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- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
Exchange. "The role of intellectual capital is more important in this business than any other, except perhaps the pharmaceutical and computer science industries. Oil is a hugely volatile commodity that very few people want to play in, so... View Details
- 06 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI
Most of that section is to generate class discussion, because the reason that developing countries want FDI is because there is more investment occurring in a country than there is domestic savings, so foreign savings is needed to fill the gap. Once you have a View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 19 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?
little exposure to today's volatile equity markets. "In fact," he continues, "reinsurance stocks are plummeting also. They get contaminated by the equity market even though their underwriting returns continue apace."... View Details
- 26 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54598 Governance Through Shame and Aspiration: Index Creation and Corporate Behavior By: Chattopadhyay, Akash, Matthew D. Shaffer, and Charles C.Y. Wang Abstract—After decades of both de-prioritizing shareholders'... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=308078 Leveraged Loans 2007 Harvard Business School Case 208-145 The leveraged loan market was in a crisis during the summer of 2007, following many years of low realized... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 6, 2016
longer-term investments—makes it difficult for firms to make the investments necessary to build competitive advantage. "Short termism" has been blamed for everything from the decline of the U.S. automobile industry to the low... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
contrast, we don’t find evidence of a secular shift in the cross-country correlations of stock market volatility shocks, which have remained fairly low through time except during the financial crisis of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 7
overachievement bonuses) to keep high performers, low performers, and average performers engaged throughout the year. Managers should be careful in setting and adjusting quotas. For instance, studies show that ratcheting (raising a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide
we've seen suggests that this performance is typical: analysts and managers have trouble making forecasts in the kind of volatile economy that will probably be part of the new normal. Pay Attention to Product Availability Repeated studies... View Details
- 30 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 30
government bond yields, stabilized until the fall of 2008, when they showed dramatic declines. The paper asks to what extent short-term real interest rates, bond risks, and liquidity explain the trends before 2008 and the unusual developments in the fall of 2008. View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Big Money for Big Projects
capital costs, have very low operating (marginal) costs, and have few investment opportunities. As a result, projects generate large amounts of "free cash flow" (cash flow in excess of what is needed to finance all positive NPV... View Details
- 09 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 9, 2008
of simple quantitative forecasting techniques—share similar consequences: both can result in an increase in internal costs and in the uncertainty and volatility of the system's replenishment orders. Further results of this paper provide... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2016
- News
Again in a Great City
tightly to volatile gas prices and the faltering auto industry. From a resident’s point of view, life in a city with inconsistent municipal services and simmering racial tensions could be even more tenuous. While many suburbs prospered,... View Details
Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
correlations of equity cash flow news or stock market volatility shocks. Our findings imply that the benefits of global equity diversification have not declined for long horizon investors despite the secular increase in global stock... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
relationship between exclusivity and content quality: both high and low quality content will multihome and join both platforms, but there will be a range of quality for which content will be exclusive despite foreclosing itself from... View Details
- 26 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019
is not statistically significant at conventional levels. However, we also find that the effect is moderated by employee engagement, such that the gamified training platform improved performance in offices with high employee engagement and worsened performance in... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
recommendations for stocks with larger market capitalizations and lower return volatility than their sell-side peers, consistent with their facing fewer conflicts of interest and having a preference for liquid stocks. Tests with no... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
commit to providing EV reports. Moreover, I document that EV reporting is more widespread in countries with more hostile takeovers, managers that do not avoid volatile income measures, regulators that are less likely to intervene in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 17
recommendations for stocks with larger market capitalizations and lower return volatility than their sell-side peers, consistent with their facing fewer conflicts of interest and having a preference for liquid stocks. Tests with no... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
Management L.P. in 2008, 130/30 Funds and a Low Volatility Strategy Harvard Business School Case 209-047 In early July of 2008, William (Bill) Jacques, Chief Investment Officer at Martingale Asset... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace