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  • 22 Oct 2014
  • Research & Ideas

An Economic Principle For Us All: Comparative Advantage

governments to fight the downturn. "It seems likely that economic historians will look back at the years since 2007 as a grand natural experiment for assessing the effectiveness of alternative macroeconomic responses to a financial... View Details
Keywords: Re: David A. Moss
  • 11 Feb 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Does Democracy Need a Marketing Manager?

today provides core benefits that align with the conditions necessary for democracy. A critical takeaway is that billions of marketing transactions help to develop the social glue that holds democratic societies together. Q: How can the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • March 2009
  • Supplement

Groupe Eurotunnel S.A. (B): Restructuring Under the Procedure de Sauvegarde

By: Stuart C. Gilson, Vincent Marie Dessain and Sarah Abbott
In mid-2007 the chairman and CEO of Eurotunnel Group, having elected to file for bankruptcy under a newly-enacted French insolvency law, awaits the outcome of a vote by creditors and shareholders. At least 50% of the shareholders must approve the plan, however they... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Capital Structure; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Law; Valuation; Assets; Investment Funds; Voting; Business and Shareholder Relations; Ownership; Outcome or Result; France
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  • February 2000 (Revised March 2001)
  • Case

Alphatec Electronics Pcl

By: Stuart C. Gilson, C. Fritz Foley and Perry Fagan
The newly appointed CEO of an important high-technology company in Thailand must lead the company through a complicated debt restructuring. Due to the collapse of the Thai currency, the company's debt burden, like that of most Thai companies, has skyrocketed because it... View Details
Keywords: Currency Exchange Rate; Valuation; Management Teams; Restructuring; Laws and Statutes; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Developing Countries and Economies; Borrowing and Debt; Technology Industry; Electronics Industry; Thailand; United States
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  • 18 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 18

involuntarily closed for overdraft activity may have limited or no access to the formal banking system. In the period 2000 through 2005, there were approximately 30 million checking accounts reportedly closed for excessive overdrafting. Closure rates jointly reflect... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2012
  • News

They Call Him Mr. China

condition of his investment. As it turned out, assembling the business was relatively easy. Managing it proved nearly fatal. Perkowski was well aware that management training in China lagged decades behind the United States. Relying on... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Manufacturing; Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade
  • 01 Jun 2008
  • News

America the Difficult

Last year, foreign investors set new records for their acquisition activity in the United States. And 2008 began with nearly daily stories of American financial executives courting foreign direct investors, particularly sovereign wealth... View Details
Keywords: Mihir A. Desai; foreign investors; Finance
  • 27 Feb 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Corporate Values and Employee Cynicism

some of the conditions at Maverick that led employees to feel disenchanted and to believe the CEO was behaving hypocritically? How did employees show their sense of disenchantment? A: A key factor that set the stage for employees seeing... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 12 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 12

actions. Combining supermarket scanner data with firm-level financial data, we find evidence that differs from prior literature. Instead of reducing expenditures to boost earnings, soup manufacturers roughly double the frequency and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • November 2007 (Revised August 2014)
  • Case

D2Hawkeye: Growing the Medical IT Enterprise

By: Robert F. Higgins, Rosie O'Donnell, Sophie LaMontagne and Brent Kazan
In mid-March 2007, Chris Kryder sat in his office and thought about how to best finance his company's growth. Over the previous five years as founder and CEO of D2Hawkeye, a Waltham, Massachusetts-based healthcare analytics company, Kryder had grown the firm from a... View Details
Keywords: Strategy Development; Strategic Positioning; Strategic Vision; Venture Capital; Small Business; Investment; Growth Management; Expansion; Business Growth and Maturation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financing and Loans; Business Startups; Financial Strategy; Business Strategy; Service Industry; Health Industry; Waltham
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  • August 2018
  • Supplement

Garanti Payment Systems: Digital Transformation Strategy (B)

By: Shelle M. Santana and Esel Çekin
Supplements the (A) case. Işıl Akdemir Evlioğlu, executive vice president of marketing at Garanti Payment Systems (GPS), a subsidiary of Garanti Bank, is grappling with three questions. First, should GPS create its own mobile app for credit card customers or leverage... View Details
Keywords: Loyalty Programs; Campaign Management; Campaign Enrollment; Branding; Customer Acquisition; Regulations; Regulatory Changes; Bank; Retail Bank; Banking; Payment Systems; Installment; Mobile App; Call Center; Data Analytics; Digital; Technology; Banks and Banking; Business Subsidiaries; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Credit Cards; Brands and Branding; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Decision Choices and Conditions; Digital Transformation
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  • 16 Jan 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018

based on the chemical similarity between new drug candidates and existing drugs. We show that drug candidates that we identify as ex-ante novel are riskier investments, in the sense that they are subsequently less likely to be approved by the FDA. However, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 26

-1,000 otherwise" over "0 with certainty." Studies 3, 4, and 5 address the apparent discrepancy between these results and the evidence for loss aversion documented in previous research. The results reveal that only under very specific View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Dec 2016
  • First Look

December 6, 2016

cultural values (perceived social mobility) and differences among cultures (North America vs. Europe) to demonstrate moderators and boundary conditions of the positive associations derived from signals of busyness. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 May 2013
  • First Look

First Look: May 7

  Publications 2006 Review of Financial Studies Unstable Equity: Combining Banking with Private Equity Investing By: Fang, Lily H., Victoria Ivashina, and Josh Lerner Abstract—Bank-affiliated private equity groups account for 30% of all... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 09 Jan 2014
  • Research & Ideas

The Entrepreneurs Who Invented Economic Forecasting

through financial panics, forecasting offered the idea that economic activity was not simply random, but followed discernable patterns that could be predicted. In a country whose population was moving from agriculture to industry,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Jun 2023
  • Blog Post

Koppert Cress: Macro Greenhouses, Microgreens

can also be stored underground to cool down the greenhouses. The company currently uses some natural gas to supplement this circular heating/cooling system. However, by 2025, Baan plans for Koppert Cress to be completely fossil-free, compelled both by environmental and... View Details
  • 05 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: January 5

graduate from HBS in Spring 2009. He must decide whether to join his father's company, Toronto-based AME Learning, as president working alongside his father who will be CEO. AME has been in business for 12 years, mostly as a small consulting firm doing View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Jun 2014
  • News

Screen Saver

to analyze whether or not a deal made financial sense." According to Beeninga, Lopez was also a clear and direct communicator when things were not going well. Another Lopez quote, in the context of prolonged sluggish results: "Okay, in... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Arts, Entertainment
  • 29 Mar 2023
  • News

Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria

community to rally support and aid for the victims of this tragic event. If you have a story or news to share, please email us at alumni_communications@hbs.edu. WHERE TO GIVE We offer the following suggestions of organizations for those wishing and able to provide... View Details