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- 22 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
noncognitive, interpersonal skills during adolescence. Long-run administrative data shows that negotiation training significantly improved educational outcomes over the next three years. The training had greater effects than two alternative treatments (offering girls a...
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Dina Gerdeman
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Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
firms lever up, the overall cost of capital falls as leverage increases equity beta, but as debt becomes riskier the marginal benefit of increasing equity beta declines. They find that leverage is inversely related to asset beta,...
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- 14 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age
to share in decision-making and creating a culture that makes people feel safe enough to take risks and act on behalf of organizational interests. It’s also about earning trust from and offering trust to increasingly diverse stakeholders...
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- 17 Jan 2023
- In Practice
8 Trends to Watch in 2023
As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets...
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by Avery Forman
- 22 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 22
the restructuring of Chrysler in the midst of the financial crisis of 2008-2009. It describes how debtors can use section 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code to sell assets quickly. It allows for discussion of who benefits and who loses in...
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Martha Lagace
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Regional Winners - Alumni
alumni development, fundraising, and asset management business aimed at creating the philanthropic infrastructure for public high schools in the US. We aim to raise $30B annually and manage over $300B in View Details
- 01 Feb 2022
- Book
Innovation Isn’t Just for Startups: How Big Companies Can Succeed
runs), and scaling (the development of a full-fledged new product or service). "Becoming a corporate explorer is not a route to a safe or easy career." The authors share the stories of influential explorers, such as retired IBM manager...
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by Lane Lambert
- 16 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive
the one that existed in early March. How will the COVID-19 crisis change the landscape of the industry, and what do restaurants need to do to survive? And, what should consumers, desperate to return to their favorite restaurants but wary about whether it is View Details
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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
the authors show that the combination of rapid credit and asset price growth over the prior three years is associated with a 40% probability of entering a financial crisis within the next three years. The evidence challenges the view that...
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Winners & Runners-up - New Venture Competition
Steven Henderson (MBA 2016) Alumni Track Winner Ocean cargo. Zero emissions. Collective Patricio Bichara (MBA 2015) Alumni Track Runner-Up Education to re-evolve the future. SurgiBox Mike Teodorescu (DBA 2018) Alumni Track Crowd Favorite View Details
- 31 Jul 2023
- News
Striving for Imperfection
your own capabilities, have you build the assets of your enterprise, and then actually step into that risk. Another way of thinking about it would be to say that strategy is dynamic problem solving, not grand chess strategy. JF: Okay so...
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- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Problem with Hedge Funds
fund for management. For a percentage of the assets managed, or a percentage of the investors' gain, the bank places investors' money in other funds for management. The fee the investor pays the bank is for expertise the investor lacks in...
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by D. Quinn Mills
- 28 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Unilever: Transformation and Tradition
negotiation of safe paths through the complexities of official regulations and government. The easiest way to understand the Unilever organization, observed an article in the U.S. business magazine Fortune in 1947, was "to think of...
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- 16 Aug 2022
- Op-Ed
Now Is the Time for Entrepreneurs to Play Offense
stocks, startups. With the market correction, suddenly assets are more interesting to acquire. Many, many startups are flailing. Cash reserves are dwindling and they are desperate to find a safe landing....
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by Jeffrey Bussgang
- 31 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
How to Come Out at Work
that end, five Harvard Business School students and alumni have generously offered advice based on their experience coming out and being out at work as members of the LGBTQ community. With thanks to Justin, Matt, John, Paul, and Elizabeth, we share their thoughts here....
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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
in Detroit automotive plants when COVID shut down businesses around the world. Yanez pivoted and developed a mobile app that would enable front-line workers to safely return to work. Between Q4 2020 and Q4 2021, Andonix grew its revenues...
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- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
lower emissions) is becoming the focus of operators. Consumers are shifting their product preferences and investors are incorporating these in their asset allocations and specific investment decisions. There will be large changes in the...
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- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
operations in several cities, leading to more than $950,000 in financing. “Rarely do financial institutions in the US invest in Black women at the $1 million level, especially when the underlying assets don’t hold much value,” says...
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- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Seth Klarman
a mountain of cash — 40 to 50 percent of Baupost’s $14 billion–plus in assets — for several years, the firm’s recent investments have cut its cash stash in half. Distress selling, it seems, breeds the kind of bargains Klarman lives for....
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- 22 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 22
Proceedings Crime and Punishment: The Reputational Consequences of Withdrawals from Venture Capital Syndicates By: Zhelyazkov, Pavel Ivanov, and Ranjay Gulati Abstract—Traditional research has long treated reputation as an egocentric attribute, typically described as...
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Sean Silverthorne