Market Efficiency - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 14

that colleagues support one another's efforts to do the best work they can. That has always been true for efficiency reasons, but collaborative helping becomes even more vital in an era of knowledge work, when positive business outcomes... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2011

badly. Other apparent areas of interest in the last 12 months included corporate social responsibility, marketing techniques, and, of course, the ubiquitous Lady Gaga. Here are the Top 10 most-read articles and 10 most-read working papers... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Apr 1996
News

Stewards of the Seventh Generation

"green" and competitive. In the September-October 1995 Harvard Business Review, Porter (with coauthor Claas van der Linde) argues that by creatively and proactively attending to environmental exigencies, companies are likely not only to eliminate waste and use... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso, Garry Emmons, Linda Goodspeed, and Elaine Gottlieb

06 Jan 2012
Op-Ed

Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail

News Corporation—a multinational media conglomerate that includes BSKYB, Dow Jones, Fox News, 20th Century Fox and Star, among other units—announced earlier this year that it has become climate neutral, meaning that its operations have no net impact on global climate... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler; Information; Publishing

16 Sep 2015
News

Built for Speed

Arizona, give their CEO updates on their respective projects via video chat. There are more than a dozen reports, covering everything from marketing to engineering to HR. Some are brief, some—a disagreement over a potential... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing

20 Dec 2016
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December 20, 2016

securities to retail investors. We focus on a large market of investment products targeted exclusively at households: retail-structured products in Europe. We hypothesize that banks strategically use product complexity to cater to... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

02 Jul 2015
Op-Ed

The Future of the Greek Economy

L.E. Simmons Faculty Fellow at HBS. He joined the HBS faculty after holding leadership positions in the European capital markets groups of Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Merrill Lynch and has broad experience in the areas of corporate... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro, Dante Roscini & George Serafeim; Banking

09 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Got a New Strategy? Now Make it Happen

originally adopted a functional organization structure. This enabled them to exit many marginal, local businesses and focus on the opportunities that were most promising from a global perspective. It also allowed them to introduce more View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer & Russell A. Eisenstat

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Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

draws on community members to execute the idea. Context : The conditions (i.e., regulatory, tax, political) are favorable. Market need, size of opportunity, competitive landscape, and potential risks are identified and manageable.... View Details

21 Nov 2006
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First Look: November 21, 2006

during our study period. Efficient Kidney Exchange: Coincidence of Wants in a Structured Market Authors:A. E. Roth, Tayfun Sonmez, and M. Utku Unver Periodical:American Economic Review (forthcoming) Abstract... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Aug 2009
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First Look: August 25

channel); and (iii) individuals who were out of the market when they were excessively angry in the unregulated market, decide to purchase once the firm is regulated, reducing the standard distortions described in the first channel (mixed... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Jun 2000
Research & Ideas

What’s an Internet Business Model? Ask a Health Care Professional

some eternal issues of patient care: not only good health, but also quality, choice and trust? To consider these questions, the IS2K conference assembled a panel of experts, with HBS Professor Lynda Applegate as moderator, to talk about "Emerging Internet Business... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

02 Apr 2014
What Do You Think?

Has the Post-Capitalist Economy Finally Arrived?

forward. Ganesh Ramakrishnan commented that though there are many signals showing the need to repair old school capitalism, we have a long way to go. "We need the discourse to be expanded beyond simplistic dichotomies such as free View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Service

30 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

How Your Employees and Customers Drive a New Value Profit Chain

today's job market don't want to hear—that companies should create fewer, more significant jobs. This strategy seems to have the potential to damage employee morale. How can companies use work-force reduction to successfully reengineer an... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Mahoney

17 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Rating Fund Managers by the Company They Keep

data helping managers, it depends on how they use it. The most obvious application is for managers to try to copy their more skilled colleagues. This could be an effective strategy, and lead to more efficiently priced stocks, if View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

18 Apr 2022
News

Home Grown

kind of scaling itself up and mobile internet coming to the foray, developing countries will actually kind of rise because you know, now every consumer would have a computing device in their hands. And if that were to be true, then View Details

11 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

Negotiating When the Rules Suddenly Change

How can you negotiate when the rules suddenly change, and no one knows whether your particular market is headed up or down? Regrouping from the cancellation of the 2004-2005 season due to failed labor negotiations, National Hockey League... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Wheeler; Sports

01 Mar 2013
News

A Healthy Profit

(formerly known as Project Antares), a collaboration between HBS and HSPH that intends to use business and markets to break the perverse synergy between poverty and poor health. Says HSPH professor and Antares cofounder David Bloom, an... View Details

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

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Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition

Motors John B. Rogers, Jr., MBA 2007 Jeffrey R. Jones, MBA 2007 Local Motors will design, manufacture, and bring to market innovative, lightweight, efficient cars. These cars will revolutionize not only... View Details

30 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 30

perturbation enables efficient exploration in the midst of intense exploitation. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-011.pdf Understanding Inflation-Indexed Bond Markets Authors:John Y.... View Details