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  • 18 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

answers on the national college entry exam in Chile. We find that the policy change significantly reduced a large gender gap in questions skipped. It also impacted gender gaps in performance, leading to increased representation of women... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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Jeremy Andrus

classmate who was managing a $1 billion–plus hedge fund. Having those kinds of relationships as you make your way through the business world is a great advantage. The IPO went well? Yes, we raised nearly $190 million, which enabled us to retire View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Consumer Products; Entertainment / Media
  • 08 Mar 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”

reasoning. But, argues the wise chorus, "from death alone he still cannot escape . . . Limitation is built in to the human condition. You need to bend to higher laws." Limits? Tell that to today's college graduates, more in debt... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson
  • 01 Sep 2012
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On a Sound Track

through the business world is a great advantage. The IPO went well? Yes, we raised nearly $190 million, which enabled us to retire debt and go in some new directions. My main challenge now is managing growth and our increasing... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; audio accessories; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Retail Trade
  • 20 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 20

external finance constraints is more pronounced for firms with higher degrees of informational opacity. Specifically, it is particularly strong for small firms, firms without debt ratings, firms that are not included in the S&P 500... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 04 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 4

necessary for reviving economic growth both domestically and internationally. Would these policies successfully create a resurgence of growth? Can expansionary monetary policies be considered "beggar-thy-neighbor" actions by emerging markets? How should... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Oct 2016
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October 4, 2016

Implications of the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology Embryo Transfer Guidelines: Healthcare Dollars Saved by Reducing Iatrogenic Triplets By: Lee, Malinda S., Brady T. Evans, Ariel Dora Stern, and Mark D. Hornstein Abstract—Objective: To estimate the View Details
  • 15 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 15

least a quarter of per capita income differences. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-093.pdf Was the Wealth of Nations Determined in 1000 B.C.? Authors:Diego A. Comin, Bill Easterly, and Erick Gong Publication:American... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 27, 2009

to supply beef markets around the world, but it faced a perfect storm of rising feed and fuel prices, a global credit crisis, and industry analysts skeptical about the company's debt load. Purchase the case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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1.11 Leaves of Absence | MBA

bill that is unpaid for 60 days or more may be subject to collection activities. The costs associated with collecting an unpaid account will be added to the student’s outstanding debt and must be paid in full. Students expecting a refund... View Details
  • 16 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 16

transaction referred to as a "Happy Meal." The goal was to help convertible debt investors "hedge their respective investments through short sales." The challenge of the case is to understand why Molycorp used this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 2

New Line of Inquiry By: Moss, David, Anant Thaker, and Howard Rudnick Abstract—The substantial increase in inequality in the United States over the past three decades has provoked considerable debate, with some analysts characterizing rising inequality as among the... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
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Bibliography - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections

Econometrie , Colloques Internationaux du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, vol. XI, Paris, (1953): 41-47. Baldwin, Carliss. "Pricing Convertible Preferred Stock According to the Rational Option Pricing Theory." B.S. thesis,... View Details
  • 23 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 23

staff, and graduate students affiliated with Harvard Medical School are already world class and at the top of the medical research game, with approximately $1.4 billion in annual funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Aug 2016
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August 2, 2016

households. The quality of the liquidity services provided by bank liabilities depends on their safety in case of default. Commercial bank debt is fully insured and thus provides full liquidity. However, commercial banks do not... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 5

Beginning Makes Ethics Salient and Decreases Dishonest Self-reports in Comparison to Signing at the End Authors:L. Shu, N. Mazar, F. Gino, M. Bazerman, and D. Ariely Publication:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 13

turnaround expert, Andrew Macey, as COO to help him in the effort. Pearson and Macey have several options to consider: Should HLB raise $1 million in debt financing and focus on a turnaround or should it approach a private equity investor... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 18, 2008

growth, stagnant GDP growth, and high public debt. As of early 2007, the country's global competitiveness has plummeted and its debt remains well above the level allowed by the EU's Maastricht treaty. Historical and structural reasons for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53636 Collusion in Markets with Syndication By: Hatfield, John William, Scott Duke Kominers, Richard Lowery, and Jordan M. Barry Abstract—Many markets, including the markets for IPOs and View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 07 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 7, 2007

financing proposals to pursue. A straight equity issue will dilute his principal shareholders' ownership, but seems like the safer alternative in an industry that is notorious for its high failure rate. On the other hand, a convertible View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace