Alternative Investment Vehicles - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Mar 2001
What Do You Think?

Fine Coupling: Can Human Resource Management Learn from Supply Chain Management?

important." Scott Lichtman agrees, pointing out that "to be efficient in this fast-moving era rather requires longer-term investment in skills and strategy adoption by longstanding employees ..." On the other hand, Ryan... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

04 Jun 2020
Blog Post

What MBAs can do in Defense of Black Lives

Here are a few ways MBAs can support the movement for Black lives: Donate to and fundraise for racial justice nonprofits. Support local Black-led organizing groups and/or invest in national organizations like Movement for Black Lives, a... View Details

26 Mar 2025
Blog Post

How to Approach Your Equity Compensation

of thousands of dollars on shares that may end up being worth a fortune—or nothing at all. This decision often needs to be made within 90 days of leaving a company. Some exercises may inadvertently subject shareholders to Alternative... View Details

05 Jan 2009
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles and Working Papers 2008

research on potential employers. 19. The Next Marketing Challenge: Selling to 'Simplifiers' The mass consumption of the 1990s is fast fading in the rearview mirror. Now a growing number of people want to declutter their lives and invest... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

09 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Does Misery Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off

the empirical quest to link a firm's social investments to its financial returns has preoccupied researchers. Our goal in this paper is to reorient debate and research about social initiatives by business. We try to stimulate a fresh... View Details

Keywords: by Joshua D. Margolis & James P. Walsh

27 Feb 2025
Blog Post

IFC India 2025: HBS Visits Jindal Steel Works (JSW) Steel Dolvi Plant

plan, the company is taking on green initiatives only if they are financially viable. Examples include recovery and reuse of waste heat to power different plant operations, use of byproducts such as slag at JSW cement, and electric View Details

17 Jul 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Developing a Strategy for Digital Convergence

competitors. "All of this creates a sense of urgency if you want to play in this world," says Yoffie. Following network effects, Yoffie discusses value creation and building ecosystems, which is where students look at the problem of View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer; Education

24 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 24

While the risk functions of some organizations have a culture of quantitative enthusiasm and are dedicated to risk measurement, others, with a culture of quantitative scepticism, take a different path, focusing instead on risk envisionment, aiming to provide top... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2007
News

Letters to the Editor

While James Hoagland is correct that in recent years there is a growing tendency to flip or resell buyouts after a rapid turnaround, the general experience is actually quite different. As I mentioned, holding periods and investment time... View Details

01 Dec 2008
News

A U.S. Turnaround?

from fossil fuels to alternative sources of energy. We will need to finance research in technology innovation and biotechnology, including stem cell research. We will need to generate most of our electricity using nuclear fuel. We will... View Details

Keywords: Byron Wien; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

09 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate

viewed as a new asset class that competes with stocks and bonds for investment capital. It earned that newfound status on the strength of market-stabilizing structural changes that took root after the last crash. "Everything we do... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Construction; Real Estate

01 Dec 2009
News

Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award

have been primary figures in Brazil’s economic development for more than thirty years. In 1971, Lemann founded Banco de Investimentos Garantia and soon recruited Sicupira and Telles to join what would become the most successful investment... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; awards; fishing; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

10 Jun 2008
First Look

First Look: June 10, 2008

managers will use the discretion given by such estimates to convey private information on future cash flows, while agency theory predicts managers will use the discretion opportunistically. We test these alternative hypotheses using a... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 1, 2008

more "collaborative." Too often, however, companies fail to distinguish among the various choices they face with respect to alternative modes of collaboration. Collaborative innovation can take a wide variety of forms, each with... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Nov 2019
Blog Post

Environmental Change and Ground-level Impact

looking through their investment portfolios is an interesting way to find early-stage companies working in the clean energy space. It’s also easier to reach out and ask questions as a student—people are generally pretty generous with... View Details

16 Aug 2024
In Practice

Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?

incentives make a difference in whether global warming and its fallout are contained. A growing number of climate solution startups count on government spending to give their customers purchasing power and a reason to buy. State and local leaders count on the federal... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

Web

Global Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog

the strategies of lean experimentation, minimum viable product, bootstrapping, and staged investment are critical to startups in these emerging ecosystems, one needs to adapt the lessons from mature markets like Silicon Valley, New York,... View Details

05 Mar 2025
News

Uncertain Terms

After Amar Bhidé (MBA 1979/DBA 1988) became an HBS assistant professor in 1988, then-dean John H. McArthur (MBA 1959/DBA 1963) gave him a copy of economist Frank Knight’s 1921 book Risk, Uncertainty and Profit. Knight’s idea that “uncertainty” must be distinguished... View Details

01 Jun 2022
News

'Rooted' In Innovation

team, novel biotechnology that extends cassava’s shelf life from three days to 18 months. The process transforms the cassava tuber into nutritious food products that provide alternatives to wheat flour. The first product CassVita... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

11 Dec 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018

native men and women. We show that these effects were driven by the large and positive impact of immigration on native men’s employment and occupational standing, which increased the supply of "marriageable men." We also explore View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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