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  • 01 Oct 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Stuart Gilson

business opportunity. For example, in an equity spin-off, a diversified firm's businesses are split apart into independent entities, each with its own common stock. Spin-offs can make sense when a high-growth business is being held back... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • Profile

Nelson Yuan

investment banking at Morgan Stanley and two at the Carlyle Group, where he worked in private equity and debt investment. Efficient way to learn business As Nelson’s career matured, he “didn’t find finance fulfilling.” But making the... View Details
  • 09 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 9

the Panama Canal to make use of both conventional historical methods and the tools of quantitative analysis, The Big Ditch examines the impact of the Panama Canal on the Republic of Panama, the United States, and the world. Noel Maurer... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Jul 2011
  • First Look

First Look: July 12

  PublicationsBlending Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Organizational Research Authors:Amy C. Edmondson and Tiona Zuzul Publication:In Encyclopedia of Strategic Management, edited by D. Teece and M. Augier. London: Palgrave,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 20 Nov 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, November 20, 2018

forthcoming Review of Financial Studies Private Equity and Financial Fragility During the Crisis By: Bernstein, Shai, Josh Lerner, and Filippo Mezzanotti Abstract—Do private equity firms contribute to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Sep 2015
  • First Look

First Look -- September 1, 2015

debt increases exogenously and they use the proceeds of equity issues to increase payouts to shareholders. Our evidence suggests that extant findings that have been attributed to constraints may instead reflect differences in the growth... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Kristen Jones

an example, Kristen cites a case about an entrepreneur weighing the pros and cons of accepting a venture-capital partner. “Most of the class looked at in terms of valuation, of what the deal would mean from an equity perspective. But I... View Details
  • 19 Apr 2018
  • Blog Post

Policy, Practice, Leadership & Impact: Making a Difference with the HBS/HKS Joint Degree

and quantitative methods with an emphasis on policy and practice. When combined with Harvard Business School’s Masters in Business Administration (MBA), students will demonstrate exceptional aptitude in the areas of policy expertise and... View Details
  • 22 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 22

cash flow to ensure this. Evidence shows that there are limits to venture capital as a solution to the funding gap, especially in countries where public equity markets for venture capital exit are not highly developed. We conclude by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Jul 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Solving the Marketing Resources Allocation Puzzle

U.S. companies spent a staggering $285 billion on advertising in 2006, according to Advertising Age. That's a lot of dollars and expectations being handed to advertising managers to generate returns. But do marketing managers allocate their resources wisely? Are... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 17

suggested by theories concerning conflicts between managers and owners over risk-taking. We argue that managers holding equity of their bank take less risk because they have fewer opportunities to diversify risk compared with outside... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Sep 2007
  • First Look

First Look: September 11, 2007

provide funding to mobilize thousands of youth volunteers, Trellu-Kane needed to decide how Unis-Cite would proceed. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=407106 A Note on European Private View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 31 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 31

duties in firms incorporated in that state. This change limited managers' incentives to take actions favoring equity over debt for firms in the vicinity of financial distress. We show that this ruling increased the likelihood of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
  • 03 Mar 2008
  • First Look

First Look: March 4, 2008

  Working PapersSell Side School Ties Authors:Lauren H. Cohen, Andrea Frazzini, and Christopher J. Malloy Abstract We study the impact of social networks on agents' ability to gather superior information about firms. Exploiting novel data on the educational backgrounds... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Nov 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

develop new ways of working together. To bolster out-of-the-box thinking at their companies, boards should promote diversity among members. They should foster "creative abrasion" to keep ideas flowing and rethink traditional methods of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 15 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 15, 2008

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w14087 Earnings Quality and Ownership Structure: The Role of Private Equity Sponsors Author:Sharon Katz Abstract This study explores how firms' ownership structures affect their earnings quality and long-term... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

firms. Most importantly, they fail to account for offsetting equity issuances by firms. We show that, taking into account issuances, net shareholder payouts by all U.S. public firms during the period 2005–2014 were in fact only about... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Jun 2016
  • First Look

June 28, 2016

forthcoming Management Science The First Deal: The Division of Founder Equity in New Ventures By: Hellmann, Thomas F., and Noam Wasserman Abstract—We examine the trade-off between efficiency and equality within the context of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 15

  Publications August 2013 American Economic Review Private Equity, Jobs, and Productivity By: Davis, Steven J., John Haltiwanger, Kyle Handley, Ron Jarmin, Josh Lerner, and Javier Miranda Abstract—Private equity critics claim that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Jun 2021
  • News

The Path Ahead

Pouskouri-Reiche (AMP 160, 2001) Diversity and inclusion are critical for HBS. We know the ways diversity is essential in our classrooms; the case method relies on students' ability to learn from each other and their faculty members by... View Details