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  • 08 Aug 2018
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Parmigiano-Reggiano, Jane Austen, and Other Things You Didn't Know About Finance

day-to-day operations of the stock market. Why Global Investments Are Still a Good Bet International markets often move together, so does a global investment portfolio even... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services
  • October 2008 (Revised September 2009)
  • Case

Consumer Lending in Japan: Citi CFJ (A)

By: J. Gunnar Trumbull and Akiko Kanno
Despite a tradition of high household savings, Japan has supported a dynamic and technically sophisticated consumer-lending sector. The high profitability of the sector has periodically attracted interest from domestic banks as well as international investors. Most... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Financing and Loans; Foreign Direct Investment; Personal Finance; Courts and Trials; Business and Government Relations; Banking Industry; Japan
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  • 05 Aug 2021
  • Blog Post

Closing the Education Gap with Kei Takatsuka (MBA 2022)

went to Kepple Africa Ventures, a VC that invests exclusively in African startups,” said Takatsuka. “I reached out to him at the beginning of 2021 and explained that I was interested in EdTech startup operations and View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Technology; Entrepreneurship
  • 22 Dec 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 22

European counterparts with their larger more powerful headquarters, which suggests that, at least in the U.S. context, large corporate headquarters can create value. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-044.pdf   PublicationsIntra-Industry View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Mar 2008
  • First Look

First Look: March 4, 2008

company. A simple portfolio strategy of going long the buy recommendations with school ties and going short buy recommendations without ties earns returns of 5.40% per year. We test whether Regulation FD, targeted at impeding selective... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Sep 2011
  • News

Just Doing His Job

industry in a varied portfolio of investments (Thoroughbred horse racing and breeding are a special interest) for a man who has made a reputation based on “his philanthropy, a keen intellect, and a tough... View Details
Keywords: Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services
  • 29 May 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018

growth, while different across regions, are non-linear and asymmetric. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53596 Global Portfolio Diversification for Long-Horizon Investors By: Viceira, Luis M., and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Sep 2012
  • News

Expertise From The Front Lines Of The Eurozone

when they graduate,” says Roscini. “If they go into international business, they will need to ask: Do I go in this market or not? How do I navigate political, eco-nomic, or regulatory risk? How do I think about foreign exchange in this... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance
  • Web

Preqin | Baker Library

and real estate data. Preqin data covers the entire investment process with data pertaining to investors, fund managers, funds and performance, transactions, portfolio companies, service providers, and... View Details
  • 05 Jun 2007
  • First Look

First Look: June 5, 2007

stake in a number of portfolio companies at Fair Market Value. As they conside whether to exercise their option to purchase Bain Capital's stake in Artisan Entertainment, the company has an extremely successful launch of "The Blair... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Doing Business with China 2035: Navigating Uncertainty - Course Catalog

can you succeed in doing business in and with China in the coming decade and beyond? In our course, we consider these questions: How do foreign businesses succeed and fail in Chinese markets? How can Chinese firms, such as Huawei, DJI and... View Details
  • March 1995 (Revised March 1995)
  • Case

Smashing the Cube: Corporate Transformation at CIBA-GEIGY Ltd.

By: David J. Collis and Elizabeth Wynne Johnson
CIBA-GEIGY is a large, diversified multinational corporation that transforms itself in the 1990s through a massive structural and cultural change. The case describes the changes implemented and the processes used to effect change in portfolio, people, and structures.... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Change Management; Transformation; Investment Portfolio; Multinational Firms and Management; Organizational Culture; Corporate Strategy
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  • 21 Mar 2014
  • Blog Post

East Asia MBA Market Update

where big deals are available—Japan and South Korea—are highly competitive and tend not to be friendly towards foreign firms. The high-growth markets of Southeast Asia generally offer smaller targets or minority stakes in large companies.... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Consumer Products / Retail
  • 12 Jun 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs

because an “I” was not dotted or “T” crossed. They may have access to pen testers or be familiar with compliance requirements for things like PIA, HIPAA, or SOX through other portfolio companies’ experiences; even if it’s just asking when... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
  • Web

Bibliography - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections

Alternative Call Option Portfolio Investment Strategies." Journal of Business 51, no. 2 (April 1978): 183-242. Merton, Robert C. , Myron S. Scholes, and Matthew L. Gladstein. "The Returns and Risks of... View Details
  • 27 Apr 2021
  • Research & Ideas

New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement

Deregulation does not necessarily lead to lower prices to consumers.” Judging Foreign Startups Nataliya Langburd Wright, Rembrand Koning, and Tarun Khanna “Can accelerators and investors pick the most promising startup ideas no matter... View Details
  • 07 Aug 2007
  • First Look

First Look: August 7, 2007

influence portfolio choices by exploring the response to the distinctive treatment of foreign dividends in the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (JGTRRA). JGTRRA lowered the dividend tax rate to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 2025
  • Working Paper

Dynamic Personalization with Multiple Customer Signals: Multi-Response State Representation in Reinforcement Learning

By: Liangzong Ma, Ta-Wei Huang, Eva Ascarza and Ayelet Israeli
Reinforcement learning (RL) offers potential for optimizing sequences of customer interactions by modeling the relationships between customer states, company actions, and long-term value. However, its practical implementation often faces significant challenges.... View Details
Keywords: Dynamic Policy; Deep Reinforcement Learning; Representation Learning; Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment; Latent Variable Models; Customer Relationship Management; Customer Value and Value Chain; Foreign Direct Investment; Analytics and Data Science
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  • January 2004 (Revised June 2004)
  • Case

Innovation at the Treasury: Treasury Inflation-Protection Securities (A)

By: Kenneth A. Froot, Peter A. Hecht and Christopher Edward James Payton
In 1997, the U.S. Treasury was deciding whether to proceed with a proposal to issue inflation-indexed bonds. This case explores the challenges facing innovation in the financial markets as the Treasury tries to determine whether to introduce Treasury... View Details
Keywords: Inflation; Innovation; Federal Government; Securities; Debt Securities; Risk Management; Bonds; Investment Portfolio; Capital Markets; Inflation and Deflation; Government and Politics; Innovation and Invention; United States
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  • 19 Dec 2006
  • First Look

First Look: December 19, 2006

Kentucky Derby Hosiery: Negotiating with Wal-Mart Harvard Business School Case 907-001 More information and purchase: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=907001   PublicationsMaking Foreign View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne