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- 08 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 8, 2008
Abstract We use oil price fluctuations to construct a new instrument to test the impact of transfers from wealthy OPEC nations to their poorer Muslim allies. The instrument identifies plausibly exogenous variation in foreign aid. We...
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Martha Lagace
- 17 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 17
allows bank depositors to remain "sleepy": they do not have to pay attention to transient fluctuations in the market value of bank assets. In contrast, shadow banks create money-like claims by giving their investors an early...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
Credit Supply: Firm Level Evidence By: Ivashina, Victoria, and Bo Becker Abstract—Theory predicts that there is a close link between bank credit supply and the evolution of the business cycle. Yet fluctuations in bank-loan supply have...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 6, 2007
and economist Warren Persons, gained international renown for its three-curve A-B-C chart, which rendered business fluctuations as the ebb and flow of speculation (A), business (B), and banking (C). The service was directed by C. J....
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Martha Lagace
- 21 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 21
duration function as large-scale shocks to the quantity of interest rate risk that must be borne by professional bond investors. I develop a simple model in which the risk tolerance of bond investors is limited in the short run, so these View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
to shifts in labor demand. If there are fluctuations in the altruism required by workers, the low correlation of wages and employment and the sizes of the cyclical fluctuations in these two series can be...
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Martha Lagace
- 29 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 29, 2008
use oil price fluctuations to construct a new instrument to test the impact of transfers from wealthy OPEC nations to their poorer Muslim allies. The instrument identifies plausibly exogenous variation in foreign aid. We investigate how...
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Martha Lagace
- Web
Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2014
2013, primarily driven by an increase in the size of the faculty and staff. The total number of faculty at HBS, as measured in full-time equivalents (FTEs), can rise or fall in any given year as a result of retirements, departures, and View Details
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Supplemental Financial Information - Financial Report 2015
million, from $276 million in the prior year. The total number of faculty at HBS, as measured in full-time equivalents (FTEs), can rise or fall in any given year as a result of retirements, departures, and fluctuations in recruiting...
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Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2016
in any given year as a result of retirements, departures, and fluctuations in recruiting activity. Net of retirements and departures, the School’s faculty increased by two FTEs to 233 in fiscal 2016, from 231 FTEs a year earlier. HBS also...
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- 06 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 6, 2016
by expanding into new geographies, product categories, and distribution channels. They have also recently developed several strategic partnerships with Silicon Valley firms to expand into an array of digital products. However, after going public, stock prices continue...
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Carmen Nobel
- 25 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 25
integrated-markets models in which the rationally determined price of risk fluctuates in a countercyclical fashion. The results can be partially explained by models in which shocks to intermediary capital or agency problems drive...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 6, 2007
needs. Odutola's keen, unwavering interest in improving the infrastructure of Nigeria allowed him to enjoy a successful career in business and politics, despite the vastly fluctuating political landscape of Nigeria. From British rule...
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Martha Lagace
- Web
Financial Report 2018 - Financial Report 2018
slowing the pace of growth in the cost of MBA education. Revenue from MBA tuition and fees is projected to rise 1 percent, year over year, reflecting normal fluctuations in actual class size. Financial aid spending—MBA, Doctoral, and...
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Supplemental Financial Information - Financial Report 2018
School’s forecast. The total number of faculty, as measured in FTEs, can rise or fall in any given year, reflecting retirements, departures, and fluctuations in recruiting activity. Net of retirements and departures, the size of the HBS...
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Supplemental Financial Information II - Annual Report 2019
prior year, this represented 44 percent of the School’s total operating costs. Building the HBS faculty is a key strategic priority for the School. The total number of faculty, as measured in FTEs, can rise or fall in any given year, reflecting retirements, departures,...
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- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
consumption fluctuations faced by individuals, households, and firms. Yet much of this promise remains unrealized. In this paper, we study the adoption of an innovative rainfall insurance product designed to compensate low-income Indian...
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Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
over time, the relationship between firm size and corporate vulnerability is relatively time invariant. All else being equal, large firms in emerging markets are more financially vulnerable and also systemically important. Consistent with the granular origins of...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 24
Monetary Economics Cyclicality of Credit Supply: Firm-Level Evidence By: Ivashina, Victoria, and Bo Becker Abstract—Theory predicts that there is a close link between bank credit supply and the evolution of the business cycle. Yet View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- November 2020 (Revised April 2021)
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Roll-Ups and Surprise Billing: Collisions at the Intersection of Private Equity and Patient Care
By: Trevor Fetter and Kira Seiger
This case describes the increasing investment by private equity (PE) firms in patient care and other healthcare services. The case focuses on investments in physician staffing firms and roll-up strategy investments in physician practice management (PPM). Included in...
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Health;
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Industry Structures;
Ownership;
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Value;
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Health Industry;
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Fetter, Trevor, and Kira Seiger. "Roll-Ups and Surprise Billing: Collisions at the Intersection of Private Equity and Patient Care." Harvard Business School Case 321-049, November 2020. (Revised April 2021.)