Publications

September 2007
Supplement

Silic (B): Choosing Cost or Fair Value on Adoption of IFRS

By: David F. Hawkins, Vincent Marie Dessain and Andrew Barron

Keywords: Cost; Value; Standards; Financial Reporting

November 1995
Background Note

Depreciation, Price Level Adjustments, and the Cost of Capital: Technical Note

By: Robert S. Kaplan

Keywords: Cost; Capital; Finance

05 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Venture Capital Goes Boom—or Bust?

Ninety percent of new entrepreneurial businesses that don't attract venture capital fail within three years. A software engineer at the government contractor EG&G, Don Brooks had been working on computer... View Details

Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner

20 Aug 2008
Op-Ed

The Time is Right for Creative Capitalism

capitalism is "an approach where governments, businesses, and nonprofits work together to stretch the reach of market forces so that more people can make a profit, or gain recognition, doing work that... View Details

Keywords: by Nancy Koehn

February 2004
Case

Succession Capital Corporation

In 2003, a small buyout company in Canada was deciding which company to purchase next. This case explores the challenges facing a young entrepreneur in the process of selecting a new acquisition when financial and human resources are constrained. View Details

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Entrepreneurship; Corporate Finance; Canada

May 1991
Case

Bureau of Engraving and Printing, The: Determining the True Cost of Money (A)

By: Robert S. Kaplan

Keywords: Money

2022
Book

The Heart of Business (ハート・オブ・ビジネス)――「人とパーパス」を本気で大切にする新時代のリーダーシップ

By: Hubert Joly and Caroline Lambert

A remarkable turnaround by a leader with a remarkable philosophy: Find your noble purpose. Put people at the center. Unleash human magic.
"It was fall in Minnesota. It was getting cold and we were supposed to die." This is how Hubert Joly describes the early,... View Details

Keywords: Capitalism; Leadership; Mission and Purpose; Business and Stakeholder Relations

January 2023
Case

Clay Ridge Capital

By: Martin A. Sinozich and William R. Kerr

Kel Jackson, with the support of his young family, has been searching for a manufacturing business to purchase. After a long process, Kel had submitted a written offer to buy Sheetfab that matched his original conversation with the owner, but a broker Kel had never met... View Details

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Small Business; Entrepreneurship; Manufacturing Industry

Educators

20 Mar 2024
Video

The Value of an MBA in Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Venture Capital

14 Nov 2019
Video

Health Minute: Measure Costs Correctly for Better Patient Outcomes

30 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

Only Capitalists Can Save Capitalism

If capitalism was a stock, the market would appear rather bearish on its future. Bank failures, economic crises, and middle-class riots across the globe appear symptomatic of large systemic weaknesses in the... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

April 2017 (Revised May 2017)
Case

GE Capital After the Crisis

By: John C. Coates, John D. Dionne and David S. Scharfstein

Keith Sherin, CEO of GE Capital, faced a decision on which hinged billions of dollars and the fate of one of America’s most storied companies. On his desk sat two secret analyses: Project Beacon, a proposal to spin off most of GE Capital to GE shareholders, and... View Details

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Institutions; Strategy

Educators

December 2002
Article

The Pricing of Event Risks with Parameter Uncertainty

By: K. A. Froot and S. Posner

Keywords: Catastrophe Risk; Corporate Finance; Cost Of Capital; Banking And Insurance; Asset Pricing; Hedging; Banking; Insurance; Decision Choice And Uncertainty; Financial Markets; Policy; Risk Management; Natural Disasters; Insurance Industry

28 Sep 2011
Keynote Speech

Capitalism at Risk: Rethinking the Role of Business

By: Lynn S. Paine

Keywords: Economic Systems; Business Ventures

Research Summary

Crises and Capital Requirements in Banking

previously entitled: The Role of Capital Adequacy Requirements in Sound Banking Systems

Joint work with Alan Morrison, Saïd Business School, Oxford.

We analyse a... View Details

10 Mar 2015
News

UCLA Researchers for the first Time Measure the Cost of Care for a Common Prostate Condition

Research Summary

Strategic Human Capital

My research focuses on the links between managerial background, job attributes, organizational/firm characteristics, and firm performance. Broadly speaking, I am interested in how a manager's skills, knowledge, connections, experiences, and other attributes... View Details

2004
Other Unpublished Work

The Role of Venture Capital in the Acquisition of Private Companies

By: P. Gompers and Yuhai Xuan

Keywords: Venture Capital; Acquisition; Private Ownership