Publications

Profile

Adam Kanner

laptops. Savvy entrepreneurs often find opportunity where others find flaws. For Adam Kanner, a former vice president for marketing and business development for the National Basketball Association, the empty seats triggered a startup... View Details

28 Jul 2015
Blog Post

Nairobi Love: Heading Home

experience at HBS thus far. While I was intimidated by being in class with hardcore finance folks for finance and accounting classes, I am amazed at how much I have learned in a year. While I had to do a... View Details

05 Apr 2016
Blog Post

Summer Internships in the JD/MBA Program

points within contracts, as well as the accounting, finance and business strategy skills taught at business school. I believe the synergies of the JD/MBA program – the courses, philosophies, and teaching styles – create an unmatched... View Details

November 2007
Background Note

Event Arbitrage

By: Joshua D. Coval and Erik Stafford

The event arbitrage module includes two simulation sessions. The first simulation focuses on analyzing and evaluating individual merger transactions, while the second simulation emphasizes managing a portfolio of individual positions and the limitations of arbitrage... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Capital Markets; Financial Management; Investment Portfolio; Risk Management

15 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner

by venture groups in the upcoming years, as well as an imposition of tougher terms on venture groups by the institutions who are their primary sources of capital. At the same time, there have been some fundamental changes happening in the venture capital View Details

Keywords: by Carol Elsen; Financial Services

November 2003
Case

Procter & Gamble 2000 (A): The SpinBrush and Innovation at P&G

By: William A. Sahlman and Ryland Matthew Willis

Describes a set of decisions confronting some managers in the oral care division of Procter & Gamble. They must decide whether to buy a company that has developed an inexpensive, battery-operated toothbrush. The company's product has done well in one market, but... View Details

Keywords: Valuation; Innovation and Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Mergers and Acquisitions; Product Launch; Corporate Finance; Retail Industry

19 Jul 2021
Blog Post

Building a Powerful Network of Talent at American Tower

said, “And when I came across American Tower and learned about their focus on emerging markets it was perfect.” Looking ahead, Nyantekyi-Owusu is excited to rotate into different roles with American Tower... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Telecommunications

Web

Alumni Career Journey: Margot Zuckerman (MBA 2024) – Integrating Climate into Business (and Government) Priorities - Blog - Business & Environment

Careers Climate Rising Climate Stories Clubs Courses & Curriculum Creating Emerging Markets Entrepreneurship Event Faculty Faculty Research IFC Decarbonization & Sustainable Production 2023 IFC... View Details

24 Aug 2016
Research & Ideas

Can Obamacare Be Saved?

losses. In 2014, the health insurance industry’s aggregate pre-tax margin in the individual market was –5.2 percent, amounting to an overall loss of $2.7 billion. A SHRINKING POOL OF PROVIDERS Though Aetna is currently enduring a healthy... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch and Emily Boudreau; Insurance; Health

23 Jun 2015
First Look

First Look: June 23, 2015

conflict did not. We discuss sarcasm as a double-edged sword: despite its role in instigating conflict, it can also be a catalyst for creativity. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49283 Forthcoming Innovation Policy and the Economy View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Aug 2024
In Practice

Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?

and the International Economy Unit. Elisabeth Kempf: Political views shape economic outlook Political views influence the perception of economic reality among finance professionals. In a study linking credit rating analysts to party... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

20 Apr 2009
Research & Ideas

Misgovernance at the World Bank

more inefficiencies that have no real effect on distributive justice. Q: What are you working on next? A: I have just started to look into the emerging global institutions that aim to reduce climate change caused by deforestation. Trade... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2011
News

Professors Recognized with New Chair Appointments

in 2001 after teaching at the University of Michigan Business School. His research investigates the structured finance market and how investor reliance on rating agencies and unsound pricing models led to... View Details

12 Nov 2013
First Look

First Look: November 12

find that paying above-market wages, per se, does not have an effect on effort relative to paying market wages. However, structuring a portion of the wage as a clear and unexpected gift (by hiring at a given wage, and then offering a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2005
News

Taking Flight

Software published its first title, Guide to Birds of North America. The week of that first CD-ROM’s release (the company now markets seventy titles), Thayer and his wife, Roz, were spotting penguins in Antarctica, leaving their three... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Finance; Finance; Finance; Finance; Finance

October 1998
Case

Farallon Capital Management: Risk Arbitrage (B)

By: Andre F. Perold and Robert Howard

Farallon Capital Management, an investment firm that specializes in risk arbitrage, has taken significant long and short positions in MCI Communications and British Telecommunications, respectively, in the belief that the proposed merger of these firms will be... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Capital Markets; Investment; Risk Management; Strategy; Financial Services Industry