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  • February 1979
  • Background Note

Note on the Theory of Optimal Capital Structure

By: William E. Fruhan Jr.
Examines the interrelationship between the maximization of the share value of a firm's common stock and the minimization of the firm's weighted average cost of capital. Presents a revised version of a case by J.W. Mullins, Jr. View Details
Keywords: Capital Structure; Cost of Capital; Stock Shares; Core Relationships; Value
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Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Note on the Theory of Optimal Capital Structure." Harvard Business School Background Note 279-069, February 1979.
  • October 2014
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The Promise of Positive Optimal Taxation: Normative Diversity and a Role for Equal Sacrifice

By: Matthew Weinzierl
A prominent assumption in modern optimal tax research is that the objective of taxation is Utilitarian. I present new survey evidence that most people disagree with this assumption, preferring tax policies based at least in part on a classic alternative objective: the... View Details
Keywords: Taxation; Theory
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Weinzierl, Matthew. "The Promise of Positive Optimal Taxation: Normative Diversity and a Role for Equal Sacrifice." Journal of Public Economics 118 (October 2014): 128–142. (Also NBER Working Paper Series, No. 18599.)
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De Gustibus non est Taxandum: Heterogeneity in Preferences and Optimal Redistribution

By: Benjamin B Lockwood and Matthew Weinzierl
The prominent but unproven intuition that preference heterogeneity reduces redistribution in a standard optimal tax model is shown to hold under the plausible condition that the distribution of preferences for consumption relative to leisure rises, in terms of... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Income; Decision Choices and Conditions; Consumer Behavior; Taxation; Microeconomics; Macroeconomics
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Lockwood, Benjamin B., and Matthew Weinzierl. "De Gustibus non est Taxandum: Heterogeneity in Preferences and Optimal Redistribution." Journal of Public Economics 124 (April 2015): 74–80. (Also NBER Working Paper Series, No. 17784, September 2014 and Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-063, January 2012.)
  • 2020
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Fast Exact Matrix Completion: A Unified Optimization Framework for Matrix Completion

By: Dimitris Bertsimas and Michael Lingzhi Li
We formulate the problem of matrix completion with and without side information as a non-convex optimization problem. We design fastImpute based on non-convex gradient descent and show it converges to a global minimum that is guaranteed to recover closely the... View Details
Keywords: Mathematical Methods
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Bertsimas, Dimitris, and Michael Lingzhi Li. "Fast Exact Matrix Completion: A Unified Optimization Framework for Matrix Completion." Journal of Machine Learning Research 21, no. 1 (2020).
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Innovation and Renovation: Optimizing Product Line Architecture - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Innovation and Renovation: Optimizing Product Line Architecture Course Number 1955 Assistant Professor Tomomichi Amano Spring; Q4; 1.5 credits 13 sessions Exam Overview: Long-term success hinges on both... View Details
  • January 1992
  • Teaching Note

Note on the Theory of Optimal Capital Structure TN

By: William E. Fruhan Jr.
Teaching Note for (9-279-069). View Details
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Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Note on the Theory of Optimal Capital Structure TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 292-047, January 1992.
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A Note on the Progressivity of Optimal Public Expenditures

By: Jerry R. Green and Eytan Sheshinski
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Green, Jerry R., and Eytan Sheshinski. "A Note on the Progressivity of Optimal Public Expenditures." Quarterly Journal of Economics 89, no. 1 (February 1975): 138–144.
  • December 1984
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An Approach for Developing an Optimal Discount Pricing Policy

By: R. Lal and Richard Staelin
Keywords: Price; Policy
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Lal, R., and Richard Staelin. "An Approach for Developing an Optimal Discount Pricing Policy." Management Science 30, no. 12 (December 1984).
  • April 2001
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Optimal Portfolio Choice for Long-Horizon Investors with Nontradable Labor Income

By: Luis M. Viceira
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Viceira, Luis M. "Optimal Portfolio Choice for Long-Horizon Investors with Nontradable Labor Income." Journal of Finance 56, no. 2 (April 2001): 433–470.
  • 2010
  • Working Paper

Optimal Auction Design and Equilibrium Selection in Sponsored Search Auctions

By: Benjamin Edelman and Michael Schwarz
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Edelman, Benjamin, and Michael Schwarz. "Optimal Auction Design and Equilibrium Selection in Sponsored Search Auctions." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-054, January 2010.
  • 11 Dec 2015
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Analytics in Online Flash Sales: Demand Forecasting and Price Optimization

