Term Sheets - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Jan 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 23, 2018

Journal of Econometrics Scenario Generation for Long Run Interest Rate Risk Assessment By: Engle, Robert F., Guillaume Roussellet, and Emil N. Siriwardane Abstract—We propose a statistical model of the term structure of U.S. treasury... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Homers: Secrets on the Factory Floor

employees on company time, with company material and/or tools. The origin of the term is unclear but probably refers to the fact that these artifacts are brought home. In the French aeronautics plant I studied, cutlery, toys, and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing

18 Dec 2007
First Look

First Look: December 18, 2007

banks understand the tradeoffs that the public is willing to accept in terms of unemployment for inflation, at least in terms of keeping the average level of one particular emotion (contentment) constant. An... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2018
What Do You Think?

Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?

obsessed with the terms ‘new’ or ‘improved’. The economy simply changes What we’re witnessing is simply another evolution. Albeit a pretty significant one.” Others found themselves unable to respond without criteria that they could apply.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

25 Jan 2016
News

Helping Young African Managers Find Their Way Home

South Africa—are seeing the gap and saying, Why don’t I go improve my skill set and maybe in the long term I could go back.” The desire to improve his own skill set was what motivated Igun to apply to HBS. Before coming to Boston, he had... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

01 Jun 2001
News

Merrill Lynch's Stan O'Neal

institutional clients, and corporate services. In 1998, Merrill chairman and CEO David H. Komansky (107th AMP) asked him if he’d consider being CFO. “This was an opportunity to see the whole firm comprehensively,” observes O’Neal, who accepted the offer despite never... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Merrill Lynch; Finance; Health, Social Assistance; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

26 Aug 2020
Blog Post

Two sides, same coin: How I left the Bay Area as an operator and returned as an investor

enough for me to rely on my experience as an operator; I needed to understand the other side: the world of venture capital. With this aspiration, I left startup mecca for HBS to learn about term sheets and... View Details

10 Aug 2020
Blog Post

HBS Summer Fellows Focus on Racial Equity and Justice

is new and there's no way I could execute without my first year at HBS. From go-to-market planning in Marketing to understanding how VCs and term sheets work in The Entrepreneurial Manager course, I am... View Details

23 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 23

attend school by harnessing their love of football. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/913416-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 813-178 Getit Sidharth Gupta, CEO of Getit Infomediary Ltd., had just received a term View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

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Field Course: Field X - Course Catalog

substantial number of Field X businesses have been funded by mentors and investors they met through the course. Several dozen teams from last year are running their businesses full-time now, most of whom have received funding of $500,000 or more; in some cases far... View Details

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Field Course: Field Y: Projects in Business Management - Course Catalog

the benefits of a larger course, including opportunities for guest speakers, feedback from your peers, and clearly delineated deliverables and milestones that act as commitment devices to push the business forward. In terms of... View Details

15 Dec 2024
News

After Ozempic

Nordisk controlled almost half of the global insulin market. Then came Ozempic, which turned Novo’s balance sheet on its head. The business that for a century had considered itself a diabetes company saw its earnings from diabetes... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Illustrations by Pete Ryan; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

08 Jan 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 8, 2019

Standardized metrics of cath lab efficiency are proposed, which can be used in public reports on this topic moving forward. Attention is paid to understanding balance sheets to track the financial health of the cath lab. Specific... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

08 May 2020
In Practice

Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On

all possible ways. Pin down whatever balance sheet strengthening, if any, that can be attained. Keep a realistic, but positive public demeanor. Fear is contagious. Naidoo: Use the Agile approach to stay nimble Accept how challenging these... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

18 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]

investors help recruit key managers, establish sales contacts, and more. As Sahlman guided the students through the term sheets for various financings, he gave equal weight to analytical tools and human risk... View Details

Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg

08 Jun 2018
News

My First Job: Selling Shoes, Surviving Black Monday, and Shaped by Chicken Lenses

and a half years, two years in New York and then a couple years in Los Angeles. And it was a wonderful first place to work. Very tough place to work in terms of hours and things like that. And we had decided to live in suburban New... View Details

12 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting

applicable to every listed company in the world: "The market capitalisation of any company listed on the [Johannesburg Stock Exchange] equals its economic value and not its book value. The financial report of a company, as seen in its balance View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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.... View Details