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  • 08 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 8, 2008

serve as a new source of funds for mortgage lenders. The proposal was controversial, however. Opponents disliked the fact that the Federal Building Loan Banks would have the authority to issue tax-free, mortgage-backed bonds, and many... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Apr 2018
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New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018

historical scholarship and address a wealth of questions emanating from them, Global History, Globally is a must-read book for all students and scholars of global history. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 21

society as a whole. Publisher's link: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118646983.html April 2015 Management Science Private Equity and Industry Performance By: Bernstein, Shai, Josh Lerner, Morten Sorensen, and Per... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 May 2019
  • Book

These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems

In 1908, Harvard Business School’s first dean, Edwin Francis Gay, welcomed the School’s inaugural class of 59 students by saying that HBS was challenged with encouraging its students to have the “intellectual respect for business as a profession, with the social... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Green Technology
  • 23 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 23, 2008

overview of property and casualty insurance, the Chinese insurance market and the challenges that foreign-based insurers have in entering an emerging market. Students are asked to decide what Chubb's China strategy should be moving... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 23

to teach but are largely silent on what to teach. Manufacturing Morals demonstrates how faculty and students are exposed to a system that operates on open-ended directives that require significant decision making on the part of those... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018

and envisioned strategy and operations. With this context, students are invited to consider how aggressively OCP Group should pursue downstream integration (and specifically its Africa strategy), as well as how OCP can best leverage its... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 06 Jul 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work

did you focus on those people who carry out "necessary evils" in the workplace? Joshua Margolis and Andrew Molinsky: We became interested in necessary evils because students in our undergraduate, MBA, and executive education... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 06 Oct 2015
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October 6, 2015

growth and low profitability. Students must determine the reasons for the rising bank borrowing, estimate the amount of borrowing needed, and assess the attractiveness of the loan to the bank. A rewritten... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 22

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/510032-PDF-ENG Carbon Trading Simulation: Black Cement Inc. Peter A. ColesHarvard Business School Supplement 911-053 This simulation presents students the opportunity to experience firsthand the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 15, 2008

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w14087 Earnings Quality and Ownership Structure: The Role of Private Equity Sponsors Author:Sharon Katz Abstract This study explores how firms' ownership structures affect their earnings quality and long-term... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Oct 2008
  • What Do You Think?

Workout vs. Bailout: Should Government Take Advantage of the Buffett Effect?

themselves to loans they cannot afford." Elizabeth Doty commented, "The promise that individual actions lead to societal gain also means that individual failures of judgment lead to societal risk and pain, as we are seeing . This is why I... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 09 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 9

Ownership of Equity Improve Earnings Quality? Authors:Dan Givoly, Carla Hayn, and Sharon P. Katz Publication:The Accounting Review (forthcoming) Abstract We compare the quality of accounting numbers produced by two types of public firms—those with publicly traded... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 20

examines how Schultz recruited, motivated, and inspired the students and scientists that worked with him. Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/910408-PDF-ENG Root Capital Harvard Business School Case 510-035 Founded... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 13

software and IT service firms will likely have an inward focus over the next five years and will, therefore, only slowly emerge onto the global market.   Working PapersThe Role of Organizational Scope and Governance in Strengthening View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018

Into this environment, President Macri was elected and he made energy reform one of the key pillars of his administration. Furthermore, he invited the private sector back into Argentina to immediately alleviate its power generation... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 15 Feb 2017
  • Op-Ed

What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects

School MBA Elective Curriculum. Teams of HBS students have traveled to several developing countries to research prospects for private finance and delivery of solutions in traditional energy, renewable... View Details
Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction
  • February 2000 (Revised October 2000)
  • Case

Kendle International Inc.

By: Dwight B. Crane, Paul W. Marshall and Indra Reinbergs
Candace Kendle and Christopher Bergen, the CEO and COO of Kendle International, Inc., are reviewing ways to finance the growth of their privately-owned company. Kendle is a contract research organization that conducts clinical drug trials for pharmaceutical and... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Financing and Loans; Venture Capital; Stock Options; Banks and Banking; Debt Securities; International Finance; Financial Strategy; Management Skills; Private Ownership; Initial Public Offering; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry
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  • 20 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 20

Brazil, and then finally India. We also show that autonomous government schools (i.e., government funded but with substantial independence like UK academies and U.S. charters) have significantly higher management scores than regular government schools and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Jun 2004
  • Research & Ideas

The Big Money for Big Projects

debt, which means the loan repayments must come from project cash flows only. In municipally financed or public financed projects, a government entity is the borrower or the debt is backed by a government guarantee. In the case of the Big... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

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