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- 09 Jun 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Monetizing IP: The Executive’s Challenge
the "patent thicket." In many cases, the pooling agreements also specify the pricing schedule in the agreement that establishes the pool, assuring that no party attempts to extract very high fees or to increase its fees after... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
lower emissions) is becoming the focus of operators. Consumers are shifting their product preferences and investors are incorporating these in their asset allocations and specific investment decisions. There will be large changes in the... View Details
- 15 Jul 2019
- Book
Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence
disproportionate stock price hit to an earnings miss reflects that informational problem. The promise of private equity involves solving that gap between owners and managers. Buybacks must be interpreted in that context as either... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley The Happiness Handbook By Landon Carter (MBA 1967) Marshall and McClintic Publishing Have you ever wished you had the instruction manual for being a happy human on planet Earth? This book will answer some of life’s fundamental questions: Who am... View Details
- 28 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Unilever: Transformation and Tradition
Unilever proved flexible enough to retain them, fostered by its belief that ultimately consumers worldwide would want its products. Moreover the oil price rises resulted in an extraordinary growth of profitability of the UAC [United... View Details
- 15 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: November 15
where a firm monetizes its product through sponsors rather than setting prices to its customer base. We analyze strategic interactions between an innovative entrant and an incumbent where the incumbent may imitate the entrant's business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'
filing for bankruptcy in the courts often results in a forced wind-down of the business. Management is replaced by a trustee or administrator (who is often an accountant or lawyer by training), the firm’s assets are sold off, and proceeds... View Details
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
business units and improving their leadership skills. The CDC has adopted an innovative pricing structure. Rather than charging direct fees for these consulting services, it proposed to the client that it contract with the firm for five... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 14
Working PapersLegislating Stock Prices Authors:Lauren Cohen, Karl Diether, and Christopher Malloy Abstract In this paper we demonstrate that legislation has a simple, yet previously undetected impact on firm stock prices. While it is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Aug 2022
- Op-Ed
Now Is the Time for Entrepreneurs to Play Offense
price and had a dozen offers in front of them. Today, layoffs—particularly at growth stage companies—have led to a massive pullback in startup hiring. Thus, some of the most talented people in our ecosystem are suddenly up for grabs... View Details
Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
business. An eight-year veteran with the prominent New York venture capital firm of J.H. Whitney & Company, he launched his own shop backed by $8 million from the Bass brothers. Seven Honeywell engineers in Boston had come up with a design for a minicomputer that was... View Details
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Attract additional Black talent to all parts of the HBS community. - Advancing Racial Equity
committed to three new efforts: We will launch a need-based waiver of the application fee for all prospective students in all admissions rounds. We will evaluate and revise our current need-based formula for financial aid to account for parental income and View Details
Risks, Opportunities, And Investments In The Era Of Climate Change (ROICC)
The MBA course on "Risks, Opportunities, and Investments in an Era of Climate Change" is ideal for students who aspire to become entrepreneurs by starting their own company or joining a start-up that is driving innovation and solving challenges posed by climate change.... View Details
- 23 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
COVID Was Supposed to Increase Bankruptcies. Instead, They've Gone Down.
reports have focused on the record number of filings among corporations with more than $1 billion in assets and spikes in filings among retail and dining firms, overall bankruptcy filings are down,” the authors write. Chapter 7 consumer... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
month of completing your third course, please contact us through our Support Portal . Is there a discount offered for completing multiple courses? Yes. If you’re a new HBS Online learner, you’ll pay full price for your first course and... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
operations in several cities, leading to more than $950,000 in financing. “Rarely do financial institutions in the US invest in Black women at the $1 million level, especially when the underlying assets don’t hold much value,” says... View Details
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Stochastic Process Switching: Some Simple Solutions
By: K. A. Froot and M. Obstfeld
Keywords: Currencies; Exchange Rates; International Macroeconomics; Monetary Policy; Currency Controls; Fixed Exchange Rates; Floating Exchange Rates; Currency Bands; Currency Zones; Currency Areas; Rational Expectations; Asset Pricing
Froot, K. A., and M. Obstfeld. "Stochastic Process Switching: Some Simple Solutions." Econometrica 59, no. 1 (January 1991): 241–250. (Revised from NBER Working Paper No. 2998, July 1989. Reprinted in Exchange Rates and Currency Bonds, edited by P. Krugman and M. Miller. London: CEPR, 1991.)
- May 1990
- Article
Chartists, Fundamentalists, and Trading in the Foreign Exchange Market
By: J. Frankel and K. A. Froot
Keywords: Currencies; Exchange Rates; International Macroeconomics; Monetary Policy; Currency Controls; Fixed Exchange Rates; Floating Exchange Rates; Currency Bands; Currency Zones; Currency Areas; Rational Expectations; Asset Pricing
Frankel, J., and K. A. Froot. "Chartists, Fundamentalists, and Trading in the Foreign Exchange Market." American Economic Review 80, no. 2 (May 1990): 181–185. (Reprinted in New Developments in Exchange Rate Economics, edited by L. Sarno and M. Taylor. Edward Elgar, 2001; and in Speculation and Financial Markets, edited by M. Taylor and L. Gallagher. Edward Elgar, 2001.)
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Anomalies: Foreign Exchange
By: K. A. Froot and R. Thaler
Keywords: Currencies; Exchange Rates; International Macroeconomics; Monetary Policy; Currency Controls; Fixed Exchange Rates; Floating Exchange Rates; Currency Bands; Currency Zones; Currency Areas; Rational Expectations; Asset Pricing
Froot, K. A., and R. Thaler. "Anomalies: Foreign Exchange." Journal of Economic Perspectives 4, no. 3 (Summer 1990): 179–192. (Reprinted in Current Issues in the International Economy: A Reader, edited by L. Goldberg and M. Klein. New York: Harper Collins, 1992; Speculation and Financial Markets, edited by M. Taylor and L. Gallagher. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2001; and in Open Economy Macroeconomics, Volume II, Part I, Article 4 edited by Norman Miller. Cheltenham, U.K. and Northampton, Mass., U.S.: Edward Elgar, March 2006: 74-87.)
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Exchange-rate Dynamics under Stochastic Regime Shifts: A Unified Approach
By: K. A. Froot and M. Obstfeld
Keywords: Currencies; Exchange Rates; International Macroeconomics; Monetary Policy; Currency Controls; Fixed Exchange Rates; Floating Exchange Rates; Currency Bands; Currency Zones; Currency Areas; Rational Expectations; Asset Pricing
Froot, K. A., and M. Obstfeld. "Exchange-rate Dynamics under Stochastic Regime Shifts: A Unified Approach." Journal of International Economics 31, nos. 3-4 (November 1991): 203–230. (Revised from NBER Working Paper No. 2835, February 1989.)