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  • March 1997
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Transactions Costs and Capital Structure Choice: Evidence from Financially Distressed Firms

By: S. C. Gilson
This study provides evidence that transactions costs discourage debt reductions by financially distressed firms when they restructure their debt out of court. As a result, these firms remain highly leveraged and one-in-three subsequently experience financial distress.... View Details
Keywords: Cost; Capital Structure; Decision Choices and Conditions; Information; Finance; Business Ventures
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Gilson, S. C. "Transactions Costs and Capital Structure Choice: Evidence from Financially Distressed Firms." Journal of Finance 52, no. 1 (March 1997): 161–196. (Abstracted in Contemporary Finance Digest 1 (autumn 1997))
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Financial Management of Smaller Firms - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Financial Management of Smaller Firms Course Number 1452 Baker Foundation Professor Richard Ruback Professor of Management Practice Royce Yudkoff Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits 28 Sessions Exam Career Focus This course is... View Details

    Innovation on Wings: Nonstop Flights and Firm Innovation in the Global Context

    We study whether, when, and how better connectivity through nonstop flights leads to positive innovation outcomes for firms in the global context. Using unique data of all flights emanating from 5,015 airports around the globe from 2005 to 2015 and exploiting a... View Details
    • August 2022
    • Teaching Note

    Engine No.1: An Impact Investing Firm Engages with ExxonMobil

    By: Mark R. Kramer
    Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 222-028. View Details
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    Kramer, Mark R. "Engine No.1: An Impact Investing Firm Engages with ExxonMobil." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 223-016, August 2022.
    • 19 Sep 2012
    • Research & Ideas

    Funding Innovation: Is Your Firm Doing it Wrong?

    common struggle for firms to get innovation investments right, says Josh Lerner, the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard Business School. On one hand, firms large enough to house their... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
    • January 2015
    • Article

    Are Incentives Without Expertise Sufficient? Evidence from Fortune 500 Firms

    By: Emilie R. Feldman and Cynthia A. Montgomery
    Agency theory predicts that incentives will align agents' interests with those of principals. However, the resource-based view suggests that to be effective, the incentive to deliver must be paired with the ability to deliver. Using Fortune 500 boards as an... View Details
    Keywords: Board Of Directors; Corporate Governance; Incentives; Expertise; Motivation and Incentives; Governing and Advisory Boards; Experience and Expertise; Agency Theory
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    Feldman, Emilie R., and Cynthia A. Montgomery. "Are Incentives Without Expertise Sufficient? Evidence from Fortune 500 Firms." Strategic Management Journal 36, no. 1 (January 2015): 113–122.
    • February 1980
    • Case

    Profiles of Selected U.S. Securities Firms in 1979

    By: Michael E. Porter
    Keywords: Investment Banking; Financial Services Industry; United States
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    Porter, Michael E. "Profiles of Selected U.S. Securities Firms in 1979." Harvard Business School Case 380-140, February 1980.
    • August, 2024
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    Absenteeism, Productivity, and Relational Contracts Inside the Firm

    By: Achyuta Adhvaryu, Jean-François Gauthier, Anant Nyshadham and Jorge Tamayo
    We study relational contracts among managers using a unique dataset that tracks transfers of workers across teams in Indian ready-made garment factories. We focus on how relational contracts help managers cope with worker absenteeism shocks, which are frequent, often... View Details
    Keywords: Implicit Contracts; Productivity; Misallocation; Absenteeism; Supervisors; Readymade Garments; Performance Productivity; Employees; Relationships; Fashion Industry; India
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    Adhvaryu, Achyuta, Jean-François Gauthier, Anant Nyshadham, and Jorge Tamayo. "Absenteeism, Productivity, and Relational Contracts Inside the Firm." Journal of the European Economic Association 22, no. 4 (August, 2024): 1628–1677.
    • April 10, 2017
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    The Different Approaches Firms Use to Set Strategy

    By: Kimberly Teti, Mu-Jeung Yang, Nicholas Bloom, Jan Rivkin and Raffaella Sadun
    Many senior executives struggle to describe how they make strategic decisions. That’s a serious problem since the process for making strategic decisions can shape the strategy itself. To understand better how companies really make strategic choices, we interviewed 92... View Details
    Keywords: Strategic Planning; Decision Making
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    Teti, Kimberly, Mu-Jeung Yang, Nicholas Bloom, Jan Rivkin, and Raffaella Sadun. "The Different Approaches Firms Use to Set Strategy." Harvard Business Review (website) (April 10, 2017).
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    The Drivers of Early Internationalization of the Firm

    By: Antonella Zucchella, G. Palamara and Stefano Denicolai
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    Zucchella, Antonella, G. Palamara, and Stefano Denicolai. "The Drivers of Early Internationalization of the Firm." Special Issue on The Early and Rapid Internationalization of the Firm. Journal of World Business 42, no. 3 (September 2007): 268–280.
    • July 2010 (Revised March 2013)
    • Supplement

    One Firm One Future at Davis Langdon (B)

    By: Robert G. Eccles and Kaitlyn A. Simpson
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    Eccles, Robert G., and Kaitlyn A. Simpson. "One Firm One Future at Davis Langdon (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 411-007, July 2010. (Revised March 2013.)
    • April 2000 (Revised October 2002)
    • Background Note

    Career Strategies and Tactics in Professional Service Firms

    By: Ashish Nanda, Thomas J. DeLong and Scot H. Landry
    Presents suggestions for ensuring a good start in a professional services career. View Details
    Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Performance Expectations; Performance Effectiveness; Customization and Personalization; Practice; Valuation; Performance Evaluation; Business Startups; Competency and Skills; Learning; Talent and Talent Management; Management Skills; Consulting Industry
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    Nanda, Ashish, Thomas J. DeLong, and Scot H. Landry. "Career Strategies and Tactics in Professional Service Firms." Harvard Business School Background Note 800-375, April 2000. (Revised October 2002.)
    • 24 Jun 2008
    • News

    Firms more inclined to promote insiders as CEO

    • 30 Jan 2009
    • News

    KKR's Kravis Says Buyout Firms Face More Regulation

    • 25 Mar 2024
    • News

    Debora Spar The Social Purpose of The Firm

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    India Transformed? Insights from the Firm Level 1988-2005 (with Anusha Chari)

    By: Laura Alfaro
    Using firm-level data this paper analyzes, the transformation of India’s economic structure following the implementation of economic reforms. The focus of the study is on publicly-listed and unlisted firms from across a wide spectrum of manufacturing and services... View Details
    • 2008
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    The Strength of Peripheral Ties: Maintaining Status When Firms Lose Resources

    By: Mikolaj J. Piskorski and Bharat N. Anand
    This paper examines conditions under which high-status firms can retain their positions, even if they lose resources. Firms are considered high status when they obtain ties from other high-status firms. Among high-status firms, we distinguish between those that also... View Details
    Keywords: Venture Capital; Resource Allocation; Rank and Position; Status and Position; Financial Services Industry; United States
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    Piskorski, Mikolaj J., and Bharat N. Anand. "The Strength of Peripheral Ties: Maintaining Status When Firms Lose Resources." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-067, February 2008.
    • October 2021 (Revised April 2022)
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    The Big Blue: Starting a Real Estate Firm

    By: Boris Vallee and Nikodem Szumilo
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    Vallee, Boris, and Nikodem Szumilo. "The Big Blue: Starting a Real Estate Firm." Harvard Business School Case 222-036, October 2021. (Revised April 2022.)
    • 2014
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    Linguistic Complexity in Firm Disclosures: Obfuscation or Information?

    By: Brian J. Bushee, Ian D. Gow and Daniel Taylor
    Prior research argues that the linguistic complexity of a firm’s disclosures reflects managerial obfuscation. However, complex language can be used either to obfuscate or to convey information, with the effect likely depending on the incentives of the source. We... View Details
    Keywords: Communication; Financial Reporting
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    Bushee, Brian J., Ian D. Gow, and Daniel Taylor. "Linguistic Complexity in Firm Disclosures: Obfuscation or Information?" Working Paper, January 2014.
    • March–April 2013
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    Expected Firm Altruism, Quality Provision, and Brand Extensions

    By: Julio J. Rotemberg
    A setting is considered where consumers keep track of the extent to which brands care about them, which is modeled as altruism of brands towards their target consumers. Consumers who purchase an experience good of high quality reasonably deduce that the supplier of... View Details
    Keywords: Customers; Quality; Consumer Behavior; Attitudes; Brands and Branding
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    Rotemberg, Julio J. "Expected Firm Altruism, Quality Provision, and Brand Extensions." Marketing Science 32, no. 2 (March–April 2013): 325–341.
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