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  • October 2007 (Revised January 2009)
  • Background Note

Analyzing Relative Costs

By: Hanna Halaburda and Jan W. Rivkin
Introduces students to the technique of relative cost analysis, a core technique of strategists. Among the intricate quantitative analyses that strategists undertake, relative cost analysis may be the most common. The goal of a relative cost analysis is simply to... View Details
Keywords: Cost; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Mathematical Methods; Competition; Competitive Advantage
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Halaburda, Hanna, and Jan W. Rivkin. "Analyzing Relative Costs." Harvard Business School Background Note 708-462, October 2007. (Revised January 2009.)
  • June 2008 (Revised February 2013)
  • Case

Vignettes on Governance of Private Equity Firms

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Ann Leamon and Eugenia Adofo
In a series of vignettes, Nigella Hardy-Smyth of an international development agency that invests in emerging markets private equity firms must decide how to handle various situations that arise. As a member of the Limited Partner Advisory Board of each of the five... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Investment Funds; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Managerial Roles; Emerging Markets; Partners and Partnerships
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Hardymon, G. Felda, Ann Leamon, and Eugenia Adofo. "Vignettes on Governance of Private Equity Firms." Harvard Business School Case 808-168, June 2008. (Revised February 2013.)
  • December 1994
  • Background Note

Cost System Analysis

By: Robert S. Kaplan
Describes six characteristics of cost systems: standard vs. actual costs; job-order vs. process costing; variable vs. full costs; disaggregate vs. aggregate cost accumulation; and specific vs. average rates for labor and overhead. A rewritten version of an earlier... View Details
Keywords: Cost; Analysis; System
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Kaplan, Robert S. "Cost System Analysis." Harvard Business School Background Note 195-181, December 1994.
  • December 2013
  • Article

Measuring the Value of Process Improvement Initiatives in a Preoperative Assessment Center using Time-driven Activity-based Costing

By: Katy E. French, Heidi W. Albright, John C. Frenzel, James R. Incalcaterra, Augustin C. Rubio, Jessica F. Jones and Thomas W. Feeley
Background: The value and impact of process improvement initiatives are difficult to quantify. We describe the use of time-driven activity-based costing(TDABC)in a clinical setting to quantify the value of process improvements in terms of cost, time and personnel... View Details
Keywords: Quality Improvement; Value Agenda; Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing; Accounting; Health; Measurement and Metrics; Value; Health Industry; North and Central America
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French, Katy E., Heidi W. Albright, John C. Frenzel, James R. Incalcaterra, Augustin C. Rubio, Jessica F. Jones, and Thomas W. Feeley. "Measuring the Value of Process Improvement Initiatives in a Preoperative Assessment Center using Time-driven Activity-based Costing." Healthcare: The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation 1, nos. 3-4 (December 2013): 136–142.
  • June 2003
  • Module Note

Design and Implementation of Activity-Based Cost Systems

By: V.G. Narayanan
Describes the main themes of the module on the design and implementation of an activity-based costing (ABC) system. Instructors can teach this module to second-year MBA students who have been exposed to activity-based costing in their first-year core accounting... View Details
Keywords: Cost Accounting
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Narayanan, V.G. "Design and Implementation of Activity-Based Cost Systems." Harvard Business School Module Note 103-075, June 2003.
  • 05 Jan 2011
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The Capricious Value of Private Equity Investments

  • 2020
  • Working Paper

Transaction Cost Economics in the Digital Economy: A Research Agenda

By: Frank Nagle, Robert Seamans and Steve Tadelis
Transaction Cost Economics (TCE) theory has played an important role in understanding when it is more efficient for a transaction between two parties to occur within the market or within an organization. However, as more transactions occur in a digitally-mediated... View Details
Keywords: Transaction Cost Economics; Digital Economy; Economics; Cost; Markets; Research; Digital Transformation
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Nagle, Frank, Robert Seamans, and Steve Tadelis. "Transaction Cost Economics in the Digital Economy: A Research Agenda." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-009, July 2020.
  • 2022
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The Effects of Public and Private Equity Markets on Firm Behavior

By: Shai Bernstein
In this article, I review the theoretical and empirical literature on the effects of public and private equity markets on firm behavior, emphasizing the consequences that emerge from disclosure requirements, ownership concentration, and degree of firm standardization.... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Finance And Governance; Financing Policy; Commercialization; Capital Markets; Private Equity; Public Equity; Venture Capital; Innovation and Invention; Cost of Capital
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Bernstein, Shai. "The Effects of Public and Private Equity Markets on Firm Behavior." Annual Review of Financial Economics 14 (2022): 295–318.
  • 07 Dec 2015
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Easing the Costs of Adoption

education, and advocacy to assist children’s adoptions. “There are 10-14 million voiceless children trapped in these hell holes around the world. We knew we would only be one arrow in the quiver to rescue the Christinas of the world, but... View Details
  • February 1996 (Revised November 2003)
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Indianapolis: Activity-Based Costing of City Services (A)

