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  • Research Summary

Investigating the Economic Role of Mergers (with Erik Stafford)

What is the economic role of mergers? We investigate this issue by performing a comparative study of mergers and other forms of corporate investment, at the industry and firm levels. In our framework, merger activity is motivated by both firm- and industry-level... View Details
  • 03 Nov 2015
  • HBS Seminar

Avi Goldfarb, University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management

  • September–October 2022
  • Article

Case Study: What's the Right Career Move After a Public Failure?

By: Jon M. Jachimowicz and Francesca Gino
“Reunions are for happy people,” Mariani Kallis said to her friend Whitney on the phone. “I’m not going.” “Come on, it won’t be the same without you,” Whitney pleaded. “Besides, no one is happy right now. Everyone’s life is a mess.” “I’m pretty sure none of our... View Details
Keywords: Career Decisions; Personal Development and Career
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  • 10 Sep 2013
  • First Look

First Look: September 10

of exiting or continuing to build her business. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/313149-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 313-139 Note on Pension Guarantee Funds The United States and the United Kingdom both had... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Mar 2014
  • Working Paper Summaries

Consequences to Directors of Shareholder Activism

Keywords: by Ian D. Gow, Sa-Pyung Sean Shin & Suraj Srinivasan
  • Web

Podcasts - Managing the Future of Work

skills development; automation; and leveraging employee feedback. Beyond exit interviews: Knowing why workers quit makes for better job matches 20 NOV 2024 | Managing the Future of Work Thinking of employees as 'hiring' their jobs opens... View Details
  • 2023
  • Working Paper

Deglobalization and Entrepreneurial Investment: The Natural Experiment of Brexit

By: Elisa Alvarez-Garrido and Juan Alcácer
We seek to gain insight into the consequences of deglobalization on entrepreneurial investment by analyzing an instance of economic disintegration: the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union. Brexit is not only a unique empirical opportunity, a natural... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; International Relations; Trade; Disruption; Globalized Economies and Regions; United Kingdom
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  • September 2014 (Revised March 2015)
  • Case

Fast Ion Battery

By: Ramana Nanda, Robert F. White and Stephanie Puzio
John Davidson, a partner at Ware Street Capital (WSC) and a board member at Fast Ion Battery, had just received a phone call from Don Lerner at Bluelock Ventures telling him that Bluelock would not participate in the $5M bridge financing for Fast Ion Battery. Lerner's... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Real Options; Term Sheets; Clean Technology; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital
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    Deals: The Economic Structure of Business Transactions

    Business transactions take widely varying forms―from multibillion-dollar corporate mergers to patent licenses to the signing of an all-star quarterback. Yet every deal shares the same goal, or at least should: to maximize the joint value created and to distribute... View Details
    • Article

    Creating Value Together

    By: Maxim Sytch and Ranjay Gulati
    Conventional wisdom suggests that companies should avoid growing dependent on their business partners. If one company, the thinking goes, grows too dependent on a counterpart by getting the entire input for a particular activity from it and is not able to switch... View Details
    Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Performance Improvement; Partners and Partnerships; Power and Influence; Value Creation
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    • Web

    Strategy - Faculty & Research

    explain market equilibrium under perfect competition, then discusses reasons that real-world markets deviate from this model, including product and cost differentiation, barriers to entry and exit, and imperfect information. Keywords: Business View Details
    • January 2016
    • Case

    Haiti Hope: Innovating the Mango Value Chain

    By: Amy C. Edmondson and Jean-François Harvey
    This case study examines a market-based approach to economic development through the eyes of NGO TechnoServe's project manager, implementing a US$9.5 million five-year public-private partnership between Coca-Cola, IDB, and USAID. The case ends at the beginning of the... View Details
    Keywords: Sustainability; Economic Development; Corporate Social Responsibility; Emerging Country; Teaming; Public-private Partnership; Inter-organizational Relationships; Collaboration; Strategy Implementation; Agricultural Commodity; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Public Sector; Supply Chain Management; Customer Value and Value Chain; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Learning; Partners and Partnerships; Private Sector; Developing Countries and Economies; Social Enterprise; Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Haiti
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    • December 2016
    • Article

    Deal Process Design in Management Buyouts

    By: Guhan Subramanian
    Management buyouts (MBOs) are an economically and legally significant class of transaction: not only do they account for more than $10 billion in deal volume per year, on average, but they also play an important role in defining the relationship between inside and... View Details
    Keywords: Management Buyout; Deal Structuring; Acquisition; Design; Fairness
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    • Article

    Doing Business with Strangers: Reputation in Online Service Marketplaces

    By: Antonio Moreno and Christian Terwiesch
    Online service marketplaces allow service buyers to post their project requests and service providers to bid for them. To reduce the transactional risks, marketplaces typically track and publish previous seller performance. By analyzing a detailed transactional data... View Details
    Keywords: Online Service Marketplace; Procurement; Auctions; Reputation; Bids and Bidding
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    • 28 May 2024
    • In Practice

    Job Search Advice for a Tough Market: Think Broadly and Stay Flexible

    short run and perseverance is rewarded.” Returns and attractive exits are higher for startups formed during these periods in history. Overall, I emphasize that students need to be patient. Good jobs are out there to be had. All it takes... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne
    • 03 Oct 2022
    • Research & Ideas

    Why a Failed Startup Might Be Good for Your Career After All

    Capital-Backed Entrepreneurs Via a Non-Wage Measure.” After exiting their startups, these entrepreneurs obtain jobs about three years more senior than their peers, according to the research. The findings suggest that companies value the... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • 03 Nov 2014
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Adding Value Through Venture Capital in Latin America and the Caribbean

    Keywords: by Josh Lerner, Ann Leamon, James Tighe & Susana Garcia-Robles; Financial Services
    • 16 Aug 2012
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Cost of Friendship

    Keywords: by Paul Gompers, Vladimir Mukharlyamov & Yuhai Xuan
    • August 2024 (Revised October 2024)
    • Case

    Discerene Group: Long-Term Public-Markets Investing

    By: Luis M. Viceira and Brent Schwarz
    This case discusses active investing based on fundamental valuations and price distortions created by market events, and whether contractual terms between investment managers and their investors can help align incentives between long-term investors and active managers.... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Strategy; Investment Funds; Valuation; Financial Markets; Financial Services Industry; Connecticut
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    • 2009
    • Working Paper

    Does Competition Favor Delegation?

    By: Christian Alejandro Ruzzier
    This paper studies the consequences of product-market competition on firms' decisions to delegate more or fewer decision-making responsibilities to managers. By simultaneously addressing the choice of both competitive actions and organizational design, the paper makes... View Details
    Keywords: Business or Company Management; Competition; Decision Making
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