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  • 03 Jan 2017
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January 3, 2017

structure and liquidity policies—for tax or agency reasons—appears to be a key driver of their decision to simultaneously raise and pay out capital. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=48383 Online... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 20 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 20

Authors:Jakub W. Jurek and Erik Stafford Abstract This paper studies the cost of capital for alternative investments. We document that the risk profile of the aggregate hedge fund universe can be accurately matched by a simple index put option writing strategy that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 23, 2008

and, in particular, senior risk officers play in fifteen international banks. The research was carried out between June 2006 and June 2007, thus it offers a rare snapshot of the "calm before the storm"—the state of risk management at fifteen large players... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018

corporate profitability, Japan introduced the JPX-Nikkei400 in 2014. The index highlighted the country's “best-run” companies by annually selecting the 400 most profitable among Japan's large and liquid firms. We find that managers... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 1, 2008

American trade deficit and the price of oil at more than $130 per barrel (at press time) have created an inevitable pool of financial liquidity among oil exporters in the Arabian Gulf. But this era of petrodollar surpluses is markedly... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Mar 2004
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Toy Story

be willing to spend $69.99 for five blocks. A few retailers agreed to carry Music Blocks, including FAO Schwarz, the now bankrupt specialty store that liquidated its assets in January. Music Blocks became one of the surprise hits of the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; toys; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment
  • 29 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019

trust and liquidity when launching new marketplaces as well as challenges encountered as marketplaces mature (e.g., congestion and disintermediation). Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/818096-PDF-ENG Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 04 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 4

need to be reformulated in light of the data, methodology, and findings presented here. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-072.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsVignette: Alternative Liquidity Options G. Felda... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Dec 2009
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The Fab Four

looking for a business to buy when I had no money, and people didn’t really want to talk to me. But it took around ten years to sell it, which is a very long exit strategy. We could have found somebody to liquidate the business and take... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; contests; Technical and Trade Schools; Educational Services; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • 05 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019

Case 219-088 Liquidity Management No abstract available. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/219088-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 219-037 The Financial Crisis: Hank Paulson in 2008 On the afternoon of Monday... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 07 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 7

initial investments in the form of equity, WTI focused primarily on lending money to start-ups, charging them interest and receiving warrants that could later be converted to stock in the case of a liquidity event. Most initial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 24

as well as liquidity and duration. Comparison of the ex-post performance of bonds acquired by insurance companies does not show outperformance but higher volatility of realized returns. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 10

interest rate risk premium and a changing liquidity risk premium, and that the variability in the nominal bond risk premia reflects a changing inflation risk premium. We estimate significant time series variability in the magnitude and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 7

the assumed fraction of residues that can be sustainably removed from the field, and the potential of municipal solid waste as a feedstock depends on which components can be economically converted into liquid biofuels. Becoming the Lamp... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 27, 2007

family to consider a liquidity event. The family's five-year lock-up arrangement with Interbrew has just expired. In March 2004, Interbrew has announced its plans to take a controlling stake in Brazilian giant AmBev, a deal that will... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 18

v. Van Gorkum); and the board's role and process in hiring, firing, and severance decisions (Ovitz at Disney). Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/these-people-are-fiduciaries/an/314067-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 514-024 Coca-Cola: View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

profitability in Japan, the JPX-Nikkei400 Index was introduced in 2014. Each year the Index selected 400 large and liquid firms deemed best performing in terms of profitability; membership is considered highly prestigious. We document... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 1

also more pronounced for the insurance firms for which regulatory capital requirements are more binding. The results hold both at issuance and for trading in the secondary market and are robust to a series of bond and issuer controls, including issuer fixed effects as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 13

forces. We recognize the advantage of using fair values in circumstances where these are based on observable prices in liquid secondary markets, but caution against expanding fair values to financial reporting more generally. We conclude... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Jun 2008
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The Prophet of Start-Ups

said Doriot. “I look for the resourceful man.” Olsen embodied that ideal. In Doriot, Olsen found a comforting father figure always ready to offer words of encouragement or some bit of wisdom. The fates of these two men would be forever intertwined. When ARD View Details
Keywords: Spencer E. Ante; George Doriot; Charles F. Kettering; Lawrence Lowell; F. Warren Hellman; Finance; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance