Money Markets - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2017
News

Swimming with the Stream

(Above: photo by Christina Gandolfo) When Kiran Gandhi (MBA 2015) thinks about marketing her music, she thinks about it in consumer product terms. A feminist activist and former drummer for Grammy-nominated artist M.I.A., she wants her... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

25 Aug 2022
News

Vision: To Go-Go

operations, analyzing what is already available for delivery in target markets and mining its own data to see what works and what doesn’t. “The industry is hard. You need tons of money to get started. Almost... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; entrepreneurship; foodtech; startup; Latin America

01 Dec 2008
News

Seth Klarman

Klarman Illustration by David Cowles While other money managers scrambled to survive the financial market meltdown, value investor extraordinaire Seth Klarman (MBA ’82), president of The Baupost Group in... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

19 May 2003
Research & Ideas

Expensing Options Won’t Hurt High Tech

companies' market prices. More seriously, however, the claim simply ignores the fact that a lack of cash need not be a barrier to compensating executives. Rather than issuing options directly to employees, companies can always issue them... View Details

Keywords: by Zvi Bodie, Robert S. Kaplan & Robert C. Merton

23 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Break Your Addiction to Service Heroes

Institute, which advises managers in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, says that as organizations increasingly ask customers to play a more active role in transactions, saving money shouldn't be the sole guiding force.... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Service

18 Feb 2014
First Look

First Look: February 18

Frictions in Shadow Banking: Evidence from the Lending Behavior of Money Market Funds By: Chernenko, Sergey, and Adi Sunderam Abstract—We document the consequences of money... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Jan 2009
What Do You Think?

Is the World Really Flat?

in basic science on the part of any government? Would some of that money be better deployed in supporting education in areas such as marketing and entrepreneurship that fosters entrepreneurial thinking and... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

29 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

Read Our Most Popular Research Stories of 2019

2020. Forget Cash: There are Better Ways to Motivate EmployeesIn today's tight job market, employers must focus on how to attract and keep top talent. Giving away stacks of money may not always be the best incentive. How Gender... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

Profile

Sebastien D'Incau

Chances are (metaphorically speaking), Sebastien D'Incau has been in your home. As a marketing strategist and planner with Procter & Gamble, Sebastien worked on a number or products familiar to consumers worldwide, including the... View Details

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Ben Steiner

nationalities, educational backgrounds, work experiences, and future ambitions, and allows them to learn from and be inspired by each other. “At the Business School, I feel empowered by so many people starting so many things. You get to see how that happens: people... View Details

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Native American Heritage Month | Baker Library

Department of Commerce. It depicts the recycling of aquaculture and agriculture-derived cash flowing through a community: "If the community sets up its own business such as a motel, gas station, credit union, supermarket, variety store, etc., then the View Details

01 Jun 2009
News

Entrepreneur’s Rwandan Start-Up Gets HBS Support

Last year, Echoing Green, which invests in social entrepreneurs, chose SHE as one of the most innovative social change organizations worldwide, providing it with seed money and technical support. It has been a fast-paced two years since... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

18 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

GM’s IPO: Back to the Future

of it. Among many other things, it must produce consistent financial results against a difficult economic and sector outlook so that its market capitalization can grow to ensure that taxpayers will eventually get their View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Depression or Euphoria? Navigating the Market’s Mood Swings

Stevenson said the recent technology sector market crash should teach future entrepreneurs to build companies to last rather than to sell, and to think about more than simply selling a product. We're never going to go back to the slow and... View Details

Keywords: by Carrie Levine

01 Dec 1999
News

Q & A: Herb Kohl

bought the team. "At the time I paid the most that anybody had ever paid for an NBA team," says Kohl of the $18-million price tag. "I thought it was a stupid investment - way too much money in a small market... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

18 Mar 2014
News

The Oz of Data Opens the Curtain

Scott Howe Nineteenth-century Philadelphia retailer John Wanamaker famously said, "Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don't know which half." Nearly 150 years later, Scott Howe (MBA 1994), president and CEO... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information

23 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

New Challenges for Long-Term Investors

that bonds are safe investment for long-term investors, but this seems to contradict the conventional view that "cash is king" for highly conservative investors. What is the problem with this picture? A: The problem with this picture is that cash (e.g., View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

20 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

Lessons of Successful Entrepreneurs

listen," said Fialkow, a college dropout who helped create UPromise and a number of other successful ventures. The goal is to get to market as quickly as possible, Fialkow continued. If you have a good idea, put smart people around a... View Details