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- 15 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Lessons Not Learned About Innovation
must contribute to the other. Q: What is the innovation pyramid and how does it work? A: The innovation pyramid is an innovation strategy that works at three levels. The lion's share of the investment underwrites a few big bets at the...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Rock Gift to Support Entrepreneurial Studies
doctoral students, and underwrite entrepreneurship–related publications and conferences. “It’s really an amazing opportunity and responsibility that Arthur Rock has placed in front of us,” comments HBS professor William A. Sahlman, who...
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- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Early Impact
Gayle Greenhill, for instance, supports community-building and campus cultural events and activities within the MBA Program. And a research fund established by Gisel (MBA 2003) and Omid Kordestani underwrites scholarship and activities at...
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- 15 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Better Business Model for Fighting Cancer
“Maybe you don’t get the perfect answer,” he says, “but for $50,000 you get three-quarters of the way to an answer that otherwise would have cost $500,000.” Or perhaps philanthropists who underwrite a drug’s development could receive...
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- 01 Jun 2011
- News
What’s after Fannie and Freddie?
underwriting standards. In a number of European countries, for example, there are quite strict regulations on down payments; many require 20 percent. I don’t think U.S. policymakers are willing to go that route; the ability to buy a home...
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- 12 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
‘Let the Buyer Beware’ Doesn’t Protect Investors
some PowerPoint slides—a process that Bill Burnham, a former CSFB Internet analyst, calls 'the competitive devaluation of underwriting standards.' But nowhere did the wall between research and banking fall so completely as in Quattrone's...
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by D. Quinn Mills
- Web
Podcast - Forum for Growth & Innovation
that means is today there's about 90% of the total student lending market is federal government loans, the remaining 10% is private student lenders. Chris Abkarians: And the reason that happens is there aren't underwriting criteria for a...
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Post-war PR Campaigns Reaching Wide Audiences | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
potential in the new medium of television by underwriting The U.S. Steel Hour, which showcased up-and-coming actors in serious dramas by renowned playwrights. Sponsored messages during the program provided an opportunity for U.S. Steel to...
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- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Kash Rangan
funds. The venture philanthropy community has some translation work to do. Right now venture philanthropy is only a small part of the landscape. Another hot topic in the nonprofit world is the idea of creating a for-profit business to help View Details
- 08 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 8
underwriting representative for public television and radio stations throughout the United States. When Mr. Williams and his wife, Linda Williams, started NPB in 1996, they had imagined it would grow quickly and be acquired by a larger...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Mar 2023
- News
Carbon's Second Act
Photo credits: Brenae Bowers Brix and Russ Campbell Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: This story starts the way all classic stories of tech entrepreneurship do: In Todd Brix's garage. Brix (MBA 1997) started his career in the...
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- 22 Apr 2015
- Op-Ed
Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths
were unable to provide new loans to underwrite company growth. “The recessionary measures that were taken in Greece were not the cause of the crisis.” Even large companies that could ordinarily rely on public equity or debt markets...
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by George Serafeim
- 15 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise
the landscape. Q: Another hot topic in the nonprofit world is the idea of creating a for-profit business to help underwrite the cost of operations. Is this the way to go to secure a reliable stream of funds? A: I don't think so. There's a...
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by Roger Thompson
- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
from the collusive price, thereby raising total production costs. Our results can thus rationalize the apparently contradictory empirical facts that the market for IPO underwriting exhibits seemingly collusive pricing despite its low...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 3, 2007
recommendations, and selling pressure following hold recommendations. This "discounting" is even more pronounced when the analyst has an underwriter affiliation. Small traders, instead, follow recommendations literally. They...
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Martha Lagace
- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Balancing the Future Against Today’s Needs
instance—and "go back to the core" because they knew they could make their annual numbers that way. So, when Urquhart recognized an opportunity to grow from underwriting "big-ticket power projects"—the core...
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by Paul Michelman
- 05 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018
IPO underwriting exhibits seemingly collusive pricing despite its low level of market concentration. Download working paper: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53003 Complex Disclosure By: Jin, Ginger Zhe, Michael Luca, and...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 11
S&G to become the first publicly traded law firm in the world. The firm and its underwriters had just issued a prospectus and were now in the process of lining up investors for the offering. Gloria Rosen, a portfolio manager at...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
been a tough ride for Thomas Wilson who had taken over as CEO on January 1, 2007, and vowed to "reinvent protection and retirement for the consumer." Soon after this statement, a combination of exogenous shocks and fierce competition had driven the whole...
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Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion
monetary loosening since August 2007 — the steep cuts in the federal funds and discount rates, the various auction and lending “facilities,” the underwriting of JPMorgan’s acquisition of Bear Stearns, and, most recently, the shift to...
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