Transaction - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Aug 2011
First Look

First Look: August 2

working paper shows that the costs faced by multinational corporations in managing governments and political risk grew sharply. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-003.pdf The Architecture of Transaction Networks: A... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 May 2015
First Look

First Look: May 19

virtual currency including electronic payments. Since its inception in 2009 by an anonymous group of developers, Bitcoin has served tens of millions of transactions with total dollar value in the billions. Users have been drawn to Bitcoin... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Aug 2022
News

Full Stream Ahead

long-dated liabilities and need to deploy cash continuously, Soares says. “The appetite for ever-larger buyout transactions from those mega funds trickled into the music industry also.” Those trends collided with a “combustion” of other... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

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Resources for Harvard Economics Students

annuities), stocks and 529 plans. LSEG Workspace Features market quotes, earnings estimates, financial fundamentals, press releases, transaction data, corporate filings, ownership profiles and research. Note that analyst reports from... View Details

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Corporate Governance and Boards of Directors - Course Catalog

director selection and board dynamics; (3) the board’s role in ensuring effective leadership, including hiring, firing, and compensating the CEO; (4) the board’s role in strategy and major transactions such as mergers, acquisitions, or... View Details

01 Oct 1999
News

Finance Conference Explores Research Methodologies

Froot used a careful examination of a single transaction in the emerging market for catastrophic risk bonds to motivate a search for explanations for anomalies in the pricing and structure of this market. Another highlight of the... View Details

01 Dec 2015
News

Estonia, Incorporated

running a business so simple there. “The whole thing works because Estonia is one of the most advanced e-governments on the planet,” Kumar says. The government offers some 600 e-services to its citizens and 2,400 to businesses, and residents conduct 99 percent of their... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs

17 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Becoming the Next Real Estate Mogul

than how well capitalized they are, said Constantini. He said he walked away from a seven-figure transaction after realizing the ethics of the other parties involved were not compatible with his. "There's always the next deal,"... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Construction; Real Estate

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Chinese Competition and Emerging Technologies - A Chronicle of the China Trade

raised $30,000 and reopened later that year, but shut down its operations for a final time in 1877. 43 The British firm Jardine, Matheson & Co., whose business transactions Heard & Co. had overseen during the First Opium War, took over... View Details

01 Apr 1998
News

Plunging Into the Net

and fellow faculty member John J. Sviokla coined a term to describe the nonphysical arena in which business transactions were increasingly taking place - the marketspace. The Managing in the Marketspace course the pair developed and... View Details

July 2010 (Revised August 2021)
Supplement

Vereinigung Hamburger Schiffsmakler und Schiffsagenten e.V. (VHSS): Valuing Ships (CW)

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Albert W. Sheen

After booming for more than five years, the global shipping (maritime) industry experienced a dramatic crash in late 2008 as the global financial system froze and the global economy slid into recession. Ship charter rates (revenue) fell by as much as 90% causing prices... View Details

Keywords: Fair Value Accounting; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Capital Markets; Cash Flow; Financial Liquidity; Banks and Banking; Price; Price Bubble; Contracts; Crisis Management; Market Transactions; Valuation; Shipping Industry

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Purchase

February 1991
Background Note

Note on Sealed Bid Auctions

By: David E. Bell

Describes a simple approach to determining an appropriate bid for a sealed bid auction. View Details

Keywords: History; Management Style; Financial Management; Consumer Behavior; Accounting; Bids and Bidding; Decisions; Market Transactions; Decision Choices and Conditions; Competitive Strategy; Negotiation Style; Auctions

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26 Nov 2019
News

Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream

more sophisticated information streams from bank transaction data, tax payments, and industry comparables. This same data feed can not only promote better credit underwriting, but it can also enable small business owners to be more... View Details

Keywords: fintech; Artificial intelligence; Small business

13 Dec 2016
First Look

December 13, 2016

racial, gender, and other forms of bias that affect the off-line world. And in the early days of Internet commerce, the relative anonymity of transactions did make it harder for participants to discriminate. But as listings began to... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

26 Jan 2021
Research & Ideas

A New Way to Cut Credit Card Debt: Pay Off One Purchase at a Time

Debt, Norton and his fellow researchers argue that separating the purchase from the actual payment demotivates consumers from paying more than the minimum. In contrast, repayment-by-purchase “recouples” the elements of the transaction and... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Financial Services

07 Mar 2018
Research & Ideas

Electronic Health Records Were Supposed to Cut Medical Costs. They Haven't.

nature of health care transactions with third-party involvement, the somewhat clunky EHR systems themselves that combine billing with health records, and fee-for-service payment systems. “Every time the patient moves, there’s another... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Health

01 Mar 2023
News

The Latest Model

a missed opportunity. “Blockchain platforms are mini-economies written in code,” she explains. These digital systems are intended to help people carry out transactions and create value. And who better to help guide the implementation of a... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; blockchain; cryptocurrency; economic models; innovation; consulting; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 2018
News

Case Study: Tip the Scale

over speed in the fulfillment process. Walden aims to build a community of home cooks who are connected to local farms in a meaningful way, not simply a transactional purchase. The Question: With year-over-year growth at 75 to 100... View Details

19 Feb 2013
First Look

First Look: Feb. 19

and when buyers and sellers do manage to find each other, they usually negotiate under enormous uncertainty: prices of similar patents vary widely from transaction to transaction, and the terms of the View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

April 2008 (Revised December 2008)
Case

Leveraged Loans 2007

By: Andre F. Perold and Erik Stafford

The leveraged loan market was in a crisis during the summer of 2007, following many years of low realized volatility (less than 4% per annum), an index of leveraged loans had fallen over 5% in the month of July. A sudden drop in capital market prices for an asset class... View Details