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- 23 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 23, 2018
reduce risk, though the effectiveness depends upon the role of capital structure in volatility. To address this question, we build a statistical model of equity volatility that accounts for leverage. Our approach blends Merton’s insights... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Apr 2001
- What Do You Think?
Dot.Com Shakeout: Chess or Roulette?
customers, who determine your success in the marketplace." The consensus was, business as usual or not, the shakeout represents a big opportunity, albeit one requiring an unusual amount of due-diligence—an ingredient lacking in many... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Reweaving Ourselves and the World: New Perspectives on Climate Change - Course Catalog
and will not be graded, but it will be highly recommended. Required Books Please note: you won’t be asked to read these books cover to cover – just to read some selected chapters. Don’t even think about it: Why our Brains are wired to... View Details
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Sustainable Investing - Course Catalog
Morgan Stanley, Bain Capital, TPG, Blackrock, State Street) are establishing sustainability investment practices, and developing products to meet the demands of capital owners, including pension funds, endowments, and family offices. The... View Details
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Startups: venture-backed, by industry, geography, funding amounts & rounds | Baker Library
Help Center Startups: venture-backed, by industry, geography, funding amounts & rounds How can I create a list of start-up or venture capital backed companies in a particular industry? In Capital IQ : Mouse... View Details
- 24 Jul 2014
- Op-Ed
Reform Tax Law to Keep US Firms at Home
facilitate the expatriation of US corporations. Such transactions reflect the effects of policies and of the changing structure of multinational firms. From a policy perspective, the transactions highlight the increasing costs of employing a) a worldwide tax regime... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Q & A: Bain & Company's Thomas J. Tierney
will address the challenges facing organizations in attracting, developing, and retaining outstanding talent. He calls the approach required today "constellation leadership." What impact has the Internet's rapid growth had on the way... View Details
- 21 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 21
compensation and incentives, performance reviews, and measuring sales effectiveness. Part 4 examines broader organizational requirements for effective selling and strategy implementation: developing sales managers who can manage and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2021
- News
Clubs See Wealth in FemTech; Health Care Alumni Look at COVID Response
investor, who launched Avestria specifically to focus on early-stage women's health and female-led life science ventures. “We need to rethink our approach to women’s health.” That will require investment, she says. “There’s a blaring gap... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 18 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
GM’s IPO: Back to the Future
future evolution of the auto industry. Dante Roscini, Senior Lecturer of Business Administration As is often the case with privatizations, the General Motors IPO will be one of the most significant events of the year in the equity capital... View Details
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
that were required in the system were missing. There was a fragmented, highly complex, deeply inconsistent regulatory structure." As part of firms' efforts to deploy capital and seek higher returns, the... View Details
- 22 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 22
talent has become one of the biggest competitive issues for law firms. But although talent management is now recognized as a business issue of prime importance, law firms often lack the experience, vision, and tools to do it. This practical new handbook explores the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
Navigating the Future of Renewable Energy at Port Esbjerg
under construction and in the process of transitioning from coal to biomass and seawater-based heat pumps. This transformation represents a complete overhaul of operational philosophy, and demonstrates how the shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy View Details
- 19 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 19
understand and capitalize on the needs of health care businesses. With the recent passage of health care reform adding to the pressures already squeezing the health care industry-including new payment models View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Health Care Conundrum
diagnosis and treatment into distinct units because the skills and processes required for each are quite different. Services and locations will be better aligned, providing greater control and efficiency. Organizations will gather data on... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Hope for Reform Dims
reforms.” In a freewheeling Q&A session with some 400 students in Burden Hall on September 30, Thain advocated action on three fronts: consolidating the six federal agencies that regulate financial institutions to eliminate overlapping and duplicative jurisdictions... View Details
- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
endogenously limit their leverage as they internalize the costs. Tightening the commercial banks' capital requirement from the status quo leads to safer commercial banks and more shadow banking activity in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 8
investments across time and as they move between firms. We find evidence of skill and exit style differences even among venture partners investing at the same VC firm at the same time. Furthermore, our estimates suggest the partner's human View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
entrepreneurial and family-held businesses. For his part, Liles became an expert on venture capital and the entrepreneur. In the 1970s and 1980s, as HBS intensified its research and curriculum development in the area of entrepreneurship,... View Details
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Supplemental Financial Information | Annual Report 2024
as of June 30, 2024, compared with $5.1 billion at the end of the prior year. Total cash received from gifts in fiscal 2024—including new endowment gifts and gifts for capital construction projects, payments on prior years’ pledges, and... View Details