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- 23 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Countries Use Financial Policy to Fight COVID-19
changes during the pandemic. With the tracker, he says, “We were able to confirm and quantify this idea that was already floating around—that it was much harder for developing countries to make these announcements and eventually implement... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 17 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Resisting the Seductions of Success
and the reason Tony takes the bribe. Recall that Tony is excited, not scared, when Max presents Lassatta's offer. Later that night, as he lies awake in bed, Tony thinks he will be reborn the next day. For forty-three years, he had "existed like something View Details
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Women Can Get More Venture Capital
technology, some business experience in the industry, and an MBA—that would be great. Education is an important ingredient, but experience is even more important. Almost no one gets venture capital money without actually having demonstrated in the business community... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
- 02 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Networked Incubators: Hothouses of the New Economy
proposals floating around, people have less time to consider and evaluate them all. A successful company like Yahoo! is inundated with business proposals from hopeful start-ups. When there is a wealth of opportunities, there is a poverty... View Details
- 25 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Why a Harvard Finance Instructor Went to the Kumbh Mela
grid), not to mention designing a route to the river, into the river, and out of the river for millions of pilgrims. There are said to be more than 156 kilometers of double track checker plate steel creating drivable roads in the sand and more than 4,000 hollow steel... View Details
- 25 Aug 2015
- First Look
First Look Tuesday
stability benefits. Subordinated capital provides MMFs with loss absorption capacity, lowering the probability that an MMF suffers losses large enough to trigger a run and reduces incentives to take excessive risks. Other reform alternatives based on market forces,... View Details
- 08 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Is That Really Your Best Offer?
strategy is to give the other party an out. If someone says, "Take it or leave it," simply treat the statement as untrue for the moment and make a counterproposal. The truth of an ultimatum is tested by whether the person making it is willing to consider... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 22 Apr 2015
- Op-Ed
Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths
attract FDI, I believe two of them were the primary determinants: Political uncertainty. Lacking strategy and vision the country has floated with no sense of direction. Policies change constantly. To make things worse, the polyphony... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- 28 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Six Lessons from Mobile Money Ventures in Developing Countries
annually and acquired 15 million customers—more than a third of the country’s population—within five years of launch. A woman checks her mobile phone at a floating market in the Mekong River, Vietnam. Mobile phone use is widespread in... View Details
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
and conduct of operations. Burnham was unsure how the market would react to a company with such government-dependent revenue streams. Additionally, the recent collapse of the "dot-com" boom in 2000 might make it impossible to View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
determines whether an undersea rock formation contains oil—prior to the oil company drilling a hole. With its high-growth characteristics, emgs is very different from the typical oilfield services company, and would be more suitable for View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Trouble Behind Livedoor
holders for your stock because they do not trade much. Getting back to Japan, the stock splits can be thought of a form of float manipulation. By limiting the number of shares on the market, and making it difficult to sell, prices can... View Details
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
This case consists primarily of excerpts from term sheets and prospectuses for six securities offerings made by U.S. companies during 2009-2010, just after the financial crisis and recession of 2008-2009. There are three issues of senior unsecured notes, one View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne