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- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
have oil bear its true costs and the international political consensus to break the OPEC cartel, the US government and the American people must learn to accept the magnitude of this problem and its yearly drain on our economy. To break... View Details
- 31 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
You’re Wasting Your Employees! What You Can Do About It
book value, it is seeing something of greater worth than the physical assets recorded in financial accounts. Though the dot-com bubble burst, the exuberant and often irrational funding View Details
- 29 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
and as the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The case highlights the challenges and opportunities she faced during each phase of her career and how she managed... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 26 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
David, Goliath, and Disruption
popular, in a way no one might have predicted. "It just depends on what behavior you're changing," said Michael Schreck (HBS MBA '96), principal of the venture firm General Catalyst, which attempts to View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
responsibilities for public health there is an urgent need to leverage IT infrastructure to meet new challenges. Historically lean funding cycles for public health has not allowed for fundamental information technology-based reach... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
perceived credit quality of the financial guarantors fell, and yields on insured bonds exceeded yields on equivalent uninsured issues. It does not appear that either property and casualty insurers or open-end municipal mutual View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
The trillion-dollar size of the union pension funds gave the Office a platform from which to work. The departure of Home Depot's CEO had been a significant step by Home Depot... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 11
bespoke, and digital media. Because Spiegel & Grau, a Random House imprint that holds the rights to the book, lacks the funds to market Carter's memoir at a scale deserving of a superstar, Droga5 is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=508052 Ithmar Capital Harvard Business School Case 809-032 The founders of Ithmar Capital, a mid-market private equity fund targeting businesses in and addressing the Gulf... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Reinvigorating America
could be matching funds from the government for worthwhile activities. In fact, the Gates Foundation stimulated many governments around the world to make contributions to childhood immunizations because of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2018
- What Do You Think?
Are Free Trade and Free Markets Quaint Ideas From the Past?
organizations such as the International Monetary Fund and World Trade Organization, has increasingly influenced the functioning of nation states to the detriment of labor and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017
“Who are the world’s best negotiators? What makes them effective?” Inevitably Henry Kissinger’s name comes up as an elite, if controversial, negotiator from whom we can learn a great deal. At a time of rancorous divisions in American... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Users Love Ello, But What’s the Business Model?
that social media users are increasingly attracted to the idea of such a model. But funding it without advertising's help won't be easy. Two digital marketing experts, Harvard Business School professors John... View Details
- 11 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 11, 2007
provide funding to mobilize thousands of youth volunteers, Trellu-Kane needed to decide how Unis-Cite would proceed. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=407106... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy
same rules. "Mexico has an incredibly low level of taxation. It simply lacks the public funds to invest in itself," Maurer says. "A lack of foreign investment is... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 09 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 9, 2008
founded in 1999, to start Affinity Labs, a global network of online communities. That month, Michel raised a Series A round of venture funding and established a partnership... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jul 2008
- Op-Ed
Why the U.S. Should Encourage FDI
recent experience suggests that direct foreign investors on average do not possess that advantage when entering the United States. For sovereign wealth funds eager to deploy capital, the experience of the... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai
- 20 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School
have been the envy of the world for their ability to minimize transaction costs, maximize liquidity and access, and fund a lot of very innovative and complex businesses.... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 22 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 22
and has real investment implications: approximately 75% of the debt issuance funds increased capital expenditures and cash acquisitions. In the cross section, misvaluation affects financially constrained... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 21
Collins Properties, must decide with its equity partner whether to continue funding the building's losses while trying to lease the vacant space, restructure the debt, or default on the loan and turn the building over to its lenders. The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace