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  • 23 Jun 2021
  • Research & Ideas

One More Way the Startup World Hampers Women Entrepreneurs

Ruiqing "Sam" Cao. That reality is particularly problematic for female entrepreneurs, who are more likely to invent products that address the needs of female consumers. “You could imagine those products being discounted because the men on... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 17 Apr 2017
  • HBS Case

This Turkish Debt Collector Is Customer-friendly

NPLs—including mortgages, credit cards, and car loans on which customers had defaulted. “At a certain point, it becomes clear to banks that they can’t collect without a lot of effort, so their choice is to write the loan off completely, or sell it at a deep View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services
  • 22 May 2007
  • First Look

First Look: May 22, 2007

realized bond risk and bond return volatility. The yield spread appears to proxy for business conditions, while the short rate appears to proxy for inflation and economic uncertainty. A decomposition of bond betas into a real cash flow... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Jul 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018

permanent cash flow shocks and transitory discount rate shocks to asset prices and returns. An increase in the cross-country correlations of cash flow shocks raises the risk of a globally diversified... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Mar 2006
  • News

Tap into Valuable Alumni Resources

boards. In addition, there are international job opportunities and reciprocal access to listings posted by Stanford, Kellogg, and INSEAD. Lifelong Learning: This is perhaps the area about which alumni are least aware, but where HBS excels. Did you know that alumni get... View Details
Keywords: Peter Cooper; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 23 Jan 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 23, 2018

work pace patterns provide evidence for a time discounting mechanism: workers discount idle time when it is relatively distant but act to avoid it increasingly as it becomes more proximate. Finally, Study 4... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 19, 2010

flows equal the forecasted cash flows plus an omitted downside. When the omitted downside is temporary, the adjustment is to deflate the forecasts and to set the discount rate equal to the cost of capital.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Feb 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

and Heidi Liu Abstract— Eleven experiments provide evidence that people have a tendency to “shoot the messenger,” deeming innocent bearers of bad news unlikeable. In a preregistered lab experiment, participants rated messengers who... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Dec 2014
  • News

Case Study: Growing the Family Business

centers profitable more quickly. — Bob Poulin (MBA 1985) The premium in the hourly rates is well deserved, but you are giving too much value away by not covering fixed/setup costs. I believe the source of funds to finance the expansion is... View Details
Keywords: childcare; Finance
  • 18 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 18

that these spillover effects cannot be seamlessly offset, even though issuers are large, highly rated firms. Our results illustrate that instabilities associated with money market funds persist despite recent changes to the regulations... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Feb 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Are Company Founders Underpaid?

of the founder discount changes dramatically as the venture evolves. In the early stages of growth, the discount is much bigger, but it largely disappears in later-stage ventures. The result is even more... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Financial Services; Technology
  • 26 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 26, 2008

similar behavior following periods of poor financial performance. In addition to offering promotions more frequently, we find that firms offer deeper price discounts to manage earnings during these periods. Furthermore, our results... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 2008
  • News

Seth Klarman

Professor Bill Poorvu recruited him to help manage a $27 million pool of capital in the newly formed Baupost. While the starting salary was an underwhelming $35K, it turned out to be the opportunity of a lifetime. In 26 years, Baupost has racked up an enviable 20... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance
  • 01 Mar 2018
  • News

Making Sense of the Modern Startup

second senior advisor delivered some further bad news. The higher the teaching ratings you get, he told Sahlman, the more likely you won’t be promoted. Come again? Entrepreneurship is amorphous. It’s storytelling. And storytelling is... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
  • 26 Jun 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018

sellers' product spaces. We find evidence consistent with the former explanation: the likelihood of Amazon's entry is positively correlated with the popularity and customer ratings of third-party sellers' products. We also find that... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Oct 2000
  • News

Laura Scher of Working Assets

socially responsible Working Assets Money Market Fund. Working Assets Funding Service emerged from the fund entity in 1988 and now operates various enterprises, with telecommunications as its core service. The company purchases long-distance telephone time at bulk-rate... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
  • 10 Nov 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Hard Numbers on Social Investments

a willingness to accept a social discount to financial returns. However, some in the social investing community believe that this is simply untrue. Because of the increased risk associated with investing in early-stage social ventures,... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
  • 13 May 2014
  • First Look

First Look: May 13

eligible for a discount on the purchase price conditional on their achieving the sales targets set by the franchisor. We show that car dealers (franchisees) who exclusively deal in cars of the brand offered by the franchisor receive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2012
  • News

Shop Talk, Different Avenues

disruptive business model: an online site that requires customers to register, featuring flash sales of discounted luxury goods for men and women in categories including designer clothing, accessories, home goods, food and wine, and... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; shopping; e-commerce; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade
  • 02 May 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Casino Payoff: Hands-Off Management Works Best

look at banks, for example, they have localized decision rights in many cases, where branch managers and even some tellers have the ability to make loan decisions or give customers a better rate than what the guidelines say. In sales... View Details
Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Entertainment & Recreation
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