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  • 17 Feb 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Rating Fund Managers by the Company They Keep

from the Working Paper.Ann Cullen: How is your system different than traditional mutual fund rating systems? Cohen: Our method takes advantage of a wealth of previously unexploited information about fund holdings. Standard metrics rate funds based on past performance.... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
  • 11 Jun 2013
  • First Look

First Look: June 11

alternative explanations for some important empirical observations in IB, such as bunching and second-mover advantage in market entries. 2006 Journal of Financial Economics How Do Staggered Boards Affect Shareholder Value? Evidence from a... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 07 Oct 2013
  • Research & Ideas

The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking

a path to the future.” Lassiter, the Senator John Heinz Professor of Management Practice in Environmental Management, has spent several years studying the intersection between entrepreneurial finance and environmental concerns. He... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities
  • 10 May 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures

more than 3,000 American transnationals suggests that JVs are falling out of favor. Why? Increasing forces of globalization such as increasingly fragmented production processes make the decision not to collaborate pay off. That's one finding from work done by Mihir A.... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • October 2021 (Revised February 2022)
  • Case

Green Hydrogen in Chile

By: Tarun Khanna, Jenyfeer Martínez Buitrago and Mariana Cal
In 2020, the Chilean government wants to promote green hydrogen, a technology with high potential to help mitigate climate change. President Sebastián Piñera, aware of the country's advantages to produce green hydrogen competitively, asks Energy Minister Juan Carlos... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Decision Making; Alternative Energy; Renewable Energy; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology; Financial Instruments; Energy Policy; Government Administration; Strategy; Government and Politics; Social Issues; Energy Industry; Latin America; South America; Chile
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  • 03 Feb 2009
  • First Look

First Look: February 3, 2009

the type of financing firm. The additional empirical results allow us to distinguish the property-rights explanation from alternative stories, based on uncertainty and asymmetric information about the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Jul 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Does Misery Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off

so doing, introduce a set of new research questions to examine. We believe that these alternative questions offer great promise for understanding and, ultimately, guiding possible corporate social initiatives. We conclude the discussion... View Details
Keywords: by Joshua D. Margolis & James P. Walsh
  • 17 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 17

valuations in first financing rounds. Further econometric tests suggest that, as predicted by the theory, this effect is driven by unobservable heterogeneity, and it is more pronounced in teams that make quick decisions about founder... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Jan 2010
  • What Do You Think?

Is a Stringent Climate Change Agreement a Pot of Gold?

might even be impeded by, an international agreement. As he put it, because "scale advantage is reversed" in the alternative energy field, change "will be driven from the bottom, not the top." In other words, will... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Energy; Utilities
  • 24 Dec 2013
  • First Look

First Look: December 24

alternative financing models of corporate lenders, including banks and finance companies.) The second major component of the case concerns distressed debt investment strategies... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 25 Mar 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]

relying on $500,000 in financing provided by family members, friends, and "angel" investors, recurred in accounts of what she was trying to accomplish. "This is by far the most challenging thing I've ever done," she... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
  • 26 Apr 2011
  • Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

its country. The group has influenced customers and suppliers to change their practices, whether by helping a fish harvesting operation in the coastal swamps minimize pollution or encouraging a motorcycle courier company to reduce emissions and accidents. Commercial... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities
  • 27 Mar 2012
  • First Look

First Look: March 27

passionate about his business idea: an innovative green technology fuel cell. He wants to dive in and commit to his startup, but his fiancée is much more risk averse, his parents don't approve of the startup, and Akhil has an enticing View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 07 Jun 2016
  • First Look

June 7, 2016

closed question–based surveys. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50727 June 2016 Journal of Finance Local Currency Sovereign Risk By: Du, Wenxin, and Jesse Schreger Abstract—We introduce a new measure of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Sep 2015
  • First Look

September 15, 2015

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49614 October 2015 Journal of Finance The Cost of Capital for Alternative Investments By: Jurek, Jakub W., and Erik Stafford Abstract—Traditional risk factor... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Nov 2016
  • First Look

November 8, 2016

stringent measures to regulate the industry. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51895 Alternative Paths of Green Entrepreneurship: The Environmental Legacies of The North Face's Doug Tompkins and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Jan 2008
  • First Look

First Look: January 15, 2008

Ross has built a successful private equity firm focused on distressed investing, WL Ross & Co. In 2006, INVESCO, an asset management company, approaches him about acquiring his firm. INVESCO has had weak performance in recent years and is looking to increase its... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Mar 2008
  • First Look

First Look: March 18, 2008

professional relationships may "bridge" the asymmetric information. This bridge may be particularly strong if both firms were financed by the same venture capital firm. Third, geographic proximity may also reduce the asymmetric... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Apr 2007
  • First Look

First Look: April 17, 2007

relocated to a larger store and is experiencing losses for the first time. Sales and costs have increased along with the breakeven point. Changes in pricing and promotion must be explored. Alternative actions to return to profitability... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Jul 2014
  • First Look

First Look: July 1

a mix of both. Wherever clubs fall on this spectrum, having a strategy that recognizes the global importance of stars is critical to long-lasting financial success. August 2013 Journal of Finance A Comparative-Advantage Approach to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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