Investment Decisions - Publications - Faculty & Research

March 2009
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Groupe Eurotunnel S.A. (B): Restructuring Under the Procedure de Sauvegarde

By: Stuart C. Gilson, Vincent Marie Dessain and Sarah Abbott

In mid-2007 the chairman and CEO of Eurotunnel Group, having elected to file for bankruptcy under a newly-enacted French insolvency law, awaits the outcome of a vote by creditors and shareholders. At least 50% of the shareholders must approve the plan, however they... View Details

Keywords: Restructuring; Capital Structure; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Law; Valuation; Assets; Investment Funds; Voting; Business and Shareholder Relations; Ownership; Outcome or Result; France

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March 2005
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Short- and Long-term Demand Curves for Stocks: Theory and Evidence on the Dynamics of Arbitrage

By: Robin Greenwood

I develop a framework to analyze demand curves for multiple risky securities at extended horizons in a setting with limits-to-arbitrage. Following an unexpected change in uninformed investor demand for several assets, I predict returns of each security to be... View Details

Keywords: Limits To Arbitrage; Event Studies; Demand Curves; Portfolio Choice; Framework; Demand and Consumers; Change; Risk and Uncertainty; Debt Securities; Forecasting and Prediction; Stocks; Assets; Investment Portfolio; System Shocks; Price; Japan

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05 Aug 2014
News

A Diversified Portfolio

real business opportunity to invest in companies with high-growth potential and at least one woman in a leadership role that were being overlooked by the traditional VC community. Sometimes, in order to see an opportunity, you have to be... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

01 Sep 2018
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From Das’s Desk

HBS, your professional status, your relative age, where you are in your personal life, and your aspirations generally. Looking at our alumni population using this framework will inform some early decisions on new programs to pilot, such... View Details

Keywords: Das Narayandas

01 Mar 2007
News

Security Chief

CEO, having first served six months as COO. Since 9/11, it’s hard to think of a business with more growth potential than security. Even before that fateful day in 2001, GE executives made the strategic decision to build from scratch a... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; technology-based security business; Management; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

17 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 17

responsibility for securing these materials. Working PapersPayout Taxes and the Allocation of Investment Authors:Bo Becker, Marcus Jacob, and Martin Jacob Abstract When corporate payout is taxed, internal equity (retained earnings) is... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Africa - Global Activities 2020

Africa Africa Fellowship Enables Alumni to Accelerate Economic Growth in Africa Pictured: Peak Investment Capital in Ghana works with companies such as Pinkberry Frozen Yogurt to help further their success in Africa. Although Tuyee Yeboah... View Details

23 May 2019
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Marla Beck, MBA/MPA 1998

decision to buck the industry standard and invest in employees. “Our business model gives employees a career path,” she says, noting that half of the company’s top managers started as sales associates. As... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

02 Feb 2016
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February 2, 2016

Abstract—Seven experiments explore people's decisions to share or withhold personal information and the wisdom of such decisions. When people choose not to reveal information—to be "hiders"—they are judged negatively by others... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 17

working capital and investment needs. In evaluating by which means Elman should raise capital, students must consider issues relating to the payment terms and financing arrangements used in world trade, as well as the risk management and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2021
Blog Post

Best Practices for Creating a Successful Virtual Internship

the move to remote and will continue that plan in 2021. “What Google did especially well when rolling out a remote internship program (in lieu of their in-person program in 2020) was make a decision early and then clearly communicate that... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

27 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement

Published Papers Do the Right Firms Survive Bankruptcy? Journal of Financial Economics Samuel Antill “In United States, Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases, firms are either reorganized, acquired, or liquidated. I show that decisions to liquidate... View Details

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Phillip Michael Strazzulla

fifth grade. He and his brother would listen to the adults talking about investments and became intrigued. Already showing an entrepreneurial side, Strazzulla made money mowing lawns and trading baseball cards. But after he made his first... View Details

27 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 27

a new business venture is one of the most important decisions entrepreneurs will face: Should they go it alone or bring in cofounders, hires, and investors to help build the business? More than just financial rewards are at stake.... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 1

retailers is not too high, having an online channel can actually increase investment in store assistance levels (e.g., greater shelf display, more-qualified sales staff, floor samples) and decrease profits. Consequently, when the View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Oct 2024
Blog Post

High-Tech Greenhouse Innovations in The Netherlands

company known for its high-quality roses and sustainable practices. Koppert Cress is a leading producer of microgreens, cresses, and edible flowers. It leverages technologically advanced greenhouses to produce 70-80 offerings. Koppert Cress has View Details

01 Oct 1998
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Putting on the Wheels

capital to highly motivated workers anxious to put aside the past and to justify the decision by GM - the world's largest automobile manufacturer - to invest in them and their community. Eisenach, Hughes... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

12 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting

short-term returns and better understand the investments necessary to ensure long-term viability. Second, other stakeholders will begin to appreciate the need for a company to make a profit if it is to create value over the long term.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Apr 1996
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Stewards of the Seventh Generation

Resources for the Future, a Washington, D.C., think tank dedicated to providing research and policy analysis for environmental decision makers. "And even if returns on environmental investments were always... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso, Garry Emmons, Linda Goodspeed, and Elaine Gottlieb

01 Jun 2009
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Alumni Books

The People Factor: Strengthening America by Investing in Public Service by Linda J. Bilmes (MBA ’84) and W. Scott Gould (Brookings Institution Press) The authors argue that the federal government can achieve the same gains as the best... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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