International Entrepreneurial Finance - Publications - Faculty & Research

May 2006 (Revised November 2006)
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China: To Float or Not To Float? (F)- Alcatel and Strong Chinese Competition

By: Laura Alfaro, Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel

The Chinese operations of Alcatel, a global communications solution provider based in France, were faced with strong local competition and a difficult market. It remained unclear how Alcatel would be able to recover growth in the Chinese market. Initiatives were... View Details

Keywords: Currency Exchange Rate; International Relations; Growth and Development Strategy; Research and Development; Competitive Strategy; Horizontal Integration; Communications Industry; China; France; United States

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12 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer

International Finance Corporation. Our book, A Corporate Solution to Global Poverty: How Multinationals Can Help the Poor and Invigorate Their Own Legitimacy, will be published soon by Princeton University... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

07 Apr 2008
Research & Ideas

The Debate over Taxing Foreign Profits

Kerry blasted "Benedict Arnold CEOs" for using tax advantages to do exactly that. We asked Harvard Business School professor Mihir Desai, an expert on international and corporate finance, to guide us through the complicated U.S.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

27 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27

relationship between green business and governments. The struggles of entrepreneurial pioneers have rarely proved profitable, as they were forced to compete with conventional businesses that ignored negative environmental externalities... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018

status of the individual. Then, in a field experiment at an entrepreneurial pitch competition, where pride displays are common and stakes are high, we find suggestive evidence that learning about the failures of a successful entrepreneur... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

15 Aug 2006
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Working PapersOptimal Reserve Management and Sovereign Debt Authors:Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk Abstract Most models currently used to determine optimal foreign reserve holdings take the level of international debt as given. However,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 14

the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/13-012.pdf FIN Around the World: The Contribution of Financing Activity to Profitability Authors:Russell Lundholm, George Serafeim, and Gwen Yu Abstract We study how the availability of domestic... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Oct 2007
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First Look: October 16, 2007

companies, anti-trust legislation, expropriations, and rising competition from international and local rivals. Focuses on developing a new global strategy for a company that placed a premium on a consensual management style and local... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Sep 2002
Research & Ideas

The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs

influence may not have nourished an internal candidate needed to take the firm past its early, entrepreneurial stage. The closed CEO labor market and the consequences it has wrought fundamentally threaten... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

25 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 25

evidence that this effect is driven by psychological reactance rather than by overcompensation for potential bias. We discuss both the theoretical and practical implications of our findings. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2280370 The View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

08 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 8

but real differences in corporate finance and investment through two different channels: a "more money" effect arising from the debt coinsurance feature of conglomerates and a "smarter money" effect arising from more... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Jun 2008
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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

18 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

Wrap-up: Software, Telecom, and Recovery

"But I think what we've all found is that there is a place for venture capital that plays a profound role in helping build, that participates in situational coaching and hands-on partnering with an entrepreneurial team to make... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild & Martha Lagace; Financial Services; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

18 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]

tasks like perfecting their technology, learning how to manufacture it, and financing the needed investments in research, development, and marketing through a combination of product sales and venture funding. And so emerged several... View Details

Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg

23 Apr 2008
Op-Ed

The Gap in the U.S. Treasury Recommendations

not disappear. With tightened credit standards and higher capital requirements on loans, it became more profitable for banks to package loans as securities and sell the credit risk to the buyers of securities in the domestic and View Details

Keywords: by Dwight Crane; Banking; Construction; Real Estate; Financial Services

14 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 14, 2010

productivity effects of organizational practices remains a challenge for future research. Does Intellectual Property Rights Reform Spur Industrial Development? Authors:Lee Branstetter, Ray Fisman, C. Fritz Foley, and Kamal Saggi Publication:Journal of View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Sep 2015
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September 15, 2015

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49614 October 2015 Journal of Finance The Cost of Capital for Alternative Investments By: Jurek, Jakub W., and Erik Stafford Abstract—Traditional risk factor models indicate that hedge funds... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 18, 2008

internal coordination issues with the company's sales force, and the financial returns versus other uses of capital for the company. The case raises issues in aligning business strategy and sales management systems, motivating and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 7

that internal agglomerations have a positive impact on location. The effects of internal agglomerations vary by activity, and they arise both within an activity (e.g., among plants) and across activities... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

April 2009
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The First Global Financial Crisis of the 21st Century

By: Laura Alfaro and Renee Kim

The global economy was expected to suffer from negative growth for the full year in 2009, a phenomenon not seen since World War II. While the U.S. subprime mortgage disaster was blamed as the original instigator, it was noted that the "global imbalances" of the U.S.... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Mortgages; Globalized Economies and Regions; Policy; International Relations; Business and Government Relations; Conflict and Resolution

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