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  • 03 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018

alleging that Noble was too aggressive in its fair value accounting for contracts and investments in producers. Iceberg did not accuse Noble of fraud but suggested that Noble’s profits and balance sheet were... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 20 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 20

capacity and new products only when attractive, low-risk opportunities are identified and can be funded internally. The firm's culture of risk aversion extends to financing decisions with a clear preference for equity finance over debt finance. The CEO believes a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 30

Surveys of Consumer Finances Authors:Daniel Bergstresser and John Beshears Abstract We find evidence that households selecting adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) during the recent decade were disproportionately those who were less... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 8, 2008

aggregate demand, the national accounts, and the balance of payments. We find that much aid is consumed, primarily in the form of imported non-capital goods. Some aid is invested and aid has a positive, though statistically imprecise,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Jun 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets

described: [B]ecause we are starting fresh, we don't have the collective memory of mistakes. [B]ecause India is booming, because our balance sheet is strong, people don't see risk in the same way they would... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 26 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017

post-GFC, emerging market corporate balance sheet indicators have not deteriorated to AFC crisis-country levels. However, more countries are close to or in the “vulnerable” range of Altman’s Z-score, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 14, 2007

value of the target's R&D capital. I find that the degree to which a target's pre-merger announcement equity value reflects the estimated fair value of its R&D capital is increasing in the amount of R&D-related intangibles captured in the target's... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Jun 2018
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My First Job: Selling Shoes, Surviving Black Monday, and Shaped by Chicken Lenses

added up the sales versus the inventory, there's a difference between profit and-- you know, how much you spent for these things and how much you made. So he learned kind of the difference between an income statement and a balance View Details
  • 15 Dec 2015
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The Year in Ideas 2015

outsource. Initially they outsourced customary household tasks, but now they are outsourcing unconventional tasks, like event help for birthdays, IKEA furniture assembly, city-to-city deliveries, and others. “As clients embrace the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna, Christine Lejeune, Dan Morrell, and April White
  • 01 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 1, 2008

balancing profit, growth and control. Difficulties encountered in the business are due to management's attempts to design and use formal control systems to achieve profit and performance goals. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 11 Oct 2016
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October 11, 2016

the payroll tax assessed on the self-employed, the median lifetime after-tax earnings gap between self-employment and paid work is approximately zero. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51676 Sovereign Risk, Currency Risk, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 4

collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 was the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history. The case examines the economics of the off-balance sheet transactions Lehman undertook prior to the collapse and highlights the corporate governance... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 22 Jun 2009
  • Research & Ideas

“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms

regulated and transparent markets and institutions and into the lightly regulated or unregulated shadow markets encompassing mortgage brokers, hedge funds, private-equity funds, off-balance sheet structured-investment vehicles, and a... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services
  • 01 Dec 2018
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Hard Choices

the polls instead of their hearts or brains. They listen more to political consultants than to voters. Our short-term-maximizing politicians fail to tackle longer-term societal challenges such as climate change or unaffordable entitlement programs and the resultant... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
  • 01 Dec 2006
  • News

Inside Intel

had learned as a corporation how to do things that all corporations must do if they are to succeed. Two of these deserve special note. First, Intel had learned how to grow. Second, it had learned how to compete. In 1971, Intel carried $3.6 million on its View Details
Keywords: Richard S. Tedlow; Hanna, Julia; technology; manufacturing; innovation; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • 29 Sep 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel

could not understand some of the assets on the balance sheets of these firms. The assets were complicated, and were not traded, so there was no open market, and the models were difficult to understand.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services
  • 27 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018

distribution. We also find that households’ consumption is significantly more responsive to dividend payouts across all parts of the wealth distribution. Our findings are broadly consistent with near-rational behavior in which households... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 4, 2008

How should he handle other issues like the architectural designs, the construction process, and the legal process? How should he balance all the competing demands on his time? This case serves as an introduction to the multifamily... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Nov 2009
  • Research & Ideas

The Times Captures History of American Business

question at an individual household level—not to mention at the level of boards of directors, CEOs, regulatory agencies, and politicians—is will we, and they, pick up the gauntlet of responsibility for our collective economy? What the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Journalism & News
  • 19 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55709 Calculators for Women: When Identity Appeals Provoke Backlash By: Kim, Tami, Kate Barasz, Leslie John, and Michael Norton Abstract— From “Chick Beer” to “Dryer sheets for Men,”... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne