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Investment management: industry resources
& Poor’s NetAdvantage- Capital Markets Industry Survey IBISWorld- Portfolio Management, Securities Brokering Company Overviews Create lists of competitors, potential employers, and people... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Greed, Gullibility, and Optimism
Washington, D.C., Retsinas believes all parties in the housing mess were coconspirators — from lenders that hawked subprime finance deals with microprint caveats, to brokers that turned a blind eye to borrowers’ long-term solvency, to... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Case Study: The Credit Bureau
company Mobley to offer an alternative: an affordable way to furnish a home with stylish, quality pieces with a lease of 3 to 12 months, without the burden of ownership. Mobley’s entrée to the $230 billion market for furniture and home... View Details
- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
preferences. Finally, we find no evidence that CEO activists using economic language are more persuasive in their appeals. The Relevance of Broker Networks for Information Diffusion in the Stock Market By:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Adam Kanner
laptops. Savvy entrepreneurs often find opportunity where others find flaws. For Adam Kanner, a former vice president for marketing and business development for the National Basketball Association, the empty seats triggered a startup... View Details
- 08 Aug 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Parmigiano-Reggiano, Jane Austen, and Other Things You Didn't Know About Finance
MarsYu Who says finance is boring? These stories, written about HBS faculty research and case studies, cover such diverse topics as financial adviser robots, the rise of impact investing, and the tell-tale signs that brokers are giving... View Details
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Micah Macfarlane
exists and the need exists, but it is just not getting there. The market is designed to sell to the developed world and poorer countries need more bargaining power. I brokered investments and negotiated... View Details
- 29 Aug 2024
- News
A Kick Start for Latin American Startups
supports the real estate industry through a platform that allows brokers to digitize their operations, enabling access to a larger client base and performance data, options that so far have not reached their full potential in Latin... View Details
- 12 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Promise of Channel Stewardship
Most company distribution systems are designed ad-hoc when needed, and serve neither value chain partners nor end users well—just look at the frustrating new-car buying process set up by American auto makers. At the same time, says Harvard Business School View Details
- 15 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 15, 2009
Publication:Review of Financial Studies 22, no. 10 (2009): 4129-4156 Abstract Many investors purchase their mutual funds through intermediated channels, engaging and paying brokers or financial advisors for fund selection and advice. We... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Father of Modern Advertising
brokers of space in newspapers and magazines,” the authors tell us. “With Lasker’s prodding — and with contributions from pioneers at a handful of other agencies — the industry became a creative force and began earning substantial... View Details
- 16 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 16
service-line-oriented structure, JLL created two interdependent groups: Accounts and Markets. Accounts housed account managers who served JLL's corporate clients. Markets housed brokers specialized in a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
these subprime loans is they were brokered apart, taken apart, put in little subsets, and put in a whole variety of different securities. And no one knew what they had. At that point government had stepped aside, had genuflected at the... View Details
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Read excerpts from DENIAL
The Edifice Complex: Denial at Sears
Book Excerpt: Denial at Sears (BusinessWeek.com, February 26, 2010)
From Denial: Why Business... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Social Investing Pioneers
renowned venture capital firm he cofounded in 1972. In 2007, he cofounded and became a nonexecutive director of Social Finance, a London-based nonprofit social investment advisory that is pioneering ways to apply market principles to... View Details
- 11 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Financial Services 24/7
sufficient for firms to be operationally effective," continues Crane. "Now strategy is much more customer driven, and a firm's brand is more important than ever." Marketing that brand, in fact, has become so essential that most startups... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Financial Services 24/7
so that it was sufficient for firms to be operationally effective," continues Crane. "Now strategy is much more customer driven, and a firm's brand is more important than ever." Marketing that brand, in fact, has become so essential that... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 08 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Return of the Salesman
seeing its real importance. It didn't help that economists also thought that selling was unimportant in influencing markets and that door-to-door selling declined in the United States in the final decades of the 20th century. But scholars... View Details
- 30 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 30, 2007
exercise that helps them refine their elevator pitches and better understand several key marketing principles. Leads to an engaging and thought-provoking discussion. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
policyholders, downstream intermediaries, and other actors thus constitutes a balancing act. The context of this case is an underdeveloped market whose reputation has suffered from broker misconduct. In... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman