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- 03 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?
weakening the conditions of credit supply (especially in a slowly recovering economy) and improving the soundness of the financial system. The interaction between regulators and the private sector is a crucial ingredient in getting these... View Details
- 18 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Bias of Wall Street Analysts
If it's one lesson the individual investor learned the hard way from the collapse of Enron, it is that the recommendations of Wall Street stock analysts can be influenced by much more than purely objective research. Just look at the large number of analysts who kept... View Details
- 18 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 18, 2009
private donors, gain the cooperation of governments, and catalyze private markets to achieve its goals. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 18, 2008
sample of 1,083 acquisitions of venture capital-backed private companies from 1976 and 2001, we find strong evidence that venture capital firms can form a bridge between acquiring firms and target firms that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization
constraints on the autonomy of firms. The book has several case studies that explore this issue. The instances when firms could really dictate to governments, as when the United Fruit Company orchestrated the CIA overthrow of the... View Details
- 21 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 21
Abstract—The business case for acting sustainably is becoming increasingly compelling-reducing our global footprint to sustainable levels is the defining issue of our times, and it is one that can only be addressed with the active participation of the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Mar 2005
- What Do You Think?
Should Business Management Be Regarded as a Profession?
the "ignorance" of those being prosecuted currently, senior managers of public companies are now required to certify their own financial results. Can certification of their ability to manage be far behind? And if a View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 29 Oct 2007
- HBS Case
Marketing Maria: Managing the Athlete Endorsement
his marketing endorsements in exchange for McCormack's services. Of course Palmer later emerged as one of the greatest players in the history of golf, and the agreement was an extremely lucrative one for both parties. Their handshake established the View Details
- 10 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 10, 2009
process in the event of failure. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-087.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsAltoona State Investment Board: December 2008 Harvard Business School Case 809-095 Rod Calhoun, the head of the Altoona State Investment... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
privately financed project that will provide enough desalinated seawater to provide drinking water for 300,000 San Diegans. The propriety of having private companies provide a... View Details
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities
many newspaper companies still run by second-and third-generation family members, so they turned to professional management. 27 According to Nieva de Figueiredo, these agent CEOs realized they had only modest opportunities for wealth... View Details
- 07 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 7, 2007
the auction of Cable & Wireless America (CWA), a bankrupt subsidiary of the British telecommunications company Cable & Wireless. While an initial "stalking-horse" bid valued the assets at $125 million, after a long day... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
ecosystem. Purchase this note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/911066-PDF-ENG Cipla 2011 Rohit Deshpandé, Sandra J. Sucher, and Laura WinigHarvard Business School Case 511-050 Dr. Yusuf Hamied, head of the Indian pharma and generics manufacturing View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
Working PapersHow Firms Respond to Being Rated (revised) Authors:Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel Abstract While many rating systems seek to help buyers overcome information asymmetries when making purchasing decisions, we investigate how these ratings also... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
find that during the 2008 financial crisis, PE-backed companies increased investments relative to their peers, while also experiencing greater equity and debt inflows. The effects are stronger among financially constrained View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 19, 2016
reasons—and revisits the associated implications for investing and corporate finance, examining asset allocation, high leverage in financial firms, low leverage in industrial firms, private equity, venture capital, and bank capital... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jul 2019
- Op-Ed
Does Facebook's Business Model Threaten Our Elections?
investing billions of dollars and tens of thousands of employees and contractors to implement it. The market capitalization of the company dropped over $100 billion in one day, now roughly back to the pre-crisis level. At the same time,... View Details
Keywords: by George Riedel
- 25 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
More Than the Sum of Its Parts: The Impact of Modularity on the Computer Industry
1960, electronic data processing as well as information storage and retrieval had made a lasting impression in both the private and the public sectors, and discoveries and improvements in areas such as circuit design and solid-state... View Details
- 02 Aug 2024
- HBS Case
How a Mission to Cut Food Waste Launched a Multimillion-Dollar Venture
On a hectic Friday in October 2016, Josh Domingues wondered if he had made a mistake quitting the security of a well-paying job managing contracts for professional hockey players to start a new venture selling nearly expired groceries at discount prices. After all, a... View Details
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS
of other extraordinary work followed, including The Visible Hand, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1977. In 1917, two-thirds of the CEOs of these companies were either Presbyterian or Episcopalian. If you were anything else, chances are... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner