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The founding and expansion of new firms is central to innovation and economic growth, but the determinants of a new idea’s success are difficult to ascertain. The decision to form a new firm and its ultimate outcome are impacted by ownership structure, financing... View Details
- 28 May 2024
- In Practice
Job Search Advice for a Tough Market: Think Broadly and Stay Flexible
need to get to breakeven and to deal with unreasonable valuation expectations of the last several years. That being said, my research and research by others has shown that venture capital and startup market slowdowns are opportune times... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 22 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 22
attributes in online search interfaces changes the valuations of those attributes—and impacts subsequent choice—such that attributes that are displayed as separate categories tend to receive greater decision weight than attributes grouped... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 7
appetite for social media companies, LinkedIn is the lamp bearer among U.S. companies in that industry that are considering tapping into public markets. The case can serve to illustrate the challenges of valuing an early-stage high-growth company with a great deal of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company
address any one of these challenges can cause the restructuring to fail. Having A Business Purpose Restructuring is more likely to be successful when managers first understand the fundamental business/strategic problem or opportunity that... View Details
Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson
- 02 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating in Three Dimensions
schedule would do the trick, with the bulk of the payment due when procurement budgets are replenished. The frustrated supplier also may be overlooking a fundamental set-up barrier. While top management from both firms might speak of the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- September 2019 (Revised September 2019)
- Case
Facebook Fake News in the Post-Truth World
By: John R. Wells, Carole A. Winkler and Benjamin Weinstock
In August 2019, Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, was surrounded by controversy. The first major storm of protest followed the surprise election of Donald Trump as President of the United States on November 8, 2016; many put the blame at the door of fake... View Details
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Wells, John R., Carole A. Winkler, and Benjamin Weinstock. "Facebook Fake News in the Post-Truth World." Harvard Business School Case 720-373, September 2019. (Revised September 2019.)
- 20 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
Incubators: The New Venture Capitalists?
other thing to look at, added Corey, is the post valuation an incubator can bring. "If you've got VC money, and you gave away 20% of your company but the post valuation was $10 million, or if you gave... View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
- 15 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 15
failed to address important measurement and valuation issues that have arisen in the past 40 years of practice. This gap is illustrated with missed opportunities in risk measurement and management and the estimation of the fair value of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
businesses have led the venture capital model to adapt in fundamental ways over the prior decade. We both document and provide a framework to understand the changes in the investment strategy of VCs in recent years—an increased prevalence... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 16
Working PapersOpen to Negotiation: Phenomenological Assumptions and Knowledge Dissemination (revised) Authors:Corinne Bendersky and Kathleen L. McGinn Abstract Phenomenological assumptions—assumptions about the fundamental qualities of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
rest of the CLO portfolio. While there is some evidence of underperformance for securitized loans originated between 2005 and 2007, it is not consistent across samples, performance measures, and horizons. Overall, we argue that the securitization of corporate loans is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 17
Exchange Commission Electronic Data-Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) website, we show that firms appearing in chronologically adjacent searches by the same individual are fundamentally similar on multiple dimensions. In fact,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2011
valuation we place on products we build ourselves. The researchers discuss the implications of the IKEA Effect for marketing managers and organizations more generally. Key concepts include: Successful assembly of products—no matter how... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 17 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 17
valuations in first financing rounds. Further econometric tests suggest that, as predicted by the theory, this effect is driven by unobservable heterogeneity, and it is more pronounced in teams that make quick decisions about founder... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 6
credit. In return, the investors would receive a large share of Shurgard's equity and control of its board, which could force a public offering in less than two years. The decision focuses on whether Shurgard Europe should accept the conditions and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 8
the same individual (Search Based Peers or SBPs) are fundamentally similar on multiple dimensions. In direct tests, SBPs dominate GICS6 industry peers in explaining cross-sectional variations in base firms' out-of-sample (a) stock... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
it is no longer enough for firms to be better or cheaper to gain competitive advantage. These new rules make it essential for companies to reexamine four fundamental aspects of their business to thrive in the digital era—their strategy,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Nov 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
Research News and Tips: Innovating Across Time Zones
stock valuation President Trump’s executive order in June suspending new work visas barred nearly 200,000 foreign workers from entering the United States and prevents American companies from hiring skilled immigrants using H-1B or L1... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
The Future of the Venture Capital Cycle
with a rapid increase in capital commitments have led to less restrictive partnership agreements, large investments in portfolio firms, and higher valuations for those investments. These patterns have led many practitioners to conclude... View Details