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  • 25 Mar 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]

relying on $500,000 in financing provided by family members, friends, and "angel" investors, recurred in accounts of what she was trying to accomplish. "This is by far the most challenging thing I've ever done," she... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
  • 20 Aug 2007
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively

the importance of delivering a consistent message to different stakeholders, and the risks and rewards of introducing external financial information into a firm's planning and operations activities. Martha Lagace: What important themes do... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities
  • 13 May 2014
  • Op-Ed

The Alibaba Effect

state-owned enterprise. Its unique combination of timing, wits, external capital, and alliances make it the kind of home-grown success story Apple and Amazon have been in the US. Operating away from the politically sensitive domains of... View Details
Keywords: by Bill Kirby & Warren McFarlan; Retail
  • 14 May 2013
  • First Look

First Look: May 14

of investing at home than those where external managers are involved. At the same time, SWFs with external managers tend to invest in lower P/E industries, which see an increase in the P/E ratios in the year... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Dec 2008
  • First Look

First Look: December 23, 2008

Business Studies (forthcoming) Abstract The last decade of work in corporate governance has shown that weak legal institutions at the country level hinder firms in emerging economies from accessing finance and technology affordably. To... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Jun 2015
  • First Look

First Look: June 23, 2015

conflict did not. We discuss sarcasm as a double-edged sword: despite its role in instigating conflict, it can also be a catalyst for creativity. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49283 Forthcoming Innovation Policy and the Economy View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 16, 2008

807-057 Describes a set of financing issues confronting a rapidly growing company that uses "Word-of-Mouth" marketing techniques in promoting research, new products, or services. The company proposes to set the terms for a new... View Details
  • 02 Jan 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2011

Responsibility and Access to Finance (1,179) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6766.html http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-130.pdf Published: July 22, 2011 Paper Released: June 2011 Corporate social responsibility may benefit society, but does... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 17 Nov 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 17

related systems: incentives, risk management and control, accounting, human capital, and culture. The worst firms had lethal combinations of strong incentives, weak control and risk management, flawed internal and external accounting, low... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Nov 2016
  • Research & Ideas

It Matters That Your CEO Doesn't Know Much About Sales

strategic objectives,” he says. “Selling divorced from the firm’s goals may be good for individual salespeople and their compensation, but it’s not good for the enterprise and its investors.” The value of selling MBA finance courses often... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 19 Apr 2011
  • First Look

First Look: April 19

Becker, Zoran Ivkovic, and Scott Weisbenner Publication:Journal of Finance 66, no. 2 (April 2011) Abstract : We exploit demographic variation to identify the effect of dividend demand on corporate payout policy. Retail investors tend to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jan 2016
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January 19, 2016

stages and later in its subsequent growth into a diversified business group. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50341 November 2015 Annual Review of Financial Economics Financing Innovation By: Kerr, William... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 18, 2008

which fueled a financial crisis in the U.S. and beyond. The case study examines New Century's business model and accounting practices and focuses on the role of management, audit committee, and external auditors in the problems at New... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Jul 2016
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July 26, 2016

coming from an increase in new hires and the balance from an increase in earnings. Importantly, however, we document substantial crowding out of non-treated firms employment, particularly in counties with low rates of unemployment. Our results highlight an important... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Jan 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019

transform traditional industries such as banking, real estate, and healthcare. More recently, it has gained attention as a way to finance new ventures, through what is known as an Initial Coin Offering (ICO). Less noticed, though, is ICOs... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 16 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 16

organization's external environment. Our review of institutional strategies is focused on emerging market contexts, settings that are characterized by weak capital market and regulatory infrastructures and fast-paced turbulent change.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Oct 2017
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New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017

of the finance and insurance sector. We provide the first large-scale study that documents the economy-wide extent of misconduct among financial advisers and the associated labor market consequences of misconduct. Seven percent of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 22

Corporate Finance Attracting Long-Term Investors Through Integrated Thinking and Reporting: A Clinical Study of a Biopharmaceutical Company By: Knauer, Andrew, and George Serafeim Abstract—Faced with a large percentage of investors that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 26, 2007

lead their facilities to prioritize different external pressures and thus adopt different management practices. Specifically, we argue that external constituents who interact with particularly influential... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 13, 2007

A. Desai, and C. Fritz Foley Abstract This paper examines how costly financial contracting and weak investor protection influence the cross-border operational, financing and investment decisions of firms. We develop a model in which... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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