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- February 2010 (Revised April 2011)
- Case
The Political Economy of Carbon Trading
By: Forest L. Reinhardt, J. Gunnar Trumbull, Mikell Hyman, Patia McGrath and Nazli Zeynep Uludere
Global climate change is an increasingly prominent political and business problem. Design of market-based systems to reduce carbon emissions has proven difficult. More broadly, national attempts to comply with the provisions of the Kyoto Protocol present both...
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Policy;
International Relations;
Risk Management;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Business and Government Relations;
Natural Environment;
Pollutants;
Climate Change;
Environmental Sustainability;
Public Administration Industry
Reinhardt, Forest L., J. Gunnar Trumbull, Mikell Hyman, Patia McGrath, and Nazli Zeynep Uludere. "The Political Economy of Carbon Trading." Harvard Business School Case 710-056, February 2010. (Revised April 2011.)
- 18 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 18, 2007
institutions. Risk-adjusted CCA balance sheets facilitate simulations and stress testing to evaluate the potential impact of policies to manage systemic risk. Purchase the paper from SSRN.com ($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13607 Does Individual Performance Affect...
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Martha Lagace
- 06 Sep 2016
- Blog Post
What Makes the HBS MBA unique?
This became very apparent to me during the Business, Government, and the International Economy (BGIE) course first year. Our cases focused on different countries, and while we had the professor to guide the discussion, we also had section...
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- September 1997 (Revised May 1999)
- Case
Precision Controls, Inc.
By: James K. Sebenius and David T. Kotchen
Precision Controls is a Minnesota-based manufacturer of electronic control devices. To enhance its product line, Precision would like to establish an artificial intelligence research group, either through internal development or, preferably, by merging with or...
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Keywords:
Information Technology;
Valuation;
Research and Development;
Negotiation Process;
Stock Shares;
Negotiation Tactics;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Manufacturing Industry;
Electronics Industry;
Minnesota
Sebenius, James K., and David T. Kotchen. "Precision Controls, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 898-046, September 1997. (Revised May 1999.)
- Web
Mid-US - Global
Purpose podcast with Professor Ranjay Gulati , Susan Tynan (MBA 2003) reflects on the hard work and hard decisions of her entrepreneurial journey. Great business leaders are problem solvers. That’s what sparked Tynan to found Framebridge,...
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- Summer 2019
- Article
Breaking Even: Political Economy and Private Enterprise in the Norwegian Glass Industry, 1739-1803
By: Rolv Petter Amdam, Robert Fredona and Sophus A. Reinert
Using internal debates and surviving account books, this article traces the 18th-century history of the Norwegian glass industry, created to exploit Norway's immense natural resource wealth, and of the chartered company that would later become Norway's iconic...
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Keywords:
Glass Industry;
Natural Resources;
Profitability;
Political Economy;
Cameralism;
Liberalization;
Patriotism;
Profit;
Natural Environment;
Business History;
Norway
Amdam, Rolv Petter, Robert Fredona, and Sophus A. Reinert. "Breaking Even: Political Economy and Private Enterprise in the Norwegian Glass Industry, 1739-1803." Business History Review 93, no. 2 (Summer 2019): 275–317.
- March 2024
- Article
The Asymmetric Mispricing Information in Analysts’ Target Prices
By: Jeremiah Green, John R. M. Hand and Anywhere Sikochi
We study the mispricing information present in the target prices of U.S. and international analysts. We hypothesize that asymmetry in the value-relevance of the information that managers supply to analysts, combined with asymmetry in the incentives facing analysts to...
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Keywords:
Analysts;
Target Prices;
Mispricing;
Cost Of Equity;
Valuation;
Price;
Cost;
Analysis;
Theory
Green, Jeremiah, John R. M. Hand, and Anywhere Sikochi. "The Asymmetric Mispricing Information in Analysts’ Target Prices." Review of Accounting Studies 29, no. 1 (March 2024): 889–915.
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Myth Busting: Financial Aid for 2+2 Students - MBA
Sciences Partners & Families Peek SVMP Social Enterprise Student Life Student Loans Student Profile Sustainability Video Blog Industries Industries Architecture Construction Consulting Consumer Packaged Goods Education Energy Engineering Entertainment / Media...
