Investment Behavior - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Grolsch Brewing Company: Drink Sustainably

investments. At Grolsch and many other sites, we consistently heard that times of crisis can also be times of transition and opportunity because spikes in energy prices can improve the business cases for investment in renewable projects.... View Details

02 Jun 2003
What Do You Think?

What Can Aspiring Leaders Be Taught?

behaviors and settings could have as great an influence as the content itself. One respondent wrote, "...values should be modeled by the instructors in how they prepare and deliver content, the time and value they give their... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

15 Nov 2016
News

Enabling the Dream of Building A Healthy Future for India

opportunities in relation to other countries. She also notes that Leadership and Organizational Behavior “opened my eyes to my own internal leadership strengths and weaknesses.” “I want to build a healthy future for India,” states... View Details

15 Sep 2015
News

Easing the Costs of Saving a Child

AmREIT, a NYSE-listed company he sold in February 2015 to EDENS (Blackstone, J.P. Morgan, and NYSTRS). Recently, Taylor founded Rowland Taylor, LLC, a real estate investment company in Houston, Texas. AmREIT was in its thirteenth year... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

02 May 2008
What Do You Think?

What is the Future of State Capitalism?

forms of capitalism." Citing examples of Dutch and British investments abroad, Cole Woodson comments, "I find the question to be somewhat delinquent ... to the tune of several centuries." He adds that to the extent that... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

16 Aug 2013
News

Women's Business Leader

Carla Harris Photo courtesy of Carla Harris On August 12, President Obama announced his intention to appoint Carla Harris (MBA 1987) to be the Chair of the National Women's Business Council (NWBC). Harris is a prominent global investment... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Economic Programs; Government

02 Nov 2016
What Do You Think?

Are Employees Becoming Job 'Renters' Instead of 'Owners'?

decline in job ownership. Leadership took a large share of the blame. J Mac’s comment was typical of several: “I think the ‘job renter’ behavior is the result of the ‘management takes all’ culture in today’s corporations ” Ed Hare... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

03 Feb 2018
Op-Ed

How to Heed BlackRock's Call for Corporate Social Responsibility

financial purpose. Because BlackRock manages more than $6 trillion in assets, Mr. Fink’s announcement has the potential to help change companies’ behaviors in big ways. But this will happen only if BlackRock and other large asset managers... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Battilana

01 Apr 1999
News

Spirit at Work

'56), former head of McKinsey & Company worldwide and president of The Bendix Corporation and now chairman and CEO of Avenir, a private investment group, became founding chairman of the Trinity Forum in 1991. An "academy without walls,"... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

01 Dec 2022
News

December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

crooks, all fueled by greed, stupidity, and a keen desire to look the other way. And even when they were looking in the right direction, all of these people and entities saw nothing. Gina was the Penn and Teller of misdirection, acting with caring View Details

01 Feb 2001
News

Volunteers Crack Case, Consider School's Future

HBS itself. Should the School set up international centers or develop in-country partners and sublicense its brand? Do we invest in the physical plant or go virtual campus? Can we be both Rolls Royce and VW? Can we segment the alumni?... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton; alumni; volunteers; conferences; cases; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

05 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 5, 2008

(2) Review prior research on behavioral decision making to identify ideas that may be relevant to the domain of psychological influence; (3) Provide a series of examples of how behavioral decision research... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Jul 2006
Op-Ed

Enron Jury Sent the Right Message

of corporate fraud, considerations of intent dominate the details of compliance or noncompliance with arcane legal rules. This is the right message to send to the American business community. The behavior that became so widespread and... View Details

Keywords: by Malcolm S. Salter

01 Oct 1999
News

Four Promoted to Full Professor

investment banking. At HBS he teaches the course Creating Value through Corporate Restructuring in the MBA and Executive Education Programs. He also chairs the executive program Finance for Senior Executives and has taught in the Advanced... View Details

21 May 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: From Trash to Treasure: Inside a Waste Management Site in Mumbai

within the community to operate each plant , and nonprofit organizations aid in the underlying behavioral changes required to effectively collect more waste. Without the government’s regulatory framework, HUL’s View Details

04 Nov 2014
First Look

First Look: November 4

of state-owned firms (SOEs) and multinational companies (MNCs) in at least two ways. First, we cross-fertilize the IB and SOEs literatures in their analyses of foreign investment behavior and introduce two... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Why E-commerce Didn’t Die With the Fall of Webvan

investments directly accountable. You tell whether they're working or not. You can shift expenditures from unresponsive marketing methods to more responsive ones. And you improve efficiency, obviously. Most packaged goods manufacturers... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Consumer Products; Retail

01 Jun 2018
News

The Long Run

Langford’s pitch is this: The cost of the opioid crisis to the state of Georgia is undetermined but vast, with a conservative estimate in the range of $10 to $15 billion. With an $8.7 million investment dedicated to a second-generation... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Melissa Golden

03 May 2016
First Look

First Look, May 3, 2016

Overwhelming evidence and experience shows, however, that most companies are unable to transfer employee learning into changes in individual and organization behavior or improved financial performance. Put simply, companies are not... View Details