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  • 20 Mar 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Incubators: The New Venture Capitalists?

view is that venture capital is a commodity. If you look at the size of the funds that are being put together today, it's not difficult to put money together. "Traditional venture capitals need to move... View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
  • 05 Mar 2013
  • First Look

First Look: March 5

particularly useful for forecasting bond returns. We show that a significant decline in issuer quality is a more reliable signal of credit market overheating than rapid aggregate credit growth. We use these findings to investigate the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 May 2015
  • First Look

First Look: May 26

the strategy literature by considering "ambivalent value," value produced by the interaction of two firms that does not necessarily accrue to either. The extent of "ambivalent value" is unclear, but its persistence despite changing structural... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Jan 2024
  • Research & Ideas

10 Trends to Watch in 2024

The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 18 Oct 2010
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Venture Capital’s Disconnect with Clean Tech

MBA students often fall into one of two categories—those hungry to rush into careers as venture capitalists, and those eager to found a venture-funded start-up. For all of them, Harvard Business School professor Joseph Lassiter has some intriguing advice: Spend a few... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities; Financial Services
  • December 2019
  • Case

Steemit: A New Social Media?

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Alexander White and Karen Elterman
This case discusses the alternative social media site Steemit, including the principles it was founded on in 2016 and the challenges it faced in 2019. Steemit was a blockchain-based platform that aimed to differentiate itself from other social media companies by... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Decisions; Voting; Economic Systems; Money; Fairness; Values and Beliefs; Goals and Objectives; Digital Platforms; Product Design; Design; Problems and Challenges; Network Effects; Motivation and Incentives; Social and Collaborative Networks; Reputation; Business Strategy; Competition; Internet and the Web; Social Media; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States; Virginia; New York (city, NY)
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  • 20 Mar 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018

automated way, for instance by screening out weapons manufacturers stocks or overweighting LGBTQ friendly companies, while still closely tracking the overall stock market performance. In 2017, bolstered by $3.25 million in seed View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Jun 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Rethinking Retirement Planning

She'd say that he was worth 4,000 pounds a year. That's how we usually think of our standard of living." Merton says we're used to the mutual fund industry as a vehicle for getting to our retirement... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Financial Services
  • 15 Apr 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Solving the Search vs. Display Advertising Quandary

a few clicks of a mouse, companies can tell how successful a particular ad was in making a purchase decision. "A lot of companies have put more and more money into online marketing because online View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising
  • 30 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Big Companies, Big Opportunities—Big Questions

away from anything but a majority position, Rodriguez said. Illiquid markets are also a turn-off for institutional investors. Only thirty-three companies in Latin America meet the minimum $5 million in daily trading volume most View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
  • 08 Sep 2003
  • Research & Ideas

A Bold Proposal for Investment Reform

critical look at companies' financial statements. Stock exchanges could fund the cost of audits through a modest transactions charge. Q: In your article you argue that the availability of high quality information is crucial to an... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services
  • 02 Feb 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Where Does Apple Go From Here?

one is the path of least resistance because they can continue the BMW strategy for the Mac, which at a minimum breaks even, makes a little money, or loses a little money in any given quarter. The strategy View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 25

working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=46882 Friends with Close Ties: Asset or Liability? Evidence from the Investment Decisions of Mutual Funds in China By: Gao, Xinzi, T.J. Wong,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Aug 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?

companies will be explicit about their cooperation and under scrutiny from investors, regulators, and their own legal experts. “Similar to airlines cooperating by purchasing jets together in order to lower costs collectively, collaborations are View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Manufacturing; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Mining
  • 20 Apr 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Misgovernance at the World Bank

Getting a seat at the table often makes all the difference in the world. New research from Harvard Business School suggests that this idea holds true literally at the World Bank, where the 24 countries serving on the Board of Executive Directors benefit their own... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 03 Mar 2008
  • First Look

First Look: March 4, 2008

because their market power allows them to charge higher service fees than domestic banks. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/05-025.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsThe Armstrong Investigation Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Aug 2015
  • First Look

First Look Tuesday

Abstract—U.S. money market mutual funds (MMFs) are an important source of dollar funding for global financial... View Details
  • 17 Jan 2023
  • In Practice

8 Trends to Watch in 2023

As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 10 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 10, 2009

Working Papers An Investigation of Earnings Management through Marketing Actions (revised) Authors: Craig J. Chapman and Thomas J. Steenburgh Abstract Prior research hypothesizes managers use "real actions," including the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Apr 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Bio-Piracy: When Western Firms Usurp Eastern Medicine

emerging market entities as imitators. (Cases of bio-piracy indicate the opposite.) From a practical perspective, they wanted to suss out factors that might thwart bio-piracy altogether. In a series of new papers, the researchers trace a... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Legal Services; Biotechnology

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