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- 19 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 19
receiving JCP Cash coupons and circulars advertising the week's specials, were slow to embrace the new pricing format and began leaving the retailer in droves. Under enormous pressure to turn things around as the all-important... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster
"mountain of treasure." Dresser sought Komatsu's design technology and a cash infusion for plant modernization and capital expenditures. Komatsu hoped to become a successful global player, so it wanted better North American... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)
road or power grid is a competent counterparty. Make the cash flow tradable. Don't require the early investors to tie up risk capital for the 30-year life of an infrastructure project; get the debt or equity in shape to sell to long term... View Details
- 21 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: December 21
performance chemicals. Simultaneously, Dow had signed a joint venture agreement with Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC) of Kuwait, a deal that would generate $7 billion in cash that could be used to finance the all-cash offer to buy... View Details
- 02 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Gurus in the Garage
Sebastian Turullols was reporting on the young company's free cash and how to invest it. Former 3Com CEO Bill Krause responded with a cautionary tale: "Many years before, a CFO wanted to invest his company's View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
- 26 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018
first large-sample evidence on the behavior and impact of non-practicing entities (NPEs) in the intellectual property space. We find that on average, NPEs appear to behave as opportunistic “patent trolls.” NPEs sue cash-rich firms—and target View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively
example, both companies know that their investors are very concerned about the large amount of cash generated in oil and gas, but each has committed to explaining its use in a different way. While BP is very willing to state they will... View Details
- 27 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27
cash for electronic value and vice versa, forming the backbone of an emerging electronic currency ecosystem that has potential to connect millions of poor and “unbanked" people to the formal financial system. Unfortunately, low service... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
‘Retail Revolution’ Excerpt: The Scale of the Ecommerce Threat
interest payments, the chains cut store investments during the recession, leaving many stores unremodeled for years and "cluttered," which turned off shoppers. If this cycle continues, whole retail chains can quickly become full of zombie stores. Zombie chains still... View Details
- 26 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 26, 2008
United States, Europe, or Japan, or any combination. He is also faced with the immediate decision if to make offers to U.S. and European regional managers. Cash resources are scarce, and GI hopes to raise additional capital soon. Purchase... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
Ventures. Forces students to grapple with the nature of financial risk in the start-up firm and assess the prospective risks and returns to a lender to such a firm. To reach a perspective on these issues, students need to assess the existing pro-forma View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments
didn't happen. Big companies with cash didn't spend it. Banks with cash didn't lend it. Small businesses didn't attract capital and thus didn't help reduce unemployment. Europeans were paralyzed by debt... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Professors Introduce Valuation Software
tool? Paul Healy: The tool was first developed to show students who were taking BAV how discounted cash flow (DCF) and earnings-based valuations work and can be reconciled. Over time, based on feedback from students about the value of the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 May 2016
- First Look
May 17, 2016
than 10 months of cash on hand, Tom Leung, the founder and CEO of Yabbly, must decide where to focus his resources. His startup, a question-and-answer application for shopping decisions, had benefited from a strong showing at the SXSW... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 30
production decisions. We find that insurance provision induces farmers to shift production towards higher-return but higher-risk cash crops, particularly among educated farmers. Our results support the view that financial innovation can... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise
nation's social enterprise organizations. Today, the United States has more than 1.4 million non-profit organizations, and they account for 5 percent of GDP. Annual contributions have grown faster than the economy for years, and experts predict an avalanche of View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
- 11 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 11, 2007
Limited was facing significant pricing pressure in their cash cow business, that primarily consisted of manufacturing Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs). To combat this commoditization, Biocon's leadership had chosen an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
$1 million annually in cash and in-kind gifts and helping the organization to expand nationally. City Year in turn played a central role in helping Timberland develop and implement its strategy for community service and a high-engagement... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
a company’s ability to scale, linkage between growth and cash flows, as well the organizational impact of high growth. Rajesh Yabaji, Chanakya Hridaya, and B. Ramasubramaniam (Subbu) came together to create BlackBuck, with an aim to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2015
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October 13, 2015
that save their firms cash taxes. Their firms altered payout policies in 2012, distributing $8 billion in special and accelerated dividends, to save shareholders nearly $700 million in taxes. Further, each tax-minded executive reduces a... View Details