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- 10 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 10
regarding the valuation of the firm. This exercise also highlights the challenges of valuing a small firm, where information and viable comparables are often limited or non-existent. Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/110035-PDF-ENG Integrated... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 5, 2007
raised Audax Group's first fund, and are not able personally to finance the purchase, which would require approximately $30 million. They must decide whether to go through with the purchase, and how to View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 13
opportunity finds it attractive to underinvest, thereby behaving as if the investor faces a lower quality investment opportunity. This is particularly interesting, as prior research in finance literature has shown that firms will... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster
Komatsu and Dresser created a fifty-fifty joint venture (Komatsu Dresser Corporation, or KDC), merging manufacturing, engineering, and finance operations. The joint venture maintained equal management representation on the six-person... View Details
- 19 May 2016
- Research Event
Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium
these suits are being brought by nonpracticing entities (NPEs), firms that don’t actually generate products, but collect massive amounts of patent portfolios. Lauren H. Cohen, the L.E. Simmons Professor in the Finance Unit at HBS, said... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
when the ratio of government debt to total debt is higher; and ii) by firms with stronger balance sheets. Our theory provides a new perspective on the apparent ability of firms to exploit bond-market return predictability with their View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
activities. We disagree and argue that risk management should function as a Revealing Hand to identify, assess, and mitigate risks in a cost-efficient manner. Done well, the Revealing Hand of risk management adds value to firms by allowing them to take on riskier View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 May 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
CORe: HBS Powers Up Online Program on Business Fundamentals
of their classmates by posting requests for help with concepts they don't understand. Their peers are given credit for reaching out to answer the call. The course will further bonding between students through required group projects that... View Details
- 10 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 10, 2015
workers' capacity for growth, and conduct data-based project reviews. To counter the bias toward action—and the unthinking perpetual motion and exhaustion that ensue—leaders can schedule more work breaks and make time for reflection. They... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 May 2020
- Op-Ed
How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents
Despite public- and private-sector efforts to feed the most vulnerable, the number of people at risk of food insecurity and malnutrition is projected to increase from 17 million to 50 million between June and August 2020. Ndidi Okonkwo... View Details
- 20 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively
measures. The debate was fueled by the French finance minister announcing in September 2005 that France might adopt a windfall tax on the "exceptional" profits of oil companies, calling on them to "behave as citizen... View Details
- 19 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 19
"co-specializes" in related areas (complementarities). In our setting, we find evidence of such complementarities in specialization. Decoding Inside Information Authors:Lauren Cohen, Christopher Malloy, and Lukasz Pomorski Publication:Journal of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 3, 2007
the inception of the company in 1999. eClinicalWorks was a privately run business in the healthcare information technology field that took in $25 million in revenue in 2005. Revenues for 2006 were projected to reach $40 million. This... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Want People to Save More? Send a Text
that if she lost her job, she couldn't pay her children's school fees or pay for a doctor," says Pomeranz, an assistant professor in entrepreneurial management at Harvard Business School. “How can we understand what projects work to... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 17 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 17
substitutes for equity finance, payout taxes may therefore have an effect on the investment of firms. High taxes will favor investment by firms that can finance internally. Using an international panel with many changes in payout taxes,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 14 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Water, Electricity, and Transportation: Preparing for the Population Boom
By 2050, the Earth's population will likely exceed 9 billion people, up 30 percent from 6.9 billion today, according to projections from both the US Census Bureau and the United Nations. What's more, the population in the world's cities is expected to increase by 3... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 24 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 24
performance metrics should be included in assessing the sustainability performance of a company. Publisher's link: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415624510/ March 2015 Journal of Applied Finance Wall Street Research By: Healy,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
up to the point where the benefit of the marginal project is just equal to the cost. Because labor is a key input to innovation when the opportunity cost of time is lower, such as during school breaks or time off from work, we find that... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
explanations of our findings. Publisher's link: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1572699 August 2013 Journal of Finance Reaching for Yield in the Bond Market By: Ivashina, Victoria, and Bo Becker Abstract—Reaching for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- May 2018
- Case
The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation's Answer Fund
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Matthew G. Preble
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