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Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Disputes between organizations and among individuals are an all-too-familiar feature of modern life. Lengthy court proceedings consume resources, damage relationships, and often yield outcomes that do not fully satisfy the real needs of the litigants. As a result,... View Details
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Second-Generation Shareholder Bylaws: Post-Quickturn Alternatives
By: John C. Coates and Bradley C. Faris
Coates, John C., and Bradley C. Faris. "Second-Generation Shareholder Bylaws: Post-Quickturn Alternatives." Business Lawyer 56, no. 4 (August 2001): 1323–1379.
- May 2001
- Article
Parallel and Sequential Testing of Design Alternatives
By: C. Loch, C. Terwiesch and S. Thomke
Keywords: Design
Loch, C., C. Terwiesch, and S. Thomke. "Parallel and Sequential Testing of Design Alternatives." Management Science 47, no. 5 (May 2001).
- Spring 2012
- Article
The Roadmap for Private Equity, Venture Capital and Hedge Funds in Mexico: Alternative Assets as an Accelerator of Credit to Firms in Emerging Markets
By: Roberto Charvel
This article shows how alternative assets could be a good way for banks to start providing more loans to firms in emerging markets and finance growth, while giving local institutional investors access to new asset types. View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Venture Capital; Latin America; Mexico; Financial Intermediaries; Entrepreneurial Finance; Hedge Fund; Alternative Assets; Development Economics; Economic Growth; Private Sector; Economy; Entrepreneurship; Borrowing and Debt; Capital; Credit; Equity; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Latin America; North America
Charvel, Roberto. "The Roadmap for Private Equity, Venture Capital and Hedge Funds in Mexico: Alternative Assets as an Accelerator of Credit to Firms in Emerging Markets." Journal of Private Equity 15, no. 2 (Spring 2012): 53–62.
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Representative Democracy and the Implementation of Majority-Preferred Alternatives
In this paper, we contrast direct and representative democracy. In a direct democracy, individuals have the opportunity to vote over the alternatives in every choice problem the population faces. In a representative democracy, the population commits to a candidate ex... View Details
Coffman, Katherine Baldiga. "Representative Democracy and the Implementation of Majority-Preferred Alternatives." Social Choice and Welfare 46, no. 3 (March 2016): 477–494.
- 16 Jan 2024
- Video
Hypothesis Testing in Business: Null vs. Alternative
- 16 Apr 2015
- News
Why Larry Summers Thinks Alternative Lending Will Save the World
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The Cost of Capital for Alternative Investments
By: Jakub W. Jurek and Erik Stafford
Traditional risk factor models indicate that hedge funds capture pre-fee alphas of 6% to 10% per annum over the period from 1996 to 2012. At the same time, the hedge fund return series is not reliably distinguishable from the returns of mechanical S&P 500 put-writing... View Details
Keywords: Hedge Funds; Required Returns; Downside Risk; Index Options; Investment Funds; Cost of Capital; Investment Return; Risk and Uncertainty; Financial Services Industry
Jurek, Jakub W., and Erik Stafford. "The Cost of Capital for Alternative Investments." Journal of Finance 70, no. 5 (October 2015): 2185–2226.
- December 1995
- Article
Primer on New Stock Option Accounting Alternatives
By: David F. Hawkins
Hawkins, David F. "Primer on New Stock Option Accounting Alternatives." Accounting Bulletin, no. 34 (December 1995).
- Web
Alternatives to Bloomberg | Baker Library
Help Center Alternatives to Bloomberg What databases can I use that have much of the same data and functionality as the Bloomberg terminal? When data download limits on the Bloomberg terminals have been reached and/or to avoid... View Details
- 13 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Diagnosing the Public Health Care Alternative
As health insurance reform is hotly debated in Washington, DC, what strategies should be central for the benefit of patients' health? HBS faculty with expertise in business administration, economic development, and operations strategy share ideas. Professor Regina E.... View Details
- May 2004
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Smart Alternatives to Lying in Negotiation
By: Deepak Malhotra
Keywords: Negotiation
Malhotra, Deepak. "Smart Alternatives to Lying in Negotiation." Negotiation 7, no. 5 (May 2004).
- 11 Jul 2024
- News
The CEO’s Alternative Summer Reading List
- Fall 2017
- Article
The Alternative Business History: Business in Emerging Markets
By: Gareth Austin, Carlos Davila and Geoffrey Jones
This article suggests that the business history of emerging markets should be seen as an alternative business history rather than merely adding new settings to explore established core debates. The discipline of business history evolved around the corporate strategies... View Details
Keywords: Globalization; History; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Developing Countries and Economies; Business History; Asia; Latin America; Africa
Austin, Gareth, Carlos Davila, and Geoffrey Jones. "The Alternative Business History: Business in Emerging Markets." Special Issue on Methodologies. Business History Review 91, no. 3 (Fall 2017): 537–569.
- June 1998
- Background Note
Note on Alternative Methods for Estimating Terminal Value
Reviews basic techniques for estimating terminal value in the valuation of businesses. Among the techniques discussed are perpetuities, growing perpetuities, use of multiples, and liquidation value. A rewritten version of an earlier note. View Details
Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Note on Alternative Methods for Estimating Terminal Value." Harvard Business School Background Note 298-166, June 1998.
- 23 Feb 2014
- Conference Presentation
What’s Next for Greece: Political and Economic Alternatives
By: Dante Roscini
- February 2014
- Background Note
Furloughs: An Alternative to Layoffs for Economic Downturns
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Susan J. Winterberg
This note describes the practice of employee furloughs (also known as work sharing or short-time work) including their regulatory frameworks in different countries and the business and ethical implications of their use. View Details
Keywords: Work Sharing; Furloughs; Temporary Layoff; Short Time Work; Employee Relationship Management; Job Cuts and Outsourcing
Sucher, Sandra J., and Susan J. Winterberg. "Furloughs: An Alternative to Layoffs for Economic Downturns." Harvard Business School Background Note 314-097, February 2014.
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An Alternative to Buzzword Management: The Culture-Performance Link
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Richard J. Balzer
Schlesinger, Leonard A., and Richard J. Balzer. "An Alternative to Buzzword Management: The Culture-Performance Link." Personnel (September 1985).