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- 22 Feb 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Consumer Demand for Prize-Linked Savings: A Preliminary Analysis
- November 2007
- Article
If Private Equity Sized Up Your Business
By: Robert C. Pozen
This article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. As the dust settles on the recent frenzy of private equity deals (including... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Capital Structure; Private Equity; Investment Return; Governing and Advisory Boards; Executive Compensation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Value Creation; Financial Services Industry
Pozen, Robert C. "If Private Equity Sized Up Your Business." Harvard Business Review 85, no. 11 (November 2007).
- 29 Jun 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Trade Credit and Taxes
- 16 May 2023
- HBS Case
How KKR Got More by Giving Ownership to the Factory Floor: ‘My Kids Are Going to College!’
company set up financial literacy workshops and tied dividends to ongoing financial performance. What makes an ownership mindset? But the payout seemed far off for many, and previous private equity promises had been cheap. Stavros and... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 04 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Governing the Family-Run Business
dividends than do their relative owners who work in the business. Both viewpoints are typically legitimate and must be reconciled in a respectful way to set direction for the enterprise and preserve harmony in the family. To effectively... View Details
- 09 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Unilever—A Case Study
that the two companies should at all times pay dividends of equivalent value in sterling and guilders. There were two head offices—in London and Rotterdam—and two chairmen. Until 1996 the "chief executive" role was performed by... View Details
- 18 Apr 2023
- Research & Ideas
The Best Person to Lead Your Company Doesn't Work There—Yet
includes more firms, the researchers note. Strategy yields dividends for companies and new CEOs Choosing an external CEO seems to pay off for both the executive and the private equity firm itself, the research finds. The average PE fund... View Details
- 07 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Effective Leaders Share the Spotlight with Their Teams
likely to call on colleagues than were male and younger managers. Sharing the spotlight pays off The willingness to engage colleagues in the boardroom appears to also pay dividends in the stock market. Firms with CEOs who made a habit of... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- Research Summary
Output and asset price fluctuations
What are the sources of business cycles? How are these shocks propagated in the economy? Why are their effects so persistent? How can we explain asset price fluctuations? How are shocks transmitted internationally?To study these questions, I have developed a series... View Details
- 2010
- Book
The Big Ditch: How America Took, Built, Ran, and Ultimately Gave Away the Panama Canal
By: Noel Maurer and Carlos Yu
On August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal was officially opened for business, thus changing the face of both world trade and military power and playing a pivotal role in the rise of the United States on the world stage. Today we view the creation of the Panama Canal as a... View Details
Keywords: Political History; For-Profit Firms; Development Economics; Infrastructure; State Ownership; Ship Transportation; Panama; United States
Maurer, Noel, and Carlos Yu. The Big Ditch: How America Took, Built, Ran, and Ultimately Gave Away the Panama Canal. Princeton University Press, 2010.
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Organizing the Family-Run Business
Shareholders Good boards balance their commitments to company and shareholder needs. For instance, the board should not necessarily authorize large dividends or help promote other shareholder goals like family employment or family... View Details
- 19 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Brand Manager’s Guide to Losing Control
will defend you," Avery tells brand managers. "If people start bashing a beloved brand, there is a ready group of organized consumers who swoop in and say, 'Don't beat up our brand!' Treating your communities well during good times can pay View Details
- 06 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Behavioral Finance—Benefiting from Irrational Investors
wide range of corporate finance implications," he says. "How does a company determine its capital structure? What sort of dividend policy might it undertake? How do market inefficiencies change how a company markets securities,... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 09 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
Five Steps to Better Family Negotiations
family members to manage—and negotiate over—in a family business system. Issues such as dividends and reinvestment, nepotism and professionalism, loyalty to stakeholders, and organizational change are ever present; they can be tripwires... View Details
Keywords: by John A. Davis and Deepak Malhotra
- 15 Jul 2019
- Book
Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence
distribute it, should you use dividends or buybacks? In the last 20 years, we’ve seen this shift from keeping cash to distributing cash through buybacks. This trend is either demonized or heralded while the truth is more subtle. The... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 10 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures
but also as a lab for many basic questions in finance. For example, multinationals must design repatriation policies for their subsidiaries around the world. Their incentives in doing so bear a striking resemblance to how firms design View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 22 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 22
empirical evidence is most persuasive in favor of agency considerations. Studies centered on the May 2003 dividend tax cut confirm that differences in the taxation of dividends and capital gains have only a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 29, 2016
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/315074-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 216-041 The Galaxy Dividend Income Growth Fund's Option Investment Strategies This case is designed to provide an elementary introduction to options and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Tax Strategies Mirror Personal Returns of Top Execs
several years while fellow billionaire Warren Buffett paid $1.8 million in taxes for 2015. “The decision to accelerate that dividend was driven in large part by the executives’ preferences” The issue is not that Trump knew about tax... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 30 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Computer Security is For Managers, Too
dividends as well. Test and benchmark. Security professionals have a terrible habit of starting with a dramatic security audit—a staged attempt to defeat a company's defenses. But companies should save their money because the results of a... View Details