Publications

01 Oct 2001
News

New Economy Notables: Scott D. Cook

best-selling software package, while watching his wife do their finances by hand twenty years ago. "Computers — especially the ones we were working with in 1982 — are crummy at a lot of things, but they happen to be very good at... View Details

Keywords: Young, Susan; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

July 1994 (Revised October 1995)
Case

Coca-Cola Harmless Warrants

By: Scott P. Mason and Mihir A. Desai

Underscores the arbitrage implicit in the pricing of a complex unit of debt and warrants issued by the Coca-Cola Co. View Details

Keywords: Bonds; Price; Innovation and Invention; Food and Beverage Industry

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Launching Tech Ventures - Course Catalog

innovative model and drive adoption in the context of a network effect-based business opportunity? How does one evaluate the quality of the startup business model and appreciate the relative pros and cons of business model choices? 4. The... View Details

07 Dec 2010
First Look

First Look: Dec. 7

(Ex-Im), and his team struggled to find a way to help finance the sale of Boeing aircraft to Emirates. Ex-Im responds to the challenges in the credit market with an innovative offering. This case provides... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

August 2022 (Revised March 2023)
Technical Note

Real Estate iBuying

By: Michael Luca, Jesse M. Shapiro and Julia Kelley

This note provides an overview of real estate iBuying, or instant buying, a business model that involves buying homes and then reselling them at a profit. Introduced in the mid-2010s, iBuying streamlined the process of selling a home by offering instant, all-cash... View Details

Keywords: iBuying; Profit; Business Model; Technological Innovation; Real Estate Industry

07 Sep 2021
News

Building New Connections

lifelong learning and advanced alumni engagement, recognizing both as critical components of the HBS experience; forged important new cross-School partnerships, particularly with Executive Education and Harvard Business Publishing; and encouraged View Details

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Sustainable Investing - Course Catalog

designed to use the power of financial contracting to unlock innovation and help transform the social sector. Cases will require rigorous financial and investment analysis, building on and extending skills acquired in the RC View Details

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit and Charity

Leo X issued a papal bull confirming that charitable pawnshops were exempt from the prohibition on lending at interest, and the innovation spread rapidly through Catholic Europe. The montes (in the Italian vernacular, monti di pietà)... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

HBS Online Certificate Programs Offer Unique Insight Into Business

says HBS Online Executive Director Patrick Mullane (MBA 1999). Approximately 88 percent of HBS Online participants successfully finish their courses, compared to percentages in the single digits for MOOCs (massive open online courses). Other courses include Leading... View Details

April 2011
Teaching Note

U.S. Department of Energy & Recovery Act Funding: Bridging the "Valley of Death" (TN)

By: Ramana Nanda, Joseph B. Lassiter III and Michael J. Roberts

Teaching Note for 810144. View Details

Keywords: Energy; Financing and Loans; Risk and Uncertainty; Commercialization; Programs; Innovation and Invention; Capital; Government and Politics; United States

23 Oct 2012
First Look

First Look: October 23

several concrete managerial prescriptions for the selection problem based on this trade-off. Finally, we demonstrate the value of our framework in a case study that considers air traffic management. Ethnic Innovation and U.S.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Dec 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53563 The Use and Misuse of Patent Data: Issues for Corporate Finance and Beyond By: Lerner, Josh, and Amit Seru Abstract—Patents and citations are powerful tools for understanding View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

October 2006
Case

Clearwire Corporation

By: Richard S. Ruback

Explores Clearwire's decision to fund its substantial capital investments through an initial public offering (IPO) or through private equity. Clearwire is developing and deploying a broadband wireless network using WiMAX technology. It had filed a registered statement... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Technological Innovation; Initial Public Offering; Investment Portfolio; Telecommunications Industry

Article

Vertical Merger, Collusion, and Disruptive Buyers

By: Volker Nocke and Lucy White

In a repeated game setting of a vertically related industry, we study the collusive effects of vertical mergers. We show that any vertical merger facilitates upstream collusion, no matter how large (in terms of capacity or size of product portfolio) the integrated... View Details

Keywords: Stock Options; Disruptive Innovation; Five Forces Framework; United States