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  • 08 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 8

start-ups to gain knowledge and agility. The logic of corporate venturing is compelling: a well-run fund can help a firm respond quickly to changes in markets and gain a better view of threats. In some cases, it can stimulate demand for a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 9, 2008

discussion of how ownership concentration constrains restructuring alternatives, how hedge fund investors might confront controlling shareholders, and how the mispricing of agency costs can give rise to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Mar 2017
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First Look at New Research, March 14

Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/817083-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 117-029 'Golden Leash' Pay for Directors at The Dow Chemical Company In November 2014, The Dow Chemical Company was faced with the prospect of a proxy battle with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 29

who co-founded Strava three years ago. The protagonists must decide whether or not to accept the Series A investment terms from their venture capitalists. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/strava/an/814055-PDF-ENG Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2015
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December 1, 2015

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/816051-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 916-404 Novell (A): When an Activist Hedge Fund Came Calling on the Board No abstract available. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Jul 2007
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First Look: July 24, 2007

collaboration. Second, they didn't organize effectively for collaboration, believing that innovation could be managed much like production and partners treated like "suppliers." And third, they didn't View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 May 2010
  • Research & Ideas

What Is the Future of MBA Education?

careers (i.e., who hoped to stay in the same function or area and get promoted more rapidly or frequently at the same company), the two-year, full-time MBA was no longer viewed as necessary. Both the head of a leading hedge View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education
  • 28 May 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'

directed, allow significant numbers of businesses to avoid bankruptcy. There are also massive amounts of private sector capital potentially available to support businesses in need. Bank balance sheets are generally sound, and hedge View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Banking
  • 01 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 1, 2008

Case 208-069 Delphi Corporation, operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, has filed a plan of reorganization with the court, under which a consortium of hedge funds led by Appaloosa View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018

compared to a market price of $23. Elizabeth Kemp, the portfolio manager of a long-only technology fund at Sand Hill Road Capital, had bought 500,000 shares at the IPO price and had to decide whether to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 30 Jan 2018
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January 30, 2018

service. They each provided alternative visions of the world. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/317100-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 218-022 Altoona State Investment Board & Bain Capital View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Aug 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Decoding Insider Information and Other Secrets of Old School Chums

pricing. Hedge fund firms often hired the duo for speaking engagements, which led to informal post-speech chats with various fund managers, many of whom also sported PhDs.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services
  • 20 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 20

Business School Case 413-126 "Hess Corporation On January 29, 2013, Elliott Management, a hedge fund run by Paul E. Singer, which owned 4.5% of Hess Corporation stock, put forward a slate of five... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009

decision to launch a hedge fund in India, and the first years of the venture. It also profiles Nirva Patel and describes how they met, married, and managed the transition to a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018

results of this multi-method investigation have implications for both managers and academics interested in how consumers learn to become expert in hedonic product categories. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 28 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 28

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2542242   Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 215-037 Apple, Einhorn, and iPrefs In March 2013, Apple Computer has a very large cash balance and is under pressure to return cash to shareholders.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 28, 2009

tax authorities. Download the paper from SSRN ($5): http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=884812   Cases & Course MaterialsAderans Harvard Business School Case 209-090 Steel Partners is a U.S.-based hedge View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 7, 2009

and a large fraction of its debt has come to be held by U.S.-based hedge funds that specialize in investing in distressed companies. Finally, Eurotunnel's business is extremely... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 29

coming of Snuggie mean the end of Slanket? Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/510034-PDF-ENG Who Broke the Bank of England? Harvard Business School Case 709-026 In the summer of 1992, hedge View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 30, 2015

Management Journal Monitoring Global Supply Chains By: Short, Jodi L., Michael W. Toffel, and Andrea R. Hugill Abstract—Firms reliant on supply chains to manufacture their goods risk reputational harm if the working conditions in those... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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