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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.

Women Leading Business: A New Kind of Conversation

For women in business today, there's much more to talk about than gender specific issues like dual career families or the glass ceiling. Women Leading Business, an HBS Executive Forum, brings together executive women—entrepreneurs and corporate leaders alike—for a different kind of conversation about strategy, decision-making and paths to success. In this interview, Professor Myra Hart talks about the program, and how it enhances both the personal and professional lives of senior-level businesswomen. Closed for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

Determinants of Early-Stage Startup Performance: Survey Results

by Thomas R. Eisenmann

In this study of 470 founders/CEOs and their management practices, startups that employ lean startup techniques had better valuation outcomes. So did ventures that balanced hiring for skill versus attitude and, more broadly, made early efforts to professionalize human resource management.

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.

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.