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- 20 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 20, 2015
integration. The reason is that at low prices, increases in revenue resulting from enhanced productivity are too small to justify the cost, whereas at high prices, the revenue benefit exceeds the cost. Trade policy provides a source of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 1, 2008
briefly discussing how mortgages were structured and traded in the pre-1990 period, it describes subprime mortgage lending, as well as other innovative mortgages issued in the 1990s. It also discusses how these mortgages were packaged... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Power of the Noncompete Clause
particularly in venture-funded companies where investors seek to protect their intellectual property. It might seem that Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) would guard against the loss of trade secrets and other IP, but such agreements are... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer
international labor affairs in the U.S. Department of Labor during the administrations of Eisenhower and Kennedy. It was a time when many countries in Africa and Asia were emerging from colonialism. Often trade union leaders were in the... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 30 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 30
listed company and the largest telecom provider in New Zealand, was being divided into two publicly traded companies, Chorus, a telecom infrastructure company, and new Telecom, a telecom retail services provider. In connection with this... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 22 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 22
policies emphasizing exclusivity in agency-client relationships. A typology of conflicts that have arisen in the United States shows the variety and complexity of contemporary conflicts. Cases of conflicts reported in the trade literature... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
so than any of Greg's previous ventures, Quadriserv represented a move into an established marketplace with strong and entrenched incumbents. Greg had a tested record of startups in the trading and financial sectors, but the difference in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
scale has ever been attempted. Moreover, the plan has numerous question marks over how it would work. How would financial institutions get taxed? Would pass-through entities have their current treatment? Most importantly, it’s not clear it would pass muster with the... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=609050 NEC Electronics Harvard Business School Case 209-001 Why do shares in NEC Electronics, a publicly listed subsidiary of Japan conglomerate NEC, trade at a discount to their fundamental value? Can... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 5
Pasciucco was appointed to lead American International Group's Financial Products (AIGFP) group after the government bailout of AIG in 2008 and charged with the task of shutting down the division while minimizing the government's losses. AIGFP's failed View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
these mechanisms in publicly traded companies is widespread throughout the world and in the United States. Understanding how the various mechanisms contribute to the separation between economic ownership and control is important for the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/717498-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 717-034 Goodbye IMF Conditions, Hello Chinese Capital: Zambia's Copper Industry and Africa's Break with Its Colonial Past Over the past several decades, rapid growth in Chinese... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 8
Author:Malcolm S. Salter Abstract Researchers and business leaders have long decried short-termism: the excessive focus of executives of publicly traded companies-along with fund managers and other investors-on short-term results. The... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 08 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 8, 2008
screening ability since the returns were higher than those that earned from investing in analysts' top stock picks that were not selected by the committee. Finally, we find that abnormal announcement returns and trading volume at the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively
percent of its profit origins, 77 percent of its shareholder base, and 66 percent of its employees were based outside France. Trade unions and left-wing politicians were especially critical, as they were not used to seeing companies... View Details
- 19 Jan 2021
- In Practice
Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm
US business interests. If you put aside feelings about partisanship and individuals, there were a number of things the Trump administration did that were supportive of business growth and economic growth. But the volatility and dysfunctional relationship between View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
stores, TCS went public in late 2013. Since its IPO, same store sales have suffered, and the company's stock in early 2016 was trading well below its IPO price. As such, the company's culture and Foundation Principles were being put to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
also more pronounced for the insurance firms for which regulatory capital requirements are more binding. The results hold both at issuance and for trading in the secondary market and are robust to a series of bond and issuer controls,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Nov 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching The Moral Leader
decisions will come as business leaders figure out how to respond to new regulations, taxes, or to cap and trade schemes, all enacted to control the buildup of greenhouse gases. In addition to providing opportunities for quick-witted... View Details
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
Abstract—Platforms use search diversion in order to trade off total consumer traffic for higher revenues derived by exposing consumers to unsolicited products (e.g., advertising). We show that the entry of a platform competitor leads to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne