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- 24 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 24
Marshall, James Quinn, and Reed MartinHarvard Business School Case 806-099 Hexcel's new CEO is faced with deciding how to "take out" $60 million in cash costs in fiscal 2002, as two of the company's end markets-electronics and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet
themselves avoiding the music because they were terrified. When they finally decided to take it on, they thought it would require a certain amount of time, and believed they had sufficient cash reserves. But the preparation process turned... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
The Exchange: The Road Ahead for Crypto
euros, so people buy into the coin and cash out of it in more or less the same way as you would with deposits at a bank. Wang: And the reason this is desirable is presumably that it’s a superior system for transparency and trust.... View Details
- 25 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 25
theories of corporate ownership assume that because markets are efficient, insiders ultimately bear agency costs and therefore have a strong incentive to minimize conflicts of interest with outside investors. We show that if equity is... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
Charles C.Y., and Jesse M. Fried Abstract—It’s no secret that the American economy is suffering from the twin ills of slow growth and rising income inequality. Many lay the blame at the doors of America’s largest public corporations. The charge? These firms prefer to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018
Case 119-030 Fair Value Accounting at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. In May 2018, Berkshire Hathaway announced an unprecedented loss of more than $1 billion for the first quarter of 2018. Warren Buffett blamed this loss on the new accounting rules for View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Aug 2018
- News
The Value of Valleys
years I worked at Parthenon Capital. I had a great start of a career there. It was a continuation of my private equity career from prior to school. And I got the idea that I would go out and find a company to buy and run, move to Atlanta... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
One-on-One with Jim Breyer
identify emerging Internet leaders that combine long-term fundamental growth and strong cash flow. In China, virtually no company of any size exists without government investment. How does that affect how you invest in Chinese firms? The... View Details
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
development. Payout Taxes and the Allocation of Investment Authors:Bo Becker, Marcus Jacob, and Martin Jacob Publication:Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract When corporate payout is taxed, internal equity (retained... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Business and the Global Poor
Could you describe some of these entrepreneurial efforts? A: There is a lot of talk—both in this book and elsewhere—about the massive potential consumer market at the base of the economic pyramid. However, for a poor consumer, participating in the marketplace requires... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
Rothschild’s private placement group), took an interest in her and became a mentor. After graduating, Brown worked at CSFB in New York for four years in real estate and private equity before enrolling at HBS. Last summer, she worked in... View Details
- 20 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Open Source Science: A New Model for Innovation
developers are very pragmatic and focused on solving problems. Scientists are focused on problems too, but their priority is often publication and that can sometimes come in the way of openness and sharing. The ideals of science are, of course, openness, sharing, and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
MBA vs. MBA
seat. Campaign spending on both sides has flowed freely. As of mid-October, Edwards had raised about $2.8 million to Taylor’s $1.9 million, according to the New York Times. About half of Edwards’s contributions came from political action... View Details
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constraints Asset allocation underpinnings: mean-variance analysis, Modern Portfolio Theory, the Efficient Frontier, and Monte Carlo simulations The “Yale Model” Key fund terms: fees, expenses, carried interest, hurdle rates, and GP co-investment How fund View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
Essential Toolkit for Practitioners By Scott M. Weiner (AMP 193, 2017) McGraw-Hill Education Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are growing, and they’re not slowing down. With more than $4.5 trillion in assets, and cash View Details
- 20 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 20
capacity and new products only when attractive, low-risk opportunities are identified and can be funded internally. The firm's culture of risk aversion extends to financing decisions with a clear preference for equity finance over debt... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 12, 2006
pharmaceutical companies, government regulators—can play a role in righting the industry. The payoff? Valuable improvements in health care and a shinier future for human well-being. Pre-order this book:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Lords of Strategy
those numbers. And it has become steadily less patient for results, in part because now you can get the numbers back from the market overnight. Private equity firms, with their short time horizons and relentless pressure for results, are... View Details
- 27 Mar 2019
- News
Life Is a Startup
exercises that have them realize this will be me. I can’t just shrug it off as a, “No, I’m not going to be susceptible to homophily.” There’s a magnetic pull towards equality, founding teams, the most common way that they’re going to split the View Details
- 14 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
develop new ways of working together. To bolster out-of-the-box thinking at their companies, boards should promote diversity among members. They should foster "creative abrasion" to keep ideas flowing and rethink traditional methods of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel