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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
André R. Jakurski, MBA 1973
he explains, "We had our best year ever. We borrowed in US dollars and invested in Brazilian reais. It was incredible." By 1997, the once small Pactual had grown into a large institution. When his business partner wanted to expand into...
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Susan Young
- 27 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 27
competitors in setting up towers but engage in a brutal competition with them in the marketplace? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/110057-PDF-ENG Dollarama Inc. Andre F. PéroldHarvard Business School Case 210-041 Dollarama is the leading...
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Martha Lagace
- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
likely to comply. Finally, opting out affects the value of cash holdings. For cross-listed firms based in countries with weak governance rules, a dollar of cash held inside the firm is worth $1.52 if the firm fully complies with U.S....
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Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Your Customers Have Changed. Here's How to Engage Them Again.
of their risk level, creating more loyal customers for the longer term. The Knot Worldwide is providing financial assistance to its vendors (like caterers, flower companies, and apparel brands) to help them get through hard times. Netflix set up a $100 million View Details
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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
moving toward domestic debt as an alternative source of funding for the current Greek government. See Carmen’s other research work here and Christoph’s other research work here . Related Themes: Global Crisis & Debt Data, Stabilization...
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Investing in Emerging Industries | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
came to serve as a major source of short-term financing. In 1958, the investment house launched the One William Street Fund, a mutual fund of diversified holdings funded by shareholders. Expanding their...
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- 23 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Learning Curve: The Brother-and-Sister Team Behind a New Edtech Nonprofit
technology so that we can reach out in a low-cost, scalable way,” Mahajan explains. Rocket targets the least educated and most impoverished families in India. Many parents earn between one and two dollars a day doing construction or...
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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition
Levis, HKS; Social Enterprise Track Co-Winner Reduce the burden of heart disease in China. Charitable Donations Group Social Enterprise Track Runner-Up Raise funds for nonprofits by helping them accept and liquidate real estate...
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- 09 Apr 2024
- Research & Ideas
When Climate Goals, Housing Policy, and Corporate R&D Collide, Social Good Can Emerge
For almost four years, Omar Asensio and his colleagues have been studying the impact of federal energy programs on low-income neighborhoods. The intersection of technology—artificial intelligence, in particular—and public policy has long been an area of focus for...
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by Glen Justice
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
providing the funds to help others make or build something, and it helped me recognize that I wanted to be in a company that produced or manufactured something directly. It also showed me the trials as well as the benefits of a small...
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- 06 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters
times. Netflix set up a $100 million fund to help creatives like actors, producers, and writers whose jobs are affected by COVID—making Netflix the likely preferred destination for future work by creatives. Walmart is paying suppliers...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Innovation Increasingly Benefits from Government Research
government funding, dollar for dollar, fuels innovation more effectively than non-government spending. “The data certainly suggest that the current level of government funding of research is paying off,”...
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by Michael Blanding
- 15 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Americans Voted for an Income Tax
that the taxes they endorsed started out small in scope and size but have multiplied by a factor of eight as a share of our economy, have we gone off course? After all, when an income tax was introduced in 1862 to fund the Civil War, it...
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by Matthew C. Weinzierl
- 16 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 16, 2010
games. Our dictators can purchase signals about why the recipients are poor. We find that a third of the dictators are willing to pay a dollar to learn more about their recipient. Dictators who devote resources to acquiring information...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Aug 2023
- News
Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases
Area to start that accelerator with my first million dollars in pre-seed funding. MT: Yeah, and what's next in the funding journey? Are there benchmarks you're trying to hit to show to Sequoia or others that...
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- 21 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
How to Predict if a New Business Idea is Any Good
Operations Management unit at Harvard Business School. “They didn’t know it would turn out to be a multibillion dollar industry.” “By definition, when an investor makes an investment, it changes the probability of success” In a new...
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- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
of technology, order, and modernity, not ancient disciplines involving hand-to-hand combat. At the time, Sityodtong was setting up the Asian office of Izara Capital Management, the $500 million hedge fund he founded in New York; Evolve...
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- 06 May 2021
- HBS Case
How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups
Despite widespread investment in entrepreneurship in cities across America, venture capital-funded startups still tend to be founded by white men in Silicon Valley. In contrast, businesses led by women are 63 percent less likely to receive View Details
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by Carolyn DiPaolo
- 28 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'
subsidiaries were protected from asset seizures by the automatic stay, buying the company valuable time. In addition, relieved of having to pay interest on its debt while in Chapter 11, Lyondell gained access to millions of dollars of...
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