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  • 29 Jan 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 29

praised as the engine of growth of society and castigated for being the source of the weakness of the economy. In this paper, we review the literature on financial innovation and highlight the similarities... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Nov 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Science Business: What Happened to Biotech?

property" has been a powerful shaping force in biotech. The idea behind monetization of IP is that you don't need to actually develop a product; you can just develop a piece of IP, and then capture View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Biotechnology
  • November 1999 (Revised April 2003)
  • Case

Financing the Mozal Project

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Fuaad Qureshi
It is June 1997, and a team from the International Finance Corp. (IFC) is recommending that the board approve a $120 million investment in a $1.4 billion aluminum smelter in Mozambique, known as the Mozal project. Four factors make the investment controversial: it... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Capital Markets; Emerging Markets; Projects; Financial Management; Risk and Uncertainty; Developing Countries and Economies; Metals and Minerals; Financial Strategy; Government and Politics; International Finance; Infrastructure; Mozambique
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  • 02 Jan 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2011

badly. Other apparent areas of interest in the last 12 months included corporate social responsibility, marketing techniques, and, of course, the ubiquitous Lady Gaga. Here are the Top 10 most-read articles... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 22 Feb 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade

much better. In this article, professor and Balanced Scorecard guru Robert S. Kaplan introduces BSC Customer Profitability Metrics. From Balanced Scorecard Report. Marketing Your Way Through a Recession... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Mar 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Education, Technology, and Business: What’s the Catch?

prevent many companies from entering the market, suggested MacCormack. From Fishman's point of view, there is a frustrating "mismatch between a need for a business to operate on a budget, and the slow decision-making process"... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler; Education
  • 21 Feb 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: February 21

characterized by underdeveloped institutions and frequent environmental shifts. Yet they also contain many firms that have survived over generations. How are firms in weak institutional environments able to persist over time? Motivated by... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 19 Jan 2016
  • First Look

January 19, 2016

Markets By: Baker, Malcolm Abstract—The link between measures of risk and return within the equity market has been very weak over the past 47 years: in the United States,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

January 2017 Review of Financial Studies Being Surprised by the Unsurprising: Earnings Seasonality and Stock Returns By: Chang, Tom Y., Samuel M. Hartzmark, David H. Solomon, and Eugene F. Soltes Abstract—We present evidence consistent... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Apr 2012
  • First Look

First Look: April 17

IFRS Adoption and Financial Statement Comparability Authors:Francois Brochet, Alan D. Jagolinzer, and Edward J. Riedl Abstract This study examines whether mandatory adoption of International Financial... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • November 2007
  • Case

AXA MONY

By: Lucy White and Andre F. Perold
AXA's friendly bid for MONY is contested by activist hedge funds suspicious of management's generous change in control contracts. Votes trade after the record date. AXA financed the bid using an unusual conditionally convertible bond which may have affected incentives... View Details
Keywords: Bonds; Ethics; Bids and Bidding
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  • Profile

Monica Dodi

As a cofounder and managing director of the Women’s Venture Capital Fund (WVCF), Monica Dodi (MBA 1984) backs female-led, early-stage ventures in digital media and sustainable products and services. Dodi says these emerging consumer View Details
Keywords: Financial Services; Financial Services; Financial Services
  • 03 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 3

Business Review 89, no. 5 (May 2011) Abstract Although there's ample research to guide marketers in naming new products, little of it has addressed follow-on offerings, even though these make up the bulk of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Marc Herson

Marc (INSEAD '01) has extensive global experience as a venture capitalist, media executive, entrepreneur and lawyer, working in the U.S., Europe, and Africa. His most recent experience is at 2go Interactive, a start-up mobile tech company... View Details
Keywords: Emerging Markets; Emerging Markets; Emerging Markets; Emerging Markets; Emerging Markets; Emerging Markets; Emerging Markets
  • 30 Jan 2007
  • First Look

First Look: January 30, 2007

and Erik Stafford Periodical:Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract This paper examines institutional price pressure in equity markets using View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Jan 2007
  • First Look

First Look: January 16, 2007

http://vig.prenhall.com/catalog/academic/product/0,1144,0131732811-TOC,00.html How Globalization Passed Its Peak Authors:Rawi Abdelal and Adam Segal Periodical:Foreign Affairs, January/February 2007 Read a preview:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Mar 2007
  • First Look

First Look: March 20, 2007

model to establish these interrelationships at a firm level. Using publicly available financial data we estimate the six causal effects among sales, inventory, and gross margin. Our results show that sales, inventory, and gross margin are... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Jan 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Altruistic Capital: Harnessing Your Employees’ Intrinsic Goodwill

"Work done in the spirit of service is the highest form of worship." —Abdu'l-Bahá The field of economics is rife with the concept of "capital." There's financial capital—cold hard cash or cashable assets.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 25 Sep 2007
  • First Look

First Look: September 25, 2007

will in fact homogenize consumption patterns, and a few superstar products will emerge as winners in the market place. In this study, using two... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Sep 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?

relatively few events.” The problem is, reinsurance isn't like any other equity investment: it isn't really exposed to market risk, so expecting high returns is unrealistic. A financial adviser might be... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Financial Services