Money Markets - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

Faculty Research Looks to Latin America

FDI are raising concerns that there might be bidding wars: This means governments throwing a lot of money to foreign investors. This weakens corporate finances and can also start the reallocation of resources. "Is Brazil as a country... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

05 Jun 2013
Op-Ed

Corporate Leaders Need to Step Up on Climate Change

Green initiatives are ubiquitous these days, implemented with zeal at companies like Dupont, IBM, Walmart, and Walt Disney. The programs being rolled out—lighting retrofits, zero-waste factories, and carpool incentives—save money and provide a green glow. Most large... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler

31 Oct 2016
Research & Ideas

Quantitative Easing Didn’t Ease the Housing Crisis for the Neediest

Another tool to stimulate a distressed economy has made its way into the playbooks of central banks across the world. With quantitative easing, known as QE for short, a central bank makes it easier to borrow money by buying long-term... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Connecting With Nonprofits

and cause-related marketing. This excerpt focuses on the collaborative stages.Collaborations between businesses and nonprofit organizations are becoming more prevalent, important, and complicated. Marketing plays an increasingly... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin

24 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

In Troubled Africa, Botswana Flowers

given the government time to get solid growth underway. The country has invested seriously in its infrastructure, both physical and human. They have poured money into education, healthcare, water, roads, and the like. Botswana has been... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

29 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation

encouraged them to take risks. Bill Sahlman: Also, when we graduated from HBS, the economy was in recession, inflation and interest rates were high, productivity growth was low, and the stock market was in the tank. It is not at all... View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

30 Jun 2015
First Look

First Look: June 30, 2015

uncertainty, and macroeconomic shocks affect the risk properties of U.S. Treasury bonds? The exposure of U.S. Treasury bonds to the stock market has moved considerably over time. While it was slightly positive on average over the period... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

21 Sep 2009
Research & Ideas

Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?

the last twenty years, our stock markets also became increasingly institutionalized. The real investors are mostly professional money managers who are focused on the short term. "It is these... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson

10 Nov 2014
HBS Case

How Restaurants in Lima and Copenhagen Became Best in the World

artists. They simply could have made food for themselves, but for both there is a public-facing quality of wanting to show their vision to the world. It's making money from their passion that often creates the tension with the vision.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

06 Aug 2013
First Look

First Look: August 6

behavior are reduced (Study 5). Our results have important implications for models of ethical decision making, moral behavior, and self-regulatory theory. Publisher's link: http://www.francescagino.com August 2013 Journal of Finance The Real Product View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

05 Aug 2008
First Look

First Look: August 5, 2008

908-068 In this case we look at the design and development of an unconventional market, where neither money nor traditional "goods" are exchanged. Kidney exchange is an idea pioneered by HBS professor and View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 May 2009
What Do You Think?

Do Innovation and Entrepreneurship Have to Be Incompatible with Organization Size?

"boundaries" that form when organizations grow that present the "potential for clashes and struggle." Bob Brown attributed it to "risk aversion combined with lack of vision, drive, and prescience for the market in... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

20 Aug 2007
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively

For example, pointing out the money saved by tough bargaining with a union could cause a real problem with employees. Announcing a dividend may lead to anger from employees who think it should have been a bonus or from environmentalists... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities

03 Mar 2015
First Look

First Look: March 3

we identify core insights about how firms compete against one another in established markets. Based on our evaluation, we argue that a promising research opportunity for strategy lies in exploring how firms strategically interact in new View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals

participants have led higher-ambition efforts at their companies for years. Office supply company United Stationers started a foundation to connect employees with charitable activities, including raising money for a children's hospital... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

04 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

RealNetworks, CNET, and Judo Strategy

in selling upgraded versions of its products to customers eager for more features. But beyond that, said Glaser, "the business environment has changed completely, since the capital markets no longer subsidize a free ride for... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

26 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

A Clear Eye for Innovation

well. Most successful enterprises are adept at refining their current offerings, but they falter when it comes to pioneering radically new products and services. Kodak and Boeing are just two of the more recent examples of once dominant companies that failed to adapt... View Details

Keywords: by Charles A. O'Reilly III & Michael L. Tushman

28 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

Eyes Shut: The Consequences of Not Noticing

hypothetical fires. A garment factory in a Third World country with minimal governmental regulatory oversight burns down, killing half of the three hundred women and children employed there; it subsequently becomes clear that the factory's owner failed repeatedly to... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman; Retail

19 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy

maintained his control in part by creating a banking system that functioned more as a kind of investment club, Maurer says. Local businessmen would agree to lend each other money to finance one another's companies, while also selling... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

02 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Why Good Deeds Invite Bad Publicity

exactly like fire insurance. On any given day, you won't see any benefit. In fact, you could go years shelling out money for a service you aren't using. But on the day that, heaven forbid, your house does burn down, then you will... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy

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