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  • 19 Sep 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?

he's seen improvements in the way reinsurers distribute risk over the last two decades, he still questions whether reinsurers in their current form can survive a major catastrophic event. "Reinsurers assume the risk of, and hold the View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Financial Services
  • 06 Feb 2007
  • First Look

First Look: February 6, 2007

  Working PapersThe Rise of Business Forecasting Agencies in the United States Author:Walter A. Friedman Abstract This paper analyzes the rise of business and economic forecasting agencies in the United States. The field was developed by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Mar 2014
  • News

A Life Transformed

heads to keep them dry. Wading through the water, we had to watch out for snakes that had been driven from their homes by the flooding." Civilization was only 60 kilometers away, in the state capital of... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Finance; Transportation
  • October 2017
  • Supplement

Snap Inc. Goes Public (B)

By: Lynn Sharp Paine and Will Hurwitz
Supplements the (A) case.

Snap Inc.’s chairman must decide how to address investor concerns about the company’s unprecedented plans to issue only non-voting shares in its upcoming IPO. View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Capital Structure; Corporate Accountability; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Going Public; Business and Shareholder Relations; Leadership; Management; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Venture Capital; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States; California
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  • 17 May 2016
  • First Look

May 17, 2016

in press Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Flying into a Rage: Physical and Situational Inequality on Airplanes Predict Air Rage By: DeCelles, K.A., and Michael I. Norton Abstract—We posit... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2009
  • News

The Fab Four

submitted were quite a bit different from what they first showed me.” A member of Staples’ original management team, Krasnow is currently a domain expert in marketing at Highland Capital Partners, a Boston-based venture View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; contests; Technical and Trade Schools; Educational Services; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • 27 May 2015
  • News

A Playbook for Making America More Entrepreneurial

Keywords: entrepreneurship; public policy; middle skills gap; employee training; small businesses
  • 02 Jan 2020
  • Op-Ed

Medicare for All or Public Option: Can Either Heal Health Care?

The United States has serious health care problems: More than 27 million uninsured people, costs that are growing faster than income, and a staggering $37 trillion of unfunded liabilities in the Medicare program. Perhaps most alarming:... View Details
Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger and James Wallace; Health; Public Administration
  • December 2017 (Revised February 2021)
  • Case

Bega Cheese: Bidding to Bring Vegemite Back Home

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Lauren G. Pickle
In January 2017, the leadership team of Bega Cheese—the Australian dairy company—was considering a bid for Mondelēz International’s Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) grocery business, which included several leading consumer brands such as Vegemite, the iconic Australian... View Details
Keywords: Mergers ＆ Acquisitions; Value Drivers; Discounted Cash Flow (DCF); Dairy Industry; Corporate Scope; Consumer Goods; Iconic Brands; Bidding Strategy; Cross Border; Financing; Mergers and Acquisitions; Valuation; Value Creation; Diversification; Business Divisions; Corporate Finance; Capital Structure; Food; Bids and Bidding; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Australia; United States
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  • 05 Jul 2006
  • First Look

First Look: July 5, 2006

predictive and prescriptive implications, this theory contributes to the general notion that pricing might affect as much as capture perceived value. Paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/06-055.pdf Capital Structure with Risky Foreign... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2018
  • News

Trade Off

trade and capital flows created a world that looked in many ways like ours. Yet even in the early 20th century, there remained tensions of increasing inequality and wage competition in a context of ruthless international rivalry.... View Details
  • October 2017 (Revised April 2024)
  • Case

Snap Inc. Goes Public (A)

By: Lynn Sharp Paine and Will Hurwitz
Snap Inc.’s chairman must decide how to address investor concerns about the company’s unprecedented plans to issue only non-voting shares in its upcoming IPO. The case is set in early 2017 following the public availability of Snap’s IPO filing with the U.S. Securities... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Capital Structure; Corporate Accountability; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Going Public; Business and Shareholder Relations; Leadership; Management; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Venture Capital; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States; California
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  • 10 Sep 2013
  • First Look

First Look: September 10

ethically by cheating less. We further found that priming time reduces cheating by making people reflect on who they are. Implications for the use of time versus money primes in discouraging or promoting dishonesty are discussed.   Working Papers View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2012
  • News

Competitiveness at Risk

about the project. Why did HBS launch the project? Rivkin: Many of us at the School have come to believe that the ability of firms in the United States to be competitive in the world economy and to support living standards in America is... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Educational Support Services; Educational Services
  • 06 Apr 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?

In trying to secure financial backing for a new product, independent innovators generally face the question of how much to invest in development before showing it around. Should they create, say, a working prototype (and maybe even generate sales) or pitch the idea for... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Motion Pictures & Video; Entertainment & Recreation; Banking
  • March 2010 (Revised May 2010)
  • Case

Disruptive IPOs? WR Hambrecht & Co.

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Tara Donovan
Bill Hambrecht faces a dilemma: should he accept a high profile client for his online Dutch auction IPO? Though it would be viewed as a real coup, what would accepting the business mean to WR Hambrecht? Should he seek other high profile clients like this, or should he... View Details
Keywords: Capital Markets; Initial Public Offering; Disruptive Innovation; Auctions; Online Technology; Financial Services Industry; San Francisco
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  • 01 Oct 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Five Questions for James Austin

these collaborations? What about the downsides? Does a nonprofit run the risk of muddying or diluting its mission as a result of collaboration? A: Nonprofits in strategic alliances often state that often more than financial assistance,... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
  • 14 Oct 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Time that Government Reopens for Business

Gridlock has unfortunately become a way of political life in the nation's capital. But as of midnight on September 30, things went from bad to worse with the shutdown of funding for the federal government. And as if that weren't unsettling enough, more trouble lies... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
  • 01 Mar 2019
  • News

Case Study: Off to a Fine Art

option to her online consignment ceramics offerings, Giridharadas recouped about half of her investment within four months. Now she sees a bigger opportunity: Party supply rentals were a $5 billion industry in the United States in 2017,... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
  • 03 Sep 2013
  • First Look

First Look: September 3

  Publications August 2013 The Accounting Review (forthcoming) Do Analysts Follow Managers Who Switch Companies? An Analysis of Relationships in the Capital Markets By: Brochet, Francois, Gregory S. Miller, and Suraj Srinivasan... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne