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  • 24 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 24

of trade finance terms is shaped by the risk that an importer defaults on an exporter and by the possibility that an exporter does not deliver goods as specified in the contract. The empirical results indicate that cash in advance and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 May 2016
  • First Look

May 10, 2016

Management By: Rigby, Darrell K., Jeff Sutherland, and Hirotaka Takeuchi Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51051 January 2016 Journal of Brand Management The Corporate Brand... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 04 May 2010
  • First Look

First Look: May 4

Reexamination of Tunneling and Business Groups: New Data and New Methods Authors:Jordan I. Siegel and Prithwiraj Choudhury Abstract The last decade of corporate governance research has been focused in large part on identifying what leads... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Sep 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise

nation's social enterprise organizations. Today, the United States has more than 1.4 million non-profit organizations, and they account for 5 percent of GDP. Annual contributions have grown faster than the economy for years, and experts predict an avalanche of View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
  • 26 Aug 2014
  • First Look

First Look: August 26

firms that are flush with cash (or have just had large positive cash shocks). Furthermore, NPEs target firm profits arising from exogenous cash shocks unrelated to the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • October 2017
  • Teaching Note

Canadian Pacific's Bid for Norfolk Southern

By: Benjamin C. Esty and E. Scott Mayfield
Teaching Note for HBS No. 216-057. View Details
Keywords: Capital Structure; Cash Flow; Cost of Capital; Financial Strategy; Investment Activism; Bids and Bidding; Negotiation Offer; Corporate Strategy; Rail Transportation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Transformation
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  • January 2022
  • Technical Note

Introduction to Capital Structure Analytics

By: Samuel Antill and Ted Berk
This technical note provides an overview of key analytical approaches that are useful in assessing the appropriateness of a firm’s capital structure and funding plan. This note introduces basic quantitative tools and metrics that are commonly used as inputs to this... View Details
Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Business Plan; Forecasting and Prediction; Borrowing and Debt; Corporate Finance; Capital Structure; Cash Flow; Financial Liquidity; Financial Management; Financing and Loans
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  • 06 May 2014
  • First Look

First Look: May 6

August 2013 Management Science The Impact of Corporate Sustainability on Organizational Processes and Performance By: Eccles, Robert G., Ioannis Ioannou, and George Serafeim Abstract—We investigate the effect of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Jul 2014
  • First Look

First Look: July 8

outsider's view to challenge the status quo. Given the string of ethical failures of corporations around the world in recent years-from BP to GM to JPMorgan Chase-it's clear that leaders not only need to act more responsibly themselves,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 22 Aug 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The Hedge Fund as Activist

Managers of public corporations sometimes need to be reminded that they work for shareholders. Without proper monitoring, managers may receive excess compensation or perks, or misuse free cash flow.... View Details
Keywords: by Robin Greenwood; Financial Services
  • 21 Jul 2010
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation

two steps to the side, and jumps over a large pothole. Congress took a giant step forward by establishing a framework for monitoring and addressing systemically risky institutions (SRI). The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 03 Jun 2015
  • What Do You Think?

Is the Time Right for Self-Management?

company's vision." Charlie Efford added that "The key to self-management becoming embedded is changing the mindset of the management team. Most corporations haven't made this shift." Denis Collet suggested "it's all... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail
  • 10 Jan 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Working for a Shamed Company Can Hurt Your Future Compensation

iPhoto In the blink of an instant, a corporate brand can turn from sterling to tarnished. Just ask Volkswagen or Wells Fargo—two prestigious names that have become associated with scandal in recent years, and now become synonymous with... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services
  • 10 Jul 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities

TelePrompTer and TCI, nearly went bankrupt during the early 1970s due to excessive debt leverage. 20 The cash drain from building and operating cable franchises encouraged industry consolidation. Despite the fact that over three thousand... View Details
Keywords: by Thomas R. Eisenmann; Media & Broadcasting; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 20 Dec 2016
  • First Look

December 20, 2016

Non-Repatriation of Foreign Cash Negatively Affect U.S. Firms’ Operations? Evidence from Product Market Competitiveness By: Alhusaini, Badryah, Rick Laux, Henock Louis, and Anywhere Sikochi Abstract—Cash holdings provide the crucial... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 25 Apr 2005
  • Research & Ideas

New Learning at American Home Products

division integrating product development and marketing, but without significant research capability. For all but chemicals and prescription drugs, the corporate focus was on marketing, especially advertising.24 In prescription drugs, the... View Details
Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Chemical; Health; Manufacturing; Pharmaceutical
  • 20 Oct 2015
  • First Look

October 20, 2015

average demand increases with both pricing transparency and agent expertise, and that agent expertise interacts positively with competitive intensity. We also find that competition is associated with higher inventory holdings of both cash... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Oct 2012
  • First Look

First Look: October 30

& Law (forthcoming) Abstract The globalization of accounting standards as seen through the proliferation of IFRS worldwide is one of the most important developments in corporate governance over the last decade. I offer an analysis of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Oct 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care

Professor of Finance and Professor of Law, who often testifies before congress on corporate tax issues. A brief recap of what’s under discussion. Last month Republicans and the White House issued a nine-page framework that proposed major... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Feb 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Politicians Benefited From Using Toxic Loans

power for more than 20 years). Vallée and Pérignon analyzed how the politicians used the loans—whether they had invested the money in equipment or services for the city, or used the cash to lower taxes for their constituents, or both. It... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

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