  • 24 Aug 2012
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Equalizing Outcomes vs. Equalizing Opportunities: Optimal Taxation when Children’s Abilities Depend on Parents’ Resources

Keywords: by Alexander Gelber & Matthew Weinzierl
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Catching Outliers: Committee Voting and the Limits of Consensus When Financing Innovation

By: Andrey Malenko, Ramana Nanda, Matthew Rhodes-Kropf and Savitar Sundaresan
We document that investment committees of major VCs use a voting rule where one partner `championing' an early-stage investment is sufficient to invest. Their stated reason for this rule is to `catch outliers'. The same VCs use a more conventional `majority' rule for... View Details
Keywords: Optimal Voting Rules; Innovation and Invention; Venture Capital; Investment; Decision Making; Voting
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Malenko, Andrey, Ramana Nanda, Matthew Rhodes-Kropf, and Savitar Sundaresan. "Catching Outliers: Committee Voting and the Limits of Consensus When Financing Innovation." Journal of Finance (forthcoming).
  • January 2011
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AIC Netbooks: Optimizing Product Assembly, Faculty Spreadsheet Supplement (Brief Case)

By: Steven C. Wheelwright and Sunru Yong
Keywords: Production Management; Management; Production
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Wheelwright, Steven C., and Sunru Yong. "AIC Netbooks: Optimizing Product Assembly, Faculty Spreadsheet Supplement (Brief Case)." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 114-248, January 2011.
  • 19 Jan 2013
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Is All This Stock Market Optimism a Red Flag?

  • October 2013
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How Much to Make and How Much to Buy? An Analysis of Optimal Plural Sourcing Strategies

By: Phanish Puranam, Ranjay Gulati and Sourav Bhattacharya
While many theories of the firm seek to explain when firms make rather than buy, in practice, firms often make and buy the same input—they engage in plural sourcing. We argue that explaining the mix of external procurement and internal sourcing for the same input... View Details
Keywords: Supply Chain; Forecasting and Prediction; Framework; Prejudice and Bias; Mathematical Methods
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Puranam, Phanish, Ranjay Gulati, and Sourav Bhattacharya. "How Much to Make and How Much to Buy? An Analysis of Optimal Plural Sourcing Strategies." Strategic Management Journal 34, no. 10 (October 2013): 1145–1161.
  • September 23, 2021
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How to Build a Life: Hope Is Better Than Optimism

By: Arthur C. Brooks
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  • 2012
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Enterprise Analytics: Optimize Performance, Process, and Decisions Through Big Data

By: Thomas H. Davenport
This book, an edited collection of research papers from the International Institute of Analytics, addresses a wide variety of key topics in managing business analytics and big data at the enterprise level. It includes key applications of analytics, human and... View Details
Keywords: Business Analytics; Big Data; Business or Company Management; Analytics and Data Science; Management Practices and Processes; Mathematical Methods; Information Management
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Davenport, Thomas H., ed. Enterprise Analytics: Optimize Performance, Process, and Decisions Through Big Data. FT Press, 2012.
  • April 2009
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Supply Chain Optimization at Hugo Boss (B) - The M-Ratio

By: Ananth Raman, Nicole DeHoratius and Zahra Kanji
We evaluate the impact of a supply chain pilot implemented at Hugo Boss. This pilot entailed altering the way in which Hugo Boss orders from its suppliers. We explore the challenge of assessing the impact of supply chain change, the link between operational performance... View Details
Keywords: Supply Chain; Performance Evaluation; Problems and Challenges; Sales; Change; Valuation; Consumer Products Industry
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Raman, Ananth, Nicole DeHoratius, and Zahra Kanji. "Supply Chain Optimization at Hugo Boss (B) - The M-Ratio." Harvard Business School Supplement 609-055, April 2009.

    A Prescriptive Analytics Framework for Optimal Policy Deployment Using Heterogeneous Treatment Effects

    We define a prescriptive analytics framework that addresses the needs of a constrained decision-maker facing, ex ante, unknown costs and benefits of multiple policy levers. The framework is general in nature and can be deployed in any utility maximizing... View Details
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