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- 18 Mar 2013
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: LEGO
management, product demand was so high at times that executives actually found themselves discussing ways to slow sales. A Shock To The System That all changed in the early 1990s as seismic shifts pounded the toy market. Big Box toy discounters trampled mom-and-pops... View Details
- 16 Feb 2023
- HBS Case
ESG Activists Met the Moment at ExxonMobil, But Did They Succeed?
The impact-investment hedge fund Engine No. 1 made a big splash in May 2021 when it managed to get three nominees elected to the ExxonMobil board of directors. It was an open effort to prod the oil giant toward renewable energy and test whether activist investing could... View Details
- 04 May 2021
- Book
Best Buy: How Human Connection Saved a Failing Retailer
the core of the near-miraculous turnaround Joly spearheaded at the company during the 2010s. Joly stepped in as CEO of Best Buy in 2012, just after its quarterly profits plummeted by 91 percent and its stock price hit a nine-year low.... View Details
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and the Internet
competitive advantage—by operating at a lower cost, by commanding a premium price, or by doing both. Cost and price advantages can be achieved in two ways. One is operational effectiveness—doing the same things your competitors do but... View Details
Keywords: by Michael E. Porter
- 2022
- Working Paper
Why Do Index Funds Have Market Power? Quantifying Frictions in the Index Fund Market
By: Zach Y. Brown, Mark Egan, Jihye Jeon, Chuqing Jin and Alex A. Wu
Index funds are one of the most common ways investors access financial markets and are perceived to be a transparent and low-cost alternative to active investment management. Despite these purported virtues of index fund investing and the introduction of new products... View Details
Keywords: Mutual Funds; Passive Investing; Asset Management; Financial Markets; Investment Funds; Financial Management; Financial Services Industry; United States
Brown, Zach Y., Mark Egan, Jihye Jeon, Chuqing Jin, and Alex A. Wu. "Why Do Index Funds Have Market Power? Quantifying Frictions in the Index Fund Market." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-019, October 2023. (NBER Working Paper Series, No. 31778, October 2023.)
- 1995
- Book
The Global Financial System: A Functional Perspective
By: D. B. Crane, K. A. Froot, Scott P. Mason, André Perold, R. C. Merton, Z. Bodie, E. R. Sirri and P. Tufano
Crane, D. B., K. A. Froot, Scott P. Mason, André Perold, R. C. Merton, Z. Bodie, E. R. Sirri, and P. Tufano. The Global Financial System: A Functional Perspective. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1995.
- 22 Mar 2024
- Research & Ideas
Open Source Software: The $9 Trillion Resource Companies Take for Granted
What does it take to put a price tag on open source software (OSS), a resource so critical to the global economy that some 96 percent of commercial programs include some code created, tinkered with, or distributed for free by... View Details
- 16 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 16
the industry and accounted for its resilience and how these are likely to influence its future. Publisher's link: http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?id=22872 2006 John Wiley & Sons Venture Capital & Private Equity: A Casebook By: Lerner,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Mar 2023
- In Practice
What Does the Failure of Silicon Valley Bank Say About the State of Finance?
exposures, since they fell below the Fed’s threshold for annual collection of Form FR Y-14A Capital Assessments and Stress Testing. At the moment, we also cannot track what fraction of SVB’s deposits was connected to the local venture... View Details
- 14 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 14
factors such as "firm culture" and "employee engagement" in driving firm performance? Increasing evidence from a wide range of fields suggests that productivity differs widely across firms, even after the inclusion of careful controls for factors... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Feb 2020
- In Practice
6 Ways That Emerging Technology Is Disrupting Business Strategy
Innovation Science. 2. Technology is propelling business transformation “While some firms think about technology merely as a different type of capital investment that does not impact their way of doing things, others are adopting new... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 18 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 18, 2007
the risk-adjusted balance sheet, which shows the sensitivity of the enterprise's assets and liabilities to external "shocks." At the national level, the sectors of an economy are viewed as interconnected portfolios of assets,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
middlemen and defaulted on their loans. The risk of such events may explain, at least partly, why many seemingly more profitable export crops are not adopted. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-065.pdf Catering through Nominal Share View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Mar 2022
- Book
5 Qualities That Help Companies Thrive for Decades—Even Centuries
says Khanna, the Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at HBS. “And even in the US, when you look at sources of early-stage capital for new entrepreneurs, it tends to be friends and family.” But making sure families will work well together can be... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Engaged with field work in South Asia and East Africa, Professor Hussam places a focus on exploring questions with strong theoretical motivation in the economics literature as well as relevant downstream policy implications. Her research spans four broad interests.... View Details
- 16 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive
exceeding that percentage of actual revenue. Other expenses—insurance, credit card processing, marketing, utilities, repairs—mount up. Assuming adequate working capital upon opening, a restaurant’s cash from daily sales is used to pay for... View Details
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
for download. Fair (and Not So Fair) Division Author:John W. Pratt Abstract Drawbacks of existing procedures are illustrated and a method of efficient fair division is proposed that avoids them. Given additive participants' utilities, each item is View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018
We exploit households’ portfolio weights in previous years as an instrument for actual capital gains and dividends payments. We find that unrealized capital gains lead to a marginal propensity to consume... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company
implement the layoffs quickly—in less than a year—to minimize workplace disruptions and gain credibility with the capital market. For some companies, however, strategic and business factors could warrant a more gradual approach to... View Details
Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson
- 16 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Messy Link Between Slave Owners and Modern Management
critique of capitalism—one that could broaden the understanding of today's business practices. The work is part of her current book project, "From Slavery to Scientific Management: Capitalism and Control in America, 1754-1911,"... View Details
Keywords: by Katie Johnston