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- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
repurchase by Xerox (at a price determined through arm's-length bargaining). A conservative calculation (assuming that Xerox sold its stakes in firms that went public at the time of the initial public offering rather than later, after...
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by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
Working PapersA Reference Point Theory of Mergers and Acquisitions Authors:Malcolm Baker, Xin Pan, and Jeffrey Wurgler Abstract The use of judgmental anchors or reference points in valuing corporations affects several basic aspects of...
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Martha Lagace
- 02 Aug 2004
- What Do You Think?
For Greater Transparency, Is Section 404 an Effective Response?
that Section 404 may actually have far less value than its cost. In Stephen Thomas's opinion, "... the new, exaggerated internal controls can make a company ... more risk-averse... And in aggregate it creates new risk to the U.S....
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by James Heskett
- 11 May 2021
- Blog Post
IPO or M&A? How Venture Capital Shapes a Startup's Future
database of startups and investors, to analyze collaboration patterns. The authors also sorted through press releases, news articles, and regulatory filings to augment and verify the data. Of the Crunchbase startups examined, 16 percent—1,689 companies—were acquired....
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Venture Capital / Private Equity
- 01 May 2020
- In Practice
COVID-19’s Hard Lessons Might Prepare Business for Climate Change
The coronavirus pandemic caught the business world by surprise, but the catastrophe might force companies to face a crisis that has been unfolding in plain sight: climate change. We asked faculty members affiliated with the Business and Environment Initiative at...
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by Danielle Kost
- 18 Mar 2014
- Blog Post
BaubleBar Brought to Life, and Other Tales of Joining a Start-up
hear someone offer to do anything they value focus. Yes, it’s also good to be flexible. Just don’t approach an interview vaguely. “What challenges are next for BaubleBar?” One ongoing task is customer acquisition. How to get that next...
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- 26 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019
to financial results, to behave according to the organization’s long term values and goals. Surprisingly, we find that the intervention drove even higher effort on performance associated with pre-existing monetary incentives but, on...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 11
from the athenahealth practice management system and EHR task logs. Methods: We developed monthly measures of EHR use and delegation to support staff from task logs. Productivity was measured using work relative value units (RVUs). Using...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
find support for these hypotheses. Download working paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-022.pdf Resolving Information Asymmetries in Markets: The Role of Certified Management Programs Author: Michael W. Toffel Abstract Firms and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Up Against The Firewall
company can ever be completely safe — even if a firm disconnects from the Internet, unauthorized personnel or disgruntled employees inside the company’s facilities can figure out ways to access its computers — some firms, especially those...
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Global Trade, Capital and National Institutions - Course Catalog
The resulting ability to retain or outsource various subsets of production stages within firm and country boundaries fueled the fragmentation of production and the emergence of global value chains. A key...
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- 26 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 26, 2007
increases US investors' equity FPI holdings by 21%, controlling for effects on FDI. This suggests that the residual tax on foreign multinational firm earnings biases capital flows to low corporate tax countries toward FPI. A one standard...
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Martha Lagace
- 27 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Creating Leaders for Science-Based Businesses
It's been said that in this century, carbohydrates will replace hydrocarbons, and biology will supplant physics as the innovation-producing science. As science fiction becomes science fact, and with science-based firms presenting unique...
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- 27 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 27
model for explaining how network resources contribute to organizational performance. Reach is the extent to which an organization's network connects it to diverse and distant partners. Richness represents the potential value of the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 12
Becker, Marcus Jacob, and Martin Jacob Abstract When corporate payout is taxed, internal equity (retained earnings) is cheaper than external equity (share issues). High taxes will favor firms that can finance internally. If there are no...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Alumni Books
sweet spot; designing the offer to create customer value and secure differential advantage; integrating to serve the customer; and measuring what matters. Science Lessons: What the Business of Biotech Taught Me about Management by Gordon...
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- 01 Oct 1996
- News
The Drive for Excellence: An Interview with Jim Henderson
short-term results with adherence to a long-term strategy and direction. At Cummins, we are driven by the concept of maximizing shareholder value -- but the question is, value over the next quarter or two,...
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- 19 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 19, 2016
might be appropriate to redesign (“refactor”) a system, to reduce what has been called “architectural debt.” Unfortunately, we lack robust data by which to evaluate the relationship between architectural design choices and system maintenance costs, and hence to predict...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Aug 2019
- News
“The Star of the North”
closely held businesses. And they want to grow them right where they are. The firm was founded by a group of 12 family business owners who were interested in creating a local ownership vehicle for retiring business owners. Generally,...
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Maureen Harmon
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Collective Wisdom
firm that's providing a new model of entrepreneurship. "More generally, crowdsourcing has now been successfully applied in a range of settings, from designing T-shirts to creating complex software products and solving complex science...
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