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    Frederic G. Donner

    An accountant by training, Donner was recognized as one of the sharpest financial minds in business. His overwhelming command of the financial aspects of running GM led him to set new records for sales, profitability, and dividend... View Details
    Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
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    Companies: capital changes and distributions

    Type DVD then hit GO for a history of stock splits and dividends for that company. OR, type CACS then hit GO for a corporate actions calendar, including events such as stock... View Details
    • 18 Aug 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: August 18

    characteristics of the clients of their institutional shareholders indicates that "dividend-averse" institutions are significantly less likely to hold shares in firms with larger dividend payouts. This relation between the tax... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 01 Jun 2005
    • News

    Contrarian and Proud of It

    “That concern creates opportunity.” Rogers particularly likes stocks with high dividends and low price-earnings ratios. A patient investor, he typically holds on to stocks for three to six years. Lately, he has branched out to add growth... View Details
    Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance
    • 20 Jan 2010
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    First Look: Jan. 20

    their firms as small firms when investors favor small firms. Local Dividend Clienteles Authors:Bo Becker, Zoran Ivkovic, and Scott Weisbenner Publication:Journal of Finance (forthcoming) Abstract We exploit demographic variation to... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 07 Aug 2007
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    First Look: August 7, 2007

    between firm payout policy and tax incentives. Analysis of a panel of firms matched with the tax characteristics of the clients of their institutional shareholders indicates that "dividend-averse" institutions are significantly less likely to hold shares in... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 24 Mar 2002
    • Research & Ideas

    Are Assets Only for America’s Wealthy?

    insurance, CDs, and transaction accounts for the poorest families are difficult to build and scale to the many millions of families who live below the poverty line. Let's use the dot.com dividend to solve this problem.— Peter Tufano... View Details
    Keywords: by Carla Tishler
    • 29 Sep 2009
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    First Look: September 29

      Working PapersLocal Dividend Clienteles Authors:Bo Becker, Zoran Ivkovich, and Scott WeisbennerNBER Working Paper Series, No. 15175, July 2009 Abstract We exploit demographic variation to identify the effect of View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 03 Jan 2007
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    First Look: January 3, 2007

    immediate impasse—and defining a meaningful path forward. Publisher's site: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu The Effect of Dividends on Consumption Authors:Malcolm Baker, Stefan Nagel, and Jeffrey Wurgler... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 10 May 2004
    • Research & Ideas

    Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures

    but also as a lab for many basic questions in finance. For example, multinationals must design repatriation policies for their subsidiaries around the world. Their incentives in doing so bear a striking resemblance to how firms design View Details
    Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
    • 07 Aug 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: August 7

    patients. Download the paper: http://papers.nber.org/papers/W18202 Dividends as Reference Points: A Behavioral Signaling Approach Authors:Malcolm Baker and Jeffrey Wurgler Abstract We outline a dividend... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 23 Mar 2023
    • News

    SVB Crash Analysis

    on startups, says Professor Paul Gompers. But that deep knowledge of the sector could pay huge dividends to the right big-bank buyer. SVB Collapse: HBS Faculty Perspectives (Video) The sudden closure of Silicon Valley Bank has shaken the... View Details
    • 27 Feb 2018
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    First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018

    We exploit households’ portfolio weights in previous years as an instrument for actual capital gains and dividends payments. We find that unrealized capital gains lead to a marginal propensity to consume (MPC) of 13% for the bottom 50% of... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 21 Oct 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: October 21

    cross-sectional empirical evidence is most persuasive in favor of agency considerations. Studies centered on the May 2003 dividend tax cut confirm that differences in the taxation of dividends and capital... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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    Jamira Cotton

    confidently. I constantly see the dividends of this training. Even more important are the subtle ways that HBS has prepared me to be a better leader- such as through the understanding of cultures I have gained from my diverse classmates,... View Details
    Keywords: Consulting; Entrepreneurship
    • 07 Sep 2021
    • News

    Building New Connections

    papers on investment, capital structure, working capital management, dividend policy, joint ventures, intellectual property, and corporate tax policy. He currently teaches Corporate Financial Operations, a second-year MBA elective course... View Details
    • 04 Sep 2019
    • News

    Research Brief: Ending the Legacy of Poverty

    provide direct engagement in skills development, support parents on the cusp, and mentor first-generation college students. The dividends of those investments, Kominers says, could be passed down to successive generations. View Details
    Keywords: Jennifer Myers; Educational Services
    • 01 Dec 2013
    • News

    Plugged In

    have a notion of what an electric car should be, and they are open to new technologies." And even if the youth market isn't ready for high-end wheels, changing the perception of the Cadillac brand among that crowd, he notes, can pay View Details
    Keywords: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing
    • 01 Sep 2011
    • News

    Letters to the Editor

    Doriot's course and the emergence of the angel/VC industry. I was fortunate to launch my venture in 1965 with $50,000 in angel funds. Charles Morrissey (MBA '62) Irvine, CA Lessons That Paid Dividends I'll presume to speak for the... View Details
    Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
    • 01 Feb 1999
    • News

    All in the Family

    indeed personality can be a factor. But, more often, an individual's role in the system is a more fundamental reason for conflict. In questions of dividend policy, for example, someone in sector four (a family member who is an owner but... View Details
    Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso