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  • 20 Jan 2015
  • First Look

First Look: January 20

when the costs of financing a reorganization are greater than financing costs to a potential acquirer. Consistent with a senior creditor liquidation bias, the greater use of secured debt leads to more sales in bankruptcy-but, this result... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Aug 2010
  • Research & Ideas

The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization

industries, including timber, oil, gold, silver, and titanium. [ ] Under the widely practiced international sales system, a corporation in a developed nation sells finished goods to a consumer in a less-developed nation; this is... View Details
Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence
  • 30 Jul 2013
  • First Look

First Look: July 30

Telecom and Chorus. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/413081-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 913-036 Massachusetts Financial Services (Abridged) This case describes the compensation and performance evaluations at an View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 01 Sep 2003
  • News

These Are the Good Old Days

made their mark in the media and entertainment realm — be it publications, television, movies, theater, or the arts. At graduation, investment banking and consulting ranked as top career choices. But over... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 28 Jan 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Ground Game, Air Wars, and Other Marketing Lessons From Presidential Elections

various types of people? Candidates have been investing heavily in both mass advertising and personal selling. For the 2012 election, for instance, the Democratic and Republican candidates, together with their allies, spent over $2... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 05 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 5, 2009

since the Federal Reserve Board had helped to bailout investment bank Bear Stearns. Deflation, not inflation, had become a top concern. Interest rates were near zero percent. Five million jobs had been lost.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Dec 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

conglomerate. With leading positions in newspapers, broadcast television, broadcast radio, cable television, and Internet services, Grupo Clarín caught the attention of U.S.-based investment bank Goldman... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Jun 2007
  • First Look

First Look: June 29, 2007

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-103.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsBancaja: Developing Customer Intelligence (A) Harvard Business School Case 107-055 In 1996, CEO Fernando Garcia Checa wanted to make customer analytics a part of Bancaja's new strategy. Bancaja, a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Mar 2016
  • News

The New Space Race

achieving firsts,” he says. “Now we’re taking proven business models and applying them to a new approach to space.” Akshay Patel (MBA 2010), who left an investment banking position at Morgan Stanley last... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
  • 30 Nov 2018
  • What Do You Think?

What’s the Best Administrative Approach to Climate Change?

Summing Up: Should a 'Montreal Protocol' for Administering Global Warming Be Pursued? Climate change and how to manage it is a daunting subject. Nevertheless, several readers of this month’s column were willing to venture a model or two for administering a system... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Energy
  • 13 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 13, 2009

sacrifice long-term growth to boost short-term performance. We investigate 495 transactions with a focus on one form of long-term activities, namely investments in innovation as measured by patenting activity. We find no evidence that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Jan 2017
  • First Look

January 3, 2017

response to policies that maintain low interest rates, money funds change their product offerings by investing in riskier asset classes, are more likely to exit the market, and reduce the fees they charge their investors. The consequence... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 24 May 2011
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First Look: May 24

gaining ground in banking. In light of the recent financial crisis, several commentators concluded that the continuing expansion of risk measurement is dysfunctional (Power, 2009; Taleb, 2007). This paper asks whether the expansion of measurement-based risk management... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Apr 2000
  • News

Real World Issues Aired at Student Led Conferences

were Robert Ryan (MBA '70) and Paula Banks (154th AMP) for professional achievement, the Reverend Jonathan Weaver (MBA '75) for civic commitment, and Lillian Lincoln (MBA '69) for service to the community. Presented jointly by the AASU... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
  • Career Coach

Vincent Dessain

Vincent (HBS MBA’87) draws on more than 25 years of experience as a higher education senior executive at HBS and INSEAD and in the corporate world both in the US and in Europe to counsel students and alumni as they evaluate, prepare for and pursue their career options.... View Details
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  • 08 Mar 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile

twentieth century, neither country would see such glory again. “Before 1914, [Argentina] was one of the most dynamic nations in the first global economy, attracting a record amount of foreign investment and massive inflows of immigrants,”... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Jul 2010
  • First Look

First Look: July 20

venture, but the coalition was fundamentally unstable. Quadir was facing roadblocks no matter which way he turned in his quest to assemble the venture. He came to a point where the rational decision seemed to be to abandon the venture and return to his secure View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 5

back production levels and funding for strategic initiatives until sales recover, or should it continue to invest for the future? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/111049-PDF-ENG The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Feb 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 1

development banks owning minority stakes can have a positive effect on performance as long as they promote long-term investments and are shielded from governmental interference and potential minority... View Details
  • 15 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 15

reflect a lower burden of crime, but rather a higher investment in crime avoidance. Moreover, protection activities by one group can displace crime onto another group. We take advantage of a dramatic increase in crime rates in Argentina... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne