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- 20 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 20, 2007
Burton had to assess the plans from a global perspective. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=508009 The Hertz Corporation (A) Harvard Business School Case 208-030 Examines the leveraged buyout of Hertz in 2005, a complex,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
and private venture funds. Corporate efforts lack the partnership-based organizational structure that many have identified as critical to the success of private equity funds. On the other hand, corporations are able to exploit... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 24 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 24, 2007
attainment outcomes (measured primarily by students' completion rates at various grade levels). Deals with outcome trends within the general U.S. school-aged population and covers educational outcomes in various subpopulations of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles and Research Papers of 2014
the Case for Pluralistic Risk Management The failure to rescue survivors from the sunk Russian submarine Kursk is explored by Anette Mikes and Amram Migdalpaper. Better Deals Through Level II Strategies: Advance Your Interests by Helping... View Details
- 17 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
Why I Would Have Applied to the MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Program
F-Prime immensely – there were days I found myself knee-deep in technology diligence with scientific/medical experts in one meeting while structuring deals and meeting entrepreneurs in another. My exposure... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Lesson from the Fall
appellate court on Skilling’s appeal is near. A great deal is at stake with the court’s ruling. For Skilling, it will either seal his fate as a convicted criminal or open up possibilities for further vindication. (In the 2006 trial, nine... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Challenges of Investing in Science-Based Innovation
program also touches on the practices used by academic labs to sustain productivity, drills down into organizational models, and reviews methods to help executives deal with the questions of project prioritization. Managing For The Long... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019
Equity Finance class, an advanced elective course offered in the Harvard Business School MBA elective curriculum. The structure of the book follows the timeline of a typical investment. Starting with deal... View Details
- 01 Jul 2021
- Office Hours
Readers Ask: Which Companies Are Transforming Work?
system. They’re just not working. "We do a very poor job of teaching that in the United States—giving people a basic familiarity with digital technology." "The second is that a lot of the shortage of workers is coming in the form of digital natives who can View Details
- 04 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Max Bazerman
branch dominates? Does this structure preclude us from ever seeing the kind of reform you advocate? A: We strongly believe in the importance of the checks and balances, particularly as a means of curbing corruption. But inefficiencies are... View Details
Keywords: Re: Max H. Bazerman
- 13 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 13, 2010
Management Series. Oxford University Press, 2010 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Purchase the Book: http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199552863.do Shadow of the Contract: How Contract Structure Shapes Inter-Firm Dispute... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
New Course for General Managers Broadens Managerial Scope and Builds Confidence
Cockerham agrees. "All of us have had to deal with restructuring, pay-for-performance, and personnel issues in a downsized or downsizing environment," she says. "We didn't need to have any background on these issues explained to us." With... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
standard preferences and show that the endogenous structure of the network is conducive to sharing by a significant number of peers, even if sharing is costlier than freeriding. We build on this model of p2p to analyze the optimal... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Nov 2008
- Research Event
Social Media Leads the Future of Technology
all the previous years combined. Investment initiatives are around participating in the information flow. We [at Accel] are interested in companies that help us understand how to structure information, communicate, categorize some of that... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
approaches. This can explain why the Fed stopped basing monetary policy on the quality of new bank loans, why it stopped being willing to cause recessions to deal with inflation, and why it was temporarily unwilling to maintain stable... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 24 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 24
divisions. Our two studies allow us to demonstrate that spontaneous within-game dialogue and manipulated pre-game talk lead to the same results. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-039.pdf PublicationsCost Structure... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
in foreign countries. "Some of the governments are quite small, and they like dealing directly with the person who makes decisions in the company," he explains. "There's more flexibility involved than there would be with a larger... View Details
- 12 Feb 2016
- Op-Ed
The Real Jobs Tragedy in the US: We've Lost the Skills
With a final deal reached on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), prepare for another cacophony of protest in Congress that America is signing away jobs to other parts of the world. The naysayers will be overlooking one small fact. Even... View Details
- 31 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Not to Trust Your Gut
famous for "forcing" people to negotiate, make commitments, or respond to requests under immense time pressure. Too many people fall prey to this tactic, for fear of losing the deal or offending the other party. But, in most... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman & Deepak Malhotra
- 14 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Credit Flowing to Consumers in Need
issues, the Joint Center held a symposium in February 2010 on Moving Forward: The Future of Consumer Credit and Mortgage Finance." A new book, co-edited by Retsinas and Eric S. Belsky, managing director of the Center, collects papers presented at the symposium... View Details