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- November 2021
- Article
The Dynamics of Gender and Alternatives in Negotiation
By: Jennifer E. Dannals, Julian J. Zlatev, Nir Halevy and Margaret A. Neale
A substantial body of prior research documents a gender gap in negotiation performance. Competing accounts suggest that the gap is due either to women’s stereotype-congruent behavior in negotiations or to backlash enacted toward women for stereotype-incongruent... View Details
Dannals, Jennifer E., Julian J. Zlatev, Nir Halevy, and Margaret A. Neale. "The Dynamics of Gender and Alternatives in Negotiation." Journal of Applied Psychology 106, no. 11 (November 2021): 1655–1672.
- 2014
- Article
Ascent-Descent Young Diagrams and Pattern Avoidance in Alternating Permutations
By: Ravi Jagadeesan
We investigate pattern avoidance in alternating permutations and an alternating analogue of Young diagrams. In particular, using an extension of Babson and West’s notion of shape-Wilf equivalence described in our recent paper (with N. Gowravaram), we generalize results... View Details
Jagadeesan, Ravi. "Ascent-Descent Young Diagrams and Pattern Avoidance in Alternating Permutations." #P3.9. Electronic Journal of Combinatorics 21, no. 3 (2014).
- January 2022
- Article
Investing Outside the Box: Evidence from Alternative Vehicles in Private Equity
By: Josh Lerner, Jason Mao, Antoinette Schoar and Nan R. Zhang
This paper uses previously unexplored custodial data to examine the use of alternative investment vehicles in private equity (PE) over four decades. We document a steep increase in the capital directed to alternative vehicles, with these vehicles approaching a 40%... View Details
Keywords: Alternative Investment Vehicles; Investment Funds; Private Equity; Venture Capital; Performance
Lerner, Josh, Jason Mao, Antoinette Schoar, and Nan R. Zhang. "Investing Outside the Box: Evidence from Alternative Vehicles in Private Equity." Journal of Financial Economics 143, no. 1 (January 2022): 359–380. (Won the 2022 Doriot Award for the Best Private Equity Research Paper.)
- 2021
- Working Paper
Invisible Primes: Fintech Lending with Alternative Data
By: Marco Di Maggio, Dimuthu Ratnadiwakara and Don Carmichael
We exploit anonymized administrative data provided by a major fintech platform to investigate whether using alternative data to assess borrowers’ creditworthiness results in broader credit access. Comparing actual outcomes of the fintech platform’s model to... View Details
Keywords: Fintech Lending; Alternative Data; Machine Learning; Algorithm Bias; Finance; Information Technology; Financing and Loans; Analytics and Data Science; Credit
Di Maggio, Marco, Dimuthu Ratnadiwakara, and Don Carmichael. "Invisible Primes: Fintech Lending with Alternative Data." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-024, October 2021.
- May 1973
- Article
Evaluating Alternatives and Alternative Values
By: R. M. Kanter and L. Zurcher
Keywords: Values and Beliefs
Kanter, R. M., and L. Zurcher. "Evaluating Alternatives and Alternative Values." Journal of Applied Behavioral Science 9 (May 1973): 381–97.
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How will Emerging Markets Shape the Alternative Assets Arena?
By: Roberto Charvel
This article looks at the growth of pensions in Latin America and its future impact in local alternative assets' investments locally and in the developed world. View Details
Keywords: Emerging Economies; Emerging Markets; Pension; Institutional Investments; Alternative Assets; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Entrepreneurship; Financial Services Industry; Latin America
Charvel, Roberto. "How will Emerging Markets Shape the Alternative Assets Arena?" Venture Equity Latin America 10, no. 15 (September 15, 2011).
- 2013
- Article
Beyond Alternating Permutations: Pattern Avoidance in Young Diagrams and Tableaux
By: Nihal Gowravaram and Ravi Jagadeesan
We investigate pattern avoidance in alternating permutations and generalizations thereof. First, we study pattern avoidance in an alternating analogue of Young diagrams. In particular, we extend Babson-West’s notion of shape-Wilf equivalence to apply to alternating... View Details
Keywords: Pattern Avoidance; Alternating Permutations; Descent Type Permutations; Wilf Equivalence; Shape-Wilf Equivalence; Mathematical Methods
Gowravaram, Nihal, and Ravi Jagadeesan. "Beyond Alternating Permutations: Pattern Avoidance in Young Diagrams and Tableaux." #P17. Electronic Journal of Combinatorics 20, no. 4 (2013).
