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- 27 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments
didn't happen. Big companies with cash didn't spend it. Banks with cash didn't lend it. Small businesses didn't attract capital and thus didn't help reduce unemployment. Europeans were paralyzed by debt crises and transportation shutdowns... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 05 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
In Praise of Marketing
all things, at aggressively low prices." With the fall of communism in the 1980s and 1990s, American brands, ambitious, confident, and flush with capital soon established beachheads in the emerging economies. Local consumers, long... View Details
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
both the exchange and the acceptance of ideas-people really hear your message and become open to it. Cultivating warmth and trust also boosts the quantity and quality of novel ideas that are produced. The best way to gain influence is to... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
filing of the 13D. Informed traders find it profitable to concentrate their trades with a leaking broker because the loss due to the information leakage is more than compensated by the gains derived from trading on the information... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 5, 2008
their non-connected holdings. A replicating portfolio of connected stocks outperforms a replicating portfolio of non-connected stocks by up to 8.4% per year. Returns are concentrated around corporate news announcements, consistent with mutual fund managers View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
still had to justify its existence through profits. He hired the best engineers available, yet expected them to run their areas of responsibility with commercial acumen as "ordinary businessmen." He despised cartels and gained a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 30, 2008
Multinational Firms, FDI Flows and Imperfect Capital Markets Authors:Pol Antras, Mihir Desai, and C. Fritz Foley Publication:Quarterly Journal of Economics (forthcoming) Abstract This paper examines how costly financial contracting and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
gained a dominant position in Internet search and advertising, and what Microsoft has done so far in its as-yet-unsuccessful effort to catch up with Google. The case then challenges students to construct a strategy that will allow... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
and new construction. On the other hand, well-managed public-private partnerships, where the private sector funds, builds, and operates key public infrastructure, can shift the capital requirement from municipalities to the private... View Details
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
statements about their commitment to long-term success. To understand the disconnect, we examine how S&P500 companies are actually allocating capital and show that firms are in fact plowing substantial amounts of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 18
Asian Agri appeared well positioned to capitalize on the growing palm oil market, but the broad-strokes vilification of the palm oil industry was a source of serious concern. In the face of great uncertainty, the management team needed to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 24, 2009
submitted a proposed term sheet. Recently, however, a venture capital (VC) group has submitted a competing term sheet. The company must decide whether to accept financing from the Angels or the VC group. Purchase the case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
is being abandoned by the two remaining large capital exporters—the U.K. and Japan—that had maintained similar regimes. The conundrum facing policymakers is how to reconcile mounting pressures for increased tax burdens on foreign activity... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018
broad sell-off in the shares of grocery retailers and suppliers. Behind the precipitous declines lay recognition that Amazon’s bold move into brick and mortar assets offered transformational opportunities. Amazon could gain expertise in... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=508052 Ithmar Capital Harvard Business School Case 809-032 The founders of Ithmar Capital, a mid-market private equity fund targeting businesses in and addressing the Gulf Co-operation Council countries,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 6
gain strength from vulnerability: putting the past behind us and seeking honest feedback. Packed with practical advice and inspiring stories, Flying Without a Net is an invaluable resource for all leaders seeking to thrive in this age of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 1, 2008
the customer knowledge gained from conducting market research at the front end of NPD affects which of these opportunities the firm should pursue. Pitfalls in analyzing the customer data are described, along with guidelines on how to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
those whose cost of external finance was unchanged. However, while some of the fall in entry was due to less wealthy individuals with high human capital (confirming the presence of financing constraints), the greatest relative decline in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
it faced huge capital expenditures associated with constructing its manufacturing facilities. The company was at a crossroads: it had to decide whether to partner with IBM or align with other firms as it tried to keep up with Intel.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace