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  • 19 Jun 2012
  • First Look

First Look: June 19

Navalny the right figure for business leaders in Russia to organize around? What were the risks of getting involved with a politically volatile activist? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/112033-PDF-ENG McKesson... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 25

causal evidence for the role of matchmaking in promoting happiness. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=46356 August 2013 Venezuela Before Chávez: Anatomy of an Economic Collapse Oil, Macroeconomic Volatility... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Jun 2022
  • Blog Post

New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures

faster, cheaper, and better, but we avoid the expensive & volatile transportation hurdles. NorthPawSophie Levin, MBA 2022NorthPaw will sell sustainable pet food, featuring cultivated meat, to eco-conscious pet owners. If cats and dogs... View Details
  • 05 May 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance

For example, managing earnings to meet analyst expectations may start out being rationalized as necessary to avoid undue volatility in the stock price but end up being used to artificially pump up the stock... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
  • 15 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 15, 2008

are less likely to do so with increasing age and greater geographical scope. We also find a strong trend toward unbundling over time, a result that is partially explained by increases in media prices over time. Download the paper from... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Aug 2022
  • News

The Exchange: The Road Ahead for Crypto

going up in the long run, there’s no reason to spend it now. You don’t want to be the guy who bought two Papa John’s pizzas with 10,000 bitcoins way back in 2010. So what’s less clear to me is how—and how long it will take—to arrive at a place where cryptocurrency... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance
  • 01 Dec 2020
  • News

The Camel and the Unicorn

become even more popular as the COVID-19 pandemic has made both the Valley’s products and its real estate prices seem ever more impractical. But if those dire predictions come true, it might not be because of inflated valuations. It could... View Details
  • 01 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 1

duration. Comparison of the ex-post performance of bonds acquired by insurance companies does not show outperformance but higher volatility of realized returns. Publisher's link: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2065841... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 26

liquidity and duration. Comparison of the ex-post performance of bonds acquired by insurance companies does not show outperformance, but higher volatility of realized returns. Download the paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2065841... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Nov 2006
  • Research & Ideas

How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI

have investment opportunities, you're not only going to get—but you're also going to want—foreign investments so that your country can grow faster. We generally categorize different types of foreign investment into portfolio and direct investment. Portfolio investment... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 2018
  • News

Hard Choices

directions. Fads can be mistaken for trends; the flavor du jour can masquerade as a time-tested recipe. An ephemeral stock price can be made to seem a permanent achievement, an unwavering final verdict. The temporary opinion rendered by... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
  • 26 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019

pricing, customer selection, and management of prices and accounts in an inherently uncertain, volatile demand environment. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/819003-PDF-ENG Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 14 Jun 2004
  • Research & Ideas

The Big Money for Big Projects

power plants were financed with long-term fixed price contracts for both inputs (gas supply) and outputs (and electricity purchase). More recently, "merchant plants" were financed without the benefit of long-term contracts,... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services
  • 01 Jun 1997
  • News

Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference

prices have been going up." Fung ran through a list of positives: Hong Kong won't be governed under Chinese law but will retain its common law system; its status as a separate customs and immigrations territory will continue; and the Hong... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
  • 24 May 2011
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First Look: May 24

Business School Case 311-096 How can a company that supplies disaster response and humanitarian agencies best handle the intrinsically unpredictable and highly volatile demand for its products? Utilis is a French supplier of rapid-deploy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 17

recommendations for stocks with larger market capitalizations and lower return volatility than their sell-side peers, consistent with their facing fewer conflicts of interest and having a preference for liquid stocks. Tests with no... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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gene. In most of these cases, business choices like market selection, financing strategy and pricing are critical determinants of the value of the technology to humanity. The course will give students an understanding of these three 3... View Details