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- 07 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 7
(RRP). By expanding the overall supply of safe short-term claims, the Fed can weaken the market-based incentives for private sector intermediaries to issue too many of their own short-term liabilities. And crucially, we argue that the Fed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures
costly giving up equity is. Second, explicitly lay out expectations for the partners in legal and informal documents prior to the creation of the entity so that it's clear what each party is providing.... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 24 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 24
Africa still relevant and achievable? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/715010-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 815-108 Venture Capital and Private Equity Simulation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
bring to an earlier and less costly end—relatively weak patent-infringement lawsuits; (2) strengthen the litigation and bargaining positions of patentees with especially robust cases; (3) flag weaknesses in litigation positions to the benefit of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
conflict-related deaths. This result is similar to that documented in cross-country studies. In addition, the relationship with poverty and geography is similar for deaths caused by the insurgents and deaths caused by the state.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 21, 2006
buyout market: RLBOs performed strongly in the late 1980s, the mid-1990s, and the 2000s. Large RLBOs that are backed by private equity firms with more capital under management perform better. We also find... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 21
and Robert S. Kaplan Abstract—Previous studies have documented wide variation in health-care spending and prices; however, the causes for the variation in supply purchase prices across providers are not well understood. The purpose of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 14 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 14
make to a firm's return on equity (ROE). Using a sample of 51,866 firms from 69 countries, we find that financing activities contribute more to a firm's ROE in countries with higher domestic credit. The higher contribution of financing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
Chu, Joe Lassiter, and Mike Roberts. Initially, Sahlman recalls, there was some resistance to the idea, which was first proposed by Alison Berkley Wagonfeld and Bill Nussey (both MBA '96) as a project for Professor Josh Lerner's Venture Capital and View Details
- 14 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 14, 2007
Telephone Company, formed by a consortium of private equity firms, has made a public tender offer for Denmark's leading telecommunications company, TDC. TDC's board of directors approved the take-private... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 17
responsibility for securing these materials. Working PapersPayout Taxes and the Allocation of Investment Authors:Bo Becker, Marcus Jacob, and Martin Jacob Abstract When corporate payout is taxed, internal equity (retained earnings) is... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
Litigation Strategy in EMC Corporation v. Donatelli (B) Supplements the (A) case. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/318027-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 218-020 Actera Group: Investing in Mars Cinema Group (A) In summer of 2010, Murat Çavuşoğlu... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 23
in India: Aditya Birla Financial Services Group Aditya Birla Financial Services Group is a large, broad-based, Indian financial services institution offering products ranging from life insurance and mutual funds to private equity. The... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 02 Jul 2015
- Op-Ed
The Future of the Greek Economy
L.E. Simmons Faculty Fellow at HBS. He joined the HBS faculty after holding leadership positions in the European capital markets groups of Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Merrill Lynch and has broad experience in the areas of corporate finance, mergers and... View Details
- 08 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
A Bold Proposal for Investment Reform
Union is funded through consumer subscriptions to Consumer Reports, and through private grants. This model has several advantages. By directly linking its output to consumer use of its service, it provides a powerful incentive to meet... View Details
- 10 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Negotiator’s Secret: More Than Merely Effective
analysis, all subjects were asked for their private assessment of the target company's fair value—as distinct from how they might portray that value in the bargaining process. Those assigned the role of seller gave median valuations more... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 27 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27
equity inflows have a more negative announcement effect on equity returns than those on debt inflows. Real investment falls in the three years following the controls. Overall, the findings have implications... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 3, 2008
Exercise of Leadership, a New Model Authors:Werner Erhard, Michael C. Jensen, Steve Zaffron, Kari L. Granger Abstract This paper is the (pre-course) introduction document to an experimental course developed by the authors and taught at... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward
them appear manipulative. Some children grow up to use these time-honored tactics in the workplace. For example, when a private equity firm negotiates with a major institutional investor, the investor might... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
him the embodiment of the American spirit. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=408072 JP Morgan Partners—Cabela's Inc. Harvard Business School Case 208-026 JP Morgan Partners (JPMP), the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace