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- 11 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 11, 2009
argue that time-series variation in the maturity of aggregate corporate debt issues arises because firms behave as macro liquidity providers, absorbing the large supply shocks associated with changes in the maturity structure of government debt. We document that when... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
IQ from IP: Simplifying Search in Portfolio Choice By: Chen, Huaizhi, Lauren Cohen, Umit Gurun, Dong Lou, and Christopher J. Malloy Abstract— Using a novel database that tracks web traffic on the SEC’s EDGAR servers between 2004 and 2015, we show that mutual View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
effects of their submissions on the other individuals in the workplace. We also find that offering employees project funding to implement their own proposals potentially backfires, undermining participation. And solicitations emphasizing... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
Individuals' voting preferences are modeled using a random-coefficient aggregate discrete-choice model, in which we incorporate both observed and unobserved individual heterogeneity. We find that different campaign activities have... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 17
million to $15 million. During this phase, you can self-finance or establish a search fund to recruit potential investors. Strike a deal. When you’ve settled on a target, do preliminary due diligence to confirm the business’s viability... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?
directors accountable to company owners." Major business groups lost no time denouncing the reform measures as vehicles for ceding enormous power to a small number of special-interest investors, namely, unions and public employee pension View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
entrepreneurship itself. At HBS we define entrepreneurship as the pursuit of opportunity beyond the resources you currently control — so, obviously, creativity is a big factor.” In her new elective course, Leading Innovative Ventures, HBS associate professor Mary... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Golden State of Mind
comment is spoken in an offhand way, but that ability to understand how a business will scale has been a key factor in some of DFJ’s enormous multiple returns. Today, DFJ spans affiliate networks in more than 30 cities around the world with over $7 billion in capital... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A Force for Good
When the fate of the Dean’s House — built in the late 1920s at the insistence of George F. Baker, who had given the funds to build the campus — came on the table, McArthur solemnly told his University superiors that the building was... View Details
- 22 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 22, 2008
creating social value. Three years later, Harold Rosen, its creator, wished to explore an alternative funding model to provide it with scale and sustainability. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
spent about ten years in venture capital, working with various companies involved with health care, plastics, and packaging — all very useful experiences for running SmartPak. While they received their initial infusion of cash from various angel investors, two rounds... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
undertaking that could be worked on as a Holy Grail,” says Daniel J. Holland (MBA ’62), an ARD staffer in the late 1960s. “But he wouldn’t write a check until all the risks were understood.” Creating a Model for Venture Capital Success... View Details
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campus over a weekend. Modeled after the January Short Intensive Programs (SIP), Weekend Sprints combine academic sessions with community-building and social events. The program features a variety of classes on specialized topics,... View Details
- 17 Dec 2017
- News
How Music Forged a Fighter for Free Expression
resources, we do it with a very small budget, not necessarily out of choice, but getting funding for human rights work internationally right now, with so much domestic focus, is difficult. And just in general, nonprofits are obviously... View Details
- 04 Apr 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?
to grow this advertising model in ways that have exceeded anyone's expectation. And just think about it, there are 7.5 billion people on the planet and a third of them [have used]on Facebook? I mean, wow, this is crazy. Kenny: What were... View Details
Keywords: Re: Andi Wang
- 20 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively
strong investor relations (IR) departments, according to HBS professor Gregory S. Miller. Two cases he recently coauthored describe how these different firms in the oil and gas industry—controversial of late for its mile-high profits—have carved a path as View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
those diseases. “These people have no voice in the marketplace,” Gates said. As a result, ten times as much funding is devoted to research on the prevention of male baldness as malaria, a disease that kills more than 1 million people each... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
jet-powered airliners. The growing requirement for more factory space was fueled by new models and a surging worldwide demand for air travel. Massive construction projects were launched, including a new factory on 760 acres at Paine Field... View Details
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
highlights the issues around money market mutual funds in the financial crisis of 2008. Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/209101-PDF-ENG eReading: Amazon's Kindle Bharat N. Anand, Peter W. Olson, and Mary... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
A Summit Higher Than Everest
the way to the Canadian border—a “thrilling education.” And the summer after that, he bought a Model T for $50 and drove from New England to British Columbia. There, he sold the broken-down car for train fare and rode the boards back... View Details