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  • 05 Feb 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

incumbent Assad regime. Our results show, first, that refugees are far more likely to agree to a ceasefire proposed by a civilian as opposed to one proposed by armed actors from either the Syrian government or the opposition. Second,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 13 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: September 13

capital flows—both debt and equity—into public and private components and study their relationship with productivity growth. This exercise reveals that international capital flows are mainly shaped by View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Once in a Lifetime Opportunities | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

opportunities through the Leadership Fellows Program . She was familiar with Acumen through her work at M-KOPA (in which the firm was an early investor), and recognized that the program “would allow me to enter the social space at a sustainable salary level – an... View Details
  • 29 Jul 2013
  • News

Opening New Markets for Black South African Winemakers

of that, the South African government took notice and responded by negotiating a land purchase for the Seven Sisters, who until that point owned no vineyards and had to contract farmers and a winery to grow grapes. Now Walmart wants to... View Details
Keywords: wine; wine making; wine importing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade
  • 24 Feb 2003
  • Research & Ideas

In Troubled Africa, Botswana Flowers

given the government time to get solid growth underway. The country has invested seriously in its infrastructure, both physical and human. They have poured money into education, healthcare, water, roads, and the like. Botswana has been... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • 03 Mar 2008
  • First Look

First Look: March 4, 2008

Vayanos Abstract We examine empirically how the maturity structure of government debt affects bond yields and excess returns. Our analysis is based on a theoretical model of preferred habitat in which... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Feb 2023
  • Blog Post

Meet the Black Investment Club

companies, a sale of a health care portfolio company, and several debt refinancings to facilitate portfolio company growth. This summer, Akapelwa expanded on his financial services experience at Kohlberg & Company serving as a Private... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Venture Capital; Investment Management / Hedge Fund
  • 16 May 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16

in innovative capabilities, and increased employee engagement as a result. The programs vary but have seven major elements in common. Companies should 1) team with governments or nonprofits experienced in working with people with... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
  • 12 Apr 2011
  • First Look

First Look: April 12

companies and that corporate governance improves. Furthermore, we find that companies implement more ethical practices, including reducing bribery and corruption, which increases managerial credibility. These effects are larger for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Jun 2013
  • First Look

First Look: June 25

  Publications 2006 pub Leviathan Evolving: New Varieties of State Capitalism in Brazil and Beyond By: Musacchio, Aldo, and Sergio G. Lazzarini Abstract—In this book we describe the transformation of state capitalism from a model in which View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 17 Oct 2006
  • First Look

First Look: October 17, 2006

that robust verification mechanisms such as independent certification may be necessary for voluntary management programs to mitigate information asymmetries surrounding management practices. Implications are discussed for the industry-associations, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Apr 2016
  • First Look

April 12, 2016

Capital Partners, an $80 billion credit-oriented investment firm owned by The Blackstone Group, are considering what to do next with their investment in the senior secured debt of Eastman Kodak Company. Once a great company and an icon of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2007
  • News

Letters

reducing poverty have generally been the same. More aid. More debt relief. More foreign direct investment. And, of late, more free trade. I agree with all of these. However, the greatest contribution Western countries and corporations can... View Details
  • 12 May 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Accounting Information as Political Currency

management can be used to mislead financial-statement users, including shareholders, debt holders, regulators, and so on. Q: Would your methods apply in countries other than the United States? A: The data used to construct earnings... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 01 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 1

recessions, it is not clear if this is due to demand or supply. We address this question by studying firms' substitution between bank debt and non-bank debt (public bonds) using firm-level data. Any firm... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2011
  • News

A Modest Tax Proposal

"How about 'No new taxes after these new taxes'?" © James Stevenson/The New Yorker Collection/www.cartoonbank.com As Congress starts the next round of debt ceiling negotiations, the US Chamber of Commerce and other business groups are... View Details
Keywords: Robert C. Pozen; tax holidays
  • 01 Jan 2012
  • News

Cynthia Carroll, MBA 1989

Anglo American, one of the world’s largest mining companies, Cynthia Carroll traveled to 14 countries, visiting mines and interviewing staff, meeting with government officials, and talking to miners and local community members. “I needed... View Details
  • April 2011 (Revised June 2014)
  • Case

Securities Lending After the Financial Crisis

By: Robert C. Pozen and Gayle Hameister
In April 2009, Wendy Jefferson had just returned to her office following a whirlwind day of meetings with her newest client, Star Advisor. Jefferson, a financial services consultant, was eager to dig into the information provided to her and her team about the Star... View Details
Keywords: Business Earnings; Debt Securities; Financing and Loans; Investment Funds; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Information
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  • October 1993 (Revised January 1994)
  • Supplement

Japan (A), Supplement

By: Bruce R. Scott
In an economy marked by severe inflation, a balance of payments problem, and large investment needs for modernization, the Minister of Finance has been asked to design a remedial program that cannot include borrowing abroad. He does so, and the case describes the... View Details
Keywords: Design; Developing Countries and Economies; Inflation and Deflation; Borrowing and Debt; Policy; Outcome or Result; Problems and Challenges; Programs
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  • 09 Sep 2013
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching Climate Change to Skeptics

A few years ago, Joseph B. Lassiter traveled to San Francisco, Houston, and New York to hold discussions with Harvard alumni on the topic of business and the environment. Each time, he surveyed the audience about the touchy subject of climate change and how society... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel