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  • 18 Nov 2014
  • First Look

First Look: November 18

own puzzles. Our review outlines the growing body of work that documents a role for debt financing related to innovation. We highlight the new literature on learning and experimentation across multi-stage... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Mar 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Reducing Risk with Online Advertising

particulars of your business is different depending on how prevalent bad affiliates are, the profit margins of bad affiliates, and what I call the discount rate of good affiliates—how quickly your good suppliers need to get paid. If they... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Video Game; Web Services
  • 31 Oct 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Quantitative Easing Didn’t Ease the Housing Crisis for the Neediest

Another tool to stimulate a distressed economy has made its way into the playbooks of central banks across the world. With quantitative easing, known as QE for short, a central bank makes it easier to borrow money by buying long-term... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 17 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 17, 2009

extremely encouraging, questions about raising his next venture round and the overall environment has made him question the wisdom of this plan. This case provides students an opportunity to explore the true cost of venture View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Turnarounds

desired.   Use Preqin to search for investments in turnaround or distressed debt companies. Under Search For select Fund Managers. In the Strategy section, select Turnaround and Distressed... View Details
  • 25 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 25

their career, want to run their own companies. This note looks at the funded search as a means to entrepreneurship through acquisition and describes the path to buy and run a business using View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 25 Apr 2005
  • Research & Ideas

New Learning at American Home Products

capabilities in maintaining and upgrading product portfolios through acquisition and divestiture. Acquisitions were financed almost wholly out of retained earnings and income... View Details
Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Chemical; Health; Manufacturing; Pharmaceutical
  • 01 Sep 2018
  • News

Escape Hatch

tech founder and startup consultant. Burned out, Staff took a few months off before enrolling at HBS to park a borrowed Airstream trailer in various towns around the Mountain West. That was an experiment in... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries
  • 01 Sep 2013
  • News

A Start-Up with Giddyup

with cowboy boots.' They're timeless and appreciated worldwide, so I don't have to guess fashion trends." Best advice "Don't worry about a business plan, just go and sell 50 pairs of boots." Capitalization... View Details
Keywords: Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores
  • 09 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 9

  Working PapersOperational Failures and Problem Solving: An Empirical Study of Incident Reporting Authors:Julia Adler-Milstein, Sara J. Singer, and Michael W. Toffel Abstract Operational failures occur in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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FAQs | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

are based on the original loan amounts and do not include any capitalized interest from in-school accrual, grace, or deferment periods. Second, you may have borrowed more than what was calculated as... View Details
  • 29 May 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Good News, Not Blues, For the Inner City

It's the dream business location. Vital infrastructure feeds the area. A committed workforce lives nearby. A large number of potential customers are packed around you. And it's the last place you thought to look: the inner city. But the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace

    John H. McConnell

    Borrowing $600 by using his car as collateral, McConnell founded Worthington Industries in 1955 and guiding it into a premier manufacturer of steel and other metal-based... View Details
    Keywords: Metals
    • August 1988 (Revised July 1996)
    • Case

    Colt Industries

    Colt Industries is a conglomerate that is considering undertaking a leveraged recapitalization. The deal would involve a large one-time dividend to stockholders, which would be financed by over $1 billion in new debt. Unlike in an leveraged buyout, however, public... View Details
    Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Equity; Economic Growth; Ownership Stake; Stocks; Borrowing and Debt; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Financial Strategy
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    • 29 Apr 2019
    • Research & Ideas

    Is the Digital Age Making Us Petty?

    With the rise of mobile payment apps like Venmo, many people can easily record the exact charges incurred by a lunch partner and pay back debts to the cent. They see themselves as efficient View Details
    Keywords: by Kristen Senz

      Abe Plough

      In 1908, with $125 borrowed from his father, Plough formed Plough, Incorporated by selling Antiseptic Heating Oil door to door. Over the next 65 years, Plough transformed his company from a small manufacturer of toiletries to a... View Details
      Keywords: Healthcare
      • 04 May 2010
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      First Look: May 4

        PublicationsAnnual Review of Financial Economics Editors:Andrew W. Lo and Robert C. Merton Publication:Vol. 1. Palo Alto: Annual Reviews, 2009 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Publisher's Book Abstract:... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • 10 Apr 2007
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      First Look: April 10, 2007

      create a partnership to acquire the assets of Parmalat in Uruguay. Focuses on their analysis prior to submitting a bid and their plan for improving the operations once their bid is accepted. In addition to improving operations, they must... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • 15 Oct 2013
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      First Look: October 15

      Returns By: Greenwood, Robin, and Dimitri Vayanos Abstract—We examine empirically how the maturity structure of government debt affects bond yields and excess returns. Our... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 22 Apr 2008
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      First Look: April 22, 2008

        Working PapersThe 'Thin Film of Gold': Monetary Rules and Policy Credibility In Developing Countries Authors:Niall Ferguson and Moritz Schularick Abstract This paper asks whether developing countries can... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace