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  • 25 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 25

the trading of patents: brokers, non-practicing entities (NPEs), defensive aggregators, online platforms, auctions, and unique entities such as Intellectual Ventures. We discuss the fundamental causes for the lack of liquidity in the IP... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Where Main Street Meets Wall Street

our capital markets—the envy of the world—are so liquid and effective," he says. "Mutual funds deepen the capital markets, and the capital markets lubricate our entire economy by allocating financial resources." For the... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Financial Services
  • 26 Jun 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018

profitability, Japan introduced the JPX400 in 2014. The index highlighted the country's “best-run" companies by annually selecting the 400 most profitable among Japan's large and liquid firms. Index-inclusion incentives led firms to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 30 Jun 2009
  • First Look

First Look: June 30

government bond yields, stabilized until the fall of 2008, when they showed dramatic declines. The paper asks to what extent short-term real interest rates, bond risks, and liquidity explain the trends before 2008 and the unusual... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Jun 2006
  • Research & Ideas

The Promise of Channel Stewardship

did not achieve its launch targets.1 They realized that a reason for the initial failure was that the company had used an existing channel. This channel was well suited to take another product—the Rohm and Haas 886 liquid biocide—to a... View Details
Keywords: by V. Kasturi Rangan & Marie Bell; Consumer Products
  • 04 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018

shareholders' economic interests and low corporate profitability, Japan introduced the JPX-Nikkei400 in 2014. The index highlighted the country's "best-run" companies by annually selecting the 400 most profitable of its large and liquid... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 24 Apr 2012
  • First Look

First Look: April 24

would not be achieved even if the product offered a payout ratio comparable to U.S. insurance contracts. We present evidence suggesting that lack of trust, liquidity constraints, and limited salience are significant non-price frictions... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • April 2017 (Revised February 2020)
  • Case

Restructuring Ukraine

By: Kristin Mugford, Seema Amble and Tian Feng
In June 2015, Ukraine found itself struggling with a volatile and devalued currency, dramatically diminished foreign reserves, and a projected financing shortfall of $40 billion. Ukraine’s new government sought to return the nation to stability following political... View Details
Keywords: Exchange Rates; Politics; Macroeconomics; Financial Crisis; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Restructuring; Economy; Currency Exchange Rate; Banks and Banking; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Bonds; Sovereign Finance; Capital Markets; Credit; Debt Securities; Financial Liquidity; Financial Markets; Government and Politics; Ukraine
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  • February 2024 (Revised June 2024)
  • Case

Can Families Conquer Private Equity? Pritzker Private Capital

By: Lauren Cohen and Sophia Pan
Anthony (Tony) Pritkzer, Paul Carbone, and the Pritzker Private Capital (PPC) team wondered how to approach the firm’s next phase of growth. PPC was a private equity firm that offered a differentiated approach to the family capital market. Back in 2016, the partners... View Details
Keywords: Family Office; External Financing; Succession; Leadership Transition; Family Business; Private Equity; Investment; Business Growth and Maturation; Financial Strategy; Investment Portfolio; Business Model; Private Sector; Financial Liquidity; Risk Management; Organizational Structure; Competitive Advantage; Venture Capital; Management Succession; Financial Services Industry; Chicago; Illinois; United States
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  • 29 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019

trust and liquidity when launching new marketplaces as well as challenges encountered as marketplaces mature (e.g., congestion and disintermediation). Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/818096-PDF-ENG Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 04 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: January 4

need to be reformulated in light of the data, methodology, and findings presented here. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-072.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsVignette: Alternative Liquidity Options G. Felda... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 28 Jan 2014
  • First Look

First Look: January 28

Investment Group is deciding whether or not to recapitalize an equity investment in a Residencial Los Andes, a residential project in Santiago, Chile, or take a substantial loss. The project did not meet its sales goals, and the bank pressured the investors to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Nov 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success

plagued earlier corporate ventures. The agreement made clear that the XTV partners had the flexibility to respond rapidly to investment opportunities, something that independent venture capitalists typically possess. They essentially had full autonomy when it came to... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
  • 21 Oct 2008
  • First Look

First Look: October 21, 2008

traders increased Iceland's vulnerability to a confidence crisis because they were quick to liquidate their holdings at the first sign of distress. The plunge in the Icelandic Krona since the beginning of 2008 also forced the Icelandic... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Feb 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The Power of the Noncompete Clause

liquidity events such as initial public offerings and mergers. For example, when speech-recognition supplier ScanSoft acquired Nuance in October 2005, twelve of Nuance's thirteen research and development engineers left for Yahoo. The... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 09 Jan 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate

and research institute. "Excess liquidity is the name of the game today. With a lot of cash chasing too little product, the question is, are people paying too much?" That question is at the heart of a long-running debate within... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Construction; Real Estate
  • 17 Dec 2013
  • First Look

First Look: December 17

complex technology. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/614019-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 212-045 The Long and Short of Apollo Group and the University of Phoenix (A) A hedge fund is deciding whether to liquidate its... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 10 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 10, 2009

its $18 billion in cash reserves during the week of March 10, 2008, and an unprecedented provision of liquidity support from the Federal Reserve on Friday, March 13 was insufficient to reverse the decline in Bear's condition. Federal... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Nov 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 17

banks to roll over their short-term debt. We document that there was a simultaneous run by borrowers who drew down their credit lines, leading to a spike in commercial and industrial loans reported on bank balance sheets. We examine whether these two stresses on bank... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Dec 2012
  • First Look

First Look: December 18

and to avoid the larger economies of Spain and Italy becoming involved. The European financial system became strained. Banks were found to be undercapitalized and began to ration credit to the economy. The European Central Bank intervened to provide View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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