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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship
Stronger Than You Think" (Harvard Business Review , November/December 1999), Mr. Sahlman describes the positive role of entrepreneurship in the economy. He emphasizes the impact of enabling technologies like the Internet on critical factors like View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
The Exchange: Same Great Price, Now with Fewer Chips
John Gourville and Alex MacKay (Image by John Ritter) Rising inflation and pandemic-related supply-chain challenges are driving up prices at the grocery store. While some manufacturers, like Procter & Gamble, have come forward to announce... View Details
- 11 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
BTG Bioliquids: Creating Fast Pyrolysis Bio-Oil from Biomass Residue Streams
that provided subsidies for low-carbon production, and by the Netherlands adopting the EU’s revised Renewable Energy Directive (RED II), which established regulatory targets for clean transport fuels. Interestingly, the breakeven carbon... View Details
- 15 Jul 2019
- Book
Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence
sometimes we observe people getting it wrong systematically. In M&A settings, we observe people getting valuations wrong in one direction—they’re overvaluing targets systematically. This, in part, is what leads to mergers failing, as... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
Hands-on Learning About Global Markets
case she coauthored, “Doing Business in Buenos Aires, Argentina,” during the classroom portion of the FGI course, which began in March. But even after discussing Argentina’s skyrocketing inflation rate with students, Gerardo Lietz notes... View Details
- Web
HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information
value of the endowment in real terms (after inflation) and generating a predictable stream of available income, the University’s targeted annual payout range is 5.0 to 5.5 percent of market value. The payout rate for fiscal 2022 was 4.2... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Plan B: The Brick Bank
the target household’s average savings capacity was $1 per month, that local annual inflation was nearly 20 percent, and that home repairs usually cost about $300.” While that environment was not conducive... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 15 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of New-Market Disruption
backing, the thing is never going to happen." In choosing a target market for Aurora, the team was guided by d'Arbeloff's financial expectations for the new division; Aurora's initial revenue expectations after product launch were $1... View Details
- 13 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 13, 2007
MaterialsFurman Selz LLC (A): A Tale of Two Acquisitions Harvard Business School Case 905-066 Profiles a firm that was reacquired by two companies with different degrees of success. Highlights integration challenges present in acquisition deals when the primary assets... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Nov 2018
- News
Building a New Real Estate Investment Model
renting than any time in the last five decades, and Davis knew there was a market opportunity here. Yet Davis moved in the opposite direction of many real estate investors. He didn’t target big states with large suburban populations and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
Capitol Hill. The Case for More Regulation Looking at the historical record, Moss makes a strong case that targeted government regulation of financial markets has worked in the past to lower risk and instill consumer confidence. “From the... View Details
- 06 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
Curbing an Unlikely Culprit of Rising Drug Prices: Pharmaceutical Donations
Prescription drug costs continue to climb in the United States, but tightening a loophole in a federal law may help curb rising expenses, according to research published this week in Health Affairs. Efforts to control US health care spending commonly View Details
- 11 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 11, 2016
Wenxin, and Jesse Schreger Abstract—Nominal debt provides consumption-smoothing benefits if it can be inflated away during recessions. However, we document empirically that countries with more countercyclical inflation, where nominal debt... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Rx for Too Big to Fail
(and hugely leveraged) firms played a pivotal role in causing the crisis, inflating the bubble on the way up and driving the panic on the way down. They were also the undeserving beneficiaries of hundreds of billions in federal bailout... View Details
- 16 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 16, 2010
Conflict Management Research (forthcoming) Abstract Routine and persistent acts of dishonesty prevail in everyday life, yet most people resist shining a critical moral light on their own behavior, thereby maintaining and oftentimes View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms
issued a dissenting minority report. The partisan clash of views foreshadowed the political debate now echoing in the corridors on Capitol Hill. The Case For More Regulation Looking at the historical record, Moss makes a strong case that View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Seth Klarman
as others in the same industry. In time, the discount will be corrected, and you will have the wind at your back as a holder of the stock. Do you set an annual return target? We think it’s madness to target a return. Return lies in some... View Details
- 02 Jul 2015
- Op-Ed
The Future of the Greek Economy
ordinary citizens' income was cut by a third, vulnerable groups suffered. But more important, fifteen years later, the economy continues to decay, inflation is rampant, and many people continue to suffer. Whatever the outcome of the Greek... View Details
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Hands-on Learning About Global Markets | MBA
discussing Argentina’s skyrocketing inflation rate with students, Gerardo Lietz notes that they didn’t fully comprehend how it has affected the economy and consumer behaviors until they were in country. “They were surprised by the extent... View Details
- 22 Jul 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #7: Turning Waste Heat to Power
together.” In April, Janice opened a Kanin Energy office in Houston. She noted that “Houston is the heart of the energy transition for the country and it’s important for us to be where the industrial emissions are. There are so many companies that have energy... View Details