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- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sweet Deal
Hostess Brands, the maker of some 30 iconic American bakery products such as Wonder Bread, Ho Hos, Ding Dongs, and Twinkies, declared itself in liquidation and its assets for sale last November. As an... View Details
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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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
- 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
- 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
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
A. G. Lafley, MBA 1977
P&G recently reported the strongest earnings in its long history, and its stock price has doubled since 2000. Key ingredients in the company's resurgence include innovation, micromarketing, and an emphasis on nurturing talent. Notes Lafley, "Our View Details
- 18 Apr 2017
- First Look
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
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Case Study: Bionic Banking
(Thinkstock/Getty Images) Robo-advisors, like Betterment and Wealthfront, are built for millennials-automated asset management for those with lower account balances or an aversion to traditional financial advisors. Silicon Valley has... View Details
- 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
- 21 Nov 2017
- First Look
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
- 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
- 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
- 24 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 24
and in contrast, such indirect costs appear relatively fixed in the face of sales declines in this industry. We discuss potential sources of these cost-structure patterns and their implications for cost management efforts as View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
diagnose the problem and treat it. The rescue bill calls for the government to auction banks’ distressed mortgage assets to “try to restore the price discovery process so we can figure out what these things are actually worth.” Light... View Details
- 02 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Retail Reaches a Tipping Point—Which Stores Will Survive?
competitors under a framework the authors term TIPS, for technology, inventory, people, and space (size, location, and ambiance). These are the four major assets that retailers must use effectively and efficiently to create a compelling... View Details