Asset Sales - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Jan 2025
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The Network Effect

Karan Mathur (left) and Dina Model (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) When Dina Model and Karan Mathur (both MBA 2015) met through mutual friends during their first year at HBS, neither was envisioning a future business deal. “We didn’t realize that we had shared... View Details

01 Sep 2015
News

Is the Auction House of the Future Online?

online-only model requires limited physical infrastructure, allowing Paddle8 to expedite sales and charge a commission of 8 to 15 percent, well below some auction houses’ 20 to 25 percent commissions. For Julka, it’s the sharing economy... View Details

Keywords: April White; Wu-Tang Clan

02 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

‘Retail Revolution’ Excerpt: The Scale of the Ecommerce Threat

barring radical changes, stores with long-term leases are largely at the mercy of the deteriorations in same-store sales and gross margin caused by eCommerce. As brick-and-mortar sales per store decline,... View Details

Keywords: Re: Rajiv Lal; Retail

20 Dec 2016
First Look

December 20, 2016

instant availability of funds invested in liquid assets overseas, thereby limiting firms’ ability to rapidly and/or aggressively respond to competitive market conditions. More specifically, we show that the effects of cash holdings on... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

04 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

The Right Way to Restructure Conglomerates in Emerging Markets

handle. It also poses practical problems. For instance, how easy is it to estimate a reliable breakup value for a business group in the middle of a fire sale and in the absence of a well-developed market for View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna & Krishna Palepu

01 Sep 2013
News

Passion & Purpose

Founding Partner and Managing Director, JGP Asset Management Rio de Janeiro, Brazil André R. Jakurski “I do not believe in long-range planning. Most of the important things that have happened in my life were not planned.” Having learned... View Details

Keywords: awards; Finance; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Sep 2003
News

Sharon Patrick

Patrick acknowledges the challenges of the last sixteen months due to the federal investigation and indictment of Stewart for a personal stock sale unrelated to MSO. However, she remains upbeat. “The strength of our content and business... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Finance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

18 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Ideas, April 18

March 27, 2017 Harvard Business Review How the Water Industry Learned to Embrace Data By: Cespedes, Frank V., and Amir Peleg Abstract—Most current talk about “big data” seems to assume the disintermediation or replacement of physical View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

21 Nov 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53530 forthcoming Review of Financial Studies Asset Price Dynamics in Partially Segmented Markets By: Greenwood, Robin, Samuel Gregory Hanson, and Gordon Y. Liao Abstract—We develop a model... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Mar 2020
News

Leading Change

Feldman (MBA 1967), and Club President Higor Sales (MBA 2011). “Each event has been tailored to the specific focus of the alumni in each club. In D.C., policy is a central focus of the discussion around climate change.” Guided by Toffel,... View Details

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Investment Strategies - Course Catalog

pay heed to the signals they are sending. Investment Strategies is most directly applicable to students interested in pursuing careers in finance including mutual funds, hedge funds, pension funds, endowments, wealth management, financial consulting, marketing and... View Details

25 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

How Chapter 11 Saved the US Economy

and 2009, $1.8 trillion worth of public company assets entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection— almost 20 times more than during the prior two years." A significant portion of the private equity industry, he says, was "widely... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Financial Services

08 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

A Bold Proposal for Investment Reform

fully solve the recent problems. Q: Are there inherent flaws in the set up of an asset management business? Given that it is a business, can it properly look after the needs of its investors while also looking after the bottom line? A:... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

14 Feb 2007
Op-Ed

Tata-Corus: India’s New Steel Giant

Tata-Corus is the largest out of India, and is done by a private sector entity of its own volition, away from the shadow of state influence. For these reasons, it bears noticing. The same euphoria surrounded Shenzhen-based TCL Multimedia when it acquired the French... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna

30 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Mapping Your Board’s Effectiveness

accountabilities. This provides a mechanism for the board to set objectives and subsequently review its performance. The Balanced Scorecard strategy map provides a framework to illustrate how strategy links intangible assets and... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan

19 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Finding Success in the Middle of the Market

It's not that Toyota only sells in the middle market. Far from it. They sell to all segments (except the luxury segment which they address with Lexus). But midfield is where the bell-curve distribution of auto buyers by price of car reaches its peak. View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Auto; Retail

05 Aug 2008
First Look

First Look: August 5, 2008

rebalancing in the financial portfolio of participants. These patterns conceal strong household-level evidence of active rebalancing, which on average offsets about one half of idiosyncratic passive variations in the risky asset share.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 8

across their organizations. Publisher's link: http://hbr.org/2014/07/becoming-a-first-class-noticer/ar/1 July-August 2014 Harvard Business Review How 'Brand Tourists' Can Grow Sales By: Bellezza, Silvia, and Anat Keinan Abstract—The... View Details