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Africa: research, news, analysis
original and curated content on private capital investment in Africa; Includes information useful for sourcing, evaluating and executing private equity, infrastructure and venture capital transactions in Africa. (Full Access should be... View Details
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Lehman Brothers Deal Books | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
transactions including mergers, initial and common stock offerings, and debentures. The volumes contain agreements between the sellers and underwriters, prospectuses and other literature advertising an offer, filings of the U.S.... View Details
- 25 Sep 2015
- Blog Post
4 Challenges All Early-Stage Startups Face
with higher frequencies of transactions or larger transaction sizes to be viable. We came up with the idea for cleverlayover when we booked our own flights for the holiday season and realized so many... View Details
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital
States. But that was then; this is now. Just in the past few years, said Lerner, "we've seen a lot more syndication transactions across the United States and Europe and more early-stage involvement by firms in England and the... View Details
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The True Costs of Gig Work | Working Knowledge
self-reported answers, and the possibility that people may get income from sources other than a job, the researchers parsed data from more than 90,000 customers of a large national bank between July 2021 and June 2023. Data included View Details
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Investment Strategies - Course Catalog
bearing greater risk. Investing in efficient markets means minimizing transaction costs and choosing maximally diversified portfolios that deliver an optimal tradeoff between risk and return. An inefficient market, by contrast, is one... View Details
- 08 May 2012
- News
Screen Saver
between what he learned at HBS and his day-to-day duties at the JBFC. “I went from negotiating a $6.5 billion transaction to a $4.5 million industrial development bond,” says Apkon, who will publish a book on the power of visual media... View Details
- 28 Sep 2017
- News
Alumni-Founded Aerospace Pioneer Orbital Acquired for $7.8 Billion
two years ago, and will make Northrop the fourth-largest Pentagon contractor. In a statement about the deal, Thompson said: “The unique alignment in culture and mission offered by this transaction will allow us to maintain strong... View Details
- February 2001
- Article
The Portfolio Flows of International Investors
By: K. A. Froot, P. O'Connell and M. Seasholes
Keywords: Asset Pricing; Equity Investment; Forecasting and Prediction; Behavioral Finance; Stocks; Investment Return; Market Transactions; Performance Expectations; Personal Characteristics; Financial Services Industry
Froot, K. A., P. O'Connell, and M. Seasholes. "The Portfolio Flows of International Investors." Journal of Financial Economics 59, no. 2 (February 2001): 151–193. (Revised from NBER Working Paper No. 6687 and HBS Working No. Paper 99-006, July 1998. Summarized in the NBER Reporter, 2000. Reprinted in International Capital Markets, R. Stulz and A. Karolyi, eds. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2003.)
- 11 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Financial Services 24/7
handle transactions are decreasing, "the need to have confidence in the people on the other side of the structure is as strong as ever." HBS senior lecturer Sandra J. Sucher worked at Fidelity Investments for a dozen years before joining... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Financial Services 24/7
time it takes to handle transactions are decreasing, "the need to have confidence in the people on the other side of the structure is as strong as ever." Wingspanbank.com HBS senior lecturer Sandra J. Sucher worked at Fidelity Investments... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Private Equity under Investigation
into any one deal. Syndication allows venture groups to undertake transactions that otherwise they would need to pass on, due to concerns about lack of diversification. Are there costs of syndication? Undoubtedly. When venture groups team... View Details
- 04 Aug 2014
- Op-Ed
Why Small-Business Lending Is Not Recovering
Structural barriers also appear to be impeding bank lending to small businesses, including consolidation within the banking industry, high search costs, and higher transaction costs associated with small business lending. A decades-long... View Details
- 17 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Beyond Pajamas: Sizing Up the Pandemic Shopper
industry, which reached global sales of $1.9 trillion in 2019. Even before the pandemic, roughly 28 percent of global apparel transactions were happening online. At the same time, many brands had closed their physical stores in the... View Details
- 17 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 17, 2009
markets for upstream inputs such as scientific knowledge, proximity also may matter for licensing, which they conceptualize as downstream end markets for small biotechnology firms. They examine whether co-location affects the likelihood of vertical licensing View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 12, 2006
corporations hold significant amounts of cash on their balance sheets, and these cash holdings have been justified in the existing empirical literature by transaction costs and precautionary motives. An additional explanation, considered... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- August 2007
- Module Note
Managing Networked Businesses: Platform Evolution Module
Offers an overview of conceptual content and pedagogical guidance for instructors using a six-session module, "Platform Evolution," from "Managing Networked Businesses" (MNB), a case-based MBA elective course on platform-mediated networks. The module explores the... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Networks; Business or Company Management; Rights; Business Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Multi-Sided Platforms; Market Transactions; Innovation and Invention; Marketing; Competition; Market Entry and Exit
Eisenmann, Thomas R. "Managing Networked Businesses: Platform Evolution Module." Harvard Business School Module Note 808-063, August 2007.
- February 2005
- Article
European Integration and Corporate Restructuring: The Strategy of Unilever c1957-c1990
By: Geoffrey Jones and Peter Miskell
This article examines the role of the large Anglo-Dutch consumer products company in promoting European integration. It shows that Unilever contributed financially to campaigns to support the creation of the European Union, and its subsequent expansion, despite a... View Details
Keywords: Horizontal Integration; Organizations; Policy; Expansion; Market Transactions; Geographic Location; Restructuring; Competition; Brands and Branding; Production; Capital Structure; Value; Consumer Products Industry; European Union; United States
Jones, Geoffrey, and Peter Miskell. "European Integration and Corporate Restructuring: The Strategy of Unilever c1957-c1990." Economic History Review 58, no. 1 (February 2005): 113–139.
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IFC: LA/Hollywood
fundamentals, press releases, transaction data, corporate filings, ownership profiles, and investment bank analyst research. See our Fast Answer "How do I find... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
The Baby Business
Spar In her new book, The Baby Business: How Money, Science, and Politics Drive the Commerce of Conception, HBS professor Debora Spar takes an unflinching look at a taboo topic: the myriad kinds of interpersonal arrangements and financial View Details