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  • 17 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 17

recommendations for stocks with larger market capitalizations and lower return volatility than their sell-side peers, consistent with their facing fewer conflicts of interest and having a preference for liquid stocks. Tests with no... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 6

Republic of Geneva), and other immigrant founders who guided the nation to prosperity. Their expertise with liquid capital far exceeded that of native-born plantation owners Washington, Jefferson, and Madison, who well understood the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 17

complex technology. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/614019-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 212-045 The Long and Short of Apollo Group and the University of Phoenix (A) A hedge fund is deciding whether to liquidate its... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 28 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 28

Investment Group is deciding whether or not to recapitalize an equity investment in a Residencial Los Andes, a residential project in Santiago, Chile, or take a substantial loss. The project did not meet its sales goals, and the bank pressured the investors to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2018
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June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

Publishing The 2008 financial crisis triggered a worldwide recession. Unlike the American banking system, which experienced massive losses, takeovers, and taxpayer-funded bailouts, Canada’s banking system withstood the crisis relatively well and maintained its View Details
  • 01 Dec 2022
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December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

essential investing guidelines. In this book, you’ll also find eye-opening discussions of: whether bonds are an appropriate investment vehicle for long-term investors; the costs of excessive liquidity in the typical portfolio; and the... View Details
  • 18 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 18

and to avoid the larger economies of Spain and Italy becoming involved. The European financial system became strained. Banks were found to be undercapitalized and began to ration credit to the economy. The European Central Bank intervened to provide View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 12 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 12, 2007

reserves and channeling them (until very recently) almost exclusively into U.S. government securities, China has kept nominal and real long-term interest rates artificially low. In our view, it is this wedge between returns on capital and the cost of capital, rather... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Apr 1996
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Stewards of the Seventh Generation

com-pany's local dump site is piped to the factory and burned for fuel. In the Dutch factory, liquid waste has been reduced to nearly zero through an innovative retrieval, recycling, and reuse system. Johnson acknowledges, however, that... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso, Garry Emmons, Linda Goodspeed, and Elaine Gottlieb
  • 21 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 21, 2009

experiments to test theoretical predictions of why adoption may be low. Insurance purchase is sensitive to price, with an estimated extensive price elasticity of demand between -0.66 and -0.88. Credit constraints, identified through the provision of random View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009

held. Firms in all countries in the sample tend to have concentrated ownership at the time they go public. Decreases in ownership concentration are more likely for firms in countries with stronger protections for minority shareholders, lower block premia, and more... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Jul 2007
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First Look: July 24, 2007

determines whether an undersea rock formation contains oil—prior to the oil company drilling a hole. With its high-growth characteristics, emgs is very different from the typical oilfield services company, and would be more suitable for floating on the NYSE or LSE,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 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
  • 04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4

Circuit City was forced into liquidation. Unable to meet creditors' demands, and with no acquirer in sight, Circuit City began the process of liquidating its remaining 567 U.S. stores. Circuit City had been the leader in consumer... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1

Science (forthcoming) Abstract This paper contributes large-sample evidence to an emerging discussion on open innovation and firm strategy. We ask why a startup should participate in an open standards community. We propose four ways that participation might increase a... View Details
  • 26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008

a hunting and fishing equipment retailer in the U.S. In June of 2003, founders Dick and Jim Cabela wanted to liquidate some of their holdings. However, Cabela's was not ready for an IPO, and the brothers were not interested in selling... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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individuals instead of institutions or families. The managerial and financial challenges for these firms are different from those of larger, public firms and often require a different approach because of their small scale, lack of View Details