By: Robert S. Kaplan
A new administration in the City of Indianapolis is initially determined to privatize many municipal services. Before taking this action, however, the city managers want to know the current cost of performing these services with the municipal workers. Existing... View Details
Keywords: Cost Management; Public Sector; Activity Based Costing and Management; Service Delivery; Privatization; City; Indianapolis
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Kaplan, Robert S. "Indianapolis: Activity-Based Costing of City Services (A)." Harvard Business School Case 196-115, February 1996. (Revised November 2003.)
  • March 2012
  • Class Lecture

The Future of Private Equity

By: Josh Lerner
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Lerner, Josh. "The Future of Private Equity." Harvard Business School Class Lecture 212-709, March 2012.
  • 04 Nov 2013
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The Real Cost of Bribery

Keywords: Management
  • October 2004
  • Case

Costing Alternative Choices

By: David F. Hawkins and Jacob Cohen
Discusses the role of differential cost and revenues in solving alternative choice problems. View Details
Keywords: Cost Accounting; Revenue
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Hawkins, David F., and Jacob Cohen. "Costing Alternative Choices." Harvard Business School Case 105-035, October 2004.
  • September 2023 (Revised May 2024)
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Cost of Capital at DraftKings

By: Malcolm Baker, Sebastian Hillenbrand and James Barnett
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Baker, Malcolm, Sebastian Hillenbrand, and James Barnett. "Cost of Capital at DraftKings." Harvard Business School Case 224-007, September 2023. (Revised May 2024.)
  • December 2000 (Revised May 2001)
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Cost of Capital at Ameritrade

By: Mark L. Mitchell and Erik Stafford
Spreadsheet to (9-201-046). Download only. View Details
Keywords: Financial Services Industry
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Mitchell, Mark L., and Erik Stafford. "Cost of Capital at Ameritrade." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 201-711, December 2000. (Revised May 2001.)
  • 2023
  • Chapter

Private Equity Financing

By: Victoria Ivashina
The goal of this chapter is to understand the common practices of PE funds’ structure and funding. The chapter covers three topics. First, it gives an overview of the traditional private equity (PE) financing structure; then, it discusses other investment vehicles like... View Details
Keywords: Trends; Private Equity; Investment Funds
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Ivashina, Victoria. "Private Equity Financing." Chap. 4 in Private Equity and Entrepreneurial Finance. 1, edited by B. Espen Eckbo, Gordon M. Phillips, and Morten Sorensen, 139–160. Handbook of the Economics of Corporate Finance. Elsevier BV, 2023.
  • June 2006
  • Case

Home Equity Protection

Nearly 70% of households in the United States own their own home and, yet, virtually no household is insured against a crash in housing values. Is there a market for an insurance product, home equity protection, that would provide this protection? Focuses on the... View Details
Keywords: Housing; Insurance; Product Design; Equity; Insurance Industry
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Goetzmann, William N., and Laura Winig. "Home Equity Protection." Harvard Business School Case 206-110, June 2006.
  • June 2021
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Symmetric Ignorance: The Cost of Anonymous Lemons

By: Amar Bhidé
Rules that restrict information required in negotiated private transactions have spurred a vast increase in the scope of anonymous financial markets, particularly in the United States. The subtle costs of the information‐restricting rules raise questions about the... View Details
Keywords: Information Asymmetry; Liquidity; Regulation; Securities Markets; Securitization; Information; Financial Liquidity; Financial Markets; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
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Bhidé, Amar. "Symmetric Ignorance: The Cost of Anonymous Lemons." European Financial Management 27, no. 3 (June 2021): 414–425.
  • 2011
  • Working Paper

The Cost of Capital for Alternative Investments

By: Jakub W. Jurek and Erik Stafford
This paper studies the cost of capital for alternative investments. We document that the risk profile of the aggregate hedge fund universe can be accurately matched by a simple index put option writing strategy that offers monthly liquidity and complete transparency... View Details
Keywords: Cost of Capital; Financial Liquidity; Investment; Investment Return; Mathematical Methods; Risk and Uncertainty
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Jurek, Jakub W., and Erik Stafford. "The Cost of Capital for Alternative Investments." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-013, September 2011. (NBER Working Paper Series, No. 19643, November 2013.)
  • January 1988
  • Background Note

Costs of Capital Investment Proposals

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Hertenstein, Julie H. "Costs of Capital Investment Proposals." Harvard Business School Background Note 188-060, January 1988.
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