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- 28 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sophisticated Investors May Be Harming Fintech Lending Platforms
provider, you have 10 million data points that help you decide on how to optimally allocate your money, and everything is automated. That’s the future of banking.” The robot edge Investors in marketplace lending who do their due View Details
- 10 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
Working for a Shamed Company Can Hurt Your Future Compensation
they weren’t there at the time, but they have been a part of the culture, and we don’t want to deal with it.” Headhunting firms, meanwhile, may have to do extra due diligence in order to vet someone with a... View Details
- 20 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Maybe Uber isn't God's Gift to Mankind
been diligent in filing lawsuits—they’re filing plenty of lawsuits. But Uber is fighting back. Often the company’s strategy has been to delay regulators’ every complaint, trying to get their service that much more entrenched so it will be... View Details
- 11 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 11
protagonist is a real estate investor doing due diligence on the magnitude of the crisis, the impact on the firm's operations, and the likelihood of resolution. Due View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018
convince ICC’s Investment/Credit Committee to provide capital despite the many risks associated with investing in Argentina. Due to Argentina’s vast energy resources, its modern political history has been deeply intertwined with its... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
project-level data from the U.S. film industry, we investigate variation in property right allocations, investment choices, and film revenues to test the distinctive aspects of property rights theory. Empirical tests of these key theoretical predictions have been... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2007
enhance the due diligence process for mergers and acquisitions, and to support continuous improvement activities such as lean management and benchmarking. In presenting their model, the authors define the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jul 2024
- In Practice
The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities
under aggregate data but constitutes legitimate economic activity. Businesses hoping to hedge against policy risks may also benefit from extra due diligence for their suppliers to establish whether they have... View Details
- 22 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients
leader of the targeted team devise plans, define goals, and discuss strategies. This is an important but risky stage, and the freedom of remote work is a mixed blessing. Due diligence is vital and too often... View Details
- 12 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Value of a ‘Portable’ Career
to build the relationships that they need. If your strengths are in collaborating with others, don't pull away from that in order to build a more "portable" career. But do extensive due diligence on an... View Details
- 22 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23
but they offer corporate leaders a starting point for a careful due diligence and action plan around new ventures. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53110 Investors as Stewards... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cross-Sector Collaboration: Lessons from the International Trachoma Initiative
studies in the early 1990s. This interaction intensified through their collaboration on the Moroccan Pilot. This incremental engagement process also enabled them to undertake a due diligence assessment of... View Details
- 17 Nov 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
How Activist Investors Became Respectable
their strategy, and the business media even treat them as celebrities. In many cases, activists have courted both investors and the public with an informative and insightful approach to individual investments. They engage in considerable View Details
- 23 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 23
Drama William C. Kirby and Tracy Yuen MantyHarvard Business School Case 312-025 Despite widespread news of the incarceration of Gome Electronics' CEO, Huang Guangyu, Bain Capital felt they carefully undertook due View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
million to $15 million. During this phase, you can self-finance or establish a search fund to recruit potential investors. Strike a deal. When you’ve settled on a target, do preliminary due diligence to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 19, 2010
U.S. "productivity miracle" is due to a natural advantage of being located in the U.S., then we would not expect to see any evidence of it for U.S. establishments located abroad. This paper shows in fact that U.S. multinationals... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
How To Be an Angel Investor
evaluation occurs throughout sourcing, valuing, structuring and negotiating. Given the potential time drain, the best angel investors are careful and strategic in their approach to evaluation. Angels take a variety of approaches to this stage, with some doing... View Details
Keywords: by David Amis & Howard Stevenson
- 12 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 12
control rights and cash-flow rights in the borrowing firms exacerbates potential tunneling and other moral hazard activities by large shareholders, thereby increasing credit risk and monitoring needs. Consequently, lenders form syndicates with structures that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina
school system—and to take action to improve it. There has been much work to do, as Harvard Business School's Stacey Childress details in two case studies. According to Childress, "The New Orleans public school district was already in crisis before Katrina View Details
- 19 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018
and strategy, including direct and indirect investments, fund manager selection, total returns, sourcing and due diligence of direct investments, and other aspects. The case explores a specific investment... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman