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- 12 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 12
their current values-has been on the ascent. This marks a major departure from the centuries-old tradition of keeping books at historical cost. It also has implications across the world of business, because the accounting basis-whether fair value or historical...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
crucially so—on whether or not the platforms subsidize one side of the market in equilibrium. For example, with prices being strategic complements across platforms, we show that a cost-reducing investment by one firm may have a positive...
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Martha Lagace
- 18 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 18
forecast characteristic-related stock returns. For example, we show that large firms underperform following years when issuing firms are large relative to repurchasing firms. Our approach is useful for forecasting returns to portfolios...
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Martha Lagace
- 10 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 10
315-060 The Basic LCA Framework No abstract available. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/315060-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 214-055 Restructuring JAL Hideo Seto, the recently appointed chairman of the View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 25
excess returns on high yield and investment grade bonds are low and often significantly negative. The degree of predictability is large in both economic and statistical terms, with univariate R2 statistics as high as 30% at a 3-year...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers
brand-name multinationals that contract out the work. “In a sense, global supply chains are serving a regulatory function, with companies imposing an additional layer of rules and investing resources to enforce them,” says Harvard...
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by Michael Blanding
- 25 May 2010
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First Look: May 25
Foley, and Kristin J. Forbes Publication:Journal of Finance (forthcoming) Abstract This paper analyzes the impact of the Homeland Investment Act of 2004, which provided a one-time tax holiday for the repatriation of View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 02 Feb 2016
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February 2, 2016
School Case 214-021 The Abraaj Group and the Acibadem Healthcare Investment (A) This case concerns the proposed buyout of Acibadem, a leading hospital chain in Turkey. Abraaj, a MENA region private equity firm, proposes to make its first...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Breaking Through a Growth Stall
proliferation of accelerators, and continuation of VC investments have made it increasingly possible to start a business, and in some sectors entrepreneurs were able to attract funds without a real monetization strategy. I agree with...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 9
policies that maintain a low level of average inflation. Cases & Course MaterialsNovoCure Ltd. William A. Sahlman and Sarah Greene FlahertyHarvard Business School Case 810-045 Venture capitalist William Doyle must raise $35 million for a View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
forthcoming Handbook of International Trade and Transportation Transportation Cost and the Geography of Foreign Investment By: Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie Chen Abstract—Falling transportation costs and rapid...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 May 2017
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New Research and Ideas, May 9
adoption of feed-in tariffs, subsidies, and tax credits in the 1980s. However the poor technological capabilities of U.S.-based firms meant that it was Danish and other foreign companies that benefitted most. Subsequently the combination...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 4
aggressively managing their own tax liabilities and those of their portfolio firms. We investigate the latter assertion based on a sample of private firms for which there is financial statement data available. We first document that firms...
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Martha Lagace
- 13 Mar 2018
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March 13, 2018
Global Impact Wellington Global Impact is one of the first public equities impact investing strategies in the market. The case explores how the strategy was developed at Wellington, including an analysis of the culture that supported its...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 18
to respond to this economic and cultural turning point and whether to keep investing in these ancillary aspects of their operations. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/710412-PDF-ENG Hassina Sherjan Robert G. Eccles,...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
students and investors how to evaluate mutual funds and other collective investment vehicles. It discusses how different types of funds are managed, marketed, and regulated. It also reviews how funds invest...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard
media empire: his reputation for ruthlessness. Murdoch is on the line for the phone-hacking scandal in the UK and faces potential bribery charges that reach to the US under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. He might be sued by the...
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- 21 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: December 21
article reviews recent research conducted by the authors that finds that intellectual property rights reform increases technology transfers, foreign direct investment inflows, and industrial development. It...
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- 17 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?
farmers in the country’s poorer provinces can achieve a standard of living equal to a high-tech worker in Hangzhou—is a daunting task. This increasing unease about economic inequality and instability is causing the wealthiest Chinese to View Details
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by Deborah Blagg
- 19 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
disclosing their inventions or filing in foreign countries in the interests of national security. Secrecy orders were issued most heavily in areas important to the war effort—including radar, electronics, and synthetic materials—and...
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Sean Silverthorne