- October 2004
- Case
Costing Alternative Choices
By: David F. Hawkins and Jacob Cohen
Discusses the role of differential cost and revenues in solving alternative choice problems. View Details
Hawkins, David F., and Jacob Cohen. "Costing Alternative Choices." Harvard Business School Case 105-035, October 2004.
- January 2006
- Tutorial
Alternative Choice Decisions Analysis
By: David F. Hawkins, V.G. Narayanan, Jacob Cohen and Michele Jurgens
Shows how managers use information on costs and revenues to decide between possible alternative courses of action. Presents two case examples of differential cost analysis. The first, a make or buy decision, examines two alternatives in which only costs vary. The... View Details
- 28 Aug 2009
- News
Private alternatives
- Fast Answer
Alternatives to Bloomberg
What databases can I use that have much of the same data and functionality as the Bloomberg terminal? When data download limits on the Bloomberg terminals have been reached and/or to avoid non-compliance with the Bloomberg Terminal conditions or bypass API limits,... View Details
- 2024
- Working Paper
The Rise of Alternatives
By: Juliane Begenau, Pauline Liang and Emil Siriwardane
Since the 2000s, U.S. public pensions have shifted their risky investments towards alternative assets like private equity and hedge funds, some more aggressively than others. We explore several explanations for these cross-sectional trends, focusing on those implied by... View Details
Begenau, Juliane, Pauline Liang, and Emil Siriwardane. "The Rise of Alternatives." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-016, August 2024.
- August 2017 (Revised January 2020)
- Case
PFA Pension: Expansion of Alternatives Portfolio
By: Victoria Ivashina, Federica Gabrieli and Jérôme Lenhardt
PFA Pension was the biggest commercial pension provider in Denmark. At the end of 2015, the company had decided to boost its investments into the alternative asset class, an area where it was lagging behind its competitors. The aim was to privilege direct investments... View Details
Ivashina, Victoria, Federica Gabrieli, and Jérôme Lenhardt. "PFA Pension: Expansion of Alternatives Portfolio." Harvard Business School Case 218-025, August 2017. (Revised January 2020.)
- January 2022 (Revised March 2022)
- Technical Note
Deglobalization and Alternative Futures
By: Geoffrey Jones and Valeria Giacomin
This note reviews the evidence that the world is undergoing an era of de-globalization. It shows that available metrics show some support for this theory. However there is also evidence that what is happening might be better described as regionalization. The nature of... View Details
Keywords: Global Business; Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, And Changes; Populism; Geopolitics; Business History; Globalization; Change; Financial Crisis; China
Jones, Geoffrey, and Valeria Giacomin. "Deglobalization and Alternative Futures." Harvard Business School Technical Note 322-088, January 2022. (Revised March 2022.)
- October 2011 (Revised December 2011)
- Case
Vignette: Alternative Liquidity Options
By: Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
The growth of companies that facilitate the sales of unregistered stock, such as that granted to employees of successful but long-private companies, has raised a number of questions among regulators, investors, and company founders. This brief vignette sketches out... View Details
Hardymon, Felda, Josh Lerner, and Ann Leamon. "Vignette: Alternative Liquidity Options." Harvard Business School Case 812-070, October 2011. (Revised December 2011.)
- June 2013 (Revised July 2013)
- Case
Blackstone Alternative Asset Management
By: Robin Greenwood, Luis M. Viceira and Jared Dourdeville
This case explores reasons for Blackstone Alternative Asset Management's (BAAM's) growth from 2007-2013, a time when the overall fund of hedge funds industry contracted substantially. Additionally, the case analyzes evolving business models and value propositions... View Details
Keywords: Hedge Fund; Fund Of Hedge Funds; Hedge Fund Industry Growth; Fund Of Hedge Funds Industry Growth; Evolving Business Models; Value Propositions In The Fund Of Hege Funds Industry; Business Model; Investment Funds; Growth and Development Strategy; Financial Services Industry; United States
Greenwood, Robin, Luis M. Viceira, and Jared Dourdeville. "Blackstone Alternative Asset Management." Harvard Business School Case 213-129, June 2013. (Revised July 2013.)
- 09 Oct 2009
- News
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- December 2020
- Case
XP: Dual Track Financing Alternatives
By: Marco Di Maggio, Pedro Levindo and Carla Larangeira
XP, an investment platform, was on the verge of defining whether to do an IPO or selling off a majority stake to Itaú Unibanco, Brazil´s largest financial conglomerate. Under the leadership of Guilherme Benchimol, XP´s co-founder and CEO, XP had risen to become the... View Details
Di Maggio, Marco, Pedro Levindo, and Carla Larangeira. "XP: Dual Track Financing Alternatives." Harvard Business School Case 221-029, December 2020.