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- 03 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 3, 2009
assignment of termination and broad licensing rights to the financing firm occurs in contractually difficult environments in which there is no specifiable lead product candidate. We also analyze how the contractual design varies with the R&D firm's View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
demand and the profitability to engage in exports and R&D, thereby relaxing borrowing constraints and enabling more firms to overcome the fixed-cost hurdle for financing R&D. We decompose the effects of RER changes on productivity... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 27
a new business venture is one of the most important decisions entrepreneurs will face: Should they go it alone or bring in cofounders, hires, and investors to help build the business? More than just financial rewards are at stake.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 03 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance
common mistakes made by international managers, and the development of his book for readers interested in "the opportunities of managing in a global setting." Sean Silverthorne: International Finance and its case studies explore various dimensions of View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- First Look
First Look -- September 1, 2015
(Study 2). Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49533 forthcoming Review of Financial Studies Do Measures of Financial Constraints Measure View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Bias of Wall Street Analysts
overoptimistic assumptions embedded in that research. The bigger problem is that not all investors are able to rigorously study financial statement analysis and valuation, and given constraints on time,... View Details
- 13 Aug 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Managing the Family Business: Entrepreneurs Needed for Long-Run Success
generations of the family are supposed to take care of and grow the founder's creation; they are not expected to be entrepreneurs themselves. Even attempting to reinvent the family company can be seen as disloyal by the family. This View Details
Keywords: by Michael J. Roberts
- 20 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 20
contained in the mandatory transitional documents required by International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 1 (2005). We find significant negative abnormal returns for firms reporting negative earnings reconciliation. Although the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
Illinois has serious financial issues, Chicagoland has far more vitality, economic activity, and interaction between downtown and the suburbs than Detroit. In terms of basic infrastructure, (water, bridges, and roads, for example), cities... View Details
- 20 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 20, 2007
model to establish these interrelationships at a firm level. Using publicly available financial data we estimate the six causal effects among sales, inventory, and gross margin. Our results show that sales, inventory, and gross margin are... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Can Obamacare Be Saved?
On August 15th, Aetna announced that it would reduce by 80 percent its participation in the Obama administration’s public exchanges for health insurance policies in 2017, citing significant financial losses. The move came just a few weeks... View Details
- 12 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 12, 2006
change. Purchase this article: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=R0612E Why Do Firms Hold So Much Cash? A Tax-Based Explanation Authors:Foley, C. Fritz, Jay Hartzell, Sheridan Titman, and Garry Twite Periodical:Journal of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 15, 2008
fixed capacity viable. Another constraint is the poor state of its basic financial systems. Morale is low and thus staff turnover is high, with many clinicians taking patients with them into their private... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 17, 2008
Working PapersExplaining International Differences in Entrepreneurship: The Role of Individual Characteristics and Regulatory Constraints Authors:Silvia Ardagna and Annamaria Lusardi Abstract We use a micro dataset that collects... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 May 2016
- First Look
First Look, May 3, 2016
Zou Abstract—There is relatively little prior evidence on the potential impact of rank and file employees on financial reporting choices outside union negotiations. We contribute to the literature by providing new evidence that firms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Can Start Ups Grow?
high levels of entrepreneurial activity, which in turn gave me a large enough sample to work with. Second, it is not an industry where venture capital activity is very high, making it a good setting to study growth in the absence of View Details
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
likely would be difficult to finance externally. We argue that a developed financial system can facilitate exports, and we test three implications. First, a more developed financial system is associated with... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 25 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 25
controlled the allocation of financial resources into two new varieties of state capitalism: Leviathan as a majority and as a minority investor. In this book we study the implications of such transformation using detailed data from Brazil... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 29 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 29
since the 1980s has coincided with a strong revival in interest in local traditions and practices, which is particularly noticeable in some of the fastest growing emerging markets such as China. Working Papers Do Measures of Financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-049.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsAbsolute Return for Kids Harvard Business School Case 309-036 Absolute Return for Kids [ARK] is a charity with strong financial support—what are the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace