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- 20 Dec 2016
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December 20, 2016
School Case 117-107 Management Control Systems Module 7: Designing Asset Allocation Systems This module provides tools for acquiring and allocating resources. Analytic techniques related to cash flow...
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Carmen Nobel
- 14 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
1926–2014 and international sector returns 1985–2014, we present four findings: (1) Fama is correct in that a sharp price increase of an industry portfolio does not, on average, predict unusually low returns going forward; (2) such sharp...
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Carmen Nobel
- 03 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
NFL Black Monday: How Much Do Coaches Really Matter?
produce a loss of productivity in another resource bundle. As a result, a team’s performance on the field depends not only on the productivity of the team’s resource bundles, but also on the coach’s ability to build a roster of players with specific skill sets, to...
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- 15 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 15, 2008
Author:Bettina-Elisabeth Klaus Abstract For the classical marriage model (introduced in Gale and Shapley, 1962) efficiency and envy-freeness are not always compatible; i.e., fair matchings do not always exist. However, for many, View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 22 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
wealth management platform that integrates products and advice focusing on impact, embedding ESG in research, and building a green bonds business. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/318103-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 218-025 PFA Pension:...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 23
attention to the returns of firms that do not issue at all, suggesting that issuance is partly an attempt to cater to broad time-varying patterns in characteristics mispricing. Our approach helps forecast returns to portfolios based on...
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Martha Lagace
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Women Can Get More Venture Capital
venture money? A: The vast majority of venture capital is allocated to technology-driven businesses: software, hardware, Internet-related spaces. There is also significant investment in the life sciences and biotech. There is some portion...
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by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
- 10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009
prior to retirement. However, variable labor materially alters pre-retirement portfolio choice by significantly raising optimal equity holdings. Using this model, we also investigate the welfare costs of constraining View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 08 Aug 2017
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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
- 18 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 18
the effective allocation of work. Cases & Course MaterialsSotheby's & Christie's Inc. Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and C.J. WiseHarvard Business School Case 710-412 The fine art auction business has remained a duopoly over its 250...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 30, 2007
successful technological innovation—but whose mindsets often clash. The authors dub these two types stewards and creators. An organization's stewards are usually managers; their goal is the careful allocation of the organization's...
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Martha Lagace
- 03 May 2011
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First Look: May 3
portfolio vary greatly in their character, clientele, positioning, and locations. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/511108-PDF-ENG Cherie Blair: Inventing Herself Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams, and Lindsay...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2016
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January 26, 2016
stocks. Hold-to-maturity accounting of portfolio net asset value eliminates the majority of measured risk. A passive portfolio of small, low EBITDA multiple stocks with modest amounts of leverage and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 26
through its development bank (BNDES), we find a positive effect of those stakes on firms' return on assets and on the capital expenditures of financially constrained firms with investment opportunities. However, these positive effects are substantially reduced when...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008
a unique aspect of our research setting allows us to test who is responsible for the earnings management. While firms appear unable to increase the frequency of display promotions in the short run, they can reallocate these promotions within their View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 28 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
IQ from IP: Simplifying Search in Portfolio Choice By: Chen, Huaizhi, Lauren Cohen, Umit Gurun, Dong Lou, and Christopher J. Malloy Abstract— Using a novel database that tracks web traffic on the SEC’s EDGAR servers between 2004 and 2015,...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Dec 2012
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First Look: Dec. 11
and Models, edited by G. Caprio, 47-58. U.K.: Academic Press, 2012 Abstract Despite its developmental justification, aid is deeply political. This paper examines the political economy of aid allocation first from the perspective of the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Dec 2015
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December 8, 2015
These platforms provide notable benefits including reducing transaction costs, improving allocation of resources, and creating information and pricing efficiencies. Yet they also raise questions of regulation, including how regulation...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Nov 2015
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November 10, 2015
find that each $1 invested in display and search leads to a return of $1.24 for display and $1.75 for search ads, which contrasts sharply with the estimated returns based on standard metrics. We use these results to show how optimal budget View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 1999
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Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
our capital markets—the envy of the world—are so liquid and effective," he says. "Mutual funds deepen the capital markets, and the capital markets lubricate our entire economy by allocating financial resources." For the...
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