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- 25 Feb 2011
- News
Rebuilding Egypt: How companies can fill the vacuum of trust
- 17 Dec 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Medical Tourism
bottom line. Q: Why is India gaining prominence for medical tourism? A: India is encouragingly less "scary" now. I think a lot of entrusting medical care to different locations is about a... View Details
- August 2003
- Article
When Does the Market Matter? Stock Prices and the Investment of Equity-Dependent Firms
By: Malcolm Baker, Jeremy Stein and Jeffrey Wurgler
We use a simple model of corporate investment to determine when investment will be sensitive to non-fundamental movements in stock prices. The key cross-sectional prediction of the model is that stock prices will have a stronger impact on the investment of firms that... View Details
Baker, Malcolm, Jeremy Stein, and Jeffrey Wurgler. "When Does the Market Matter? Stock Prices and the Investment of Equity-Dependent Firms." Quarterly Journal of Economics 118, no. 3 (August 2003): 969–1006.
- 04 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Global Poverty
in emerging markets relatively small, business is beginning to eye this huge population at the bottom of the View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 2001
- Working Paper
When Does the Market Matter? Stock Prices and the Investment of Equity Dependent Firms
By: Malcolm Baker, Jeremy Stein and Jeffrey Wurgler
We use a simple model of corporate investment to determine when investment will be sensitive to non-fundamental movements in stock prices. The key cross-sectional prediction of the model is that stock prices will have a stronger impact on the investment of firms that... View Details
Baker, Malcolm, Jeremy Stein, and Jeffrey Wurgler. "When Does the Market Matter? Stock Prices and the Investment of Equity Dependent Firms." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 8750, December 2001. (First draft in 2001.)
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Joy of Work
AMABILE: A decade of research shows that to be creative, people need to feel good about their work. After thirty years of research, I am still passionate about creativity,” says Teresa M. Amabile, View Details
- 03 Jul 2013
- What Do You Think?
What Are the Limits of Transparency?
everyone's questions. We inverted the pyramid of the organization and made reverse accountability a reality." That's not all. Nayar makes... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 30 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Measuring the Efficacy of the World’s Managers
WMS survey. The Census Bureau already keeps general track of firms' financial performance in the United States. The WMS team plans to match View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- November 6, 2017
- Article
The Common Traps of Working in Your Family's Business
By: Josh Baron
When your family’s name is on the door, you will never just be one of the gang — and everything you do could be fodder for the office rumor mill. Your actions are amplified because of your status in the company, and even seemingly small gestures can unintentionally... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Attitudes; Behavior; Personal Development and Career; Mission and Purpose
Baron, Josh. "The Common Traps of Working in Your Family's Business." Harvard Business Review (website) (November 6, 2017).
- August 2016 (Revised October 2016)
- Case
Nirvana Vihar Rehabilitation Homes
By: Shawn Cole, Andreas Rotenberg and Thomas van den Aarssen
Kumar Builders (KUL) was finally nearing completion on the four luxury condominium towers that comprised the first phase of its bold vision for the redevelopment of more than 70 acres of prime real estate in downtown Pune, India. The Nirvana Hills development also... View Details
Keywords: Real Estate; Slum Redevelopment; Double Bottom Line; Economic Development; Partnerships; Partners and Partnerships; Development Economics; Urban Development; Business and Community Relations; Real Estate Industry; India
Cole, Shawn, Andreas Rotenberg, and Thomas van den Aarssen. "Nirvana Vihar Rehabilitation Homes." Harvard Business School Case 217-013, August 2016. (Revised October 2016.)
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Keepers of the Flame
and systems, I'd lose the finance side." On the subject of finance, she emphasizes, "The bottom line is that the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 28 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Profit Power of Corporate Culture
between organizations can be attributed to effective cultures. Why is this true-how does culture affect the bottom line? A: The point is that organization culture is not a soft... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- August 2015 (Revised May 2017)
- Case
TSG Hoffenheim: Football in the Age of Analytics
By: Feng Zhu, Karim R. Lakhani, Sascha L. Schmidt and Kerry Herman
In 2015, Dietmar Hopp, owner of Germany's Bundesliga football team TSG Hoffenheim and co-founder of the global enterprise software company SAP, was considering how to ensure long-term sustainability and competitiveness for TSG Hoffenheim. While historically a small... View Details
Zhu, Feng, Karim R. Lakhani, Sascha L. Schmidt, and Kerry Herman. "TSG Hoffenheim: Football in the Age of Analytics." Harvard Business School Case 616-010, August 2015. (Revised May 2017.)
- 25 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
More Than the Sum of Its Parts: The Impact of Modularity on the Computer Industry
The computer age began some six decades ago with general-purpose machines with Star Wars-like names such as ENIAC and EDVAC. They were powered by vacuum tubes, big enough to fill an entire room, and developed by mathematicians under View Details
- 12 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Promise of Channel Stewardship
(including makers of products and providers of services) and intermediaries (distributors, agents, and retailers). Undoubtedly, effective stewards guide the course View Details
- 12 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Marketing of a President
Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge. When the book is written on this election,... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 09 Apr 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
The Dark Side of Performance Bonuses
where they stand relative to their coworkers. Does telling an employee that her job performance falls in the bottom of her group better her performance? CEO Bonus Plans: And... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- February 2001 (Revised June 2001)
- Case
Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (A): The Age of Atari
Tells the story of the rise and fall of Atari Corp., the dominant player in arcade and home video games in the 1970s and early 1980s. During this period, Atari grew from a $500 initial investment into a $2 billion in revenues per year enterprise, becoming the fastest... View Details
Coughlan, Peter J., and Deborah Freier. "Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (A): The Age of Atari." Harvard Business School Case 701-091, February 2001. (Revised June 2001.)
- 25 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy
If they didn't understand it already, executives and corporate managers have learned one huge lesson over the past couple of years: macroeconomics matters. Interest rates. Exchange rates. Trade deficits.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne