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- 22 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 22, 2008
creating social value. Three years later, Harold Rosen, its creator, wished to explore an alternative funding model to provide it with scale and sustainability. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 May 2008
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First Look: May 28, 2008
Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract Recent work documents large positive abnormal returns around the time that a hedge fund announces its activist intentions with a publicly listed firm. We show that these returns are largely... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 15, 2008
Course MaterialsPerforming Industry Research to Inform Investment Decisions Harvard Business School Note 207-069 Conducting thorough research about an industry is often an important component of investment analysis. Written specifically for View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
Can a ‘Basic Bundle’ of Health Insurance Cure Coverage Gaps and Spur Innovation?
the population uninsured,” Chandra’s research says. In a new working paper, Chandra and fellow researchers suggest a potential solution: creating a basic bundle of publicly funded health insurance that would protect every citizen while... View Details
- 29 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 29
note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/110070-PDF-ENG The Robin Hood Foundation Alnoor S. Ebrahim and Cathy RossHarvard Business School Case 310-031 Created by hedge fund and financial managers, the Robin Hood Foundation fights... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 3, 2009
concern of firms financing biotechnology research is that the R&D firms might use the funding to subsidize other projects or substitute one project for another. We develop a model based on the property-rights theory of the firm that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Top Scholars Say About Leadership
leadership in practice; and leadership development. Q: What are you working on next? A: Related to the study of leadership, the Dean and the HBS Division of Research generously funded two subsequent... View Details
- 15 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 15
hiring and socialization policies. Institutional Demand Pressure and the Cost of Corporate Loans Authors:Victoria Ivashina and Zheng Sun Publication:Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract Between 2001 and 2007, annual institutional View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 1, 2008
of potential funding sources to solve social problems, much of it stemming from an intergenerational transfer of wealth and new wealth from financial and high-tech entrepreneurs. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
The FDA’s Speedy Drug Approvals Are Safe: A Win-Win for Patients and Pharma Innovation
treat serious medical conditions,” says Ariel D. Stern, the Poronui Associate Professor of Business Administration at HBS. Stern cowrote the December 2022 working paper with Amitabh Chandra, the Henry and Allison McCance Family Professor of Business Administration at... View Details
- 18 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 18, 2009
millions of African farmers and their families achieve food security and lift themselves out of poverty. By 2008, AGRA had assembled a strong leadership team and had funded numerous small projects ranging from seed development to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 26, 2008
decided to evaluate strategic alternatives due to financial difficulties. Parks Capital must now decide whether to acquire U.S. Retail, to fund ACCM so it acquires U.S. Retail, or to sit on the sidelines. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 16, 2008
However, since 2005, S Group has held the leadership position; in 2007, it had captured 41 percent market while Kesko's was 33.9 percent. Kesko Plc is publicly traded and pursues a model whereby retailer entrepreneurs use their personal View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 May 2021
- HBS Case
How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups
Despite widespread investment in entrepreneurship in cities across America, venture capital-funded startups still tend to be founded by white men in Silicon Valley. In contrast, businesses led by women are 63 percent less likely to receive View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
- 09 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 9, 2008
discussion of how ownership concentration constrains restructuring alternatives, how hedge fund investors might confront controlling shareholders, and how the mispricing of agency costs can give rise to ownership structures that allow for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
commercialization and adoption. Emerging opportunities must be nurtured, and the transition to high growth must be managed. Once breakthrough innovations catch hold, growth must be funded and managed to exploit the full value of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 24, 2009
government-sponsored organization that was funded with 50 billion yen in equity capital and 10 trillion yen of government-guaranteed funds. Daiei presented the IRCJ with a unique opportunity to demonstrate the effectiveness of its... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 20, 2008
researchers can only receive federal funding for work done on the limited number of embryonic stem cell lines (an estimated 60 to 78) created prior to the executive order. Continued research on embryonic stem cells (ESCs) is not expressly... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 18
from downsizing the drivers' positions? Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/413061-PDF-ENG Innovating into Active ETFs: Factor Funds Capital Management LLC Froot, Kenneth A., Lauren Cohen, and Scott WaggonerHarvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
Shadow of a Giant (A) Harvard Business School Case 609-002 As the only significant competitor to Intel Corporation in PC microprocessors, Advanced Micro Devices faced daunting investment choices. Not only did it have to fund... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace