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  • 10 Jul 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The State of the Markets

and the United States: Dr. Werner G. Seifert, chairman of Deutsche Borse (the German Stock Exchange) and an architect of the planned merger between his Frankfurt-based organization and the London Stock... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
  • 14 Apr 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Andy Grove on the Confident Leader

its trek through that? Grove: Our last-generation growth has been fueled by a fairly major structural transformation of the computing industry from mainframe, centralized computing to distributed computing, PCs. And that defined the... View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kiechel; Technology
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Buy Now, Pay Later: Research Links - Printed Collections

installment plans. Manufacturers produced trade catalogs to identify finished goods by name or stock number for sale either to retailers or directly to the consumer. The extensive holdings of trade catalogs at Baker Library range from the... View Details
  • Web

Research Links: Records of Railroad Companies & Personal Papers - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

Business School has vast holdings documenting many aspects of the history of the railroads and growth of big business nationally and internationally. Please contact us for more information. Henry Villard Business Papers German-born... View Details
  • 01 Aug 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Retail Execs Underplay Current Performance to Investors--but Why?

typically are presented four to six weeks after the close of a quarter, often involve a conference call by company executives with shareholders and stock analysts. Part of those sessions may include executives giving soft “guidance” or... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services
  • 08 Aug 2018
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Parmigiano-Reggiano, Jane Austen, and Other Things You Didn't Know About Finance

day-to-day operations of the stock market. Why Global Investments Are Still a Good Bet International markets often move together, so does a global investment portfolio even make sense anymore? Why there are plenty of advantages in looking... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services
  • 10 Jul 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Privatization and the New European Economy

politicians—cared only about their own objectives." As the new German Railway tries to wean itself from total government ownership of its stock while depending on the powers that be in Berlin for infrastructure investments, Dürr... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner; Air Transportation; Transportation
  • 01 Apr 2001
  • News

Ed Tian: Boardroom Revolutionary

myself. That sounds very simple, but it’s actually very difficult to do in China.” In addition, the top executives have a stake in the venture through stock options — another innovation. “That’s a very significant step for a Chinese state... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes; Telecommunications; Information
  • 01 Dec 2008
  • News

Lesson from the Fall

"...But the good news is your old Enron stock has become a high-priced collectible." © 2008 www.cartoonstock.com Nearly seven years after its collapse, Enron continues to fascinate those interested in corporate leadership and governance.... View Details
Keywords: Malcolm S. Salter; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities
  • 13 Sep 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Why Public Companies Underinvest in the Future

Financial data on US companies is easy to come by—if they are listed on the stock market. More than 99 percent of them are not, presenting a challenge for researchers intent on studying how privately held firms operate. “It seemed natural... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
  • 01 Mar 2008
  • News

India is more Transparent

First, as a result of a legal system derived from the common-law tradition, annual reports provide the basic rudiments of information that Western observers expect, and familiar rules govern corporate disclosure. Real-time stock market... View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 11 Dec 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 11

and Efficiency in the Market for IP Addresses Authors:Edelman, Benjamin, and Michael Schwarz Abstract We consider market rules for the transfer of IP addresses, numeric identifiers required by all computers connected to the Internet. Excessive fragmentation of IP... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Sep 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Financial Meltdowns Are More Predictable Than We Thought

research by Harvard Business School Professors Robin Greenwood and Samuel G. Hanson begs to differ. Financial crises, even ones as calamitous as the 2007-2008 banking meltdown, are surprisingly predictable to those who know the warning signs. “Three years of rapid... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services
  • 25 Sep 2012
  • First Look

First Look: September 25

analyst recommendations. Using a unique data set that discloses brokerage firms' commission income derived from each mutual fund client as well as the share holdings of these mutual funds, we find that an analyst's recommendation on a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2010
  • News

Alumni Books

industry’s growth from a small base in the U.S. North-east in the 1960s to today’s highly visible role in economies all over the world. Brooke lays out his vision for the industry as an essential element of economic View Details
Keywords: mathematics; statistics; Finance
  • August 1988 (Revised July 1996)
  • Case

Colt Industries

Colt Industries is a conglomerate that is considering undertaking a leveraged recapitalization. The deal would involve a large one-time dividend to stockholders, which would be financed by over $1 billion in new debt. Unlike in an leveraged buyout, however, public... View Details
Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Equity; Economic Growth; Ownership Stake; Stocks; Borrowing and Debt; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Financial Strategy
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Stein, Jeremy C. "Colt Industries." Harvard Business School Case 289-012, August 1988. (Revised July 1996.)
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Introduction - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections

more than twenty-five years ago to the impact and growth of his groundbreaking work in the current academic and financial communities. The Black-Scholes option pricing model established the everyday use of mathematical models as essential... View Details
  • 13 May 2014
  • Op-Ed

The Alibaba Effect

American reasons: to "raise capital and maintain management control," which they couldn't do in Hong Kong. Hong Kong believes in the principle that each share of stock is entitled to one vote. The US markets, on the other hand,... View Details
Keywords: by Bill Kirby & Warren McFarlan; Retail
  • 01 Dec 2006
  • News

Enron’s Legacy

quarterly earnings reports, reflecting the complexity of corporate restructurings and other long-term growth strategies. There are important implications of these differences for public company boards, even though they operate with a... View Details
Keywords: Malcolm S. Salter; Enron; Finance
  • 01 Aug 2001
  • News

Robert B. Stobaugh (DBA '68)

Future: Report of the Energy Project at the Harvard Business School. "We maintained that conservation could actually contribute to domestic economic growth - with less risk from the disturbances in the international oil markets," he says.... View Details
Keywords: Alumni Achievement Award; Educational Services
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