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  • 02 Feb 2022
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The Key to Retaining Low Wage Workers? Opportunity for Growth, Survey Says

  • 2010
  • Working Paper

Does Diversification Create Value in the Presence of External Financing Constraints? Evidence from the 2007-2009 Financial Crisis

We show that the value of corporate diversification increased during the 2007-2009 financial crisis. Diversification gave firms both financing and investment advantages. First, conglomerates became significantly more leveraged relative to comparable focused firms.... View Details
Keywords: Diversification; Financial Crisis; Resource Allocation; Investment; Financing and Loans; Business Conglomerates; Capital Markets
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Kuppuswamy, Venkat, and Belen Villalonga. "Does Diversification Create Value in the Presence of External Financing Constraints? Evidence from the 2007-2009 Financial Crisis." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-101, May 2010. (Revised November 2010.)
  • May 2007
  • Article

Capital Flows and Capital Goods

By: Laura Alfaro and Eliza Hammel
Studying the relation between equity market liberalization and imports of capital goods, we examine one channel through which international financial integration can promote growth. For the period 1980–1997, we find that after controlling for other policies and... View Details
Keywords: Cash Flow; Equity; Financial Markets; Economy; Distribution Channels; Machinery and Machining; Capital
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Alfaro, Laura, and Eliza Hammel. "Capital Flows and Capital Goods." Journal of International Economics 72, no. 1 (May 2007): 128–150. (Link to working paper version.)
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Capital Controls, Risk and Liberalization Cycles (joint with Fabio Kanczuk)

By: Laura Alfaro
We construct an Overlapping-Generations model where agents vote on whether to open or close the economy to international capital flows. Political decisions are shaped by the risk over capital and labor returns. In an open economy, the capitalists (old) completely hedge... View Details
  • 03 Apr 2006
  • What Do You Think?

Has Globalization Reached Its Peak?

you think? Original Article The global corporation is once again under the microscope. Twenty to thirty years ago the concern was whether global corporations would behave responsibly without adequate international law and regulation to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • October 2011 (Revised December 2013)
  • Case

Lehman Brothers and Repo 105

By: Anette Mikes, Gwen Yu and Dominique Hamel
The collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 was the largest bankruptcy in US history. The case examines the economics of the off-balance sheet transactions Lehman undertook prior to the collapse, and highlights the corporate governance challenges in situations where firms... View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Policy; Accounting Audits; Corporate Governance; Financial Instruments; Risk Management; Financial Services Industry
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Mikes, Anette, Gwen Yu, and Dominique Hamel. "Lehman Brothers and Repo 105." Harvard Business School Case 112-050, October 2011. (Revised December 2013.)

    George C. Lodge

    Professor Lodge had been a member of the Harvard Business School faculty since 1963. Before his retirement in 1997, he taught a number of courses in the MBA Master's Program and in various HBS executive programs. in the MBA program these included: Business,... View Details

    • April 2002 (Revised April 2003)
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    Malaysia: Capital and Control

    By: Rawi E. Abdelal and Laura Alfaro
    On September 1, 1998, the government of Malaysia imposed currency and capital controls in response to the financial crisis that had swept Asia. The controls sparked an enormous controversy in the world of international finance. Some celebrated the controls for... View Details
    Keywords: Capital Controls; Business and Government Relations; International Finance; Policy; Crisis Management; Balance and Stability; Globalized Economies and Regions; Malaysia
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    Abdelal, Rawi E., and Laura Alfaro. "Malaysia: Capital and Control." Harvard Business School Case 702-040, April 2002. (Revised April 2003.)
    • February 2001 (Revised September 2005)
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    Howard Schultz and Starbucks Coffee Company

    By: Nancy F. Koehn
    Investigates the entrepreneur's strategic initiatives to develop a mass market for specialty coffee in the 1980s and 1990s. These initiatives included the development of premium products, rapid expansion of company-owned stores--each with attractive retail environments... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Groups and Teams; Brands and Branding; Growth Management; Employee Relationship Management; Consumer Behavior; Organizational Design; Leadership Style; Customer Relationship Management; Competitive Advantage; Vertical Integration; Food and Beverage Industry
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    Koehn, Nancy F. "Howard Schultz and Starbucks Coffee Company." Harvard Business School Case 801-361, February 2001. (Revised September 2005.)

