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16 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Private Meetings of Public Companies Thwart Disclosure Rules

In the fall of, the US Securities and Exchange Commission issued a new rule meant to combat the problem of selective disclosure among public companies and their favorite investors. Regulation Fair Disclosure (Reg FD) mandated that any... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

March 1999 (Revised June 2005)
Case

Saevig Corporation

By: Henry B. Reiling and Mark Pollard

The taxpayer purchased land and later transferred it to a family controlled corporation in return for an earn out. When funds were eventually received, the IRS treated them as dividends, whereas the individual and corporate taxpayers contended they were sums paid on... View Details

Keywords: Investment Return; Debt Securities; Taxation; Outcome or Result; Financial Reporting; Family Business; Assets; Business and Stakeholder Relations

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Comet Energy (A) DoD Incentive Contracting - HBS Analysis and Decision Case

By: J. Ronald Fox and Louis B. Smith

Keywords: Contracts; Business and Government Relations; National Security; Decision Making

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February 2003
Exercise

Restructuring the U.S. Steel Industry: Spreadsheet Exercise

By: William E. Fruhan Jr.

Description of an EXCEL spreadsheet exercise to test the impact of changes in wage rates on the value of debt and equity securities. View Details

Keywords: Equity; Debt Securities; Valuation; Wages; Restructuring; Steel Industry

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23 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 23, 2008

Authors:Michel Anteby and Mikell Hyman Periodical:Social Science & Medicine (forthcoming) Abstract Human cadavers are crucial to medical science. While the debate on how to secure sufficient cadavers has focused primarily on donors'... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Jul 2017
Research & Ideas

Are Stockbrokers Illegally Leaking Confidential Information to Favored Clients?

assistant professor in the Finance unit at Harvard Business School. “Furthermore, it might even be illegal.” Di Maggio is the author of the paper The Relevance of Broker Networks for Information Diffusion in the Stock Market, co-written... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

April 2022
Supplement

PG&E and the First Climate Change Bankruptcy

By: Stuart C. Gilson

Keywords: Chapter 11; Utilities; Liabilities; Restructuring; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Debt Securities; Legal Liability; Climate Change; Utilities Industry; United States

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13 Oct 2010
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How Government can Discourage Private Sector Reliance on Short-Term Debt

For the last decade or so financial institutions have relied increasingly and excessively on short-term financing, risky business that could quickly go south when a souring economy made it impossible for firms to roll over their... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Financial Services

02 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 3, 2008

creation of a system of secure land titles, and a homestead program to encourage cultivation of public lands. During the first phase of American occupation (1898–1918), we find that the progress of implementing these reforms was very... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 16

strategy. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/molycorp-financing-the-production-of-rare-earth-minerals-a/an/214054-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 215-014 Molycorp: Issuing the 'Happy Meal' View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Jun 2000
Research & Ideas

Presentation Round-Up

took a slightly different approach, noting that barriers to entry are not likely to become insurmountable. "As services proliferate, how do you figure out who you trust and who you do business with? Frankly, it's the same way you always... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Kenneth Liss; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

15 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 15

instill a uniform brand across all three business units: Animal Management Systems, Security Management Systems, and Fuel Pumps, which marketed themselves under the respective brand names of Gallagher,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 29

model of financial innovation, in which intermediaries engineer securities with cash flows that investors seek, but modify two assumptions. First, investors (and possibly intermediaries) neglect certain unlikely risks. Second, investors... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

11 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

Germany May Have the Answer for Reducing Drug Prices

American lawmakers attempting to stem spiraling drug costs might find inspiration in Germany, where the government’s regulatory model has been curbing price growth without thwarting innovation or access, says research from Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health

02 Jan 2018
Op-Ed

'Dear Working Knowledge'--Our Favorite Reader Comments of the Year

They are often born of deep business experience, delivered with great style, wit, and humor. Here are some of our favorite comments in 2017. Some have been edited for clarity. Want to be Happier? Spend Some Money Avoiding Household Chores... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

April 2017 (Revised February 2020)
Case

Restructuring Ukraine

By: Kristin Mugford, Seema Amble and Tian Feng

In June 2015, Ukraine found itself struggling with a volatile and devalued currency, dramatically diminished foreign reserves, and a projected financing shortfall of $40 billion. Ukraine’s new government sought to return the nation to stability following political... View Details

Keywords: Exchange Rates; Politics; Macroeconomics; Financial Crisis; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Restructuring; Economy; Currency Exchange Rate; Banks and Banking; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Bonds; Sovereign Finance; Capital Markets; Credit; Debt Securities; Financial Liquidity; Financial Markets; Government and Politics; Ukraine

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18 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 18, 2009

Business School Case 609-070 An abstract is not available at this time. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu /b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=609070 Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) Harvard... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 3, 2009

place? Was it time to give in to the mounting pressure, or to hold firm? Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709040 F-Secure Corporation: Software as a Service (SaaS) in the Security... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Sep 2024
HBS Case

The Climate Targets Leaders Need to Know as Regulations Loom

Michael Toffel, the Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management at Harvard Business School. Roughly 42 percent of Fortune 500 companies said they’d reached an environmental target or committed to reaching one by 2030, an 11... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

February 2019 (Revised January 2021)
Case

Quiksilver Inc. and Oaktree Capital Management

By: Kristin Mugford and Mike Harmon

Sports lifestyle company Quiksilver filed for bankruptcy in September 2015. Oaktree is considering an additional investment in the company to facilitate the restructuring. Students must consider whether Oaktree should invest given the risks of the turnaround... View Details