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  • December 2022
  • Technical Note

Risks and Opportunities from the Transition to a Low Carbon Economy: A Business Analysis Framework

By: George Serafeim
The transition to a low carbon economy introduces many risks and opportunities for businesses. Risks emerge from regulatory actions, such as carbon taxes and cap and trade systems, technological innovation that develop alternatives for customers making existing... View Details
Keywords: Risk Assessment; Opportunities; Environmental Sustainability; Carbon Footprint; Risk Management; Competitive Dynamics; Business Analysis; Climate Change; Accounting; Finance; Valuation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Technological Innovation; Transition; Product Positioning; Renewable Energy; Analysis
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  • 11 Apr 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Adding Time to Activity-Based Costing

be possible without the power of ERP systems. Many companies invested tens or hundreds of millions in their ERP systems but found it difficult to identify a return on investment from their spending.... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
  • 27 Feb 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018

stage entrepreneurial ventures. Given the inherent uncertainty surrounding a decision to invest in these ventures, prior research has found that experienced investors rely heavily on their investor gut feel—dynamic expertise-based... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Jul 2002
  • Research & Ideas

How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”

clearer in the second half of the nineteenth century. In the United States, the building of the railroads after 1850 led to the development of mass markets for the first time. Along with improved access to capital and credit, mass markets encouraged large-scale View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
  • 24 Mar 2015
  • First Look

First Look: March 24

novel dataset by hand-mapping data on sustainability investments classified as material for each industry into firm-specific performance data on a variety of sustainability investments. This allows us to present new evidence on the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Jan 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?

farmers in the country’s poorer provinces can achieve a standard of living equal to a high-tech worker in Hangzhou—is a daunting task. This increasing unease about economic inequality and instability is causing the wealthiest Chinese to View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace

who are Sikhs come to the office centered and focused after our morning spiritual practice, which gives us the clarity to make better decisions," he explains. "Second, valuing others means we are slow on the firing trigger. We... View Details
Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso
  • 25 Mar 2014
  • Research & Ideas

China’s Economic System has Difficult Road Overcoming its Political System

curse to the economic fortunes of the county. On the one hand, it has poured massive investment into infrastructure improvements, as anyone who has witnessed the incredible growth of mega-cities such as Shanghai and Shenzhen can see.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 13 Apr 2010
  • First Look

First Look: April 13

of value and growth indices, and a more general investor, who also has access to Treasury bills and bonds. We find that the mean allocation of equity-only investors is heavily tilted towards value stocks at... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Aug 2022
  • Research & Ideas

It’s All in a Name: Reputable Investors Help Startups Shine

Do top venture capital firms add value to startups simply by attaching their names? If attracting talent is any measure, they sure do. New research finds that job seekers are two-thirds more likely to apply to a startup if they know it is... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 23 Jun 2021
  • Research & Ideas

One More Way the Startup World Hampers Women Entrepreneurs

Ruiqing "Sam" Cao. That reality is particularly problematic for female entrepreneurs, who are more likely to invent products that address the needs of female consumers. “You could imagine those products being discounted because the men on this platform often lack the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 22 May 2007
  • First Look

First Look: May 22, 2007

resulting currency position tends to rise in value when equity markets fall. This strategy works well for investment horizons of one month to one year. In the past 15 years the risk-minimizing demand for the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 17

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-060.pdf Investment Incentives in Proprietary and Open-Source Two-Sided Platforms Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Gastón Llanes Abstract We study incentives to invest... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Jan 2006
  • Research & Ideas

What Really Drives Your Strategy?

work he makes a resource allocation decision at the operating level—how to allocate his time and attention—which de facto keeps the investment from happening, even though financial resources have been procured. So this is a case where the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 06 Sep 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Power of Leadership Groups for Staying on Track

Today's most successful leaders are focusing on sustaining superior performance by aligning people around mission and values and empowering leaders at all levels, while serving customers and collaborating throughout the organization. Over... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
  • 17 May 2018
  • Sharpening Your Skills

You Probably Have a Bias for Making Bad Decisions. Here's Why.

beliefs (confirmation bias), to give ourselves too much credit or not enough blame (self-serving bias), or to place more value on losing $100 than making $100 (loss aversion). In business, a bias-clouded decision can have disastrous... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Apr 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019

Donald Trump, the new CEO of ExxonMobil faced many strategic questions. How should ExxonMobil invest going forward? What were the capabilities that ExxonMobil needed to develop in order to be successful in the future? Did the accounting... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 13 Nov 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Six Steps for Reinvigorating America

to act as "citizen diplomats," spreading greater understanding of our values and helping countries that empower their people and build their economies. Develops an ethos of a community that cares about others and a program of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Dec 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 6

of firms just above and just below the investment-grade cutoff. These firms have similar observables, including average investment rates. However, flows into high-yield mutual funds have an economically significant effect on the issuance... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Apr 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019

organizing a large pool of capital, investing at scale, and generating VC-style returns. By effectively anointing category leaders and deterring competitive entry, would the Vision Fund accelerate innovation or undermine the market forces... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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