      Willis M. Emmons

      WILLIAM (WILLIS) EMMONS is Senior Lecturer and Director of the C. Roland Christensen Center for Teaching and Learning at Harvard Business School, a position he has held since 2004.  As Director of the Christensen Center, Emmons oversees programs to... View Details

      Keywords: airline; infrastructure industry; pharmaceuticals; telecommunications; utilities
      • March 1997 (Revised October 2017)
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      Hospital Equipment Corporation

      By: Clayton M. Christensen and Rory McDonald
      Hospital Equipment Corp. is a very successful maker of hospital beds. Due to outstanding performance in new product development, it grew to dominate its primary market and is searching for other opportunities to grow through new product development. It discovers that... View Details
      Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Innovation and Management; Opportunities; Business Processes; Product Development; Technological Innovation; Expansion; Markets; Problems and Challenges; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; United States
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      Christensen, Clayton M., and Rory McDonald. "Hospital Equipment Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 697-086, March 1997. (Revised October 2017.)
      • 2019
      • Working Paper

      Second Chance: Life with Less Student Debt

      By: Marco Di Maggio, Ankit Kalda and Vincent Yao
      Rising student debt is considered one of the creeping threats of our time. This paper examines the effect of student debt relief on individual credit and labor market outcomes. We exploit the plausibly random debt discharge due to the inability of National Collegiate,... View Details
      Keywords: Student Debt; Private Student Loans; Legal Settlement; Mobility; Debt Collection; Debt Relief; Borrowing and Debt; Personal Finance; Outcome or Result; United States
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      Di Maggio, Marco, Ankit Kalda, and Vincent Yao. "Second Chance: Life with Less Student Debt." Working Paper, May 2019. (Forthcoming in The Journal of Finance.)
      • April 2023 (Revised July 2023)
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      Fermenting Accounting Problems at Vermont Kombucha Corp.

      By: Tatiana Sandino and Marshal Herrmann
      Founded in 2005, Vermont Kombucha Corp. (V-Ko) was an early mover in the fledgling U.S. market for kombucha, a drink brewed for its health benefits. Early on, the company captured more than 90% of market share. Under the leadership of its founder and CEO, Joe Williams,... View Details
      Keywords: Going Public; Business Model; Financial Reporting; Ethics; Corporate Governance; Stock Shares; Food and Beverage Industry
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      Sandino, Tatiana, and Marshal Herrmann. "Fermenting Accounting Problems at Vermont Kombucha Corp." Harvard Business School Case 123-064, April 2023. (Revised July 2023.)
      • 04 Feb 2020
      • Video

      Rahmi M. Koç

      Rahmi Koç, former Chair of Koç Holding, a large diversified business group in Turkey, describes his cautious approach to international expansion, using the U.S. appliance market as his example.
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        Gerald Zaltman

        *Joined Harvard Faculty: 1991
        Prior Faculty Appointments: Northwestern University, 1968-75;
        University of Pittsburgh, 1975-91

        *Doctoral Degree in Sociology Received from: The John Hopkins University;
        MBA Degree Received from: The University of... View Details

        Keywords: marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry
        • 01 Jul 2016
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        Fixing America’s Talent Supply Chain

        • 24 Dec 2013
        • First Look

        First Look: December 24

        heterogeneous preferences for work versus leisure. Evidence from six other countries reveals similar findings in economies at different stages of development. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2363528 Economic Transition and Private-Sector View Details
        Keywords: Carmen Nobel
        • June 2025
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        Who Benefits from Online Gig Economy Platforms?

        By: Christopher T. Stanton and Catherine Thomas
        Online labor platforms for short-term, remote work have many more job seekers than available jobs. Despite their relative abundance, workers capture a substantial share of the surplus from transactions. We draw this conclusion from demand estimates that imply workers'... View Details
        Keywords: Gig Economy; Knowledge Workers; Online Platforms; Job Search; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Wages; Demand and Consumers
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        Stanton, Christopher T., and Catherine Thomas. "Who Benefits from Online Gig Economy Platforms?" American Economic Review 115, no. 6 (June 2025): 1857–1895.
        • January 1998 (Revised April 1998)
        • Case

        Lincoln Electric: Venturing Abroad

        By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Jamie O'Connell
        Lincoln Electric, a 100-year-old manufacturer of welding equipment and consumables based in Cleveland, Ohio, motivates its U.S. employees through a culture of cooperation between management and labor and an unusual compensation system based on piecework and a large... View Details
        Keywords: Acquisition; Restructuring; Transformation; Construction; Compensation and Benefits; Management; Market Entry and Exit; Labor and Management Relations; Competitive Advantage; Expansion; Manufacturing Industry; Ohio
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        Bartlett, Christopher A., and Jamie O'Connell. "Lincoln Electric: Venturing Abroad." Harvard Business School Case 398-095, January 1998. (Revised April 1998.)
        • 2007
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        Deferred Acceptance Algorithms: History, Theory, Practice, and Open Questions

        By: Alvin E. Roth
        The deferred acceptance algorithm proposed by Gale and Shapley (1962) has had a profound influence on market design, both directly, by being adapted into practical matching mechanisms, and, indirectly, by raising new theoretical questions. Deferred acceptance... View Details
        Keywords: Education; Marketplace Matching; Market Design; Mathematical Methods; Theory; Practice
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        Roth, Alvin E. "Deferred Acceptance Algorithms: History, Theory, Practice, and Open Questions." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 13225, July 2007.
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