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22 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon

Entrepreneurial success may depend on more than a great idea, plenty of connections, and financial backing, new research suggests. The entrepreneur’s job security may also play a significant role. Uncertain job prospects, such as those... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Aug 2016
Research & Ideas

Retail Execs Underplay Current Performance to Investors--but Why?

Business School finance professor Kenneth A. Froot in the April working paper What Do Measures of Real-Time Corporate Sales Tell Us about Earnings Surprises and Post-Announcement Returns? “It’s startling to find that managers are not even... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services

13 Jun 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: A Startup Takes On the Credit Ratings Giants

including several instances where the highest rated securities (AAA) defaulted. The resulting financial meltdown pushed the US and the rest of the world economy into recession. In the recent case "Kroll Bond Rating Agency," Bo... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Banking; Financial Services

11 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

The House Wants to Squelch Voices of ‘Small’ Shareholders. Research Shows Those Voices Matter.

of America’s shareholders from voicing their concerns. When a shareholder has a beef with a company’s business practices, they can submit a formal proposal to suggest a policy change. The company can respond to the proposal in one of... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 May 2008
Research & Ideas

The Marketing Challenges of the China Olympics

Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge.Normally, the... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Sports

February 2000 (Revised October 2000)
Case

Kendle International Inc.

By: Dwight B. Crane, Paul W. Marshall and Indra Reinbergs

Candace Kendle and Christopher Bergen, the CEO and COO of Kendle International, Inc., are reviewing ways to finance the growth of their privately-owned company. Kendle is a contract research organization that conducts clinical drug trials for pharmaceutical and... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Financing and Loans; Venture Capital; Stock Options; Banks and Banking; Debt Securities; International Finance; Financial Strategy; Management Skills; Private Ownership; Initial Public Offering; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry

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Educators

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25 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]

promising them seasoned managers and top-tier business partners; recruiting people by assuring them of adequate financing and powerful partners; and securing partners by explaining the power of the customer... View Details

Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg

02 Jul 2015
Op-Ed

The Future of the Greek Economy

their salaries, and businesses to purchase products from their suppliers. But there is a right way forward to secure the country's membership in the Eurozone. Regardless of what many of Tsipras's critics... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro, Dante Roscini & George Serafeim; Banking

22 Apr 2015
Op-Ed

Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths

firms-partly thanks to changes in labor regulations that made labor markets more flexible. Reforms were also effective at cutting red tape that prevented entrepreneurs from starting businesses. The number of days to start a business... View Details

Keywords: by George Serafeim

18 Jul 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017

misapplication). We conclude with an outline of future research directions and introduce the special issue papers and essays. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52911 July–August 2017 Harvard Business Review... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Mar 2007
First Look

First Look: March 27, 2007

Organizational Behavior (forthcoming) Abstract Using a panel data set of top-performing security analysts over a nine-year period, we show that top performers do not "own" their performance, even in the knowledge-intensive work... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 May 2020
Op-Ed

How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents

Solving: HBS Alumni Making a Difference in the World, and more recent conversations specifically about COVID-19 impacts and responses, we’ve talked with many Harvard Business School alumni the world over. Here are some examples of how... View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Agriculture & Agribusiness

26 Jun 2013
Op-Ed

A Roadmap for Afghanistan’s Economic Future

Future of Diplomacy Project and Harvard University's South Asia Institute, brought together diplomats, security experts, and entrepreneurs in a conversation that ought to occur more often. Celebrate, on the one hand, the dramatic rise in... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna

03 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Web Services

"These are massive projects involving some of the largest companies in the world. One challenge we'll be facing is managing a highly distributed, complex Web services environment outside the firewall while maintaining security... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Service

27 May 2008
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Thinking About Global

global economy. Bad government can only lead to less competitive businesses. To be competitive, countries need to offer businesses sound fiscal and monetary policies, secure property rights, high savings and... View Details

21 Jul 2009
First Look

First Look: July 21

Mortgage Backed Security (CMBS) Loan, which involves multiple parties, ambiguous relationships, and bifurcated responsibilities. Purchase this case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=209154 Cincinnati Children's... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: September 20

effect dissipated. Finally, we show that labor increases valuation for both "do-it-yourselfers" and novices. Read the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/mnorton/norton%20mochon%20ariely.pdf A Global Leader's Guide to Managing View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

Want Your Employees to Plan Better for Retirement? Don't Do This

If organizations want to help their employees keep up with the Joneses, turns out it’s better to keep the Joneses out of sight. So suggests an article in the Journal of Finance by Harvard Business School assistant professor John Beshears.... View Details

Keywords: Re: John Beshears; Financial Services

01 Mar 2022
What Do You Think?

Is It Time for More Reverse Mentoring?

learn how to navigate a business world dominated by new technology. Thanks to even newer technologies that enable us to stream, store, and access everything digital, we now have at our disposal a new arsenal of techniques and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

21 Dec 2009
Research & Ideas

Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government’s Role as Fixer

banks by the federal government, it can divide them into good banks and bad banks. The good banks would return to the normal business of taking deposits and making loans; the bad banks would work out and sell toxic assets over several... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services

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