stock market - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Apr 2001
News

Jimmy Lai Chee-ying: Rags, Riches, and Risk

his way up the job ladder at a garment factory, in due course becoming plant manager. By speculating in the stock market, he turned bonus money into enough cash to start his own clothes-making operation, which eventually became Giordano,... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

01 Mar 2014
News

Innovation: Crowdfunding College Costs

Savingforcollege.com, which Cordero describes as "the Consumer Reports of 529 plans.") The plan is to capitalize on market share down the road: "There is a lot of value in processing millions of dollars of new assets," he remarks. "Our... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Gradsave; crowdfunding; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance

24 Jun 2016
Op-Ed

Why Brexit is a Big Deal

The consequences of yesterday's vote by the British people to leave the European Union will be far-reaching, but there is no reason for global markets to panic. Brexit is a vote against the European Union. Once heralded as the engine of... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Group Therapy

emerging markets has been part of a larger effort to understand how local business environments influence company strategy. Thus far, strategy scholars have emphasized the importance of industry and firm-specific characteristics in... View Details

Keywords: by Peter Jacobs

01 Dec 2004
News

One-on-One with William H. Donaldson

emerged after the booming 1990s and the resulting public uproar that forced Congress to pass the Sarbanes-Oxley Act were eerily similar to the period leading up to the market crash of 1929. Coming out of that, the president of the New... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

10 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution

three-part interview with Harvard Business School Marketing professors Rajiv Lal and José B. Alvarez, they discuss who is winning this revolution and which brands appear to be losing ground. Sean Silverthorne: Among the retailers you have... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

September 2006
Exercise

Earnings Management Exercise

By: Malcolm P. Baker

Students act as managers or investors. Managers have the ability to manipulate reported earnings, and investors must bid for shares taking this into account. View Details

Keywords: Earnings Management; Value; Stock Shares; Opportunities; Bids and Bidding; Reports

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Purchase

January 2011
Supplement

Matrix Capital Management (B)

By: Malcolm P. Baker and David Lane

Ben Balbale, a partner at hedge fund Matrix Capital, must decide whether to exit their investment in Rovi Corporation, a company with a diverse portfolio of patents used primarily for digital interactive guides. Rovi's shares are up over 50% from the time Balbale... View Details

Keywords: Public Ownership; Cash Flow; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Investment Funds; Financial Strategy; Valuation; Partners and Partnerships; Markets; Performance Efficiency; Patents; Stock Shares; Decisions; Financial Services Industry

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Purchase

23 Nov 1999
Research & Ideas

The Future of the Venture Capital Cycle

magnitude of fundamental technological innovation in the economy, the presence of liquid and competitive markets for venture capitalists to sell their investments (whether markets for View Details

Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner; Financial Services

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Prelude - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections

lessons of probability theory to the stock market has been a key focus of twentieth-century American finance. As a doctoral student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the late '60s, Merton was... View Details

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Research Links - Printed Collections

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Introduction Credit in Pre-Industrial Society Credit and the Market Economy: The Rise of... View Details

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... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Financial Services

12 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

Creating Value Across Borders

Europe and Africa because property rights are more difficult to enforce there. —Walter Kuemmerle The first difference is the development of capital markets and the transparency of these markets. In countries where family-owned... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

03 Oct 2017
News

Can Bezos’s Ties to Boston—and HBS—Seal the Deal?

its Nasdaq stock market debut. But Bezos was still feeling frugal. He didn’t want to spring for a cab from Logan to the Harvard campus, so some MBA students vied to give him a lift. Two of them, Rayport... View Details

Keywords: Retail Trade

01 Dec 2001
News

BOOK: Creating Value through Corporate Restructuring

by Stuart C. Gilson (John Wiley & Sons) News of major job cuts, bankruptcies, mergers, and buyouts seems to dominate the headlines these days, as global economic forces put pressure on companies to adapt in pursuit of higher market value.... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jun 1997
News

Short Takes

market so that the venture capitalists can cash out their investments. To have a stock market, you need reliable financial reporting, reputable auditing bodies, and an independent financial press. Creating... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

02 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

‘Retail Revolution’ Excerpt: The Scale of the Ecommerce Threat

threat is different from what retailers have faced in the past. Although Walmart took an enormous amount of market share in a diverse set of categories, many retailers were able to respond to and effectively co-exist with Walmart. Related... View Details

Keywords: Re: Rajiv Lal; Retail

05 Aug 2008
First Look

First Look: August 5, 2008

tend to rebalance more actively. We find some evidence that households rebalance towards a higher risky share as they become richer. We also study the decisions to trade individual assets. Households are more likely to fully sell directly held View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Professors Introduce Valuation Software

understanding of how the market is judging their firm's stock. Typical decisions could include: (1) Should I buy or sell this stock? (2) As a private company, what would my stock be worth as a public company... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Trade Cards - The Art of American Advertising

Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections Visual Resources More Exhibits Exhibition Gallery Research Links Site Credits The Art of American Advertising: Trade Cards National Markets Advertising Products Trade Catalogs Trade... View Details

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