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  • 05 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53636 Collusion in Markets with Syndication By: Hatfield, John William, Scott Duke Kominers, Richard Lowery, and Jordan M. Barry Abstract—Many markets, including the markets for IPOs and View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 20 Dec 2011
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First Look: December 20

for firms to capture value in a modular system. This paper brings together the theory of modularity from the engineering and management literatures with the modern economic theory of property rights and relational contracts to address the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 13 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 13

turnaround expert, Andrew Macey, as COO to help him in the effort. Pearson and Macey have several options to consider: Should HLB raise $1 million in debt financing and focus on a turnaround or should it approach a private equity investor... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Aug 2017
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First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017

Barry Abstract—Many markets, including the markets for IPOs and debt issuances, are syndicated, in that a bidder who wins a contract will often invite competitors to join a syndicate that will fulfill the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Apr 2016
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April 12, 2016

competitive imitation. Make it tough for rivals to copy your product-to-platform strategy: consider creating proprietary standards, using exclusivity contracts and erecting other barriers to competition. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Sep 2011
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First Look: Sept. 7

hard to quantify in the time-series. While loan issuance falls in recessions, it is not clear if this is due to demand or supply. We address this question by studying firms' substitution between bank debt and non-bank View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Oct 2012
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First Look: October 30

business utilizing debt and investors equity that in a very short time is about to trigger bank covenants due to poor financial performance. The prior owner continues to be involved in the business, handling key customers and expecting a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 12

become more fundamental as advertisers target their advertisements with greater precision. In the paper that follows, the author attempts to identify the circumstances that make advertisers most vulnerable, notes adjusted contract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 14, 2010

the economics, management control, and organizational behavior literatures predict that when it is difficult to align incentives by contracting on output, aligning preferences via employee selection may provide a useful alternative. This... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 4

the venture capitalist and the entrepreneur. Since the investor-VC contract is set before the VC finds any investments, we show that it is the entrepreneur who must compensate the venture capitalist for any extra risk in the project even... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 8

per consumer visit and 2) influencing stores' choices of strategic variables (e.g., pricing). We characterize the conditions under which there would be no role for search diversion as a strategic instrument for the intermediary, thereby showing that it occurs even when... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • October 2016 (Revised January 2017)
  • Supplement

Bally Total Fitness (B): The Fall, 2005–2016

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
By many measures the largest health-club chain in the United States in the early 2000s, Bally Total Fitness sold most of its remaining fitness clubs to 24 Hour Fitness in 2014 and disappeared from the industry top 100 rankings. After Bally was bedeviled by accounting... View Details
Keywords: Bally Total Fitness; Accounting; Accounting Audits; Accrual Accounting; Business Earnings; Revenue Recognition; Financial Statements; Acquisition; Business Exit or Shutdown; For-Profit Firms; Crime and Corruption; Borrowing and Debt; Capital; Capital Structure; Cash; Cash Flow; Public Equity; Financial Condition; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financing and Loans; Investment Activism; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Business History; Executive Compensation; Resignation and Termination; Annual Reports; Contracts; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business or Company Management; Marketing; Market Entry and Exit; Private Ownership; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Strategy; Business Strategy; Competition; Corporate Strategy; Health Industry; Accounting Industry; United States; Illinois; Chicago
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