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- 23 Apr 2008
- Op-Ed
The Gap in the U.S. Treasury Recommendations
not disappear. With tightened credit standards and higher capital requirements on loans, it became more profitable for banks to package loans as securities and sell the credit risk to the buyers of View Details
- November 1994 (Revised May 2002)
- Case
K-III: A Leveraged Build-Up
By: George P. Baker III, Nicola Bamford and Nicolas Greenspan
Explores the strategy, financing, and governance of a new type of organizational form, dubbed the Leveraged Build-Up by its inventor, Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Co. The company makes leveraged acquisitions of small publishing companies, managing them in a very... View Details
Keywords: Debt Securities; Financial Management; Leveraged Buyouts; Cash Flow; Organizational Structure; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Governance; Financial Strategy; Corporate Finance; Publishing Industry
Baker, George P., III, Nicola Bamford, and Nicolas Greenspan. "K-III: A Leveraged Build-Up." Harvard Business School Case 295-067, November 1994. (Revised May 2002.)
- 17 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 17
transactions in the market for ideas. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/download.aspx?name=14-019.pdf Crowdsourcing Peer Firms: Evidence from EDGAR Search Traffic By: Lee, Charles M.C., Paul Ma, and Charles C.Y. Wang Abstract—Using Internet... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
governance; market participants and security analysts were, until the beginning of the 2000s but not subsequently, more positively surprised by the earning announcements of good-governance firms; and, although governance indices no longer... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Does Market Capitalism Have a Future?
protection for property rights and contracts; underperforming education systems; massive internal and international migration motivated by income inequality; potentially adverse actions by large and economically powerful emerging nations; View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 04 Oct 2004
- What Do You Think?
Does Speed Trump Intellectual Property?
create more interesting program choices for audiences." Azeem suggests a more appropriate response, saying, "Speed can trump IP, especially in technology industries. In the time it takes to secure a patent, you ought to have... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 28 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
It’s India Above China in New World Order
evolving? Yasheng Huang and Tarun Khanna: In terms of similarities, both are conscious of their role in the world economy. Both seek to play a bigger political role on the world stage. China is already doing that as a permanent member of the U.N. View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
How Property Ownership Changes Your World View
transferred to the squatters. With the remaining 4 lawsuits still pending, 62 percent of the squatters now hold title to their land, while 38 percent do not. As a result, squatters who enjoyed the security of property rights existed in... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 16 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 16, 2008
sponsorship. With respect to end users and complementors, decisions to open or close a mature platform involve 1) backward compatibility with prior platform generations; 2) securing exclusive rights to certain complements; or 3) absorbing... View Details
- 07 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Personalized Entrepreneurial Finance and Other VC Trends
of time the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has spent trying to write the regulations around it. The SEC wants to encourage individuals to make investment decisions, but they don’t want to open the door for scammers. At the same... View Details
- 26 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Field Researchers Share Tricks of the Trade
Richards, the former global head of Computer Associates, while Richards was doing time in prison for securities fraud. (The correspondence led to the case study A Letter From Prison.) Listening To The Field Ethan Bernstein discussed the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 02 Oct 2000
- What Do You Think?
What Lies Beyond NAFTA?
saving, accumulation of capital or resulting improvement in income. Without capital, innovation is not rewarded. In fact, it is regarded as risky. Failure can produce starvation. Therefore, labor-intensive practices do not change. What View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Watching for the Next Economic Downturn? Follow Corporate Debt
says. “Once the bank balance sheet is handicapped, all kinds of other consequences come out. For one, for example, banks are less likely to lend.” Not all countries and sectors relied as heavily on land and buildings to secure debt. Using... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 19 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Connecting School Ties and Stock Recommendations
information flow, and price evolution, in security markets." Cohen explained more in an e-mail interview with HBS Working Knowledge. Martha Lagace: What made you think that there might be an interesting link between educational... View Details
- 03 Sep 2014
- What Do You Think?
Who Should Choose Your Boss?
back from a near death experience after what should be an initial fanfare around the return of Demoulas to the chief executive's office. But few organizations are structured to accommodate this practice. Perhaps most important, it assumes a level of mobility and... View Details
- 15 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
Funding the Design of Livable Cities
Compounding the challenge of supporting this population shift, governments from developing to industrialized countries are limited in their capacity and political will to devise solutions to accommodate expanding urban populations. Finally, View Details
- 03 Mar 2010
- What Do You Think?
To What Degree Does “Identity” Affect Economic Performance?
suggest that the very meaning of "identity" is changing. In his words, "This is a new era . The old loyalty was an unhealthy exchange of salary and security from the company for attendance and obedience from workers. The... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 03 Dec 2008
- What Do You Think?
Can Housing and Credit be “Nudged” Back to Health?
thieves ...." Cole Woodson added, "The hope of nudging the economy in any direction is hoping for a miracle.... No securities of any type should even be allowed to be sold in the marketplace without government approval and some... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 02 May 2008
- What Do You Think?
What is the Future of State Capitalism?
assets, something that has gone on for centuries? Is it better to have the available money, regardless of origin, invested in assets located in free market democracies than somewhere else? Will this help insure the world's long-run prosperity and View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
The State of the Markets
for truly independent regulators is of considerable importance. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) fulfills that function in the United States, but regulatory bodies abroad lack the clout of subpoena power and can be swayed by... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner