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- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
exchanges. Shareholder protection strongly predicted exchange success, even in countries with high levels of venture capital activity, patenting, and financial market development. Second-tier exchanges in countries with better shareholder... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 16
economic theory of GAAP under the assumption that GAAP's objective is to facilitate efficient capital allocation within an economy. The theory predicts that GAAP, as shaped by the economic forces of demand for and supply of financial... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 18
make its service worthwhile for all. Drivers hesitate to pay for SaferTaxi's smartphones and service unless these will deliver passenger bookings-and passengers have no reason to sign up unless drivers are available. Meanwhile, regulators... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Trouble Behind Livedoor
announced the split, the price rose nearly tenfold. With the stock split came an increase in publicity, which helped maintain capital inflows from individual investors. The media has drawn a lot of attention to Horie's boyish antics—he is... View Details
- 07 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 7
competitiveness (including programs to increase capital availability) and draws some important conclusions for policymakers in their efforts to improve the micro-components of national competitiveness. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 31
regulations in place for capital requirements for banks. Irwin Greff, President and CEO of the Southeast Bank, faces several decisions on how to proceed with these new policies that will surely shape the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 1, 2007
FDI increase when we account for the quality of FDI. Download working paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-072.pdf The Price of Capital: Evidence from Trade Data Authors:Laura Alfaro and Faisal Z. Ahmed Abstract In this paper we use highly disaggregated data on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 25, 2016
spontaneous portion of the calls (i.e., management discussion). The capital market responds positively to optimistic tone yet does not distinguish between the optimism in tone of managers from different ethnic backgrounds. The findings... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
find support for these hypotheses. Download working paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-022.pdf Resolving Information Asymmetries in Markets: The Role of Certified Management Programs Author: Michael W. Toffel Abstract Firms and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
In November 2009, the cofounders of Rent the Runway (RTR), a website that rented designer dresses, are debating whether to grow their startup at a measured pace and focus on improving operational effectiveness, or raise a new round of venture View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 5, 2010
calculate the returns on capital of different product designs for a variable annuity based on specified assumptions including a range of hedging scenarios. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/311041-PDF-ENG Note:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS
and mentored a bevy of other scholars who explored and explained the coming of managerial capitalism through their research, writings, and course development. Thirteen years after Professor Chandler's retirement, that tradition of... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
it comes to being responsible stewards of the environment. Society wants them to be efficient in their use of natural resources and to do as little damage as possible to the environment. Shareholders want them to provide a proper risk-adjusted return on View Details
- 01 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 1
intermediary organizations. To test our theory, we examine every relationship between entrepreneurial firms and their venture capital investors in the minimally invasive surgical segment of the medical device industry over a 22-year... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 26
behaviors associated with building social capital influence individuals' psychological experiences and work outcomes. August 2014 Child Development Why We Think We Can't Dance: Theory of Mind and Children's Desire to Perform By: Chaplin,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 7, 2015
biosimilars (BS), which are essentially "me-too" products. There appear to be sound reasons to explore this related diversification: innovation is getting harder, regulators are intent on encouraging BS, and Amgen needs renewed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 26, 2010
low and moderate income non-savers—and discusses the laws and regulations in the United States that largely prohibit their issuance. Download the paper: http://papers.nber.org/papers/w16433 Cases & Course MaterialsHang Lung... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 9
multinationals and local contenders. Palepu and Khanna provide a playbook for assessing emerging markets' potential and for crafting strategies for succeeding in those markets. They explain how to spot institutional voids in developing economies, including in product,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities
undermine ad-supported broadcasting stations, promulgated a series of regulations that retarded the growth of pay TV. As a result, early efforts to develop pay TV were unsuccessful. 5 The FCC's opposition to pay TV was consistent with a... View Details
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
companies, where decision rights and incentives can be murky, and the effects of any given choice can be tough to pin down. So the authors chose a “lab rat” with fewer barriers to understanding—the venture capital industry. VC firms are... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman