Investor Protection - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Oct 2007
First Look

First Look: October 2, 2007

innovation. Perhaps somewhat surprisingly, we show that more IP protection and building stronger barriers around innovation are not always the best path to capturing value. Paradoxically, innovators can sometimes benefit by weakening the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

Business and the Global Poor

you elaborate a little on why this is important? A: Frankly, this always the case regardless of whether they operate at the TOP or BOP of the pyramid, except that at the top, there are enough agencies protecting consumers, and consumers... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

04 May 2009
Working Paper Summaries

An Ounce of Prevention: The Power of Public Risk Management in Stabilizing the Financial System

Keywords: by David A. Moss; Banking; Financial Services

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Hiring Organizations

Partners AllWin Alpaca Real Estate Alphabroder Alpine Investors Alterra Capital Partners Altitude AI Altos Ventures Alumni Ventures Amazon Amazon Web Services - AWS Ambit Partners American Express American Industrial Partners Amex... View Details

13 Nov 2020
News

Global Ambition

joined the HBS Alumni Board. They are members of the HBS Fund Investors Society, which recognizes leadership donors to the HBS Fund. “We want to benefit as many people as possible with our support,” says Chew, noting that their support is... View Details

09 Apr 2008
Research & Ideas

The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy

contribution? As Ante writes, "ARD was the first professional venture firm that sought to raise money from nonfamily sources—primarily institutional investors such as insurance companies, educational organizations, and investment... View Details

Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante

23 Jun 2010
Working Paper Summaries

The Role of Institutional Development in the Prevalence and Value of Family Firms

Keywords: by Raphael Amit, Yuan Ding, Belén Villalonga & Hua Zhang

22 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Forgiving Student Loan Debt Leads to Better Jobs, Stronger Consumers

hanging over them. Helping people out with their loans allows them to make better decisions.” More borrowers are defaulting on student loans Billionaire tech investor Robert F. Smith pledged this week to donate about $40 million to pay... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

28 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 28, 2010

areas where they resided. Fourth, a sizeable proportion of investors were stockholders in more than one bank. Protecting Outside Investors in a Laissez-faire Legal Environment:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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FAQs - Alumni

caregiver, per the Harvard University Policy for the Safety & Protection of Minors . If you are bringing a caregiver or nanny/babysitter to campus , please email alumni@hbs.edu . They are required to wear a name badge, which will be... View Details

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Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

from Pension and Insurance companies. Regulatory changes are used to provide collaborating evidence that the curvature of the yield curve is shaped through this demand channel. Related Themes: Credit Markets, Size & Growth of the Financial Sector More Info Crisis of... View Details

12 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 12, 2006

Protection Agency (US EPA) program that encourages companies to self-disclose violations of environmental laws and regulations in exchange for reduced sanctions. We find that facilities are more likely to self-disclose if they were... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Podcast - Business & Environment

high-integrity carbon projects and how new overlaps between the voluntary and compliance carbon markets are at the center of their investment strategy. He provides a “climate finance 101” introduction and discusses the role of investors... View Details

22 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019

to strategically delay providing the service. Coordination Frictions in Venture Capital Syndicates By: Nanda, Ramana, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Abstract— An extensive literature on venture capital has studied asymmetric information and agency problems between View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

Integrated Reporting and Investor Clientele By: George Serafeim In this paper, I examine the relation between Integrated Reporting (IR) and the composition of a firm's investor base. I hypothesize and find... View Details

07 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Why Companies Fail—and How Their Founders Can Bounce Back

a potential for improvement. The statistics are disheartening no matter how an entrepreneur defines failure. If failure means liquidating all assets, with investors losing most or all the money they put into the company, then the failure... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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California - Global

Internet, raising ethical and trust-related issues. The case explores Narayen and his leadership team’s deliberations: Should Adobe partner with or acquire an existing player, or build its own GenAI model? If Adobe chose to build, how might it responsibly train the... View Details

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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

competitive Darwinian contest. Instead, a few investors make decisions that are impacted by incentive, agency, and coordination problems, often before a new idea even has a chance to compete in a market. We contend that costs and... View Details

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Organizational Behavior - Faculty & Research

significantly more benefits than doing things that typically are considered “good for you.” (4) Diversify your activities. Variety—not depth—boosts happiness. (5) Protect your free time. Don’t let work encroach on it; if you use it... View Details

05 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 5, 2008

clear differences in investor protections and financial development around the world today (La Porta et al., 1998, 1999 and passim). This paper examines the persistence of the effects of legal origins by... View Details