Long-term Investing - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Nov 2024
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Driving Change

some point you have to be in charge of everything,” she said, adding that women often outperform men as investors because “they don’t day trade. They do long term planning. Stay unemotional, stick with long-term planning and figure out... View Details

01 Mar 2019
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019

as how French people are like coconuts; Can you learn to argue like a French person? What books have changed French lives? And, most important of all, how do you keep your soup from exploding? New to Big: How Companies Can Create Like Entrepreneurs, View Details

05 Aug 2015
What Do You Think?

What Happened to the ‘Innovation, Disruption, Technology’ Dividend?

even brighter future. Others predict that "disruption," perhaps the most overworked term in business English today, will foster competition, make long-term strategic planning a questionable management activity, and bring new... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer; Technology

02 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

‘Retail Revolution’ Excerpt: The Scale of the Ecommerce Threat

arrived at this point in part due to the recession when many retailers reduced headcounts as customers focused more on price and less on service, but also as a result of long-term initiatives like self checkout, which eliminated many... View Details

Keywords: Re: Rajiv Lal; Retail

23 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

How Corporate Responsibility is Changing in Asia

exchange for the right to drill in developing countries. But should companies be responsible for government services? What happens when MNC investment moves on? Something has gone wrong with the spirit of corporate social responsibility... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

01 Jan 2008
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James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959

Wolfensohn Center for Development, a new global poverty research initiative at the Brookings Institution. He is also relishing the opportunity to work with his son, Adam, and daughter Naomi at Wolfensohn & Company, LLC, a privately held firm that View Details

01 Dec 2012
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From Where We Stand

Common Asset Management, Boston, Massachusetts Leaders should learn empathy and seek employees who bring greater empathy to their work. Social intelligence distinguishes a firm and leads to superior outcomes. Having diversity of perspectives expands this skill. At the... View Details

01 Dec 2003
News

An Authentic Leader

meeting the expectations of security analysts. What’s wrong with focusing on the short term? If you do it long enough, it will destroy long-term value. You stop investing in R&D, stop being innovative, stop... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

22 Mar 2024
Blog Post

Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015)

mission-driven investment firm focused on underserved markets, her work has spanned industries, geographies, and functions, bringing her challenge and fulfillment while opening doors to new opportunities. Seeking out a challenge Born in... View Details

28 May 2019
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A More Perfect Union

short term. Unlike the typical partisan play, we’re investing resources with a long-term goal: We’re not just expecting results in the next election, which is a pretty unusual way to engage in politics,... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Dan Bejar

10 Apr 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018

well as strategists and policy makers. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50820 in press Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being Long-term Health Implications of Students' Friendship Formation During the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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WesTrek 2025: Exploring the future of tech in Silicon Valley - Recruiting

significant expansion, with visits to six top venture capital firms — a 20% increase from last year — offering students deeper insights into the evolving investment landscape. The four company tracks featured sixteen organizations,... View Details

13 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

How Government can Discourage Private Sector Reliance on Short-Term Debt

any bearing on private sector financing choices. The authors first consider the government financing problem in isolation, arguing that the government may try to "borrow cheap" by issuing short-term Treasury bills, which embed a premium relative to View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Financial Services

17 Apr 2017
HBS Case

This Turkish Debt Collector Is Customer-friendly

sees 65 percent turnover, Turkasset became choosy about its employees, hiring less than one in 100 applicants. Once hired, it paid them higher salaries and performed more in-depth training. The investment paid off, dropping the turnover... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

01 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?

for the Securities and Exchange Commission to pass rules that would allow for crowdfunding investment on a large scale. Already, companies have dipped their toes into crowdfunding through websites such as Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

01 Dec 2007
News

How Business Schools Lost Their Way

corporation’s stakeholders beyond the shareholder is that they are vital to the long-term successful economic performance of the corporation. Some argue that only the interests of the shareholders should be considered by directors. The... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Abraham Zaleznik; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Feb 2001
News

Drilling Down

long-term proposition that often requires years of complicated research, negotiation, construction, and drilling before a drop of oil or a penny of profit is produced. The capital required to initiate and to sustain this far-flung... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Matthew R. Simmons; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Natural Gas Distribution; Utilities

19 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019

other outputs by autonomous machines. I argue that organizational researchers of creativity and innovation should invest significant energy in studying artificial intelligence and computer-assisted human intelligence, the ways in which... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

02 Oct 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018

among them was a severe cash flow constraint that prevented Frederic Schreurs from properly forecasting and investing resources to maximize the BIP’s impact. As traffic inched along, Sanginga contemplated how he could steer both the BIP... View Details