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  • 07 Mar 2013
  • HBS Seminar

Horace Dediu, Asymco

    Robert C. Merton

    Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

    Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

    Keywords: investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry
    • March 2004 (Revised October 2013)
    • Case

    Innocents Abroad: Currencies and International Stock Returns

    By: Mihir A. Desai, Kathleen Luchs, Elizabeth A. Meyer and Mark Veblen
    What do international stocks contribute to the portfolio of a U.S. investor? How do currencies interact with stock price movements in determining the benefits of international diversification? This case helps students compare the risks and returns of foreign stock... View Details
    Keywords: Diversification; International CAPM; CAPM; Home Bias; Currency Risk; Exchange Rate Risk; International Stock Market Returns; United States; Currency Exchange Rate; Stocks; Financial Markets; International Finance; Investment Return; Currency; Risk and Uncertainty; Emerging Markets; Investment Portfolio; Financial Services Industry; United States; Australia; Canada; China; Germany; India; Japan; United Kingdom
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    • Fall 2018
    • Article

    What Problems Will You Solve with Blockchain?: Before Jumping on the Bandwagon, Companies Need to Carefully Consider how Ledger Technologies Fit into their Overall Strategy

    By: Teppo Felin and Karim R. Lakhani
    Distributed ledger technologies — collectively known as blockchain — have burst onto the business scene, accompanied by a significant amount of hype.They are widely expected to disrupt existing industries and lead to the creation of new types of companies. Some of the... View Details
    Keywords: Blockchain; Technology Adoption; Strategy; Business Processes; Innovation Strategy
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    • Research Summary

    Using IT to Leverage Human Resources in Services

    Discussion of the Internet and IT to date concentrates on how they will replace, rather than support, human service providers. While this approach is appropriate for a few firms, it is inadequate for many. The Internet and other information technology... View Details

    • September 2014 (Revised March 2015)
    • Case

    Fast Ion Battery

    By: Ramana Nanda, Robert F. White and Stephanie Puzio
    John Davidson, a partner at Ware Street Capital (WSC) and a board member at Fast Ion Battery, had just received a phone call from Don Lerner at Bluelock Ventures telling him that Bluelock would not participate in the $5M bridge financing for Fast Ion Battery. Lerner's... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Real Options; Term Sheets; Clean Technology; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital
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    Faculty & Research

    for acute symptoms, more than improving patient education, may reduce avoidable health care. Featured Case Blue Owl Financing of Ping Identity By: Victoria Ivashina and Srimayi Mylavarapu In the fall of 2022, Blue Owl Capital's investment... View Details
    • Winter 2016
    • Article

    Improving Store Liquidation

    By: Nathan Craig and Ananth Raman
    This paper introduces methods for increasing the efficiency of retail store liquidation, which we define as the time-constrained divestment of retail outlets through an in-store sale of inventory. The retail industry depends extensively on liquidation, not only as a... View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Operations; Investment; Retail Industry
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    • 15 Nov 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: November 15

    the compact arrangement of buildings, efficient use of water and power, and deployment of transit that reduces congestion. Investment and urban planning in three Asian cities are profiled as illustrations.... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 06 Nov 2006
    • Research & Ideas

    How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI

    More than one decade after the fall of apartheid, and despite ambitious economic reforms by the ANC government, foreign direct investment flows into South Africa averaged around two-thirds less than View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace
    • 14 Nov 2006
    • First Look

    First Look: November 14, 2006

      Working PapersThe Business of Free Software: Enterprise Incentives, Investment, and Motivation in the Open Source Community Authors:Marco Iansiti and Gregory L. Richards Abstract In this paper, we examine the motivations of large information technology... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

      Real Growth in Space Manufacturing Output Substantially Exceeds Growth in the Overall Space Economy

      Accurately measuring real economic output in the space economy is made difficult by the rapid increase in capabilities and decrease in prices of launch and satellite technologies achieved over the past two decades. Nominal measures of output in space will tend to... View Details
      • October 2023 (Revised November 2023)
      • Case

      Recycle & Re-Match: The Future of Soccer Turfs

      By: George Serafeim, Lena Duchene and Carlota Moniz
      By August 2023, Re-Match, an artificial turf waste-to-value company, had operations in Denmark and the Netherlands and had recycled over 160,000 tons of waste and plastic fiber. With recent capital injection from the VC firm Verdane and a dual revenue business model,... View Details
      Keywords: Carbon Emissions; Carbon Abatement; Sustainability; Recycling; Waste Management; Technology; Entrepreneurial Management; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Decisions; Energy Conservation; Investment Return; Profit; Technological Innovation; Patents; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Digital Platforms; Wastes and Waste Processing; Business Strategy; Competition; Expansion; Technology Adoption; Sports; Environmental Sustainability; Entrepreneurship; Green Technology Industry; Service Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Rubber Industry; Sports Industry; Denmark; Netherlands; France; United States; Pennsylvania; Europe
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      • 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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      • January 2011
      • Supplement

      Matrix Capital Management (C)

      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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      • Program

      Mergers and Acquisitions

      efficiently and effectively Expand your personal and professional network Extend your network by living and working with accomplished executives from various backgrounds, industries, and countries across the globe Build relationships with... View Details
      • 06 Oct 2023
      • Book

      Yes, You Can Radically Change Your Organization in One Week

      Thursday: Tell a good story To get colleagues invested in your plan, tell a story that honors the complicated past, shares your current plan, and explains what the future will look like in a way that is both rigorous and optimistic. Frei:... View Details
      Keywords: by Kristen Senz
      • 21 Nov 2023
      • Research & Ideas

      Employee Negativity Is Like Wildfire. Manage It Before It Spreads.

      involves telling ourselves positive narratives to help us cope with challenging situations, a strategy often called reappraisal. Similarly, achieving a sense of calm in a group setting often hinges on a leader’s ability to reconceptualize the circumstances and View Details
      Keywords: by Kristen Senz
      • Web

      Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni

      Business School Mitchell Weiss (MBA 2004) Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice Harvard Business School Co-Intelligence Ethan Mollick Associate Professor Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania Investing in the... View Details
      • Web

      Browse All Articles, Research, & Case Studies - HBS Working Knowledge

      operate more efficiently and grow? In the updated edition of Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream, Karen Mills looks at evolving technology and how it might power this critical engine of the US economy. 05 Nov 2024 Research &... View Details