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  • 27 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 27

economic climate of the time. Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/810054-PDF-ENG Citigroup's Exchange Offer (A) Robin Greenwood and James QuinnHarvard Business School Case 210-009 Citigroup faced considerable View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 May 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Good News, Not Blues, For the Inner City

insisted that the greatest barriers for inner city development today are negative perceptions. These areas are not just economically distressed because of social issues, he said, adding that unless businesspeople take steps to build... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 25 Aug 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Studying Japan from the Inside

deep financial distress and had no choice but seek a foreign partner. Ghosn, who had never worked in Japan but had extensive experiences in other parts of the world, motivated the middle management at Nissan and transformed the culture of... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • 20 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018

Crisis By: Becker, Bo, and Victoria Ivashina Abstract—By the end of 2013, the share of government debt held by the domestic banking sectors of Eurozone countries was more than twice its 2007 level. We show that this type of increasing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009

Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709488 Investing in Early Learning as Economic Development at the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank Harvard Business School Case 309-090 In his role as... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 12

Handbook for Banking and Governance, edited by James Barth, Chen Lin, and Clas Wihlborg. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing, forthcoming Abstract In this chapter, we examine the characteristics of acquisition of private firms by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 4

This case explores the opportunity to purchase the condominium management business of a distressed real estate developer by Advantage Partners, a leading Japanese private equity firm. The case explores investment structuring, bidding... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 30, 2007

positions, which creates price pressure in the securities held in common by distressed funds. A similar phenomenon exists among funds experiencing large inflows: their tendency to expand existing positions creates positive price pressure... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 May 2016
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May 10, 2016

led to the distressed sale of the firm in 1996. This essay offers new source material about the actions at both Encarta and Britannica, and it offers a novel interpretation of events. Britannica’s management did not misperceive the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 05 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019

which is hard to explain by the traditional leverage tradeoff with financial distress that emphasizes downside risk. The results are robust to a variety of specification choices and control variables. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 05 Nov 2021
  • Op-Ed

How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss

As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller
  • 06 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 6

financial instruments-currencies, stocks, and bonds. The very rootlessness of America's immigrant leaders gave them a better understanding of money, credit, and banks and the way each could be made to serve the public good. The remarkable... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Aug 2009
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First Look: August 18

costs, in a financially distressed organization. Purchase this note: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/809161-PDF-ENG Oprah Winfrey Harvard Business School Case 809-068 The case explores the entrepreneurial journey of Oprah Winfrey,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 7, 2009

multinational firms requires a similar fortitude. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-107.pdf Corporate Misgovernance at the World Bank Authors:Ashwin Kaja and Eric Werker Abstract We test for evidence of corporate... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 18, 2018

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51309 Harvard Business School Case 918-406 JPMorgan Chase: Invested in Detroit (A) Beginning in 2014, JPMorgan Chase launched Invested in Detroit, a $100 million philanthropic investment in the city over five years. The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 10

liquidation value is not directly intuitive, since intangibles are highly illiquid assets and have uncertain future cash flows. Can banks reliably secure corporate loans by intellectual property, and how can they alleviate the challenges... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 May 2012
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First Look: May 8

thought (versus conscious thought) would reduce frequency of intrusions from an analogue trauma film. Participants viewed a distressing film and were subsequently instructed to think about the film deliberately (conscious thought), to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 17 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 17, 2006

Activism in Sovereign Debt: "Vulture" Tactics or Market Backbone Harvard Business School Case 706-057 The role of distressed debt funds, also known as "vulture funds," in sovereign debt restructuring was a hotly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Dec 2016
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December 20, 2016

securities to retail investors. We focus on a large market of investment products targeted exclusively at households: retail-structured products in Europe. We hypothesize that banks strategically use product complexity to cater to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 11 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 11

economic distress of the communities in which they produce and sell? It doesn't have to be this way, say Porter, of Harvard Business School, and Kramer, the managing director of the social impact advisory firm FSG. Companies could bring... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne