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  • 28 Aug 2011
  • News

Long-term housing demand trend is positive

    Gerald Zaltman

    *Joined Harvard Faculty: 1991
    Prior Faculty Appointments: Northwestern University, 1968-75;
    University of Pittsburgh, 1975-91

    *Doctoral Degree in Sociology Received from: The John Hopkins University;
    MBA Degree Received from: The University of... View Details

    Keywords: marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry; marketing industry
    • 2025
    • Working Paper

    Tax Planning, Illiquidity, and Credit Risks: Evidence from DeFi Lending

    By: Lisa De Simone, Peiyi Jin and Daniel Rabetti
    This study establishes a plausible causal link between tax-planning-induced illiquidity and credit risks in lending markets. Exploiting an exogenous tax shock imposed by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on cryptocurrency gains, along with millions of transactions in... View Details
    Keywords: Cryptocurrency; Taxation; Financial Liquidity; Credit; Financing and Loans; Financial Markets
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    • June 2002
    • Background Note

    Note on the Equivalency of Methods for Discounting Cash Flows

    By: William E. Fruhan Jr.
    Uses a numerical example to demonstrate that when you discount the cash flows to capital from a project at the weighted average cost of capital, you get same net present value result as you obtain when discounting the cash flows to equity at the cost of equity. Also... View Details
    Keywords: Capital Structure; Cash Flow; Cost of Capital; Equity; Valuation
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    • November 2004 (Revised May 2005)
    • Case

    Marvel Enterprises, Inc.

    By: Anita Elberse
    The management team of Marvel Enterprises, known for its universe of superhero characters that includes Spider-Man, the Hulk, and X-Men, must reevaluate its marketing strategy. In June 2004, only six years after the company emerged from bankruptcy, Marvel has amassed a... View Details
    Keywords: Intellectual Property; Business Model; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Opportunities; Growth and Development Strategy; Rights; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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    • April 2001 (Revised August 2001)
    • Case

    Color Kinetics Incorporated (A)

    By: Das Narayandas and Mary N. Caravella
    Two-year-old start-up Color Kinetics has developed unique colored lighting technology using digitally controlled LEDs, and has developed that technology into a successful line of products for its first targeted market of "retailtainment." Now in November 1999, the... View Details
    Keywords: Business Startups; Growth and Development; Management Teams; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Market Entry and Exit; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Electronics Industry
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    • 11 Oct 2010
    • News

    It Pays to Hire Women in Countries That Won't

    • December 2014 (Revised April 2015)
    • Case

    Apple, Einhorn, and iPrefs

    By: Carliss Y. Baldwin, Hanoch Feit, Edward A. Minasian and Brandon Van Buren
    In March 2013, Apple Computer has a very large cash balance, and is under pressure to return cash to shareholders. Hedge fund manager David Einhorn thinks Apple can "unlock value" by issuing perpetual preferred stock, dubbed iPrefs. Henry Blodget, CEO of Business... View Details
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    • December 1998 (Revised January 2003)
    • Case

    R.R. Donnelley: Country and Opportunity Analysis in Eastern Europe

    Examines several market entry options for R.R. Donnelley's expansion into Eastern Europe. Used as an introduction to a Harvard Business School course titled "New Opportunities in Emerging Markets." Asks students to consider the following issues: 1) the impact of... View Details
    Keywords: Opportunities; Market Entry and Exit; Emerging Markets; Europe
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    • June 2013 (Revised August 2020)
    • Case

    Bonnie Road

    By: Arthur I Segel, John H. Vogel, Jr. and Lisa Strope
    Victor Alexander was intrigued by the packet of papers that lay in front of him. The papers comprised a brochure that Garden State Bank had put together in an effort to sell the Bonnie Road Distribution Center in Somerset, New Jersey, for $9.7 million. It was April... View Details
    Keywords: Real Estate; Investment; Acquisition; Buildings and Facilities; Property; Partners and Partnerships; Decision Choices and Conditions; Distribution Industry; Real Estate Industry; Texas
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    • May 1992 (Revised January 2000)
    • Supplement

    ABB: Accountability Times Two (B)

    By: Robert L. Simons
    Describes internal allocation conflicts in a complex global company structured as a matrix organization. ABB Switzerland has secured and will build an important power station project; however, internal market allocation policies dictate that this work be handled by ABB... View Details
    Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Conflict Management; Complexity; Sweden; Switzerland
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      Joseph L. Bower

      JOSEPH L. BOWER, Donald K. David Professor Emeritus, has been a leader in general management at Harvard Business School for 51 years. He also served on the faculty of the Harvard Kennedy School during its first decade.  He has served in many administrative roles... View Details

      Keywords: banking; chemical; electronics; financial services; home appliances; hotels ＆ motels; information technology industry; insurance industry; private equity (LBO funds); retailing
      • August 1996 (Revised December 1999)
      • Case

      J Boats, Inc.

      By: Robert L. Simons
      During the 20-year evolution of a family-owned, entrepreneurial sailboat company, two founders leverage their design and marketing skills to build one of the most recognized brands in the recreational boating industry. The founder then considers management succession... View Details
      Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Family Business; Risk Management; Financial Management; Leveraged Buyouts; Brands and Branding; Competitive Strategy; Capital Markets; Valuation; Shipping Industry; Transportation Industry
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      • March 2020 (Revised November 2020)
      • Case

      FinTech Hive at DIFC: Creating a Fintech Ecosystem in Dubai

      By: Marco Di Maggio and Gamze Yucaoglu
      The case opens in 2019 as Raja Al Mazrouei, executive vice president of FinTech Hive (the Hive) at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the first and largest financial technology accelerator in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia region, contemplates her... View Details
      Keywords: Fintech; Emerging Markets; Business Startups; Venture Capital; Management; Information Technology; Growth Management; Financial Markets; Financial Institutions; United Arab Emirates; Middle East; Dubai
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      • November 2014
      • Case

      Jazztel

      By: Jay Lorsch and Emily McTague
      In October 2004 Fernández Pujals, founder of Telepizza, an international home delivery pizza business, bought 24.9% of Jazztel (€90 million), a telecom company. At the time, Jazztel was near bankruptcy and needed a capital injection to finish the year. Over the next... View Details
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      • January 1983 (Revised February 1988)
      • Case

      Hospital Corp. of America (B)

      By: W. Carl Kester
      Focuses on HCAs financing options for reaching its target capital structure. The options include new equity conversion of convertible debentures, a debt-for-equity swap, the sale of assets, and fixed-rate debt. Students must address the problem of market timing and... View Details
      Keywords: Assets; Capital Structure; Cash Flow; Equity; Debt Securities; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Health Industry; United States
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        Marlous van Waijenburg

        Marlous van Waijenburg is an Assistant Professor in the Business, Government, and International Economy Unit at Harvard Business School. She teaches in the MBA required curriculum.

        Professor van Waijenburg’s main... View Details

        • September 2002 (Revised June 2003)
        • Background Note

        Multinationals as Global Intermediaries

        By: Tarun Khanna and Krishna G. Palepu
        Presents a conceptual framework of the circumstances when multinationals attempt to create, or face difficulty creating, value in cross-border commerce. Particular attention is paid to the role of multinationals as intermediaries in international transactions where the... View Details
        Keywords: Framework; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Multinational Firms and Management; Marketing Channels; Market Transactions; Value Creation
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        • 29 Aug 2006
        • First Look

        First Look: August 29, 2006

          Working PapersInternational Financial Integration and Entrepreneurship Authors:Laura Alfaro and Andrew Charlton Abstract We explore the relation between international financial integration and the level of entrepreneurial activity in a... View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
        • 2020
        • Working Paper

        Aggregate and Firm-Level Stock Returns During Pandemics, in Real Time

        By: Laura Alfaro, Anusha Chari, Andrew Greenland and Peter K. Schott
        We show that unexpected changes in the trajectory of COVID-19 infections predict U.S. stock returns, in real time. Parameter estimates indicate that an unanticipated doubling (halving) of projected infections forecasts next-day decreases (increases) in aggregate U.S.... View Details
        Keywords: COVID-19; Stock Returns; Health Pandemics; Stocks; Investment Return; Forecasting and Prediction
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