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06 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

The Trouble Behind Livedoor

firm cannot trade. When investors cannot sell, prices rise. Livedoor understood that once it decided to do a stock split, there was no reason to stop at 2-for-1. In December 2003, they announced a 100-for-1... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Technology

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Paid for Success: Options for Compensating CEOs

is higher than the exercise price of the option) within the agreed upon time frame, the likelihood can be so slight that they no longer provide much incentive. Hall has found that when options fall out of... View Details

Keywords: by Judith A. Ross

05 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

In Praise of Marketing

among many consumers than any political party, trade union, church, or mosque. Indeed, Starbucks founder Howard Schultz sought to make his coffee shops the "third place" in our lives, after home and work. Marketing is an American success story. View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Advertising

26 May 2009
Research & Ideas

Improving Market Research in a Recession

studies to check on shifts in price elasticities of demand and price-attribute tradeoffs can usefully improve the profitability of pricing decisions at a time when cash is king. Keep an eye on the new... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

22 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

Name Your Price. Really.

pricing—a phenomenon that admittedly makes no rational economic sense. When presented an opportunity for a freebie, "classical economic theory says you should pay nothing," says Santana. "Why buy something when you can get... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consumer Products

27 Feb 2007
First Look

First Look: February 27, 2007

on it with no restrictions and without having to pay royalties? Who would produce consoles and under what arrangements? What features should the console include, and how would it be priced to consumers? The... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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WRDS - Wharton Research Data Services | Baker Library

Pennsylvania. Strengths include deep archives of historical data, a common web interface for access to all WRDS databases, and a variety of output file formats. Get Access HBS Faculty, Students, and Staff Remote access available HBS Executive Education & Fellows View Details

09 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate

generating fewer new jobs than in previous recoveries, no one sees much chance of a speculative building bubble for office space. "New construction just hasn't gone crazy like it did in the '80s," says Fidelity's Sandwen.... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Construction; Real Estate

01 Mar 2004
News

A Case for Coffee

Specialty Coffee Industry,” coauthored by HBS assistant professor Peter Hecht. Tanzania has the climate and altitude to produce specialty coffee that commands premium prices in the world market. Yet, income from coffee exports has... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

31 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

The Dow at 20,000: What's That All About?

economy in the last hundred-plus years. There was no specific event that brought the Dow over the 20,000 mark last week. Markets exhibit a fairly large degree of short-term volatility, so once you get close to 20,000, normal daily market... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

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Compustat | Baker Library

Compustat Comprehensive financial databases by Standard & Poor's, containing price data for publicly traded companies, market information on important banks in the United States, and a wide range of technical data. Read More Compustat... View Details

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Datastream | Baker Library

No access at this time Harvard Faculty, Students, and Staff In person access only Visitors No access at this time Additional Information Requires Excel Plug In for Windows (Mac not supported). Use LSEG... View Details

01 Jun 2005
News

Contrarian and Proud of It

Rogers: Stellar stock picker. Courtesy T. Rowe Price Brian Rogers (MBA ’82) has made a career out of being a contrarian. As manager of the $18.9 billion T. Rowe Price Equity Income Fund, the firm’s largest... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

01 Mar 2008
News

A World of Information at Your Fingertips

The next time you need to do Career Planning or business research, Baker Library can help. With the click of a mouse, its eBaker online service delivers a trove of brand-name resources at little or no cost to HBS alumni. Career planning... View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

13 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Why Public Companies Underinvest in the Future

where to focus their efforts was an easy one. "It seemed natural for us to look at how the investment behavior of public and private firms differs," Farre-Mensa says. The fact that there were no similar studies, coupled with the... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

22 Aug 2007
Research & Ideas

The Hedge Fund as Activist

investment horizons make them willing to accept takeover offers that do not fully recognize the overall value of the target—a merger at a low price is preferred to no merger at all. Another question that... View Details

Keywords: by Robin Greenwood; Financial Services

19 Apr 2016
First Look

April 19, 2016

borrowers likely involve fewer monitoring tools and weaker control rights. We evaluate these explanations of cov-lite contract provisions in a large sample of U.S. loans for the 2001–2014 period. Consistent with creditor-driven explanations for cov-lite issuance, we... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2005
News

Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper

slow or even shift into reverse, but without disastrous consequences. “Higher rates would moderate the froth in the market,” says Furber, who sees no harm in knocking out players who depend too much on easy credit. “An upward movement in... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Real Estate

01 Dec 2015
First Look

December 1, 2015

Under a carbon tariff, foreign firms with a production cost advantage adopt clean technology at a lower emissions price than domestic firms, and foreign entry can increase in emissions price when foreign... View Details