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- 13 Dec 2016
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December 13, 2016
is the result of banks being less likely to make the smaller dollar loans—those less than $250,000—that small firms (more than 70%) seek. A rapidly growing financial technology (fintech) sector has quickly stepped in to fill this gap, and incumbent banks are exploring... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 17
http://hbr.org/product/ge-and-the-industrial-internet/an/614032-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 514-020 Goldman Sachs: Anchoring Standards After the Financial Crisis Goldman Sachs, a longtime venerable financial institution headquartered in New York City, had a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2009
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First Look: May 19, 2009
parties and then decide whether to attempt to raise new capital, declare bankruptcy, or try to lead a controlled wind-down. The case explores crisis management, decisions by principals operating in the zone of insolvency, construction contract types, the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
mastering three models, the company has built formidable advantages that are difficult for competitors to overcome. Its example has shown how, properly applied, the implementation of multiple business models is not a risk but rather a new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
equity, using unexplored custodial data regarding 112 limited partners over four decades. We differentiate between alternative vehicles that are GP directed versus those where the LP has some discretion. Of the roughly 5,500 distinct... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018
action against banks they deemed "too big to fail." Regulators around the world stepped in to increase capital requirements while the U.S. government passed the Dodd-Frank bill, which improved transparency and accountability, and, with the Volcker Rule, View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 3, 2007
compared to the opening of new establishments by existing firms. We find interstate banking deregulations had a strong positive effect on the birth of new firms relative to the facility expansions of existing firms. We find limited... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 15, 2008
that makes continual learning part of business as usual. Cases & Course MaterialsThe Broad Institute: Applying the Power of Genomics to Medicine Harvard Business School Case 608-114 In June 2003, Harvard University and MIT announced an unprecedented View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 15
Harvard Business School Case 214-091 Texas Teachers and the New Texas Way In 2011 Britt Harris, the chief investment officer for the $107.4 billion Teachers Retirement System of Texas (TRS), was considering whether to pursue strategic View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 25 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing
quickly realized that most of their work would be behind the scenes, arranging for partnerships with global partners around the world, helping students prepare for and execute an eight-day intensive immersion in a foreign country—and then... View Details
- 15 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
These VC Partners May Make Your Firm Less Innovative
much-needed cash but also expertise and advice. In a perfect world, everyone benefits. The VC firm takes an equity stake and makes money when the company succeeds, rewarding limited partners who have invested in the VC firm. But what... View Details
- 11 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
How AI Could Ease the Refugee Crisis and Bring New Talent to Businesses
and studied the performance of the algorithms with Kirk Bansak, an assistant professor at the University of California at Berkeley. The work builds from their partnership with the Immigration Policy Lab at Stanford University, which uses... View Details
- 07 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 7
Redistribute So Much but Tag So Little? The Principle of Equal Sacrifice and Optimal Taxation Author:Matthew Weinzierl Abstract Tagging is a free lunch in conventional optimal tax theory because it eases the classic tradeoff between efficiency and equality. But tagging... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
adjust products to highly protected markets or respond to limited local competition. In the contemporary global economy, political risks partially declined with the spread of liberalization and the abandonment of anti-foreign... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 May 2009
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First Look: May 5, 2009
membership. Some of these businesses have tried an advertising-based model with very limited success. However, these businesses have not fully explored the power of their members to influence each other's behavior. This potential viral or... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
painful, difficult journey. It's trial and error, endless effort, and slowly acquired personal insight. Many managers never complete the journey. At best, they just learn to get by. At worst, they become terrible bosses. This new book explains how to avoid that fate by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Growth of the Social Enterprise
social programs or services, but with limited formal mechanisms for central control and few prescribed interactions between local sites and the center. Tight affiliates are quite similar to business franchises, where the central... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 25 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 25
perceptions of firms' size and/or market power. Benchmarks as Limits to Arbitrage: Understanding the Low-Volatility Anomaly Authors:Malcolm Baker, Brendan Bradley, and Jeffrey Wurgler Publication:Financial Analysts Journal 67, no. 1... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 18
for anyone hoping to master the new-world skills required of successful business leaders today. As the narrative unfolds, Jim grapples with an array of business crises, some he inherited and some of his own making. As events push this new... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
having two buildings built with significant leaning away from vertical. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=209052 Purchase this supplement: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=209094 Creating... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace