Real Investment - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Jan 2021
In Practice

Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm

government will be led by experienced professionals who work collaboratively and can guide greater national efforts to ensure cooperation and consistency across states. Businesses will find it easier to make plans and invest for the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

27 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes

from proving masculinity. People need a compelling reason to place their self-image at risk, and being invested in a meaningful purpose that requires taking such risks may provide one. Research shows that people regard as meaningful... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

30 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

Where Could More Regulation Help Small Businesses? Online Lending.

all loans at some of the larger online small business lenders, in part because finding creditworthy borrowers can be tough. The subprime crisis illuminated the dangers of letting loan brokers go unchecked. As with mortgage brokers in many states, and more recently with... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills and Brayden McCarthy; Financial Services

28 Aug 2012
First Look

First Look: August 28

of 10‐year sustainability‐related goals. In an effort to meet such goals, the company invested a total of $1 billion in environmentally beneficial products such as new seeds and traits in Dow's AgroSciences business, solar shingles, and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 1996
News

Leading In a New Era

direction. "For the first three months," Charron continues, "I did nothing but listen. I had to listen to figure out what the hell was going on. All I did was go around and meet people — hundreds of people inside and outside the company, in the View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

15 Dec 2015
First Look

December 15, 2015

audience. The case features a multimedia format of audio and video clips in order to engage students directly with JALC protagonists and with jazz music—the real protagonist of the case. The case is ideal for a first year marketing course... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

30 Jul 2025
News

Play with Purpose

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi. This is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Born in Chevy Chase, Maryland, Josh Harris (MBA 1990) attended NFL games at the old RFK Stadium in D.C. as a young child, and recalls being stunned by the... View Details

20 Nov 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, November 20, 2018

PE-backed companies increased investments relative to their peers, while also experiencing greater equity and debt inflows. The effects are stronger among financially constrained companies and those whose private equity investors had more... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

05 Oct 2016
What Do You Think?

Can the US Economy Regain the Growth and Prosperity of the Past?

increased immigration would help reverse current trends. As he put it, “Those folks tend to be younger, with growing families which require furniture, food, clothing. Our ‘native’ population is aging and doesn’t earn or spend as much.” The case for strategic View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

05 Aug 2015
What Do You Think?

What Happened to the ‘Innovation, Disruption, Technology’ Dividend?

characterized those urging patience. As he put it, “The computer was created by Babbage in the 18th century We only started seeing the pervasive benefits from computing in the last 10-15 years. Today’s innovations will bring real... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer; Technology

05 Dec 2005
What Do You Think?

Is Growth Good?

reporting, and rewarding end and effect—economic growth—than the means and causes of economic growth? Is there too long a lag time between the two to interest managers (and in some cases even policymakers)? Is there too great a physical and psychological gap between... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Mar 2023
News

Enabling Students to Pursue Their Passions

workforce, but his mother encouraged him to pursue his real passion despite the time commitment. And when he arrived at Harvard Medical School in 2017 and later realized he would need to study business and policy, in addition to medicine,... View Details

Keywords: April White

17 Nov 2020
In Practice

How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other

retailers. To survive in this environment, cost cutting—including the renegotiation of rental contracts—is of paramount importance, especially in the short term. But the real imperatives are: Finding ways to build advantage on attributes... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Retail

07 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

The Business of Biotech

cancer and AIDS. Those working in the biotech trenches, however, point out that the real work has only just begun. Dr. Robert Tepper, chief scientific officer for Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., put it this way in a Business Week... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Biotechnology; Health; Technology

09 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Hold or Fold? Sizing Up Business Risk

you are feeling pretty good about your predictions, your best option would be A, to stay in the game as an active investor. If this round is a down round, which means that your prior investment has now been substantially diluted and... View Details

Keywords: by Eileen C. Shapiro & Howard H. Stevenson

19 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

Public Education Goes to School

and local governments will reach approximately $450 billion. Although per-pupil spending has more than doubled in real dollars over the last thirty years, student achievement has remained stagnant. U.S. students look mediocre, or worse,... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark; Education

01 Mar 2023
News

Clearing the Air

2022, it was heralded as a landmark investment in the environment. “This bill is the biggest step forward on climate ever,” President Joe Biden said when he signed the legislation, which included $369 billion for efforts such as advancing... View Details

Keywords: April White and Dan Morrell; Illustrations by Richard Borge

01 Jun 1996
News

Class Acts

effervescent Lyon attributes his entrepreneurial tendencies to his father, the "Dave" of Uncle Dave's. "He has always created new ventures - everything from selling real estate to being the first licensee to sell Pac Man T-shirts," Lyon... View Details

27 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Build Winning Streaks

Self-confidence is not the real secret of leadership. The more essential ingredient is confidence in other people. Leadership involves motivating others to their finest efforts and channeling those efforts in a coherent direction. Leaders... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

17 Jan 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: January 17

forthcoming Handbook of International Trade and Transportation Transportation Cost and the Geography of Foreign Investment By: Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie Chen Abstract—Falling transportation costs and rapid technological progress in recent... View Details