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  • 06 Apr 2010
  • First Look

First Look: April 6

ownership and control of 3,694 firms in 22 Western European and East Asian countries during the period from 1996 to 2008, we find that the cost of debt financing is significantly higher for companies with a wider divergence between the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Jul 2021
  • Op-Ed

For Entrepreneurs, the Benefits of Slowing Down

acquisitions, partnerships, new product launches, or international expansion in ways you might not have had the time and space to think through. 3. Pay down your organizational debt Every fast-growing startup incurs View Details
Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang
  • 30 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 30, 2008

case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu /b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=799015   PublicationsOptimal Reserve Management and Sovereign Debt Authors:Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk Publication:Journal of International... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 8

forces like skill-biased technical change. Exploring movements around these long-term levels, however, this study finds mixed evidence regarding the vicious cycle hypothesis. On one hand, larger compensation differentials are accepted as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 3, 2008

  Working PapersHiring Cheerleaders: Board Appointments of 'Independent' Directors Authors:Lauren Cohen, Andrea Frazzini, Christopher Malloy Abstract We test the hypothesis that firms appoint independent directors who are overly sympathetic to management, while still... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Dec 2011
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First Look: December 20

innovation in open systems is an important trend in the modern global economy. In general, distributed innovation is made possible by the modularity of the underlying product or process. But despite the documented technical benefits of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 20 Nov 2012
  • First Look

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... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 May 2012
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First Look: May 8

activity between strategic (operating firms) and financial (private equity) acquirers. What are the economic factors that drive either financial or strategic buyers to dominant positions in M&A activity? We introduce debt market... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 26 Jul 2004
  • Research & Ideas

A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward

technical and management team members. Now running desperately low on cash, Perlman had to contend with many potential deal partners, including VCs, angels, and industrial partners (as potential sources of cash); consumer electronics... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
  • 16 Sep 2014
  • First Look

First Look: September 16

transaction referred to as a "Happy Meal." The goal was to help convertible debt investors "hedge their respective investments through short sales." The challenge of the case is to understand why Molycorp used this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

Modularity By: Baldwin, Carliss Y. Abstract— This is the first chapter in Part 3. Its purpose is to contrast the value structure of platform systems with step processes from a technological perspective. I first review the basic technical... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 18 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 18, 2008

growth, stagnant GDP growth, and high public debt. As of early 2007, the country's global competitiveness has plummeted and its debt remains well above the level allowed by the EU's Maastricht treaty. Historical and structural reasons for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Jul 2016
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July 19, 2016

in press Journal of Systems and Software Technical Debt and System Architecture: The Impact of Coupling on Defect-related Activity By: MacCormack, Alan, and Daniel J. Sturtevant Abstract—Technical View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 13

are overly sympathetic to management, while still technically independent according to regulatory definitions. We explore a subset of independent directors for whom we have detailed, micro-level data on their views regarding the firm... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Apr 2005
  • Research & Ideas

New Learning at American Home Products

capabilities in maintaining and upgrading product portfolios through acquisition and divestiture. Acquisitions were financed almost wholly out of retained earnings and income received from divestitures. The resulting overall financial record was impressive. In 1991 its... View Details
Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Chemical; Health; Manufacturing; Pharmaceutical
  • 26 Nov 2013
  • First Look

First Look: November 26

accounting standards to argue that when the political process of determining institutions of capitalism is "thin," in that managers find themselves with specialized technical knowledge unavailable to outsiders and with little... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

within the context of the device approval process. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53492 Lessons Unlearned? Corporate Debt in Emerging Markets By: Alfaro, Laura, Gonzalo Asis, Anusha Chari, and Ugo Panizza... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 14 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

capacity building and performance management. Morino: The term "capacity building" is sometimes confused with the implementation of technical systems. But it's really about building the organization as a whole. We lose sight of that.... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 10 Nov 2015
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November 10, 2015

were realized. What we label the CEO-specific Q and past return explains equity issuance, but it does not explain debt issuance, investment, or profitability. Two discontinuity analyses show that the specific share price that the current... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 25

Network Methods to Map Product Architecture By: Baldwin, Carliss Y., Alan MacCormack, and John Rusnak Abstract—In this paper, we describe an operational methodology for characterising the architecture of technical systems and demonstrate... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino

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