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- February 2006 (Revised August 2006)
- Case
Auctioning Morningstar
By: Malcolm P. Baker and James Quinn
Morningstar, a publisher of data and ratings for mutual fund investors, is considering an auction-based approach to the company's upcoming IPO, with management weighing the risks and benefits of the auction approach vs. a traditional underwritten offering. View Details
Keywords: Financial Strategy; Initial Public Offering; Stock Shares; Cost vs Benefits; Strategy; Auctions; Business or Company Management; Conflict of Interests; Publishing Industry
Baker, Malcolm P., and James Quinn. "Auctioning Morningstar." Harvard Business School Case 206-023, February 2006. (Revised August 2006.)
- 27 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 27, 2009
Working PapersThe Long-Run Risks Model and Aggregate Asset Prices: An Empirical Assessment Authors:Jason Beeler and John Y. Campbell Abstract The long-run risks model of asset prices explains stock price variation as a response to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 2009
- Article
India Transformed: Insights from the Firm Level 1988–2007
By: Laura Alfaro and Anusha Chari
Using firm-level data, this paper analyzes the transformation of India's economic structure following the implementation of economic reforms. The focus of the study is on publicly listed and unlisted firms from across a wide spectrum of manufacturing and services... View Details
Keywords: Financial Statements; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Transformation; Economics; Ownership; Assets; Sales; Profit; Stock Shares; Private Sector; Investment Return; Manufacturing Industry; Service Industry; India
Alfaro, Laura, and Anusha Chari. "India Transformed: Insights from the Firm Level 1988–2007." India Policy Forum 6 (2009). (Also NBER Working Paper w15448. Featured in The Economist. Economics focus. "Dancing elephants. Is Indian capitalism becoming oligarchic?" Jan 27th 2011.)
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Special Collections & Archives | Baker Library
Schwartz Art Collection Displayed throughout campus to inspire students to think creatively. Muriel Siebert Collection American businesswoman Muriel F. Siebert (1928-2013) was the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange... View Details
James Stillman
Benefiting from his close ties to William Rockefeller and “the Rockefeller crowd,” Stillman was able to not only grow National City’s commercial banking business, but also to expand operations into the investment banking arena. Under Stillman’s leadership, National... View Details
Keywords: Finance
Roy D. Chapin
Chapin reorganized Hudson’s finances, and as a result, the original stockholders, who paid in $100,000 in 1910, received $16 million in new stock and $7 million in cash. View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
A Star in LA
Angeles Times reported (January 4, 2005). Sohn had previously worked for thirty years at Wells Fargo, rising to the position of chief economist at the bank, America’s fifth largest. Sohn is known as one of the nation’s most accurate economic forecasters. “The mantra in... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 24 Mar 2002
- Lessons from the Classroom
Case Study: A Lesson in Private Venture Financing
growth. Being listed on the stock exchange does mark a company's value but in this case it was a low mark.— Walter Kuemmerle Kuemmerle fired questions at conference participants on Gray's available options. Should they go public? Doing so... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
Warren E. Buffett
Under Buffett’s leadership, Berkshire Hathaway’s stock price increased from $12 dollars a share in 1965 to a high of $4,200 in 1987. Berkshire has made a career of picking winners including Geico, the Washington Post, and Capital... View Details
Keywords: Finance
Howard Schultz
Not only did Schultz foresee that a large-scale coffee shop chain was a lucrative business, but he maintained Starbucks lead through a combination of customer and employee satisfaction plans. Schultz’s plan to offer part-time employees View Details
Keywords: Restaurants & Lodging
- Fast Answer
Exchange traded funds
pension/life insurance, stocks and 529 plans. Only available in Baker Library. Primers and Papers Investment Company Factbook see Chapter 3 “Exchange-Traded Funds”. Associations Investment Company Institute (ICI) see Chapter 3... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Shining Knight
his pet passion, educational philanthropy." The article reported how in 1998, Ogden went public on the London Stock Exchange with Computacenter, the giant computer services company he cofounded, with all proceeds from its 3.5 million... View Details
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Speculation and Credit - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
Vanity and Virtue Misers, Moneylenders, and Thieves Money Devil Biblical and Mythological Scenes Love and Money Politics and War Louis-Philippe Speculation and Credit Bankers, Financiers, and Statesmen Stock Exchanges printer-friendly... View Details
- Career Coach
Manuel Llano
personal criteria in a post-MBA career. He is happy to help with interview prep, stock pitches, and resume and cover letter reviews. Work Experience: Goldman Sachs and Picus Capital (internship) View Details
Hugh L. McColl, Jr.
McColl joined the precursor to NationsBank in 1959 and quickly progressed through the company. As CEO, he built NationsBank into the third largest bank in the country by 1995. He did so through the accumulation of close to 50 acquisitions. Between 1995 and 1998, the... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Research Brief: Capitol Gains
FOR MORE INFORMATION Legislating Stock Prices Psst looking for a hot stock tip? Forget the Wall Street Journal. Try the Congressional Record. HBS professors Lauren Cohen and Christopher Malloy, with... View Details
- 08 Jul 2002
- What Do You Think?
Have We Carried the Concept of Alignment Too Far?
desires) ... Why should it be any different for the high-flyers? If they are truly good, is it really necessary to pay them more than they can ever hope to spend?" As Stever Robbins says, "Alignment is still a great idea. We've not seen alignment with recent... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Will He or Won’t He?
required companies to treat stock options as expenses and make deductions from profits.” And Cox himself pledged he would not undermine Donaldson’s work. Describing his predecessor as “a standup guy,” Cox said, “I look at his record as... View Details
Keywords: Government
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Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. https://library.columbia.edu/locations/rbml/units/lehman.html New York Stock Exchange Archives The New York Stock Exchange Archives is responsible for the selection,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Northern California Initiative Reaches Out to Women, Girls
have been sharing their business expertise with local girls by giving career-skills workshops, holding mock job interviews, and serving as judges on scholarship panels. One particularly successful event was a stock market lesson designed... View Details