Futures Market - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Jan 2007
What Do You Think?

Neuro Economics: Science or Science Fiction?

"self-reporting in surveys and focus groups is a limited tool, and I have no doubt that in the future brain scans will augment traditional research methods." But for Mark Spellmann, research of the kind associated with neuro... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Apr 2002
News

Professorship Brings Brierley's HBS Connection Full Circle

started my first business," he says from his office in Dallas, Texas. Now, with his generous endowment of the chair held by HBS professor John A. Deighton, Brierley's involvement with the School has come full circle. A specialist in View Details

Keywords: Charles M. Williams; Epsilon Data Management; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

16 Jun 2023
Blog Post

The HBS Climate Rising Podcast Reaches 50 (Episodes)

next? The recent release of our 50th original episode marks the start of a new series on the corporate net zero movement. We’ll look at how companies are setting targets, what those targets mean, and how companies are figuring out how to make progress against them.... View Details

15 Nov 2013
News

Helping Bright Ideas Shine Again

now, but that could change in a few years when the markets are right. "We specialize in restructuring patents, carrying out further development work, then getting them into the hands of strategic buyers who can bring them to market."... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

12 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 12, 2006

Boeing's e-Enabled Advantage Harvard Business School Case 807-011 Examines Boeing's new strategy of offering services to regain market dominance and help its struggling airline customers improve efficiency and profitability. Purchase this... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Aug 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1

basis for specifying the responsibilities of business managers. The second is framing the role of business in society by looking to the values realized by the basic building blocks of contemporary economic activity, i.e., markets and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 3, 2009

activities that seek only to benefit society and not as opportunities to create economic gain. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=409042 The Dojima Rice Market and the Origins of View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Profile

Ann Lucena

Although Ann Lucena dual-majored in biology and Spanish at Stanford, it was her two undergraduate internships that set the direction of her future work. At ABC News, Ann "got to work on an hour-long special about the effects of... View Details

16 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

European Private Equity—Still a Teenager?

side—while the early stage side is not quite as pretty a picture." The Future Of Europe Asked how the market is likely to evolve in a climate that contains enormous diversity in geography, business... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

14 Jul 2009
Research & Ideas

Business Summit: China in the Global Economy

continue in China, driven by domestic consumption. To retain global leadership, foreign companies must win Chinese consumers. The experience of Esquel Group over the past 30 years reflects China's evolution from a planned to a market... View Details

Keywords: Re: William C. Kirby

11 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 11

banking analysts issue early in the year relatively more optimistic and later in the year more pessimistic forecasts for banks that could be their future employers. This pattern is not observed when the same analysts forecast earnings of... View Details

07 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

Rocket Science Retailing

double their profits—especially retailers of products with short life cycles, such as clothing, consumer electronics, books, and music. But despite the potentially high payoff—and a commonly accepted belief among retailers that early sales are a good indicator of View Details

Keywords: by Marshall L. Fisher, Ananth Raman & Anna Sheen McClelland; Retail

20 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Exploring Technology and Public Impact Through the HBS/HKS Joint Degree Program

impact. Along the way, I’ve been able to develop my understanding through both coursework and extracurricular offerings at Harvard. My background in the tech industry Before HBS, I worked at Google, where I started in the rotational Associate Product View Details

01 Mar 2016
News

Art Collecting’s New Egalitarianism

informed, to track art transactions and auction results,” Weidner says. Where’s a collector to start, though? We asked him to share a few pieces of advice for burgeoning aesthetes. READ MORE Is the Auction House of the Future Online? 1)... View Details

01 Jun 2018
News

Up by the Roots

intent on what Gotsch and her colleague, a senior capital markets consultant at Accenture, had to say—or more precisely, what they had come to ask: Where, exactly, do you look for new and innovative financial technology? The response was... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Dan Page

30 Apr 2001
What Do You Think?

Dot.Com Shakeout: Chess or Roulette?

kind. That's the consensus among those responding to my recent questions concerning the future of the best and brightest of the Internet entrepreneurs still in business who have yet to achieve cash flow breakeven. As Yung-Hi Lim put it,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

05 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

VCs Survey Post-Bubble Opportunities

technical expertise, said Kapoor. A sense of timing and a good marketing instinct are two qualities at a premium in today's market. "It's not about specialization," said Reiss. "It's about quickly figuring out new trends... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Hanna; Financial Services

02 Jul 2001
What Do You Think?

Built to Last or Bought to Sell?

trade with a high degree of market mediated objectivity—as the model for a future where managers struggle hopelessly to keep up with investor-perceived value shifts. They seem to directly challenge the... View Details