International Cost Of Capital - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Aug 2006
First Look

First Look: August 22, 2006

capital investing has reached an all-time high. Although their background skills and experiences fall outside venture capital, they have identified a large investor and a number of smaller investors to back... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Jul 2008
Research & Ideas

Starbucks’ Lessons for Premium Brands

coffee, revitalizing the quality of its standard beverages. But none of these moves addressed the fundamental problem: Starbucks is a mass brand attempting to command a premium price for an experience that... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Retail

29 Apr 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Use Personal Experience to Pick Winning Stocks

charging people egregious amounts for insurance that they didn't necessarily need," she says. "They were placing insurance at five times the cost they told regulators they would." Estimating that ultimately over a third... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

05 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 5, 2007

founders faced new internal and external pressures; particularly worrisome was the entry of auction giants Christie's and Sotheby's into the market. The Vaziranis' main challenge now is to consolidate their... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Sep 2002
Research & Ideas

The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs

having some serious unintended consequences, one being the fiction that there is actually a real CEO labor market. Let me elaborate. It is natural to wonder why boards routinely bypass thousands of internal... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

17 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Becoming the Next Real Estate Mogul

saw—that's a ton of fun," he said. There was general agreement on this point, but land and buildings aren't always part of the equation when it comes to calculating the industry's appeal, added Vincent... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Construction; Real Estate

07 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Off and Running: Professors Comment on Olympics

infrastructure make a case in point. The exorbitant cost of new structures, the limited number of opportunities for post-Games usage, and even the sometimes questionable... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Sports

17 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs

geographic exclusivity he needed to offer them. On the cost front, he found that to tap cheap student labor, franchisees would have to supply delivery personnel with mopeds, because most Spanish students, unlike their American... View Details

Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle

03 Apr 2017
What Do You Think?

How About Investing in Human Infrastructure?

and clearly should be implemented. But it won’t while the merits of human capital investment are substantial, the political realities of our grotesquely divided nation today... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Construction

10 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Reinventing the Industrial Giant

for auto parts online. Finally, the company is moving its internal processes, such as billing and inventory, online. GM estimates that each of these four undertakings will save an extraordinary amount View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria, Davis Dyer & Frederick Dalzell; Manufacturing

03 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?

Act, which was passed by Congress in 2010, created a mechanism to deal with many of them, alongside Basel III the most recent iteration in global banking regulations. Important details of both are still... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Banking; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate

22 Jan 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

Why You Are Unhappy at Work

importance of being supportive. Hazard Warning: The Unacceptable Cost of Toxic Workers A productive workplace can be easily disrupted by one unruly employee. Here's what... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

19 Nov 2019
Op-Ed

Gender Bias Complaints against Apple Card Signal a Dark Side to Fintech

which was historically plagued by frictions, is becoming potentially more accurate, efficient, and cost effective. For small-business lending, technology is changing the game, providing access to capital for... View Details

Keywords: by Karen G. Mills; Financial Services

24 Mar 2002
Lessons from the Classroom

Case Study: A Lesson in Private Venture Financing

security services to companies in South Africa, other African countries, and parts of Europe. In the case, Gray has recently undergone a financial restructuring with the help of private equity firm Brait... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

July 2024
Case

Jacqueline Cook at Vendasta: Debating an IPO

By: Reza Satchu, Tom Quinn and Andrew Kosc

In May 2021, after a surge in demand for digital services that prompted high valuations for startups across the Canadian tech sector, Saskatchewan-based Vendasta entered the final stages of the initial public offering (IPO) process. COO Jacqueline Cook had invested her... View Details

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01 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

How Politics Drives Business Decisions in a Polarized Nation

analysts) downward-adjusted ratings more often than aligned analysts covering the same firm at the same time, the study shows. The partisan leanings of intermediaries, such as credit-rating analysts, can have “sizable effects on firms’... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

20 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

Globalization Hasn’t Killed the Manufacturing Cluster

economy, and factor cost differentials, like labor costs, became more important, Pisano says. That's why there was a huge outflow of unskilled apparel manufacturing from the United States. "There's nothing... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Manufacturing; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion

23 May 2016
Research & Ideas

A Little Understanding Motivates Copyright Abusers to Pay Up

they approached was already trying a kinder-and-gentler tactic by waiving the fee to recoup enforcement costs ($400 per image) and just asking for the actual cost of licensing... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Media & Broadcasting; Publishing

25 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

Adjusting the Fit for Government

productivity revolution due to the loss of skills in society. "The other key underpinning is education," he continued. "In South Africa in particular, the legacy of apartheid was extremely... View Details