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- March 2017 (Revised February 2020)
- Case
Corey Thomas and the IPO
By: Steven Rogers and Derrick Collins
Corey Thomas, the African American CEO of the company Rapid7, must decide if it is the right time to take the 15-year-old company public, as it stood poised to capitalize on what appeared to be the next frontier for digital technology markets—cybersecurity. In spite of...
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Keywords:
Business Finance;
Capital Markets;
Private Equity;
Internet and the Web;
Initial Public Offering;
Decision Making;
Financial Services Industry;
Technology Industry;
Web Services Industry;
United States
Rogers, Steven, and Derrick Collins. "Corey Thomas and the IPO." Harvard Business School Case 317-082, March 2017. (Revised February 2020.)
- August 2012
- Article
A Darker Side to Decentralized Banks: Market Power and Credit Rationing in SME Lending
By: Rodrigo Canales and Ramana Nanda
We use loan-level data to study how the organizational structure of banks impacts small business lending. We find that decentralized banks-where branch managers have greater autonomy over lending decisions-give larger loans to small firms and those with "soft...
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Keywords:
Geographic Location;
Customers;
Financing and Loans;
Credit;
Organizational Structure;
Banks and Banking;
Governance Compliance;
Competitive Strategy
Canales, Rodrigo, and Ramana Nanda. "A Darker Side to Decentralized Banks: Market Power and Credit Rationing in SME Lending." Journal of Financial Economics 105, no. 2 (August 2012): 353–366.
- Article
Dynamic Consumption and Portfolio Choice with Stochastic Volatility in Incomplete Markets
By: George Chacko and Luis M. Viceira
Chacko, George, and Luis M. Viceira. "Dynamic Consumption and Portfolio Choice with Stochastic Volatility in Incomplete Markets." Review of Financial Studies 18, no. 4 (Winter 2005).
- 1972
- Chapter
Optimal Utilization of Market Forecasts and the Evaluation of Portfolio Performance
By: Michael Jensen
Keywords:
Investment Portfolio;
Financial Markets;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Performance Evaluation
Jensen, Michael. "Optimal Utilization of Market Forecasts and the Evaluation of Portfolio Performance." In Mathematical Methods in Finance, edited by G. P. Szego and Karl Shell. North-Holland Publishing Company, 1972.
- 14 Jan 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Smart Money: The Effect of Education, Cognitive Ability, and Financial Literacy on Financial Market Participation
- 2001
- Working Paper
When Does the Market Matter? Stock Prices and the Investment of Equity Dependent Firms
By: Malcolm Baker, Jeremy Stein and Jeffrey Wurgler
We use a simple model of corporate investment to determine when investment will be sensitive to non-fundamental movements in stock prices. The key cross-sectional prediction of the model is that stock prices will have a stronger impact on the investment of firms that...
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Baker, Malcolm, Jeremy Stein, and Jeffrey Wurgler. "When Does the Market Matter? Stock Prices and the Investment of Equity Dependent Firms." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 8750, December 2001. (First draft in 2001.)
- November 2004
- Article
Linking Customer Management Effort to Customer Profitability in Industrial Markets
By: Douglas Bowman and Das Narayandas
Bowman, Douglas, and Das Narayandas. "Linking Customer Management Effort to Customer Profitability in Industrial Markets." Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) 41, no. 4 (November 2004).
- Article
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing and the Market for Digital Information Goods
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Andres Hervas-Drane
We study competitive interaction between two alternative models of digital content distribution over the Internet: peer-to-peer (p2p) file sharing and centralized client-server distribution. We present microfoundations for a stylized model of p2p file sharing where all...
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Keywords:
Competition;
Distribution;
Internet and the Web;
Information Infrastructure;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Strategy;
Profit;
Price;
Performance Efficiency
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Andres Hervas-Drane. "Peer-to-Peer File Sharing and the Market for Digital Information Goods." Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 19, no. 2 (Summer 2010): 333–373.
- March 1995
- Article
Tests of Conditional Mean-Variance Efficiency of the U.S. Stock Market
By: C. Engel, J. Frankel, Kenneth A. Froot and T. Rodrigues
Keywords:
Risk Aversion;
Risk;
International Investing;
CAPM;
Capital Asset Pricing;
International Finance;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Asset Pricing;
Financial Markets;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Behavioral Finance;
United States
Engel, C., J. Frankel, Kenneth A. Froot, and T. Rodrigues. "Tests of Conditional Mean-Variance Efficiency of the U.S. Stock Market." Journal of Empirical Finance 2 (March 1995). (Revised from NBER Working Paper Nos. 2890, March 1989 and 4292, March 1993, "Conditional Mean-Variance Efficiency of the U.S. Stock Market," March 1993.)
- 1980
- Chapter
Tests of Capital Market Theory and Implications of the Evidence
By: Michael Jensen
Jensen, Michael. "Tests of Capital Market Theory and Implications of the Evidence." In Handbook of Financial Economics, edited by J. L. Bicksler. North-Holland Publishing Company, 1980. (Originally published in Is Financial Analysis Useless? Proceedings of a Seminar on the Efficient Market and Random Walk Hypotheses (The Financial Analysts Research Foundation, 1975).)
- November 2006 (Revised May 2007)
- Background Note
International Capital Markets and Sovereign Debt: Crisis Avoidance and Resolution
By: Laura Alfaro and Ingrid Vogel
Successive economic crises of the 1990s and early 2000s intensified focus on reform of the "international financial architecture." Because many of these crises involved defaults on sovereign bonds, an important component of the discussion revolved around the...
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Alfaro, Laura, and Ingrid Vogel. "International Capital Markets and Sovereign Debt: Crisis Avoidance and Resolution." Harvard Business School Background Note 707-018, November 2006. (Revised May 2007.)
- January 2019
- Case
Richard Taylor—African-American Investors Break into Boston's Downtown Real Estate Market
By: Steven Rogers and Alyssa Haywoode
African-American investors in Boston could typically invest in commercial real estate opportunities that were located in the “community,” neighborhoods where people of color live. But it was tough to break in and invest in the downtown market. But when an opportunity...
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Keywords:
Real Estate;
Investing;
African-american Investors;
Hotels;
Commercial Real Estate;
Property;
Investment;
Opportunities;
Race;
Real Estate Industry;
Boston
Rogers, Steven, and Alyssa Haywoode. "Richard Taylor—African-American Investors Break into Boston's Downtown Real Estate Market." Harvard Business School Case 319-084, January 2019.
- April 2010 (Revised November 2011)
- Case
Soren Chemical: Why Is the New Swimming Pool Product Sinking?
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Sunru Yong
Topics include distribution channels, pricing, and new product marketing. Jen Moritz, the marketing manager for Soren Chemical Co. is struggling with the poor sales performance of Coracle, a new clarifier for residential swimming pools. The performance is puzzling...
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Keywords:
Marketing Mix;
New Product Marketing;
Pricing;
Branding;
Price;
Marketing Strategy;
Marketing Channels;
Product Launch;
Brands and Branding;
Communication Strategy;
Chemical Industry
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Sunru Yong. "Soren Chemical: Why Is the New Swimming Pool Product Sinking?" Harvard Business School Brief Case 104-188, April 2010. (Revised November 2011.)
- 2014
- Case
Changhong: Journey to Shared Services
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Haiyan Zhang and Guo Jia
Founded in 1958 and headquartered in Mianyang - an emerging inland science and technology city in Sichuan Province, Changhong Electric Co., Ltd., started from the military industry. It then entered the color TV industry and subsequently expanded to a wide range of...
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McFarlan, F. Warren, Haiyan Zhang, and Guo Jia. "Changhong: Journey to Shared Services." Tsinghua University Case, 2014.
- 2011
- Teaching Note
Beyondsoft Co., Ltd. (A) (TN)
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Donghong Li and Hong Zhang
In the past two decades, along with China's rapidly growing economy and its integration into the world economic system, the Chinese software outsourcing industry has also risen from zero to being fairly significant in the world IT market. It is currently growing much...
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Keywords:
Business Models;
Competition;
Competitive Strategy;
Computer Software;
Emerging Markets;
Outsourcing;
Strategy;
China;
Applications and Software;
China
McFarlan, F. Warren, Donghong Li, and Hong Zhang. "Beyondsoft Co., Ltd. (A) (TN)." Tsinghua University Teaching Note, 2011.
- Article
Creating Ecotourism in Costa Rica, 1970–2000
By: Geoffrey Jones and Andrew Spadafora
Between the 1970s and the 2000s, Costa Rica became established as the world’s leading ecotourism destination. This article argues that although Costa Rica benefited from biodiversity and a pleasant climate, the country’s preeminence in ecotourism requires more than a...
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Keywords:
Ecotourism;
Entrepreneurship In Emerging Markets;
Sustainable Business And Innovation;
Tourism;
Green Business;
Entrepreneurship;
Growth and Development;
History;
Business History;
Tourism Industry;
Latin America;
Costa Rica
Jones, Geoffrey, and Andrew Spadafora. "Creating Ecotourism in Costa Rica, 1970–2000." Enterprise & Society 18, no. 1 (March 2017): 146–183.
- 14 Jun 2017
- News
Hidden in Plain Sight: A Powerful Way to Beat the Market
- December 2012 (Revised May 2014)
- Case
Hotel Ivory
By: Arthur I Segel, Nicolas P. Retsinas and Jonathan Lo
Cheick Sanankoua is an MBA student who believes that he has found the perfect investment property, a small, independently owned hotel, on the Ivory Coast. However, he has had trouble raising money for the investment beyond friends and family. Through contacts in the...
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Keywords:
Real Estate;
Emergent Countries;
Investing;
Entrepreneurial Finance;
Debts;
Cash Flow;
Quantitative Analysis;
Financing;
Development Stage Enterprises;
Small & Medium-sized Enterprises;
Africa;
Ivory Coast;
Venture Capital;
Emerging Markets;
Property;
Investment;
Accommodations Industry;
Real Estate Industry;
Africa
Segel, Arthur I., Nicolas P. Retsinas, and Jonathan Lo. "Hotel Ivory." Harvard Business School Case 213-050, December 2012. (Revised May 2014.)
- 2008
- Working Paper
A Darker Side to Decentralized Banks: Market Power and Credit Rationing in SME Lending
By: Rodrigo Canales and Ramana Nanda
We use loan-level data to study how the organizational structure of banks impacts small business lending. We find that decentralized banks—where branch managers have greater autonomy over lending decisions—give larger loans to small firms and those with "soft...
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Keywords:
Organizational Structure;
Financing and Loans;
Industry Structures;
Banks and Banking;
Banking Industry;
Mexico
Canales, Rodrigo, and Ramana Nanda. "A Darker Side to Decentralized Banks: Market Power and Credit Rationing in SME Lending." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-101, June 2008. (Revised January 2011, August 2011.)