Jealousy Of Trade - Publications - Faculty & Research

2024
Article

Half the Firms, Double the Profits: Public Firms' Transformation, 1996–2022

The number of public firms in the United States has halved since the beginning of the twenty-first century, causing consternation among corporate and securities law regulators. The dominant explanations, often advanced by Securities and Exchange commissioners when... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Law; Securities Regulation; Sarbanes-Oxley Act; Concentration Levels; Antitrust; Initial Public Offering; Public Ownership; Private Equity; Venture Capital; Mergers and Acquisitions; Monopoly; United States

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Banking System - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Income from trading activities was strongly negative in several years during the financial crisis. Source: Bank Holding Company Y9C Data Accounting Measures of Risk The ratio View Details

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Tethys | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

restorations of the mosaic. This Roman work of art from more than a millennium and a half ago has much to teach us about Mediterranean culture and global trade in the ancient... View Details

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Strategy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Organizational Adoption: Discovering New Uses for Existing Innovations." Frank Nagle : "Jack of All Trades and Master of Knowledge: The Role of... View Details

01 Oct 1997
News

Brice Cutrer Jones

Ask Brice Jones, founder and president of Sonoma-Cutrer Vineyards, what he does for a living, and he will answer simply, "I'm a farmer." Spend a morning touring his vineyard and winery in Windsor, California, however, and you will... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

Fast Answer

Options: Basics for finding price data

An option is a financial derivative contract that essentially bestows the right to buy (call) or sell (put) a given security at a specified price (the strike or exercise price) at (or before) a specified date (the expiration date). For example, on January 14, 2014, the... View Details

26 Oct 2018
Blog Post

Making the Switch from Finance to Fitness

“Fitness is your hobby. Finance is your career.” - Words so false that they changed my life. Finance After graduating from Yale University, I joined the fast-paced world of Foreign Exchange (FX) at a large US-based investment bank in New... View Details

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Openings - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

instructor should consider presence and delivery in the opening: Voice Speak slowly and project Modulate tone and speed Movement Standing in a fixed spot (e.g. in front of the doc cam) can help focus student attention Using dynamic body... View Details

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Data Privacy Statement (MENA) - Global

Middle East & North Africa Dubai, Istanbul, Tel Aviv Data Privacy Statement Pursuant to Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data of Turkey (hereinafter “Law”) entered into force on April 7, 2016 after... View Details

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Forum - U.S. Competitiveness

profit for the company. Started 24 Jun 2014 Shattering the Myths About U.S. Trade Policy Forum started by Robert Z. Lawrence and Lawrence Edwards The United States economy has to grow faster than its long-run potential to absorb its high... View Details

30 May 2018
What Do You Think?

Should Intellectual Property be Protected in International Trade?

Summing Up Does IP Ownership Belong in International Trade Deals? Intellectual property (IP) regulation remains an active issue in trade negotiations between the China and the United States. The most... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog

Global Economy Vincent Pons Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Managing International Trade and Investment Meg Rithmire Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 RoGME: Role of Government in Market Economies Matthew Weinzierl Spring 2026 Q4 1.5... View Details

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Charts & Statistics - Leadership

Breakup of Standard Oil and American Tobacco Clayton Antitrust Act Federal Reserve Act First Federal-Aid Highway Act Federal Trade Commission established Personal income tax reinstituted Influence: Low 20... View Details

01 Jun 2023
News

In My Humble Opinion: Very Continental

Ngoyi at the Fund for Export Development in Africa: creating sustainable development at scale. (Courtesy of Marlene Ngoyi) Born in Brussels to Congolese parents and raised in Gabon, Marlene Ngoyi (MBA 2009) has lived and worked in countries including Guatemala, the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; investment; exports; infrastructure; life experience; finance; Finance

30 Mar 2018
What Do You Think?

What Should Mark Zuckerberg Do?

billion in seven trading days. One business columnist had proposed the creation of a federal Digital Protection Agency, whose job would be to “clean up toxic data spills, educate the public, and calibrate... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Web Services; Information Technology

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Home Finance

statistics identified friends and family, savings banks, and building & loan societies as the three largest sources of mortgage lending. Trade journals, like this report of... View Details

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Introducing One-Step Photography - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

well have been stifled or ignored by a jaded trade press corps, used to handouts from established giant firms," Land biographer Victor McElheny argues. "Instead, instant photography was unveiled at a scientific conference as a technical... View Details

31 Jan 2014
News

Body, Heal Thyself

says, that big seat as bioMérieux CEO at the age of 33. Now just 41, this man, who says he never wants to regret a thing, who was recruited to lead giant companies being traded on NASDAQ and NYSE, and who is... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon; biotech; Health, Social Assistance; Scientific Research and Development Services

24 Jun 2016
Op-Ed

Why Brexit is a Big Deal

The consequences of yesterday's vote by the British people to leave the European Union will be far-reaching, but there is no reason for global markets to panic. Brexit is a vote against the European Union. Once heralded as the engine... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

18 Dec 2019
Book

6 Skills That Wise Companies Harness for World-Changing Innovation

means, including Machiavellian ones, if necessary, to bring together people with conflicting goals and spur them into action. When the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry tried to restrict Honda... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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