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- 25 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 25, 2006
Jones Author's Abstract A noteworthy characteristic of the contemporary global economy is the uneven distribution of world foreign direct investment (FDI). While in the first global economy before 1929 most FDI was located in developing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Aug 2024
- Book
Why Competing With Tech Giants Requires Finding Your Own Edge
organization that provides essential services, technology, or connections used by a large number of other participants. Orchestrating an ecosystem as the hub can be a significant undertaking. It often requires a firm to make up-front View Details
- 09 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy
savings market, but they were reluctant to invest in risky new ventures. Custom and prudence dictated that the trustees of these firms confined their investments to high-grade... View Details
Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante
- 18 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 18, 2007
Analysis from a panel data set of research analysts in investment banks over 1988-1996 reveals that star analysts are more likely than non-star analysts to become entrepreneurs. Furthermore, we find that ventures started by star analysts... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Business IT Innovation is so Difficult
change, "e-selling" was the stand-in. E-buying—electronically procuring goods like pencils, staples, and toilet paper—is a simpler process, and less risky to adopt. E-selling entails a much more complex group of products and requires... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
Investment Authors:Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley, and James R. Hines Jr. Periodical:Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract Political risks increase the volatility of multinational firm operating returns, prompting firms to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 16
Development on the Investment Cash Flow Relationship: Cross-Country Evidence from Europe Authors:Bo Becker and Jagadeesh Sivadasan Publication:B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy (forthcoming) Abstract We investigate financing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 8, 2016
policy reforms flounder. Unlike incremental policy reforms, they are often seen to be politically risky and prone to failure. Using examples of success and failure, coupled with insights from practitioners and academics who have succeeded... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
How Government can Discourage Private Sector Reliance on Short-Term Debt
For the last decade or so financial institutions have relied increasingly and excessively on short-term financing, risky business that could quickly go south when a souring economy made it impossible for firms to roll over their... View Details
- 03 Apr 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018
downstream exposure, we construct firm-specific exogenous credit supply shocks and estimate their direct and indirect effects on real activity. Credit supply shocks have sizable direct and downstream propagation effects on investment and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
financing a risky venture. Structured experimentation, popularized by Eric Ries’ The Lean Startup, has been widely embraced as the gold standard for how to approach the commercialization of radical new ideas. From Boston to Beijing to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate
viewed as a new asset class that competes with stocks and bonds for investment capital. It earned that newfound status on the strength of market-stabilizing structural changes that took root after the last crash. "Everything we do... View Details
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
How can nonprofit leaders address such conflicting demands? Harvard Business School Working Knowledge recently spoke with two leaders in the field of nonprofit performance management. Mario Morino is cofounder and chairman of Venture Philanthropy Partners, which... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 03 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance
casebook. The cases in these modules illustrate the range of issues that arise in multinational financial management—from managing foreign currency exposures to determining a subsidiary's capital structure to valuing an investment in a... View Details
- 01 Nov 2016
- First Look
First Look - November 1, 2016
brands. Companies can leverage storytelling to build their brands, and careful brand extensions can grow the business as long as they do not alienate core loyalists. Other potentially risky opportunities to weigh carefully are moving... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Big Money for Big Projects
decision to invest in a very large and very risky project. If done as part of the corporate balance sheet, there is a possibility that the project could drag the parent or "sponsoring" company into... View Details
- 12 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 12, 2006
risky investments under profound uncertainty and long time horizons for R&D; how to learn rapidly enough to keep pace with advances in drug science knowledge; and how to integrate capabilities across a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
To Pay or Not to Pay: Argentina and the International Debt Market
One of the most damaging results of the FSIA is a false perception that foreign debt was made less risky than it is. The limited enforcement rights of investors means that sovereign debt remains risky, regardless of whether it is issued... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Alfaro
- 25 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
It’s All in a Name: Reputable Investors Help Startups Shine
cautions. However, a well-known and reputable investor may enhance the promise that the investment succeeds—just by attracting higher quality stakeholders. “If a company is backed by these top investors, and better talent is attracted, it... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 17 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 17, 2018
Programs By: Hanson, Samuel G., David S. Scharfstein, and Adi Sunderam Abstract—We develop a model of government portfolio choice in which a benevolent government chooses the scale of risky projects in the presence of market failures and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman