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- 18 Nov 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Payout Taxes and the Allocation of Investment
- 09 Jun 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Agency Costs, Mispricing, and Ownership Structure
- June 2009
- Journal Article
Taxes, Institutions and Foreign Diversification Opportunities
By: Mihir Desai and Dhammika Dharmapala
Investors can access foreign diversification opportunities through either foreign portfolio investment (FPI) or foreign direct investment (FDI). The worldwide tax regime employed by the U.S. potentially distorts this choice by penalizing FDI, relative to FPI, in...
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Keywords:
International Finance;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Investment Portfolio;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Taxation;
Diversification;
United States
Desai, Mihir, and Dhammika Dharmapala. "Taxes, Institutions and Foreign Diversification Opportunities." Journal of Public Economics 93, nos. 5-6 (June 2009): 703–714.
- Teaching
Overview
By: John D. Macomber
Teaching and research interests center around the matching of private and instituional capital into large public infrastructure and resilience projects that shape the future of cities and urban environments around the world. The world's population is increaslingly...
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- December 2019 (Revised February 2023)
- Case
The Dutch East India Company in 1612 (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci
The Dutch East India Company’s board of directors must decide what to do about an impending legal requirement to liquidate the company’s assets and return to shareholders their capital and any profits earned during a ten-year lock-up period. The charter granted to the...
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Keywords:
Corporate Governance;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Organizational Structure;
Laws and Statutes;
Financial Markets;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Business and Government Relations;
Business History;
Shipping Industry;
Netherlands
Paine, Lynn S., and Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci. "The Dutch East India Company in 1612 (A)." Harvard Business School Case 320-047, December 2019. (Revised February 2023.)
- October 2001
- Case
SchoolSuccess.net
By: James E. Austin and Arthur McCaffrey
The mission of the nonprofit Jumpstart for Young Children was to address the problem of school readiness of low-income family preschoolers. It had been growing significantly, and to achieve its projected expansion would require major increases in funding. After...
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Keywords:
Nonprofit Organizations;
Early Childhood Education;
Venture Capital;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Business Startups;
Management Teams
Austin, James E., and Arthur McCaffrey. "SchoolSuccess.net." Harvard Business School Case 302-008, October 2001.
- Web
Placement - Doctoral
Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management Dissertation: Essays on Entrepreneurship and Human Capital in Knowledge-Intensive Industries Advisors: Shane M. Greenstein, Prithwiraj Choudhury, and Feng...
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- Teaching Interest
Managing Human Capital: Keeping Hope Alive in Organizations (Not offered 2013-2014)
Managing Human Capital has been specifically designed to teach practical skills for the general manager who seeks to manage both other people and his or her own career with optimal effectiveness. Any and all students who believe they will need to effectively manage... View Details
- January – February 2011
- Article
Creating Shared Value
By: Michael E. Porter and Mark R. Kramer
The capitalist system is under siege. In recent years business has been criticized as a major cause of social, environmental, and economic problems. Companies are widely thought to be prospering at the expense of their communities. Trust in business has fallen to new...
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Keywords:
Customer Value and Value Chain;
Economic Growth;
Economic Systems;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Environmental Sustainability;
Trust;
Human Needs;
Welfare;
Competitive Advantage;
Value Creation
Porter, Michael E., and Mark R. Kramer. "Creating Shared Value." Harvard Business Review 89, nos. 1-2 (January–February 2011): 62–77.
- November 2001 (Revised December 2002)
- Case
Tracking Stocks at Genzyme (A)
Genzyme, a tracking stock pioneer, has used its innovative capital structure as a way to frame and grow its R&D-intensive business. Facing the question of how best to integrate a new acquisition into its tracking stock structure, Genzyme's top management is forced to...
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Keywords:
Integration;
Value Creation;
Motivation and Incentives;
Conflict of Interests;
Stocks;
Capital Structure;
Research and Development;
Corporate Governance;
Biotechnology Industry
Salter, Malcolm S. "Tracking Stocks at Genzyme (A)." Harvard Business School Case 902-023, November 2001. (Revised December 2002.)
- October 1997 (Revised April 2004)
- Case
Telewizja Wisla
Claire Hurley and her business partner have obtained a supra-regional TV license for Poland. Their company has received initial funding from Polish investors and now faces the difficult challenge of raising an additional $7 million to fund the start of operations of a...
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Kuemmerle, Walter, Claire Hurley, and Andrew S. Janower. "Telewizja Wisla." Harvard Business School Case 898-033, October 1997. (Revised April 2004.)
- October 2017 (Revised October 2022)
- Case
Jumia Nigeria: from Retail to Marketplace (A)
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Namrata Arora
Founded in 2012, Jumia Nigeria, a startup effort by Germany-based Rocket Internet, aimed to become an African Amazon. The company entered the nascent market and immediately enjoyed an uptick in consumer spending fueled by the strength of Nigeria’s oil-based economy. By...
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Keywords:
Retail;
Marketplace;
Inventory;
Ecommerce;
Funding;
Business Ecosystem;
Business Ecosystems;
Competition;
Business Model;
Globalization;
Emerging Markets;
Expansion;
Logistics;
Competitive Strategy;
E-commerce;
Retail Industry;
India;
Nigeria;
Africa
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Namrata Arora. "Jumia Nigeria: from Retail to Marketplace (A)." Harvard Business School Case 718-401, October 2017. (Revised October 2022.)
- Research Summary
Building Small Business Utopia: How Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Can Increase Small Business Success
By: Karen Mills
Small business lending has remained unchanged for decades, laden with frictions and barriers that prevent many small businesses from accessing the capital they need to succeed. Financial technology, or “fintech,” promises to change this trajectory. In 2010, new fintech...
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- November 2012
- Case
Tracy Palandjian at Social Finance US (A)
By: Alnoor Ebrahim, Catherine Clark and Beth Bafford
It had been eighteen months since Tracy Palandjian had left her position as a managing director at The Parthenon Group to start an ambitious venture called Social Finance US. With a mission "to mobilize investment capital to drive social change," her new organization...
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- 2009
- Working Paper
Labor Regulations and European Private Equity
By: Ant Bozkaya and William R. Kerr
European nations substitute between employment protection regulations and labor market expenditures (e.g., unemployment insurance benefits) for providing worker insurance. Employment regulations more directly tax firms making frequent labor adjustments than other labor...
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- 01 Sep 2015
- News
China Syndrome
- 04 Nov 2010
- News
Harvard a Hit in China, but India Proves Trickier
- 17 Nov 2010
- News
Stakes Are High As GM Shares Get Set for Debut
- 01 Aug 2018
- News
Are share buybacks 'plundering company resources'?
- 05 Jul 2018
- News