Filter Results
:
(11,850)
Show Results For
-
All HBS Web
(11,850)
- People (50)
- News (3,899)
- Research (5,134)
- Events (51)
- Multimedia (207)
- Faculty Publications (2,772)
Show Results For
-
All HBS Web
(11,850)
- People (50)
- News (3,899)
- Research (5,134)
- Events (51)
- Multimedia (207)
- Faculty Publications (2,772)
- Research Summary
Structural Breaks in Dynamic Factor Models: Representation and Testing (with James Stock and Mark Watson)
We demonstrate the equivalence of various of structural break representations for approximate dynamic factor models and show that even in the presence of such breaks, the estimated factors consistently span the fundamental factor subspaces. We propose tests to...
View Details
- January 1983 (Revised February 1988)
- Case
Hospital Corp. of America (B)
By: W. Carl Kester
Focuses on HCAs financing options for reaching its target capital structure. The options include new equity conversion of convertible debentures, a debt-for-equity swap, the sale of assets, and fixed-rate debt. Students must address the problem of market timing and...
View Details
Keywords:
Assets;
Capital Structure;
Cash Flow;
Equity;
Debt Securities;
Credit Derivatives and Swaps;
Health Industry;
United States
Kester, W. Carl. "Hospital Corp. of America (B)." Harvard Business School Case 283-054, January 1983. (Revised February 1988.)
- 10 Dec 2014
- News
Lessons for Private Equity Learned From the Last Merger Frenzy
- 26 Aug 2011
- News
Maintaining success after exit of charismatic CEO
- April 1996 (Revised May 1997)
- Case
Netscape's Initial Public Offering
By: W. Carl Kester and Kendall Backstrand
In August 1995, Netscape's board of directors was confronted with a decision about what price to offer the company's shares in its initial public offering (IPO). Preliminary demand for shares was high, but the company had not generated any positive earnings at the time...
View Details
Keywords:
Initial Public Offering;
Information Technology;
Problems and Challenges;
Valuation;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Information Technology Industry
Kester, W. Carl, and Kendall Backstrand. "Netscape's Initial Public Offering." Harvard Business School Case 296-088, April 1996. (Revised May 1997.)
- 10 Dec 2015
- News
Study Finds Racial Discrimination by Airbnb Hosts
- 25 Feb 2011
- News
The New Path To the C-Suite
- 17 Jul 2011
- News
Why India can't feed her people
- 2019
- Book
Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt
By: Arthur C. Brooks
To get ahead today, you have to be a jerk, right?
Divisive politicians. Screaming heads on television. Angry campus activists. Twitter trolls. Today in America, there is an “outrage industrial complex” that prospers by setting American against... View Details
Divisive politicians. Screaming heads on television. Angry campus activists. Twitter trolls. Today in America, there is an “outrage industrial complex” that prospers by setting American against... View Details
Keywords:
Political Participation;
Political Culture;
Moral Sensibility;
Government and Politics;
Society;
United States
Brooks, Arthur C. Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt. New York: Broadside Books, 2019. (National bestseller.)
- August 2022
- Article
Availability of New Medicines in the U.S. and Germany From 2004 to 2018
By: Katharina Blankart, Huseyin Naci and Amitabh Chandra
Importance: Germany's unique approach to coverage determination and pricing has ensured that effective medicines remain on the market, often at prices reduced through negotiation. However, less is known about trade-offs of this approach with regard to initial...
View Details
Keywords:
Market Entry and Exit;
Price;
Market Timing;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
United States;
Germany
Blankart, Katharina, Huseyin Naci, and Amitabh Chandra. "Availability of New Medicines in the U.S. and Germany From 2004 to 2018." e2229231. JAMA Network Open 5, no. 8 (August 2022).
- Web
Power and Influence for Positive Impact | HBS Online
to fully complete all coursework in a thoughtful and timely manner. This will mean meeting each week’s course module deadlines and fully answering questions posed therein. This helps ensure participants proceed through the course at a...
View Details
- 28 Sep 2016
- Blog Post
Tackling Inequality: An HBS Independent Project
At HBS, I spent a lot of time thinking about how I would become a “leader who makes a difference in the world.” It was on my mind as I attended career development programs, agonized over internship opportunities, and prepared yet another...
View Details
- 28 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
African American Student Union Spotlight on Entrepreneurship
The HBS African American Student Union (AASU) aims to create a close-knit community for its members from the time they choose to join HBS, through their transition to the second year, and extending beyond graduation. In this feature, we...
View Details
- 07 May 2012
- News
The Art of Haggling
- 30 Oct 2021
- News
How Men and Women Treat Deadlines in the Workplace Differently
- 11 Nov 2011
- News
NBA lockout costing broadcasters
- 30 Dec 2011
- News
Five Resolutions for Aspiring Leaders
- Video