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- April 1993
- Teaching Note
Grupo Industrial Alfa, S.A.,1982 (TN)
By: Timothy A. Luehrman
Teaching Note for (9-292-008). View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Professors Introduce Valuation Software
In an age when mergers, acquisitions, and spin-offs are increasingly common in business, you need a new skill in your kit bag: the ability to analyze and value potential partners, deals, investments—even... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Oct 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Achieving Excellence in Nonprofits
Sean Silverthorne: What organizations are included in "social enterprise," and why do you define it in the way that you do? Herman "Dutch" Leonard: We include as a "social enterprise" any organization that... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
standard-deviation increase in both bank-relationship strength and cross-selling potential is associated with a 16 basis point (5%) decrease in spread and a 0.4 point (7%) increase in the Maximum View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Jul 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: Real Estate
The crisis may have started with residential real estate but it is also affecting commercial real estate. Asset prices have fallen and are expect to decline further; there are likely to be massive defaults; View Details
- 10 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
A New Case at Harvard Business School Highlights the Real-World Issues for Latinx Considering an MBA
leaving that position to take on student debt is considerable. “You almost feel guilty about putting that idea in front of your family, who has perhaps been working their whole life to make the income that you're making as a 22-year old,”... View Details
- 02 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 2
and Finance (forthcoming). (Also Harvard Business School Working Paper No. 05-053 and NBER Working Paper No. 13131.) Abstract The main arguments in favor of and against nominal... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Handicapping the Best Countries for Business
(Italy), demographic and entrepreneurial problems (Japan), or excessive consumption and debt problems (USA). Q: One of the surprises I had in reading the book was your... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 6, 2015
paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49779 Home Equity Finance and Entrepreneurial Performance—Evidence from a Mortgage Reform By: Jensen, Thais Laerkholm, Søren Leth-Petersen, and Ramana... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Oct 2007
- What Do You Think?
Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?
private equity management were oversold companies taken over by private equity groups have been stripped of their assets and hold unsustainable debt burdens." Gerald Nanninga, in lamenting the decline... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 17 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
How ‘Hybrid’ Nonprofits Can Stay on Mission
the number of active borrowers plummeted, and the profit margin dropped, too. "They basically had to deal with conflict that became intractable," Battilana says. Los Andes's launch in 1995 came three years... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
for the addition to the company's balance sheet of a significant amount of new debt and a reshaping of the capital structure. While leveraged buyouts had been used in Europe for several years, this was... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 21, 2007
do with an East Coast distribution center that is losing money but may be useful strategically. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807061 Prosper Marketplace, Inc. Harvard Business School Case 807-074 Describes a set of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
Examining mechanisms, we demonstrate that cognitive ability increases participation; however, and in contrast to previous research, financial literacy education does not affect decisions. We conclude by discussing how education may affect... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
European banking sector, what decision should Crédit Agricole take regarding Emporiki? Through the example of this European cross-border acquisition the case looks at the Greek banking system before and during the unprecedented Greek... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
Meet the Black Investment Club
companies, a sale of a health care portfolio company, and several debt refinancings to facilitate portfolio company growth. This summer, Akapelwa expanded on his financial services experience at Kohlberg... View Details
- 18 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Bias of Wall Street Analysts
those that are the most optimistic, on average. All else equal, managers would clearly favor hiring a brokerage with analysts that are the most optimistic about the firm's future prospects. Analysts are persistently overoptimistic in their forecasts for the firms... View Details
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Setting the Stage: A Young Scholar at HBS
are commonly called thrifts: savings banks, savings and loan associations, and credit unions. Savings institutions were really the first financial intermediaries established specifically to serve the... View Details
- 09 Sep 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching Climate Change to Skeptics
A few years ago, Joseph B. Lassiter traveled to San Francisco, Houston, and New York to hold discussions with Harvard alumni on the topic of business and the environment. Each time, he surveyed the audience about the touchy subject of climate change and how society... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 12 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Accounting Information as Political Currency
management can be used to mislead financial-statement users, including shareholders, debt holders, regulators, and so on. Q: Would your methods apply in countries other than the United States? A: The data... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace