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  • 29 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018

non-CEO executives in banks with materialistic CEOs insider trade more aggressively around government intervention during the financial crisis. Finally, we find that banks with materialistic CEOs have... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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Popular Browse All Articles About Us Newsletter Sign-Up RSS Page 1 of 5,369 Results 12 Nov 2024 HBS Case Inside One Startup's Journey to Break Down Hiring (and Funding) Barriers by Avery Forman How can formerly incarcerated people... View Details
  • 02 Jan 2024
  • Research & Ideas

10 Trends to Watch in 2024

The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
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Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni

Exchanges Jonathan Zittrain George Bemis Professor of International Law Harvard Law School Creativity in AI with Music Explore the transformative impact of AI on music in this session, which offers an inside look at the creative processes... View Details
  • 02 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 2

to Multinationals examines the evolution of multinational trading companies from the eighteenth century to the present day. During the Industrial Revolution, British merchants established overseas branches which became major View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 2018
  • Book

The Academy of Fisticuffs: Political Economy and Commercial Society in Enlightenment Italy

By: Sophus A. Reinert
The terms “capitalism” and “socialism” continue to haunt our political and economic imaginations, but we rarely consider their interconnected early history. Even the 18th century had its “socialists,” but unlike those of the 19th, they paradoxically sought to make the... View Details
Keywords: Enlightenment; Political Economy; Italy; Commercial Society; Economic Systems; Trade; History; Markets; Society; Italy
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Reinert, Sophus A. The Academy of Fisticuffs: Political Economy and Commercial Society in Enlightenment Italy. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2018.
  • 01 May 2024
  • What Do You Think?

Have You Had Enough?

organization performance, then on to China trade policies (2012), the importance of immigration (beginning in 2003), women in leadership (2013), the need for an AI czar (2019), and remote work and organizational culture (2020). “I’m... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 15 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 15

trades involving similar goods. It draws on archival, interview, and observational data mainly from New York state to analyze market participants' efforts to legitimize commerce and resolve a jurisdictional dispute. Building on literature... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Finance - Faculty & Research

views – with a 47% correlation in return expectations – and their disagreement is associated with elevated trading volume. This belief heterogeneity proves important for understanding stock market puzzles: jointly, investor beliefs... View Details
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Faculty & Research - Global

trading companies with sprawling global footprints)—reflected on the company’s record-breaking profits. Its operations spanned multiple industries—including energy, chemicals, healthcare, and infrastructure—and more than 80% of its... View Details
  • 08 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 8

Italian firms over a pre-specified week and record the time devoted each day to different work activities. We focus on the distinction between time spent with insiders (employees of the firm) and outsiders (people not employed by the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Entrepreneurial Management - Faculty & Research

Inside One Startup's Journey to Break Down Hiring (and Funding) Barriers Re: Paul A. Gompers 28 Oct 2024 Latino Voters Have Grown More Politically Divided. That’s Not Surprising. Re: Vincent Pons & Jesse M. Shapiro 24 Oct 2024 Charting... View Details
  • 18 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 18

international trade and investment. Insights about differences in the development of financial institutions across countries, the role of financial constraints, and the use of internal capital markets are proving central in understanding... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 30

business and financial challenges at the 171-year old UK travel services company. The company has lost almost £600 million in the last three quarters, has seen its stock price fall from 230 pence to a low of 8.8 pence in the past two years, and had seen its bonds View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 17

trading and investing being particularly controversial. We focus on the role of banks in the private equity market. We show that bank-affiliated private equity groups accounted for a significant share of the private equity activity and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Oct 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Bernie Madoff Explains Himself

someone who fell prey to biases and the tendency to rationalize.” The scary link between ambition and infamy It’s especially important for budding entrepreneurs to appreciate the link between Madoff’s ambition and his slippery slope to infamy, says Soltes, whose new... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services
  • 05 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 5

513-044 From modest beginnings as a cashew trader in Nigeria, Olam, founded by Indian nationals in 1989, has grown into a leading global agricultural trading company, with annual revenues of $14 billion. The company recently has begun... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Jun 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Why Leaders Lose Their Way

forced to resign for trading in Lubrizol stock prior to recommending that Berkshire Hathaway purchase the company. Examples abound of other recent failures: Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd resigned for submitting false expense reports... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
  • 07 Jul 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Innovation Corrupted: How Managers Can Avoid Another Enron

officer Ken Lay made him president of Enron's new trading operations. In 2001, Skilling was named CEO. Before 1997, Enron was an innovative and profitable player in the newly deregulated natural gas industry. Skilling's big idea was to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities
  • 26 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53888 Trade Secrets Protection and Antitakeover Provisions By: Dey, Aiyesha, and Joshua White Abstract—We examine whether and why managers strengthen antitakeover provisions when facing an... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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