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- 13 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Good Incentives Lead to Bad Decisions
economics," says Shawn A. Cole, an associate professor in the Finance Unit at Harvard Business School. "A frequent criticism of bankers in the recent crisis is that they took a lot of incentive pay in the years leading up to the...
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- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Game On
a year, when you include the benefit to industries like fishing and sporting.” McCarthy has scaffolded his career on this kind of entrepreneurial thinking: a melding of his engineering training and his military and commercial experience,...
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It’s Time to Build: Why the MS/MBA Is Right for You! - MBA
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- 2022
- Article
Science-based Entrepreneurship in India: A Policy Glass (as yet) Quarter-Full
By: Tarun Khanna
India is celebrated for a resurgence of de novo entrepreneurship in recent decades. Entrants have engaged in creative risk-taking to provide market-based solutions for private or social needs despite not being scions of wealthy industrial or business families. In this...
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Khanna, Tarun. "Science-based Entrepreneurship in India: A Policy Glass (as yet) Quarter-Full." India Policy Forum 19 (2022): 1–53.
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Accounting & Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Place Winner of the 2023 Jensen Prize for the best corporate finance paper published in the Journal of Financial Economics for “How Much Should We Trust Staggered Difference-In-Differences Estimates?” (May 2022) with Andrew Baker and...
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- November 2010 (Revised August 2012)
- Case
The Indego Africa Project
By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Rachel Gordon
Two young attorneys found and begin to build the Indego Africa Project, an NGO partnering with women's cooperatives in Rwanda. Indego connects the cooperatives to the international retail market for handmade artisan products, helps the cooperatives build their business...
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Keywords:
Cooperative Ownership;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Corporate Finance;
Non-Governmental Organizations;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Rwanda
McGinn, Kathleen L., and Rachel Gordon. "The Indego Africa Project." Harvard Business School Case 911-011, November 2010. (Revised August 2012.)
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Alejandro Maldonado
talent-related topics at Advent International Private Equity, where he works closely with investment and portfolio professionals as well as c-level executives of its portfolio companies as an executive coach. He also has a private...
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- April 2008 (Revised December 2008)
- Case
North Goes East
By: Nicolas P. Retsinas, Daniela Beyersdorfer and Elena Corsi
In August 2006, Magnus Lofgren and Robert Provine, managing directors and co-founders of the "North Real Estate Opportunities Fund," need to decide which real estate investment the Fund should pursue as its first project. The Fund's target region, Central and Eastern...
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Keywords:
Developing Countries and Economies;
Investment Funds;
Risk Management;
Emerging Markets;
Opportunities;
Real Estate Industry;
Europe
Retsinas, Nicolas P., Daniela Beyersdorfer, and Elena Corsi. "North Goes East." Harvard Business School Case 208-136, April 2008. (Revised December 2008.)
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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online
Statements Accounting for the Future Featured Exercises Discover how balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements are developed Predict future revenue, expenses, and cash flow Understand key metrics in valuation like time value of money, terminal value,...
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- 08 Dec 2021
- Blog Post
The Drive to Succeed: Silvio Memme (MBA 2020) and the Transition to Venture Capital
Memme wrote in his article for Medium. “The ability to combine critical thinking skills, an understanding of what it takes to commercialize innovation, and my love of all things entrepreneurial convinced me I had a lot of value to add....
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- 05 Oct 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Doing What the Parents Want? The Effect of the Local Information Environment on the Investment Decisions of Multinational Corporations
- 2012
- Working Paper
An Exploration of Luxury Hotels in Tanzania
By: Diego A. Comin
Tourism is a tradable service activity that could allow some African countries to generate significant growth. Tanzania, given its unique natural assets, is an ideal candidate. However, despite being so richly endowed in touristic resources, Tanzania receives very few...
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Keywords:
Natural Environment;
Business Ventures;
Luxury;
Revenue;
Price;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Accommodations Industry;
Tourism Industry;
Tanzania
Comin, Diego A. "An Exploration of Luxury Hotels in Tanzania." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 17902, March 2012.