an effort to anticipate this, companies miss the new and emerging market. DEC didn't enter the minicomputer market because it thought it could lose money... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation; Information; Publishing

01 Feb 2002
News

If You're #1, Watch Out

Where the Money Will Be," an article published in the November 2001 Harvard Business Review. "In markets where product performance is outstripping customer need, the market... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

12 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Creating Online Ads We Want to Watch

video we really want to see. But assuming a captive audience on these video sites may not make online marketers more effective at reaching consumers. Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Thales S. Teixeira notes that it's just as... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products

26 Feb 2018
News

Teaching Farmers New Tricks of the Trade

Erik Malmstrom (MBA 2012) is general manager of crop marketing for the Farmers Business Network in California. In this video, he describes how the organization is helping transform the agriculture space using data analytics and sharing... View Details

01 Mar 2005
News

Women Entrepreneurs Share Insights at WSA Conference

to come onboard before any real money was committed. “An entrepreneur is constantly marketing the idea to investors, employees, and customers,” remarked Shukla, who launched a new company, RubiconSoft,... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Corporate Services; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2011
News

Happening Fast

the Street’s 24/7 demands. “There is no substitute for hard work,” Erdoes said. “There is a little luck on the way, but there is no substitute for really superhard work, first in, last out.” Erdoes’s investment group has been very successful, and View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

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