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  • 01 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 1

have capital requirements tied to the credit ratings of their investments. Conditional on ratings, insurance portfolios are systematically biased toward higher yield, higher CDS bonds. This behavior appears to be related to the business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 May 2008
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First Look: May 28, 2008

Publication:Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (forthcoming) Abstract I model inefficient resource allocations in M-form organizations due to influence activities by division managers that skew capital View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Jan 2021
  • Book

How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems

Large numbers of entrepreneurs are self-deploying in this space and will be, and large amounts of capital are being deployed and will be. More companies are finding themselves trying to solve public problems. There are a lot of lessons in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 21 Dec 2010
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First Look: December 21

hospital, considers which organizational structure will help them adjust to the changing health sector environment. The move from global budget to activity-based funding has led his and many other public hospitals to suffer losses in... View Details
  • 24 Apr 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Managing Alignment as a Process

corporate synergies should be defined at the top and realized in the business units. Just as the CFO coordinates the budgeting process, a senior executive should coordinate the alignment process—a responsibility for the Office of Strategy... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Consumer Products; Retail
  • 06 Nov 2006
  • Research & Ideas

How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI

apartheid and its first democratic elections in 1994, was doing everything right. They had liberalized the economy. They had enacted economic reforms that made it easy for foreign capital to flow in and out. They performed well on various... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 25 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 25

Course MaterialsMatrix Capital Management (A) Malcolm P. Baker and David LaneHarvard Business School Case 211-017 Ben Balbale, a partner at hedge fund Matrix Capital, must decide whether to exit their investment in Rovi Corporation, a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Aug 2010
  • Research & Ideas

The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization

mercantilist model of government-managed trade. Japan's version of mercantilism primarily used its own banking system, as well as export revenues themselves, to generate the needed capital (in contrast to making heavy use of foreign... View Details
Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence
  • 28 May 2013
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First Look: May 28

non-American CEO, aims to reinvigorate the medical device maker's growth by focusing on emerging markets, therapy innovation, and creative business models. In 2012, budget constraints in mature economies, the lack of new medical therapies... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Apr 2007
  • First Look

First Look: April 3, 2007

different development strategies. The states had to decide whether to focus their investment efforts on physical capital or improving social indicators. Both states faced constraints in the form of budget... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017

than projected by the Congressional Budget Office in 2009. Using detailed data on the breadth of both hospital and physician networks, we studied the prevalence of narrow networks and quantified the association between network breadth and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 24

corporate bonds. Insurance companies have capital requirements tied to the credit ratings of their investments. Conditional on ratings, insurance portfolios are systematically biased toward higher yield, higher CDS bonds. This behavior... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 May 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Hold or Fold? Sizing Up Business Risk

brought in. You are now seeing budgets and deadlines being hit, and customer feedback is more enthusiastic. The kinds of results you want—financial returns—haven't changed. The next round of financing is coming up and you have been asked... View Details
Keywords: by Eileen C. Shapiro & Howard H. Stevenson
  • 10 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 10, 2009

and develop a construction budget and financing plan. Students are asked to evaluate the prospective financials for this development and assess the viability of the development plan and its prospective returns. The case then ends with a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Feb 2016
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February 16, 2016

competition. The codes, instead, popularized a third way, an alternative vision for American capitalism that partnered private trade associations with government agencies. The codes of fair competition discussed at the Chamber and other... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 5, 2008

2000 and 2004, India's economy grew by 6.35%. Focuses on the states of Punjab and Kerala, which emphasized sharply different development strategies. The states had to decide whether to focus their investment efforts on physical capital or... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Nov 2011
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First Look: November 15

billion additional urban dwellers. Second, shared resources like clean water, clean air, energy, and places to put solid waste are already scarce and constrained. Urbanization will only exacerbate these pressures. Third, almost no local or national government can... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 May 2011
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First Look: May 24

construct," "build operate transfer," and other forms of public-private partnership. The handling of municipal solid waste takes up to 50% of the annual budget of many urban areas in the developing world. The ability to use... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 May 2007
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First Look: May 8, 2007

maintenance, 7. forecasts resource demands, allowing companies to budget for resource capacity on the basis of predicted order quantities and complexity, and 8. can be used in any industry or company with complexity in customers,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 16

early-stage ventures should be separated from the corporation's annual budget cycle; 6) Failing to leverage the organization's core capabilities. CEOs must play a central role in helping growth initiatives tap the resources of the core... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino

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