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- 07 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 7
five-year-old company were pleased with the company's billion dollar IPO, the biggest Internet IPO since Google's, but changes in consumer behavior on the Internet were obliging a review of the model. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
‘Let the Buyer Beware’ Doesn’t Protect Investors
part of a larger problem from the point of view of a potential investor. The regulatory system no longer helps the investor evaluate an IPO candidate. It may still protect against some abuses, even though large ones, like the perversion... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
Barry Abstract—Many markets, including the markets for IPOs and debt issuances, are syndicated, in that a bidder who wins a contract will often invite competitors to join a syndicate that will fulfill the contract. We model syndicated... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 19
still a "toy for techies," the case is set in 1998 when Internet IPOs were red-hot. Internet Securities provides hard-to-find financial, business, economic, and political information on emerging markets. Information from over... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
Lake Como, people had something to hang these ideas on. The name helped create momentum.” Results helped, too. One of the impact investing movement’s earliest highlights was when Mexican microfinance bank Compartamos Banco completed its View Details
- 28 Aug 2014
- Op-Ed
Government Can Do More to Unfreeze Small Business Credit
have exceeded to date. More Help Required The 2012 JOBS Act reduced the regulatory burden for small businesses looking to raise equity in the public markets. It provided an "on-ramp" of up to five years for new IPOs to phase in certain... View Details
- 04 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Fantastic Horizon: How to Invest in a New City
streamline regulations and approvals. Phu My Hung was funded by industrialists from Taiwan who were systems thinkers, long horizon investors, and nation builders. King Abdullah Economic City was funded by private investors and with proceeds from the largest View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
High Honors
in the country, and today Summit’s global operations have $14 billion under management. The firm has overseen more than 125 IPOs in a variety of sectors, including energy, health care, electronics, and business services. “Our goal was to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2025
Edited by Julia Hanna; photographs by Susan Young Award Recipients Video MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2025 recipients, and learn about past recipients. ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS SITE MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2025 recipients, and learn... View Details
- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Trouble Behind Livedoor
where the supply of shares offered to the public is very small. Because only optimistic investors buy, and it is difficult for others to go short, many IPOs end up being overpriced. Q: What do you think Livedoor's legacy will be? A: It is... View Details
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
funds." A few years later, he adds, big acquisitions and IPOs started happening in the MENA region, catalyzing a virtuous cycle of entrepreneurial activity and investment: Amazon acquired Souq for $580 million in 2017 and Uber purchased... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 15 Dec 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Surprisingly Successful Marriages of Multinationals and Social Brands
markets faster through the existing distribution network of the acquirer, or through the ability to invest quickly in significantly expanded facilities. Compared to an IPO, it allows the careful delineation of accountability and performance. An View Details
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
Facebook celebrated its ten-year anniversary in February 2014. Over the past decade it has grown into the largest social network in the world with one billion users. After filing an IPO in 2012 at a $104 billion valuation (the third... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 24
abstract available. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/613051 Harvard Business School Case 313-080 The Facebook IPO Litigation Despite its success in the social-networking space, Facebook Inc.'s May 2012 View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 8
firms receiving their initial investment in hot markets are less likely to IPO but, conditional on going public, are valued higher on the day of their IPO, have more patents, and have more citations to their patents. Our results suggest... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 10
subsidiary—was on the table. Zappos' financial advisor, Morgan Stanley, estimated the future equity value of an IPO to be between $650 million and $905 million; this estimate skewed the Amazon offer—at least in financial terms—toward the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 10
evaluate Patron's alternatives: IPO the platform, seek a strategic investor, or sell the platform outright. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/213069-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 212-003 The Paris Opera Hotel Real estate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23
link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53122 2017 The Entrepreneur's Roadmap: From Concept to IPO Entrepreneurship in Larger Companies By: Kerr, William R. Abstract—Entrepreneurship in large and established companies is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
David A. Frankel
Data go on a global acquisition tear, buying up Cisco distributors around the globe, and transforming the company into the largest Cisco distributor outside the U.S. He was part of the IPO that raised $1.8 billion and listed the company... View Details
- 12 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
struggled during the economic crisis from 2001 to 2002, it was well positioned to grow as the economy began to recover in 2003, in part due to government policies that helped stabilize the media industry. Now in October 2007, Grupo Clarín was preparing to make an View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne