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  • 14 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

Participation, Pluralism, and Public Ethics. Ebrahim teaches the required MBA course Leadership and Organizational Behavior, and chairs the Executive Education program Governing for Nonprofit Excellence. Q: Mario, tell us about Venture... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 29 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 29, 2008

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-048.pdf The Private Equity Advantage: Leveraged Buyout Firms and Relationship Banking Authors:Victoria Ivashina and Anna Kovner Abstract This paper examines the impact of leveraged buyout firms' bank... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Nov 2006
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First Look: November 21, 2006

  Working PapersThe Performance of Reverse Leveraged Buyouts Authors:Jerry Cao and Josh Lerner Abstract Reverse leveraged buyouts (RLBOs) have received increased public scrutiny but attracted little systematic study. We collect a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 29

none of the five measures identifies firms that behave as if they were constrained: public firms classified as constrained have no trouble raising debt when their demand for debt increases, are unaffected by changes in the supply of bank... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Nov 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Venture Capital Goes Boom—or Bust?

financier, a public stock offering, or some other source. But potential investors often greet entrepreneurs' business plans with skepticism, or worse, turn them down entirely. Alternatively, some investors demand a large View Details
Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner
  • 16 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 16, 2015

  Publications June 2015 Review of Accounting Studies Speaking of the Short-Term: Disclosure Horizon and Managerial Myopia By: Brochet, Francois, Maria Loumioti, and George Serafeim Abstract—We study conference calls as a voluntary... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Aug 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Health Care Research and Prospects

you raise a lot of capital from public equity markets for biotech companies, there is a mismatch of the governance structure. The assets of a biotech company early in its life are just R&D projects.... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild Swearingen; Health
  • October 2016 (Revised January 2017)
  • Supplement

Bally Total Fitness (B): The Fall, 2005–2016

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
By many measures the largest health-club chain in the United States in the early 2000s, Bally Total Fitness sold most of its remaining fitness clubs to 24 Hour Fitness in 2014 and disappeared from the industry top 100 rankings. After Bally was bedeviled by accounting... View Details
Keywords: Bally Total Fitness; Accounting; Accounting Audits; Accrual Accounting; Business Earnings; Revenue Recognition; Financial Statements; Acquisition; Business Exit or Shutdown; For-Profit Firms; Crime and Corruption; Borrowing and Debt; Capital; Capital Structure; Cash; Cash Flow; Public Equity; Financial Condition; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financing and Loans; Investment Activism; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Business History; Executive Compensation; Resignation and Termination; Annual Reports; Contracts; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business or Company Management; Marketing; Market Entry and Exit; Private Ownership; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Strategy; Business Strategy; Competition; Corporate Strategy; Health Industry; Accounting Industry; United States; Illinois; Chicago
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  • 10 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 10

  Publications 2006 Regional Studies Spatial Determinants of Entrepreneurship in India By: Ghani, Ejaz, William R. Kerr, and Stephen O'Connell Abstract—We analyze the spatial determinants of entrepreneurship in India in the manufacturing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Aug 2006
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First Look: August 15, 2006

ventures: structure, financing, regulations, consumers, accountability, technology, and public policy. Also, presents the essential elements of business models for new health-care ventures. A rewritten version of an earlier note. Purchase... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Jan 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency

Some of this perception was likely a result of his public confidence. Some may have resulted from his bluntness and his stated intent to cut through the red tape of Washington, along with its perceived stagnation, dominance by big money,... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
  • 20 Dec 2011
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First Look: December 20

limited managers' incentives to take actions favoring equity over debt for firms in the vicinity of financial distress. We show that this ruling increased the likelihood of equity issues, increased... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • September 2021
  • Case

Brown Capital Management

By: Luis M. Viceira, Emily R. McComb and Sarah Mehta
Set in July 2021, this case looks at several growth strategies under consideration at Brown Capital, the second-oldest Black-owned asset management firm in the U.S. Since its 1983 founding, Baltimore-based Brown Capital has specialized in small company growth... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Growth and Development Strategy; Diversity; Race; Finance; Equity; Public Equity; Stocks; Financial Management; Financial Strategy; Investment; Investment Portfolio; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Recruitment; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Employee Ownership; Strategy; Financial Services Industry; United States; Maryland; Baltimore
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  • 27 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 27

U.S. business cycles lead over medium-term fluctuations in Mexico; and (3) why Mexican consumption is not less volatile than output. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-029.pdf Publications Marginality and Problem... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 18, 2008

for compensation committees at public companies. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=109036 Hearts on Fire—Brand Development Manager Harvard Business School Case 709-436... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 May 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Advertisers Get Serious About Playing With Their Brands

hard selling—and a great way to do that is to spend a little brand equity on playfulness to spark conversations. The Rules Of Play Marketing—in the form of the mish-mosh of online posting, uploading, commenting, and sharing on YouTube,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Advertising
  • 25 Apr 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Adjusting the Fit for Government

these people will end up not owning a lot of the economy because of historical conditions. So there is an equity issue." The Right Mix "I think most governments try too hard [to do everything]," said panelist Udayan Wagle,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 15 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 15

  Publications August 2013 Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal Business Model Evaluation: Quantifying Walmart's Sources of Advantage By: Brea-Solís, Humberto, Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, and Emili Grifell-Tatjé Abstract—We develop an... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 28 Jul 2015
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First Look: July 28, 2015

Publications In press Chap. 1 in Business Models and Modelling The Business Model: Nature and Benefits By: Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and John Heilbron Abstract—This paper considers the nature of the business model and its strategic... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 14 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 14, 2010

perceive the value of CSR strategies more favorably. Our results document how CSR strategies can affect value creation in public equity markets through analyst recommendations. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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