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  • 10 May 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures

multinationals are most likely to overlook in global expansion? A: I'm quite interested in how multinationals view investments in emerging markets. My sense is that firms vary greatly in their appetite for risk in these settings and that... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • 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
  • 21 Mar 2016
  • Lessons from the Classroom

When Your Classmate is an NBA Superstar (or Fashion Model, or Movie Actress)

difficult to pull off. You’re better off investing in that one $200 million movie. It seems risky to put all your eggs in one basket, but it can be the best way to go.” The value of superstars In Elberse’s... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Entertainment & Recreation; Sports; Media & Broadcasting; Education
  • 07 Aug 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Business of Biotech

Lately, competition in the biotech industry has become more heated than ever, as a steadily increasing number of companies enter a market that, despite its risky nature, has the potential for enormous rewards in the future. "It may... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Biotechnology; Health; Technology
  • 04 Oct 2016
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October 4, 2016

palters convey (“I was misled”). We also find that targets perceive palters to be especially unethical when palters are used in response to direct questions as opposed to when they are unprompted. Taken together, we show that paltering is a common, but View Details
  • 12 Jul 2011
  • First Look

First Look: July 12

been abandoned by its owners and had come under the control of CW Capital, the special servicer for the vast amount of debt that was in default. Any investment in a distressed property could be very risky... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 20 Aug 2024
  • Book

Why Competing With Tech Giants Requires Finding Your Own Edge

organization that provides essential services, technology, or connections used by a large number of other participants. Orchestrating an ecosystem as the hub can be a significant undertaking. It often requires a firm to make up-front View Details
Keywords: by Feng Zhu; Technology; Information Technology
  • 18 Dec 2007
  • First Look

First Look: December 18, 2007

Analysis from a panel data set of research analysts in investment banks over 1988-1996 reveals that star analysts are more likely than non-star analysts to become entrepreneurs. Furthermore, we find that ventures started by star analysts... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 16

Development on the Investment Cash Flow Relationship: Cross-Country Evidence from Europe Authors:Bo Becker and Jagadeesh Sivadasan Publication:B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy (forthcoming) Abstract We investigate financing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Oct 2010
  • Research & Ideas

How Government can Discourage Private Sector Reliance on Short-Term Debt

For the last decade or so financial institutions have relied increasingly and excessively on short-term financing, risky business that could quickly go south when a souring economy made it impossible for firms to roll over their... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Financial Services
  • 08 Nov 2016
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November 8, 2016

policy reforms flounder. Unlike incremental policy reforms, they are often seen to be politically risky and prone to failure. Using examples of success and failure, coupled with insights from practitioners and academics who have succeeded... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019

financing a risky venture. Structured experimentation, popularized by Eric Ries’ The Lean Startup, has been widely embraced as the gold standard for how to approach the commercialization of radical new ideas. From Boston to Beijing to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 14 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

How can nonprofit leaders address such conflicting demands? Harvard Business School Working Knowledge recently spoke with two leaders in the field of nonprofit performance management. Mario Morino is cofounder and chairman of Venture Philanthropy Partners, which... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 01 Nov 2016
  • First Look

First Look - November 1, 2016

brands. Companies can leverage storytelling to build their brands, and careful brand extensions can grow the business as long as they do not alienate core loyalists. Other potentially risky opportunities to weigh carefully are moving... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 12, 2006

risky investments under profound uncertainty and long time horizons for R&D; how to learn rapidly enough to keep pace with advances in drug science knowledge; and how to integrate capabilities across a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018

bonds generates a crowding out of corporate lending. For a given domestic firm, new debt is less likely to be a loan—i.e., the loan supply contracts—when local banks have purchased more domestic sovereign debt and when that debt is risky... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Nov 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Venture Capital Goes Boom—or Bust?

market timing was critical to the success of the new venture. In addition to providing financing and advice on product development, marketing, and finance, Kleiner introduced Netscape to key Silicon Valley players, as well as the View Details
Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner
  • 05 Jul 2006
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First Look: July 5, 2006

predictive and prescriptive implications, this theory contributes to the general notion that pricing might affect as much as capture perceived value. Paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/06-055.pdf Capital Structure with Risky Foreign... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Sep 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Long-Tail Economics? Give Me Blockbusters!

result in dead ends but occasionally lead in an unexpected direction to a blockbuster result. Some big budget movies are flops, others are sleepers, still others meet expectations. More risky than pursuing blockbusters is not to pursue... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch; Entertainment & Recreation; Pharmaceutical
  • 11 Feb 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Politicians Benefited From Using Toxic Loans

only to see the rates skyrocket when the crisis hit. Many mayors cried foul, insisting that they had been hoodwinked. But were the local politicians really unwitting fools? “The question is, Did local politicians get fooled into engaging in View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services
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