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  • 20 Jul 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Bankruptcy Spells Death for Too Many Businesses

a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has hit many companies hard—some to the point of considering bankruptcy—Antill’s research findings may help business leaders make important decisions to avoid the high price of liquidation and choose a... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 22 Aug 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Can Amazon Remake Health Care?

like shopping for the other items that Amazon might be selling.” Chandra: Amazon is an enormous company. I think we’re all excited because it’s Amazon, but the reality is that it’s a $4 billion expense for a company that has $160 billion dollars of current View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Health
  • October 2000 (Revised April 2001)
  • Case

Cost of Capital at Ameritrade

By: Mark L. Mitchell and Erik Stafford
Ameritrade Holding Corp. is planning large marketing and technology investments to improve the company's competitive position in deep-discount brokerage by taking advantage of emerging economies of scale. In order to evaluate whether the strategy would generate... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Asset Pricing; Cash Flow; Cost of Capital; Investment; Marketing; Mathematical Methods; Competition; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Financial Services Industry
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  • 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
  • Web

2018 Financial Risk and Regulation Survey - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

crisis of 2007-2009 and its causes and effects." 2. Current Sources of Risk The survey asked the participants a number of questions regarding current sources of risk to the financial system. Participants identified asset 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
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products
  • 17 Jan 2019
  • Blog Post

MBA Curriculum Spotlight: Short Intensive Programs (SIPs)

choices. Sometimes, even financially savvy HBS graduates overlook important opportunities to reduce risks during these life events or they make poor choices that are hard to unwind.  Other financial decisions such as protecting assets... 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
  • 01 Jan 2014
  • News

To Spot Financial Trouble Early, Use Three Circles: A conversation with Blythe McGarvie of Harvard Business School

  • 06 Nov 2012
  • First Look

First Look: November 6

with higher level of CEO pay, greater emphasis on incentive-based compensation, and smaller pay gap with U.S. firms. Using a sample of CEOs of UK firms and using both broad cross-sectional and narrow event-window tests, we find that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Apr 2011
  • First Look

First Look: April 5

to balance its Chinese heritage claims with claims of modernity. The China skin care market is growing extraordinarily fast. Is that an asset or a liability? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/511051-PDF-ENG Terror... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Responsibility Research Center Grant, 2013. Lauren H. Cohen : Winner of the 2013 Fama-DFA Second Place Prize for the Best Paper Published in the Journal of Financial Economics in the Areas of Capital Markets and Asset View Details
  • 06 Nov 2008
  • Op-Ed

Selling Out The American Dream

Investment Act, which challenged redlining policies of local banks that set higher hurdles for home-ownership among minorities. But it ended with the recent $5.2 trillion guarantee of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac assets after these... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
  • 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
  • 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
  • 06 Sep 2004
  • Research & Ideas

The Innovator’s Battle Plan

them to earn premium prices by reaching undershot customers. They view flight as a positive development. When there are large groups of undershot customers in the higher tiers of a market, incumbents can beat a long and profitable... View Details
Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Scott D. Anthony & Erik A. Roth
  • 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

    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
    • 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
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Banking
    • 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