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  • September 2022
  • Article

Human Versus Machine: A Comparison of Robo-Analyst and Traditional Research Analyst Investment Recommendations

By: Braiden Coleman, Kenneth J. Merkley and Joseph Pacelli
We provide the first comprehensive analysis of the properties of investment recommendations generated by “Robo-Analysts,” which are human analyst-assisted computer programs conducting automated research analysis. Our results indicate that Robo-Analyst recommendations... View Details
Keywords: Fintech; Analysts; Robo-analysts; Investment Recommendations; Investment; Information Technology; Performance
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Ways to Give Today - Alumni

Services 617.495.1750 Send a Check Make your check payable to Harvard Business School. Mail check to: Harvard Business School P.O. Box 412275 Boston, MA 02241-2275 If using FedEx, UPS, DHL, or any other service that cannot deliver to a P.O. box, mail check to: View Details
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Global Crises Data by Country - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Data Global Crises Data by Country Download Data Set in Excel On this page we present data collected over many years by Carmen Reinhart (with her coauthors Ken Rogoff, Christoph Trebesch, and Vincent Reinhart). These include Banking... View Details
  • April 2010
  • Case

Bill Nichol Negotiates with Walmart: Hard Bargains over Soft Goods (A)

By: James K. Sebenius and Ellen Knebel
CEO Bill Nichol must somehow negotiate a surprise ultimatum from Walmart, his largest customer, about his largest and most profitable product line: “We're dropping it.” Among its hosiery products, the Kentucky Derby Hosiery Co. produces and sells a branded line of... View Details
Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Crisis Management; Negotiation Tactics; Conflict Management; Apparel and Accessories Industry; North America
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    David A. Moss

    David Moss is the Paul Whiton Cherington Professor at Harvard Business School, where he teaches in the Business, Government, and the International Economy (BGIE) unit. He earned his B.A. from Cornell University and his Ph.D. from Yale.  In 1992-1993, he served as a... View Details

    Keywords: banking; banking; banking; banking; banking; banking; banking
    • July 23, 2019
    • Article

    Is the U.S. on Its Way to Becoming a Cashless Society?

    By: Shelle Santana
    The rise of digital payments, including credit cards, debit cards, and mobile payments systems, have contributed to the steady shift in payment practices among consumers. According to the FDIC, cash represented just 30% of all payments in 2017, and the percentage of... View Details
    Keywords: Payment Methods; Cash; Credit Cards; Consumer Behavior; Change; United States
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    • March 2017 (Revised June 2019)
    • Case

    Mubadala and EBX: To X or to X It?

    By: Nori Gerardo Lietz, Ricardo Andrade and Sayiddah Fatima McCree
    In April 2012, Mubadala, Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund invested $2 billion in Brazilian conglomerate EBX, believing the company to be undervalued by the public markets. Shortly thereafter, however, EBX and its multiple business lines began to spiral downward. Hani... View Details
    Keywords: Sovereign Wealth Funds; Conglomerates; Investing; Corporate Structure; International; Sovereign Finance; Business Conglomerates; Investment; Financing and Loans; Restructuring; Organizational Structure; Economy; Brazil; Abu Dhabi
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    • 2017
    • Working Paper

    Elite Ideas and Incremental Policy Change: The Expansion of Primary Education in India

    By: Akshay Mangla
    This paper analyzes India’s recent enactment of universal primary education. Given the clientelistic features of Indian democracy, this programmatic policy change presents a puzzle. Drawing on interviews and official documents, I find that committed state elites... View Details
    Keywords: India; Political Economy; Ideas; Institutional Change; Education; Change Management; India
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      National Customer Orientation: An Empirical Test across 112 Countries

      Customer orientation is a central tenet of marketing. However, less is known about how customer orientation varies across countries and time.  Mintz, Currim, and Deshpandé (Eur. J. Mark., 56: 1014–1041, 2022) propose a country-level construct, national customer... View Details
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      Middle East & North Africa - Global

      opportunity dispatches students across the globe to collaborate with local business partners, tackling real-world challenges through intensive project work for up to 10 days. For their project, the six HBS students assigned to work with BMCE View Details
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      South Asia - Global

      Advisory Member on the Board of HBS Club of India, and on the Advisory Board of the Indian Business School. Prior to joining HBS IRC Anjali spent 15 years with Citigroup India, most recently as Country Director, before which she worked for more than a decade with ANZ... View Details
      • 05 Sep 2007
      • First Look

      First Look: September 5, 2007

      Harvard Business School Case 406-033 In 2005, Tad Piper reflects on the successful spin-off from US Bancorp of Piper Jaffray, the investment bank founded by his grandfather. Profiles the development of Piper Jaffray from a Midwestern... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
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      Spangler Center | About

      daughters, Anna Spangler Nelson (MBA 1988) and Abigail Riggs Spangler. Dick Spangler was a successful entrepreneur in several industries, including construction, hospitality, and banking. In the early 1980s, he led the merger of Bank of... View Details
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      Podcast - Business & Environment

      its carbon fingerprints that touch every aspect of their business, from banking to creative services. For transcripts and other resources, visit climaterising.org. Climate Rising Host: Professor Mike Toffel, Faculty Chair, Business &... View Details
      • 23 Jul 2001
      • Research & Ideas

      Sam Walton: Great From the Start

      family. Eastman returned to the Rochester Savings Bank as a director after he had made his fortune. Walton never came back to Newport as a resident, but he did as a merchant. This is what he had to say: "Wal-Mart No. 18 … opened... View Details
      Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow; Retail

        Geoffrey G. Jones

        Geoffrey Jones is the Isidor Straus Professor of Business History, and Faculty Chair of the School's Business History Initiative. He holds degrees of BA, MA and PhD from Cambridge University, UK. He has an honorary Doctorate in Economics and Business Administration... View Details

        Keywords: banking; banking; banking; banking; banking; banking; banking; banking; banking; banking; banking; banking; banking
        • 03 Oct 2022
        • Research & Ideas

        Why a Failed Startup Might Be Good for Your Career After All

        coauthors are Natee Amornsiripanitch, an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia; George Hu, a graduate student at Harvard University; Will Levinson, researcher associate at HBS; and Vladimir Mukharlyamov, an assistant... View Details
        Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
        • November 2019
        • Case

        Floating the Exchange Rate: In Pursuit of the Chinese Dream

        By: Laura Alfaro and Sarah Jeong
        In the decades following 2005, China faced significant financial challenges. Inflation spiraled upwards and China’s economy stagnated in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis. The country’s leaders took an interventionist approach to weather the storm, controlling... View Details
        Keywords: Exchange Rate; Inflation; Debt; Currency Exchange Rate; Inflation and Deflation; Borrowing and Debt; China
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        • 14 Feb 2023
        • Research & Ideas

        When a Vacation Isn’t Enough, a Sabbatical Can Recharge Your Life—and Your Career

        A few years ago, DJ DiDonna seemed to have everything going for him. He had started a successful venture called the Entrepreneurial Finance Lab, which used psychometric factors to help banks issuing microloans in the developing world... View Details
        Keywords: by Michael Blanding
        • 01 Apr 2024
        • In Practice

        Navigating the Mood of Customers Weary of Price Hikes

        balance of consumer adaptation to higher costs, business strategy adjustments, and market dynamics. Additionally, the end of expanded SNAP [the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program previously known as food stamps] benefits and a rise in food View Details
        Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Retail; Consumer Products