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- 12 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018
capital potentially available for investment, as R&D and other future-oriented expenditures are already deducted in computing it. Our analysis and data can help explain why investment has been increasing... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on Supreme Court Health Care Ruling
hundreds of billions in additional taxes to pay for the health care of the sick. Health care expenditures roughly follow Pareto's Law: Twenty percent of users spend 80 percent of the money. If the healthy 80 percent do not buy health... View Details
- 27 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 27
healthcare spending in 2015 and 2020, especially for expenditures on prescription drugs in nominal terms and as a percentage of overall health spending. The article concludes with a discussion of the political economy of insurance and the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 12, 2016
these factors to overall mortality and health spending in the United States is not known. In this paper, we build a model to estimate the excess mortality and incremental health expenditures associated with exposure to the following 10... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
or beat key benchmarks. This paper examines this hypothesis by testing how different types of marketing expenditures are used to boost earnings for a durable commodity consumer product which can be easily stockpiled by end-consumers as... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 17, 2009
Berkshire Hathaway describes the history and strategy of one of the best known investment firms over the last forty years. The case describes the investment philosophy of Warren Buffett, its legendary chairman and CEO, the gradual diversification of its portfolio, its... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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From the Chief Financial Officer | Annual Report 2024
offerings. The economic turbulence of the past several years, along with the subdued revenue growth environment, underscores the need for continued vigilance. In fiscal 2024, we saw operating expenses increase by 6%, twice the rate of revenue growth. While these View Details
- 22 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms
use tools they already had, or they neglected to request new tools to meet the challenges of an evolving financial system." -David Moss Among the proposed new regulations: higher capital requirements; leverage limits; FDIC-like insurance... View Details
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
it faced huge capital expenditures associated with constructing its manufacturing facilities. The company was at a crossroads: it had to decide whether to partner with IBM or align with other firms as it... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018
capital. We examine productivity differentials between machine learning and older vintage technology based on interactions with two important human capital attributes: domain-specific expertise and vintage-specific human capital. Our... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
companies, where decision rights and incentives can be murky, and the effects of any given choice can be tough to pin down. So the authors chose a “lab rat” with fewer barriers to understanding—the venture capital industry. VC firms are... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 25 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 25
be financially constrained or lobbied for the holiday. Instead, estimates indicate that a $1 increase in repatriations was associated with a $0.60 to $0.92 increase in payouts to shareholders—despite regulations stating that such View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
New Wave
islands.) But the delays and costs involved nearly killed the company, which survived only with support from the WPTO. Capital expenditures for sources of marine energy are another stumbling block. The... View Details
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
at the individual level. We discuss the implications of our results for the study of learning as well as for providers and consumers of outsourced services. Preference Heterogeneity and Optimal Capital Income Taxation Authors:Golosov,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
Chambers announcing further capital expenditure in China but facing growing criticism by U.S. Congress and others for Cisco's human rights record. At the same time, Cisco faced a powerful domestic competitor... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
Israeli start-ups raised record-breaking amounts of venture capital, and exits for the year totaled over $8 billion. On the other hand, government expenditure on R&D had decreased and Israel’s position in the Global Innovation Index... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 22
and has real investment implications: approximately 75% of the debt issuance funds increased capital expenditures and cash acquisitions. In the cross section, misvaluation affects financially constrained... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
investments include the $4 billion Chad-Cameroon pipeline, $6 billion Iridium global satellite telecommunications system, $900 million A2 Toll Road in Poland, $1.4 billion Mozal aluminum smelter in Mozambique, and $20 billion Sakhalin II gas field in Russia. Globally,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
two clear, easy-to-read pie charts—one dedicated to human capital and professional services, the other to programs, supplies, and vendor services. Nothing remarkable. But they demonstrated a level of rigor and detail that had been missing... View Details
- 20 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 20
satellite telecommunications system, $900 million A2 Toll Road in Poland, $20 billion Sakhalin II gas field in Russia, and the $28 billion Dabhol power project. Globally, firms financed $240 billion of capital View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace