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  • 17 Jun 2008
  • First Look

First Look: June 17, 2008

loans to small firms and those with more "soft information"—particularly in states with weak legal enforcement of financial contracts. However, decentralized banks are also more responsive to the competitive environment when... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 5, 2008

clear differences in investor protections and financial development around the world today (La Porta et al., 1998, 1999 and passim). This paper examines the persistence of the effects of legal origins by examining new estimates of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 21, 2009

crossed with small incentive (ranging from U.S. $3 to $14) to open a bank savings account. We find that the financial literacy program has no effect on the likelihood of opening a bank savings account in the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 11 Nov 2013
  • Research & Ideas

A Smarter Way to Reduce Customer Defections

often fail to take into account the complete value of the customers they are trying to retain. "What's missing from traditional methods is that they focus only on a customer's likelihood to churn, but not on the overall profitability of... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail; Service
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Management Allison Mnookin Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise Q4 Technology & Operations Management Willy Shih Spring 2025 Q4 1.5 Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements View Details
  • 28 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 28, 2008

creative destruction following U.S. banking deregulations using Census Bureau data. U.S. banking reforms brought about exceptional growth in both entrepreneurship and business closures. The vast majority of closures, however, were the new ventures themselves. Although... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 May 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance

which require full and fair disclosure of the financial performance of companies and of the risks associated with their business. This attitude is reminiscent of the Roaring Twenties when, according to Representative (and later Speaker of... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler

    Chandler’s Legacies

    had integrating the U.S. economy, creating out of necessity new organizational forms, financial instruments and accounting techniques. For my Ph.D. thesis, I decided to study transportation technologies in... View Details
    • February 2019 (Revised October 2022)
    • Case

    Scandal at Steinhoff

    By: Kristin Mugford and Phil Caruso
    Keywords: Volatility; Borrowing and Debt; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financial Liquidity; Bonds; Corporate Accountability; Failure; International Finance; Restructuring; Business Conglomerates; Crime and Corruption; Retail Industry; South Africa; Austria; Netherlands
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    • 05 Jun 2007
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    First Look: June 5, 2007

    http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=607031   PublicationsCapital Rules: The Construction of Global Finance Author:Rawi Abdelal Publication:Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2007 Abstract The rise of global View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 03 Apr 2012
    • News

    Just Compensation

    years, we developed a model—the Alignment Model—that provides a market standard against which to analyze a company’s pay relative to its performance,” Ferracone says. “So, for a given company, in terms of its current revenue size, its... View Details
    Keywords: executives; executive compensation; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
    • September 2010 (Revised December 2010)
    • Supplement

    Enman Oil, Inc. (E)

    By: David F. Hawkins
    Company pursues ways to reduce its debt to equity ratio by resorting to off balance sheet debt transactions. View Details
    Keywords: Energy Sources; Capital Structure; Financial Statements; Energy Industry; Mining Industry; United States
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    • September 2010 (Revised December 2010)
    • Supplement

    Enman Oil, Inc. (C)

    By: David F. Hawkins
    Company pursues ways to reduce its debt to equity ratio by resorting to off balance sheet debt transactions. View Details
    Keywords: Energy Sources; Capital Structure; Financial Statements; Energy Industry; Mining Industry; United States
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    • 05 Aug 2002
    • Research & Ideas

    Five questions for Regina E. Herzlinger

    to their specific needs—e.g., insurance for long-term care and drugs; easy access to integrated teams that specialize in treating chronic diseases and disabilities; pre-tax savings accounts for uninsured health care needs, such as hearing... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace
    • April 2002
    • Teaching Note

    Anagene, Inc. TN

    By: Robert S. Kaplan
    Teaching Note for (9-102-030). View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Public Ownership; Sales; Production; Forecasting and Prediction; Volume; Governing and Advisory Boards; Cost Accounting; Business or Company Management; Financial Reporting; Strategy; Performance Capacity; Biotechnology Industry
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    • Profile

    Mengwen Zhao

    when you're faced with difficult situations?" Mengwen offers accounting as an example. "Other business schools give you how-to techniques. But at HBS, you learn how accounting fits within overall... View Details
    Keywords: Consulting; CPG; Healthcare/Biotech
    • 08 Jan 2008
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    First Look: January 8, 2008

    aggregate demand, the national accounts, and the balance of payments. We find that much aid is consumed, primarily in the form of imported non-capital goods. Some aid is invested and aid has a positive, though statistically imprecise, effect on growth. Aid has no... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
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    Producer Price Index / Consumer Price Index

    Financial Data for time series data for individual countries back to the 1800s, and further in some cases. Log in Anonymously.  For frequent use, create an account for a personalized experience.... View Details
    • 01 Oct 1997
    • News

    Meeting the Challenges of Third-World Development

    even harder to help those in need. Lu, who began doing volunteer work at an early age, has a deep-seated interest in public-sector work. Rather than pursuing the traditional private-sector path the summer after her first year at HBS, Lu chose to serve as a View Details
    • November 2000 (Revised July 2019)
    • Teaching Note

    Cafes Monte Bianco: Building a Profit Plan

    By: Robert Simons and Indra Reinbergs
    Teaching Note for (9-198-088). View Details
    Keywords: Business Strategy; Cash Flow; Capital Structure; Business Earnings; Financial Statements; Business Plan; Profit; Cost Management; Performance Evaluation; Strategic Planning; Financial Management; Investment Return; Food and Beverage Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Italy
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