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- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
like Reddit, analysts took note, with some investors pocketing millions—and others losing their shirts. “A meme stock is a stock whose price has ripped far away from any sense of the firm’s underlying fundamental value,” explains Lauren...
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- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
forthcoming Financial Analysts Journal Optimal Tilts: Combining Persistent Characteristic Portfolios By: Baker, Malcolm, Ryan Taliaferro, and Terry Burnham Abstract—We examine the optimal weighting of four tilts in U.S. equity markets...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
growing: There are now nearly 1,000 space companies worldwide according to industry analyst NewSpace Global, and they are touting revolutionary (and mostly unproven) new concepts in rockets, space tourism,...
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Robert S. Benchley
- 15 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of New-Market Disruption
and set the next industry standard. While a 1.3" disk drive would be the smallest drive in the world (about the size of two postage stamps), it would drastically underperform the 2.5" drives in terms of cost per megabyte and...
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- 16 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 16, 2010
Users? Anita Elberse and Sunil GuptaHarvard Business School Case 510-053 In January 2010, YouTube, the world's largest online video aggregator, was still seeking to become profitable. Was the time right for Google, YouTube's parent company, to charge users seeking to...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
industrial ecology literature that highlights the environmental benefits of by-product synergy. By-product synergy is defined as the conversion of a firm's waste stream from a manufacturing process into valuable feedstock for another...
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Martha Lagace
- Web
China | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
/citations/american-chamber-of-commerce-in-shanghai-amcham Provides overview reports on economics, business environment, and key industries in China. Tip: May conduct a keyword search by using the search function. 55 747 American Chamber...
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- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
Could Lose $100 Million On London Olympics; Ratings Not Expected To Beat Beijing," chimed in John Clarke with Forbes. Sandomir and Clarke were not alone in their damning prediction. Analysts and media put forth similar commentary...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 25 May 2021
- Blog Post
The Surprising Power of Nostalgia at Work
Many people assume that nostalgia is purely entertainment, a feeling individuals enjoy because it takes them back to the more carefree days of their youth. Some view it as maladaptive fixation on the past, perhaps indicating a fear of change. I’ve heard business View Details
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- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
was struggling to compete with and differentiate itself from industry leader LensCrafters, also owned by Luxottica. Increasing competition from low-price competitors, such as Walmart's optical stores, was adding further competitive...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
governance; market participants and security analysts were, until the beginning of the 2000s but not subsequently, more positively surprised by the earning announcements of good-governance firms; and, although governance indices no longer...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Fab Four
shake my confidence in the industry and its potential to work with entrepreneurs to create massively exciting and valuable companies. There’s just as much entrepreneurial energy out there as there ever has been. If anything, it’s...
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- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
block of apartments overlooking the Nile River. She graduated from Cairo University in 2006 with a degree in economics, followed by a master's in environment and development at the London School of Economics. After stints as a researcher and View Details
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Julia Hanna;
entrepreneurship;
women;
venture capital;
Egypt;
developing economies;
Finance
- 13 Jul 2016
- Blog Post
How To Hire A Millennial
business “should be measured by something more than just its financial success.” So if a company’s dominant message is that it revolves solely around its financial performance, that organization may wow stock analysts but lose the talent...
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- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
copyrighted content over peer-to-peer (p2p) file sharing networks and its impact on the music industry and to assess the viable business models for the industry in the future. Competitiveness: Business Model...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
store grew, the space became so crowded that at times the copier was rolled out onto the sidewalk and used for self-service customers. Today, some analysts estimate annual revenues from the privately held chain's 850 business services and...
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- 03 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 3
http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/15-041_1af09bde-47f9-4364-bad6-aaac464be909.pdf Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 715-008 The United Kingdom and the Means to Prosperity After struggling through the country's longest recession...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Financial Reporting Goes Global
standards play in the globalization of Indian businesses, U.S. businesses, and businesses of other countries? A: This really comes back to what makes India unique. India is having an amazing growth spurt that has led to having global leadership in some View Details
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
capture important information seemingly ignored by the market. A long-short portfolio based on these legislators' views earns abnormal returns of over 90 basis points per month following the passage of legislation. Industries that we...
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Anna Secino
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
to sitting on the sidelines afraid to invest, period. To make matters worse, staffing their start-up turned out to be painfully difficult. It didn’t help that the free office the partners secured from a friend for a year was located in a gritty New Delhi suburban View Details