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About - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

for short-term visits to Harvard Business School to collaborate with Harvard faculty. Research BFFS Project researchers currently lead research projects on the following topics: Measuring Bubbles Can a researcher, a regulator or a market... View Details

16 Oct 2023
HBS Case

Advancing Black Talent: From the Flight Ramp to 'Family-Sustaining' Careers at Delta

Johnson. They do this work hand-in-glove,” Hill says. The strategy must be pursued with transparency and rigor companywide. “The leadership needs to be exposed to people from different [workforce] groups,” Hill says, “because one of the things we know is that senior... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Air Transportation

01 Dec 2023
News

Thinking Ahead

As we wind down 2023, there’s talk everywhere of generative AI and how it will fundamentally alter the world as we know it; but how does that translate for your corner of the business world? Is TikTok something you need to take seriously? (Is it time to dance?) We... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Illustrations by Chris Gash; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

06 Oct 2008
Research & Ideas

Updating a Classic: Writing a Great Business Plan

Yes, the context is very challenging today. But challenges create opportunities. If gaining access to capital is hard, sometimes that means there will be fewer competitors. This period is almost the antithesis of the Internet bubble when... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

Plant-Based Agribusiness (1) Policy (44) Political Elections (33) Pollution and Pollutants (4) Poverty (3) Power and Influence (72) Practice (1) Prejudice and Bias (60) Price Bubble (6) Price (36) Private Equity (17) Private Ownership (1)... View Details

02 Oct 2017
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Do Bitcoin and Digital Currency Have a Future?

Credit: pixelfit SUMMING UP How Will Digital Currencies Be Regulated? Blockchain technology has a brighter future than most digital currencies in general and Bitcoin in particular, judging from responses to this month’s column. It’s also clear that a discussion of... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett; Financial Services

04 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

How To Do Business in Islamic Countries

foreign arbitration awards. "It's very important to watch how fast Saudi Arabia moves toward WTO membership. It will have a great deal to do with the political stability of the country, its dealing with the challenges of the future—very serious ones like a... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

21 Aug 2020
Blog Post

Pursuing a JD/MBA Joint Degree

final year, which I’m excited about. Going back and forth between the two schools has also helped push me outside the HLS and HBS bubbles to engage with the rest of the University. You get to be part of a very close-knit group.... View Details

05 Nov 2021
Blog Post

Video Blog: Why I Decided to Pursue an MBA at HBS

And so you feel very well insulated and guarded from everything else kind of happening. It's like all the distractions of a big city are completely barred off. And so it's nice to be in a little bubble where it's just literally your... View Details

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Our Curriculum - Business History

institutions (including banks and insurance companies). Still others focus on the behavior of financial actors and groups, particularly in the context of financial bubbles and crashes. Because the course highlights the origins of... View Details

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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

See Johannes’ other research here and Victoria’s other research here . More Info Diagnostic Bubbles By: Pedro Bordalo , Nicola Gennaioli , Spencer Kwon & Andrei Shleifer SEP 2021 The financial crisis of 2007–2008 has revived academic... View Details

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In The Classroom - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Greenwood APR 2011 (REVISED APR 2011) | Harvard Business School Case 211-101 "Gold in 2011: Bubble or Safe Haven Asset? By: Robin Greenwood & Benjamin Steiner MAR 2011 (REVISED APR 2011) | Harvard Business School Case 211-095 View Details... View Details

March 2022 (Revised March 2024)
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Hometown Foods: Changing Price amid Inflation

By: Julian De Freitas, Jeremy Yang and Das Narayandas

During the early part of the 2021 Covid-19 pandemic, Hometown Foods, a large seller of flour-based products, thrived as consumers hoarded baked goods and took up baking to pass the time and find comfort. Then, amid growing shortages in commodities, a vaccine arrived,... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Consumer Behavior; Supply Chain; Inflation and Deflation; Spending; Price Bubble; Price; Volatility; Food and Beverage Industry

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06 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

The Problem with Hedge Funds

During the Internet and telecom bubble, investors placed money in mutual funds, believing it was being managed carefully, only to discover that it was placed in dot-com and telecom stocks. When the bubble burst, the money was mostly lost.... View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

23 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

The Power of Conversational Leadership

EMC (and one essay by a man). "It bubbled up organically," Groysberg says. "And in that way the message they created was more compelling than a marketing campaign. It's helping the company to recruit women, which creates a great... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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1929: The Great Crash - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

the 1920s Research Links Site Credits 1929: The Great Crash Unique historical materials in Harvard University collections throw light on the role of the regional exchanges in the stock market crash of 1929, and the regulation of the securities industry during the New... View Details

30 Apr 2020
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Fighting Climate Change Requires a New Capitalism

Rebecca Henderson spent her young adult years living two lives. At work, she preached the risks of resisting change to MBA students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, drawing on lessons she learned while watching factories close as a management consultant.... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Energy

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Robin Greenwood | About

Economics Research. Robin's research is in behavioral and institutional finance, with a particular focus on "macro-level" market inefficiencies such as stock price bubbles and predictable financial crises. He has also coauthored research... View Details

25 Jan 2010
Research & Ideas

A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy

very little about how to prevent a bubble from becoming a problem in the first place. Q: In your own field of research, what are you working on these days? A: Well, I'm working on a number of things. I've spent a great deal of time over... View Details