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      • 02 Mar 2021
      • Cold Call Podcast

      Can Historic Social Injustices be Addressed Through Reparations?

      Survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre and their descendants believe historic social injustices should be addressed through reparations. Professor Mihir Desai discusses the arguments for and against reparations in response to the Tulsa Massacre and, more broadly, to the effects of slavery and racist government policies in the US in his case, “The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations.”  Open for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

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      New research on finance from Harvard Business School faculty on issues including corporate investment, governance, and accounting management.
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      • 09 Apr 2001
      • Research & Ideas

      Marketing a Country: Promotion as a Tool for Attracting Foreign Investment.

      by Louis T. Wells & Alvin G. Wint

      Using marketing tools and techniques to attract foreign investors is a common practice for many countries. But finding the right mix of techniques and organizations to do the promotion is key to successful marketing programs. Closed for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

      • 06 Nov 2000
      • Research & Ideas

      The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success

      by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner

      Corporate-sponsored venture capital funds do not have to fail. But as HBS professors Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner explain, hybrid organizations such as Xerox Technology Ventures face considerable challenges on the road to success. Closed for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

      • 02 Oct 2000
      • Research & Ideas

      Networked Incubators: Hothouses of the New Economy

      by Morten T. Hansen, Henry W. Chesbrough, Nitin Nohria & Donald N. Sull

      Are business incubators a fleeting phenomenon or a lasting way of bringing start-ups to fruition? Four HBS professors argue that one particular model—the "networked incubator"—is most likely to endure. Closed for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

      • 18 Sep 2000
      • Research & Ideas

      Big Deals: Financing Large-Scale Investments

      by Julia Hanna

      Multimillion dollar start-ups are all over the news these days. But HBS Professor Benjamin Esty's research provides insight into a much bigger kind of venture, with start-up costs on the order of billions, rather than millions, of dollars. Closed for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

      • 24 Jul 2000
      • Research & Ideas

      Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital

      by James E. Aisner

      Closed for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

      • 24 Jul 2000
      • Research & Ideas

      Value Maximization and Stakeholder Theory

      by Michael C. Jensen

      Many managers, says HBS Professor Michael C. Jensen, are caught in a dilemma: between a desire to maximize the value of their companies and the demands of "stakeholder theory" to take into account the interests of all the stakeholders in a firm. The way out of the conflict, says Jensen, lies in a new way of measuring value. Closed for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

      • 10 Jul 2000
      • Research & Ideas

      The State of the Markets

      by James E. Aisner

      Technology is bringing about vast changes in worldwide financial markets, generating improvements in efficiency, speed and economies of scale. But as technological change continues to occur, attention must also be paid to changes in the role that regulation plays, said industry leaders in a panel on "Technology and the Future of the Financial Markets." Closed for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

      • 09 May 2000
      • Research & Ideas

      Stock Options Are Not All Created Equal

      by Brian Hall

      Stock options dominate the pay of top executives today, but are often poorly understood both by those who grant them and those who receive them. In this excerpt from an article in the Harvard Business Review, HBS Professor Brian J. Hall describes three types of stock option plans and the incentives and risks they entail. Closed for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

      • 22 Feb 2000
      • Research & Ideas

      Social Capital Markets: Creating Value in the Nonprofit World

      by Anne Kavanagh

      Money given away to nonprofit organizations used to be considered "charity." No longer. Donations to nonprofits are increasingly viewed as capital investments of precious resources. HBS faculty members Jed Emerson and Allen Grossman have launched an interdisciplinary effort to study and understand these "Social Capital Markets." Closed for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

      • 23 Nov 1999
      • Research & Ideas

      The Future of the Venture Capital Cycle

      by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner

      Despite many success stories and a rapid rise to prominence, the venture capital industry remains a mystery to most, and questions about its sustainability persist. In this excerpt from their pathbreaking book The Venture Capital Cycle, HBS Professors Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner look toward the future of this misunderstood financial intermediary. Closed for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

      • 12 Oct 1999
      • Research & Ideas

      Paid for Success: Options for Compensating CEOs

      by Judith A. Ross

      Closed for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

      • 12 Oct 1999
      • Research & Ideas

      Where Main Street Meets Wall Street

      by Garry Emmons

      Its phenomenal growth, based on its near-perfect fit with consumer needs and aspirations, has made the mutual fund one of this century's big success stories. How is it adapting to the age of the Internet and 21st century change? HBS Professors Jay O. Light and Peter Tufano and three alumni take a look at the state of the mutual fund industry 75 years after its beginnings in Boston's financial district. Closed for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

      • Working Paper Summaries

      How do Private Equity Fees Vary Across Public Pensions?

      by Juliane Begenau and Emil Siriwardane

      As state and local defined-benefit pensions increasingly shift capital from traditional asset classes to private-market investment vehicles, this analysis shows that public pensions investing in the same private-market fund can experience very different returns.

      • Working Paper Summaries

      A Quantity-Driven Theory of Term Premia and Exchange Rates

      by Robin Greenwood, Samuel G. Hanson, Jeremy C. Stein, and Adi Sunderam

      This paper provides a framework for understanding how the detailed structure of financial intermediation affects foreign exchange rates.

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