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- 13 Oct 2020
- News
Questions raised about conflicts of interest around Biden son-in-law
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2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Smitha Das (MBA 2018) - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year...
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- 2007
- Other Unpublished Work
Influence and Inefficiency in the Internal Capital Market
By: Julie Wulf
I model inefficient resource allocations in M-form organizations due to influence activities by division managers that skew capital budgets in their favor. Corporate headquarters receives two types of signals about investment opportunities: private signals that can be...
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Vikram Gandhi
Vikram S. Gandhi is the Gerald P. Kaminsky Senior Lecturer of Business Administration in the General Management Unit. He has developed and teaches two new courses in the Elective Curriculum of the MBA Program. The first is a finance and investing course, Sustainable... View Details
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financial services
- November 2010 (Revised October 2012)
- Background Note
Farmland Investing: A Technical Note
By: Ray Goldberg, Arthur I Segel, Gustavo Herrero and Andrew Terris
This note seeks to provide an overview of farmland investing, the investment thesis behind investing in agriculture, how and why investors would choose farmland, and the general risks and return characteristics of this asset class. In recent years, a growing number of...
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Keywords:
Agribusiness;
Investment;
Investment Return;
Risk Management;
Property;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Real Estate Industry;
Asia;
United States;
South America
Goldberg, Ray, Arthur I Segel, Gustavo Herrero, and Andrew Terris. "Farmland Investing: A Technical Note." Harvard Business School Background Note 211-022, November 2010. (Revised October 2012.)
- 23 Mar 2018
- News
Dropbox shares surge in biggest tech debut since Snap
- October 1992 (Revised November 1997)
- Case
ImmuLogic Pharmaceutical Corporation (A): March 1991
By: Josh Lerner
ImmuLogic Pharmaceutical Corp., a development-stage biotechnology company, is considering making an initial offering of common stock. The diverse perspectives of the entrepreneur, venture capitalist, investment banker, and institutional investor are explored. Problems...
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Keywords:
Decisions;
Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
Banks and Banking;
Initial Public Offering;
Going Public;
Perspective;
Valuation;
Biotechnology Industry;
Pharmaceutical Industry
Lerner, Josh. "ImmuLogic Pharmaceutical Corporation (A): March 1991." Harvard Business School Case 293-066, October 1992. (Revised November 1997.)
- Article
Short-Termism and Capital Flows
By: Jesse M. Fried and Charles C.Y. Wang
During 2007–2016, S&P 500 firms distributed to shareholders $7 trillion via buybacks and dividends, over 96% of their aggregate net income, prompting claims that "short-termism" is impairing firms' ability to invest and innovate. We show that, when taking into account...
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Keywords:
Short-termism;
Quarterly Capitalism;
Share Buybacks;
Open Market Repurchases;
Dividends;
Equity Issuances;
Seasoned Equity Offerings;
Equity Compensastion;
Acquisitions;
Payout Policy;
Capital Flows;
Capital Distribution;
Working Capital;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Acquisition
Fried, Jesse M., and Charles C.Y. Wang. "Short-Termism and Capital Flows." Review of Corporate Finance Studies 8, no. 1 (March 2019): 207–233.
- February 1991 (Revised July 1994)
- Case
Tom Paine Mutual Life Insurance Company
A junior portfolio manager at a major life insurance company must choose among various public and private debt alternatives in connection with the funding of a new Guaranteed Investment Contract. The case serves as an introduction to life insurance companies as...
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Moore, Ronald W. "Tom Paine Mutual Life Insurance Company." Harvard Business School Case 291-030, February 1991. (Revised July 1994.)
- 12 Mar 2020
- Video
Muhammad Alagil
Muhammad Alagil, Chairman of Jarir Investment in Saudi Arabia, discusses the decision to go public in 2003, which he argues was due to family dynamics and the desire to ensure the continuity of the...
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- 24 Jul 2015
- News
This is Hillary Clinton’s Elizabeth Warren moment
- 14 Aug 2023
- Blog Post
Crossing the Bridge: A Reflection on the HKS/HBS Joint Degree Program
Can you tell us about your background, including your pre-MBA industry and role? I am a joint degree MBA/MPP (Masters in Public Policy) candidate at Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School of Government. I graduated summa cum...
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- 01 Aug 2018
- News
Are share buybacks 'plundering company resources'?
- 03 Jun 2019
- News
Collaborations, not tax breaks, are better for growth
- 27 Nov 2013
- News
U.S. Companies Should Show Confidence in the U.S.
- January 2010 (Revised March 2010)
- Supplement
The Congressional Oversight Panel's Valuation of the TARP Warrants (B)
The Congressional Oversight Panel wants to value the warrants issued to the government in connection with the TARP investments of 2008, in order to increase the transparency of options repurchases. The case describes the methodology used to value the warrants. This...
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Keywords:
Financial Crisis;
Investment;
Public Opinion;
Valuation;
Public Administration Industry;
Public Administration Industry;
United States
Baldwin, Carliss Y. "The Congressional Oversight Panel's Valuation of the TARP Warrants (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 210-036, January 2010. (Revised March 2010.)
- 19 Nov 2021
- News
Companies Love to Buy Back Their Stock. A Tax Could Deter Them.
Raffaella Sadun
Raffaella Sadun is Charles E. Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and is a Co-Chair of Harvard Business School’s Project on Managing the Future of Work and co-PI of the Digital Reskilling Lab. Her research focuses on managerial... View Details
- 07 Apr 2009
- News