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- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Ground-Floor Opportunities for Retail in India
brands in a country where small, individual stores selling no-name goods have been the rule for decades. But success doesn't arrive overnight. Biyani cited a few factors to consider when launching a retail operation in India: Foreign... View Details
- 07 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 7
following a company’s early rounds of venture capital equity financing. In addition, like more traditional venture capital investors, WTI hoped to participate in follow-on debt and equity investments in its successful View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 18, 2007
the risk-adjusted balance sheet, which shows the sensitivity of the enterprise's assets and liabilities to external "shocks." At the national level, the sectors of an economy are viewed as interconnected portfolios of assets,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
investment without far-reaching central planning. For example, a developer can install PRT to benefit its own property, thereby establishing initial PRT links without resorting to public funds. Despite the high social and environmental... View Details
- 14 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 14
governs disputes between foreign investors and host governments. First is the inconsistency of the decisions rendered by arbitration panels established under bilateral investment treaties, View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 8
2009 Abstract This chapter explores issues of how Chinese railroads improved social mobility and standards of living along major trunk lines, and how foreign investment shaped the integration of the Chinese... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Oil Price Fallout: What Happens Next?
The last six years have proved just how fluid the international oil market is. And if recent support of the Keystone Pipeline by the U.S. House of Representatives and the Nebraska Supreme Court (which approved the pipeline's path through that state) are any indication,... View Details
- 28 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 28
to corrupt behavior. Working Papers Carry Trade, Reserve Accumulation, and Exchange-Rate Regimes By: Alfaro, Laura, and Fabio Kanczuk Abstract—Carry-trade activity and foreign participation in local-currency-bond markets in emerging... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 11, 2007
closed, and the portfolio of businesses reshuffled. A good example of a pure Theory E approach was Al "Chainsaw" Dunlap's attempt to transform Scott Paper (now owned by Kruger Inc.) between 1996 and 1998. CEOs who employ Theory... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018
forthcoming IMF Economic Review Debt Redemption and Reserve Accumulation By: Alfaro, Laura, and Fabio Kanczuk Abstract—In the past decade, foreign participation in local-currency bond markets in emerging countries increased dramatically.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- February 2024 (Revised June 2024)
- Case
Can Families Conquer Private Equity? Pritzker Private Capital
By: Lauren Cohen and Sophia Pan
Anthony (Tony) Pritkzer, Paul Carbone, and the Pritzker Private Capital (PPC) team wondered how to approach the firm’s next phase of growth. PPC was a private equity firm that offered a differentiated approach to the family capital market. Back in 2016, the partners... View Details
Keywords: Family Office; External Financing; Succession; Leadership Transition; Family Business; Private Equity; Investment; Business Growth and Maturation; Financial Strategy; Investment Portfolio; Business Model; Private Sector; Financial Liquidity; Risk Management; Organizational Structure; Competitive Advantage; Venture Capital; Management Succession; Financial Services Industry; Chicago; Illinois; United States
Cohen, Lauren, and Sophia Pan. "Can Families Conquer Private Equity? Pritzker Private Capital." Harvard Business School Case 224-078, February 2024. (Revised June 2024.)
- 13 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
From Turf Wars to Learning Curves: How Hospitals Adopt New Technology
PTCA going up against an established and effective procedure known as coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG), but also against the surgeons and other interests in hospitals invested in the older procedure. The authors found that "in... View Details
- 05 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 5
perceived benefits from lowering transactions costs to foreign financial-statement users increase and contribute significantly towards the country's decision to adopt IFRS. We find that perceived network benefits increase the degree of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 17
Paul Healy, George Serafeim, and Devin Shanthikumar Abstract—Prior research on equity analysts focuses almost exclusively on those employed by sell-side investment banks and brokerage houses. Yet investment... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Ethics Bots and Other Ways to Move Your Code of Business Conduct Beyond Puffery
geographical area are asking lots of questions about the policy on taking gifts from certain ministers, then this would help compliance leaders appreciate that maybe it’s time to go back and make sure people understand our gifts policy and obligations under the View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Contribute Globalization of Markets Papers
new opportunities. Empires of Profit: Commerce, Conquest and Corporate Responsibility Author Daniel Litvin presented his evidence that modern companies find it difficult to operate on foreign soil. Big companies, in spite of their wealth,... View Details
Keywords: by Working Knowledge editors
- April 2003 (Revised July 2003)
- Teaching Note
Singapore Inc. (TN)
Teaching Note for (9-703-040). View Details
- 28 Aug 2014
- Op-Ed
Government Can Do More to Unfreeze Small Business Credit
The Small Business Lending Fund (SBLF) invested over $4 billion in 332 institutions, with more than 68 percent increasing their small business lending by 10 percent or more. The federal government also partnered with state governments... View Details
- 03 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 3, 2007
of household investment accounts data from a brokerage, net withdrawals from the accounts increase one-for-one with ordinary dividends of moderate size, controlling for total portfolio returns, and also... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
heterogeneous telecommunication costs arising from different regulatory regimes) strengthens our results. Publisher's link: http://www.people.hbs.edu/rsadun/Distinct_Effects_11-023.pdf August 2013 Cambridge Handbook of Institutional View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne