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- 20 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 20
decision, political and social unrest breaks out in Kenya following a highly contested presidential election. Acumen Fund must now also consider the political risks of investing. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Mar 2017
- What Do You Think?
Is China About to Overtake the US for World Trade Leadership?
current account trade deficit for the US followed, with the resulting funds invested by the Chinese government in US Treasury bonds instead of going into increased consumption by Chinese consumers. This... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?
short-term debt financing, an attractive source of funding in good times but an accelerant of financial crises when things go bad. And we're getting closer to adopting a... View Details
- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
organizational mission and the relevance of Miami, as well as branding, funding, and focus. The invitation had come in the midst of a major expansion effort by Endeavor into new emerging markets and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles and Working Papers 2008
Organizations, explores the internal complexities of people in control. Plus: Book excerpt. 16. Rethinking Retirement Planning Many of us are relying on defined contribution plans to help View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
A Good Thing Happens When Doctors Start Talking to Their Patients
Visiting the doctor can sometimes feel like being slammed down on an assembly line: Make co-pay. Check vitals. Diagnose the problem. Get a prescription. Next! The fee-for-service model of American medicine doesn’t put much value on long... View Details
- 26 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Behind India’s Economic and Political Woes
to using funds to repair the broken infrastructure. Since sizeable commitments of this sort can further exacerbate the fiscal deficit, already high, it can worsen an already weak fiscal situation. As Indians... View Details
Keywords: by Zeenat Potia
- 24 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017
Starks at InSiL Therapeutics (B) This case accompanies the (A) case from Anthony Starks's perspective. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/617030-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 216-045 Tableau Matrix Capital Management, a long-short... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Sep 2009
- What Do You Think?
Are Retention Bonuses Worth the Investment?
a penalty to the company for doing so. Shouldn't we expect some recognition on the part of the employee, perhaps expressed in terms of greater loyalty, about the company's role in doing this? Should an... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
households continue to hold individual assets, however, they rebalance both stocks and mutual funds to offset about one sixth of the passive variations in individual asset shares. Households rebalance... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 3, 2007
pitch and better understand several key marketing principles. Leads to an engaging and thought-provoking discussion. Purchase this exercise: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=507045 Selling Biovail Short Harvard Business School Case 207-071... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 24, 2008
in academe has a nefarious effect on public research output is, at least in its simplest form, misplaced. The Small World of Investing: Board Connections and Mutual Fund Returns Authors: Lauren Cohen, Andrea... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI
of investment because of whims: Investment managers or hedge fund managers can pull the money out of one country... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Time that Government Reopens for Business
Gridlock has unfortunately become a way of political life in the nation's capital. But as of midnight on September 30, things went from bad to worse with the shutdown of View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 15 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Search vs. Display Advertising Quandary
The dirty little secret of advertising agencies is that much of their work is pure guesswork. Companies spread out their advertising budgets across channels—a little bit of TV,... View Details
- 01 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 1, 2008
of potential funding sources to solve social problems, much of it stemming from an intergenerational transfer of wealth and new wealth from... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Jul 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching The Deal
a reasonable request and deliver it with a smile, hopefully you can keep the other person in the room and see what happens next." Mohan—former managing director and now senior advisor of $15 billion VC and private equity firm Summit... View Details
- 16 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019
venture capital and private equity by announcing the Vision Fund, the largest tech investment fund in the world at close to $100 billion. The reputation of legendary SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son depended on... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2007
firm. In 1994, a crisis in its mutual fund unit nearly destroyed the firm. Provides information about the protagonist's youth, career, family life, aspirations, and motivations. Raises questions about leadership in times View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
commit to funding of any particular transaction. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-106.pdf Leveraging Team Familiarity to Handle Uncertainty: A Resource-based View View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace