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- 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
- 03 Nov 2008
- HBS Case
Economics of the Ethanol Business
their corn commitments to the plant, and some have even invested in a competing interest. Another alternative is to sell the plant, although Utlaut believes that the best offer would be the book value, roughly $50 million. The third... View Details
- 07 Jun 2016
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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
- 18 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Unseen Link Between Savings and National Growth
between savings and growth through investment. This link, however, disappears in open economy models, which is surely the relevant scenario in reality. An alternative interpretation of the relationship between savings and growth is that... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 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
- 13 May 2002
- Op-Ed
A Cure for Enron-Style Audit Failures
past five decades, accountants have changed from watchdogs to advocates and salespersons. Auditing has become one of a number of services, including consulting and tax advice, in which accountants "sell" creative tax avoidance and View Details
- 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
- 02 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Stuck in Gear: Why Managers Don’t Act
for outside financing; but outside financing serves as an important "check and balance," writes Sull. Your CEO appears on the cover of a major business magazine. Beware of the "cover curse"; it could lock-in your... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 May 2000
- What Do You Think?
Can You Hard-Wire Performance?
idea was that maybe it was alright for GE, but could a smaller, less well financed organization employ it? And how safe should an organization play it when employing such a strategy? Several of you offered other examples of performance... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 24, 2006
maintain majority control of their company. As attractive as the plan seems, they worry about the high cost of the loan and the risk that the offering might fail. In January 2005, with no time left to consider alternative View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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
- 14 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 14
the impact of alternative policies governing the creation and use of digital information. This agenda focuses on the development of research to investigate the economics of digitization, to analyze the governance of intellectual property... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
skepticism'). Fostering alternative calculative cultures, strategically involved CROs interpreted the 'business partner' role of their function in different ways. Some risk functions aspired for an influential expert voice in key business... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 22
on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, edited by David Audretsch, Oliver Falck, and Stephan Heblich. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., forthcoming Abstract Financing constraints are one of the biggest concerns impacting... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Tracks of My Tears: Reconstructing Digital Music
More broadly, I think labels should rethink the essence of a bundle. An album with around 12 songs may be a fine format for some artists, but why would it necessarily fit the majority of musicians? Digital channels give labels great flexibility to try View Details
- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
These new establishments were concentrated in industries where women entrepreneurs have been traditionally active and the entry was mainly found among household-based establishments. We measure and discuss the extent to which this heightened entrepreneurship is due to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 10 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Numbers on Social Investments
financing as compared to all other investors. This allowed them to diversify their holdings across a range of companies and to minimize dilution as the companies raised follow on money. Diversification and investing in additional rounds... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls