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- 03 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018
Party City In 2005, Berkshire Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm specializing in growth equity, was one year into their ownership of Amscan, the market leader of designed, manufactured, and...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 8, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208088 Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDOs) Harvard Business School Note 208-113 This lesson integrated Merton's (1974) contingent claims model of debt and equity claims...
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Martha Lagace
- 03 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 4, 2008
Working PapersSell Side School Ties Authors:Lauren H. Cohen, Andrea Frazzini, and Christopher J. Malloy Abstract We study the impact of social networks on agents' ability to gather superior information about firms. Exploiting novel data on the educational backgrounds...
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Martha Lagace
- 28 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 28
the short-term have a more short-term oriented investor base. Moreover, we find that short-term oriented firms have higher stock price volatility, and that this effect is mitigated for firms with more long-term investors. We also find that short-term oriented firms...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 10
inequality due to forces like skill-biased technical change. Exploring movements around these long-term levels, however, this study finds mixed evidence regarding the vicious cycle hypothesis. On one hand, larger compensation differentials are accepted as inequality...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 5, 2010
century founding by Werner Siemens of the Siemens electrical business in Germany. Werner's dual role as inventor and entrepreneur is explored as he created one of the world's first multinational enterprises, whose growth initially rested...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 23
Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/113059-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Supplement 913-416 From Little Things Big Things Grow: The Clontarf Foundation Program for Aboriginal Boys (B) This case focuses on the growth of an...
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Anna Secino
- 24 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 24
Business School Note 612-084 This note describes the hybrid electric vehicle market, the results of different automaker strategies, and the environmental regulatory issues that can promote or inhibit market growth in the United States....
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Carmen Nobel
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
Competing platforms are affected negatively because more information intensifies price competition. Publisher's link: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2360263 Working Papers Monetary Policy Drivers of Bond and Equity Risks By: Campbell, John...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
the Spanish superstar for the 2018 tournament after all. What is the best course of action? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/518041 Harvard Business School Case 218-033 Tesla Motors (A): Financing Growth The...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 24, 2009
card networks, the decline of checks, the rise of stored value cards, and the growth of new payment methods such as PayPal, Bill Me Later, and decoupled debit. This case presents the structure of these payment methods, focusing on...
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Martha Lagace
- 28 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur
clamped down. A lot of constraints were put on growth of companies, until Rajiv Gandhi became prime minister in 1984. Before that, a lot of multinationals—Coca Cola, Pepsi—decided to leave because the government wanted them to give a...
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- 22 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 22
public research organizations, such as universities and hospitals, and private firms are an established policy tool around the world for the delivery of social or public services, and their use as a tool to foster the translation of basic science into commercial...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Aug 2011
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First Look: August 9
have been creatively implemented in the U.S. and elsewhere to transplant paired donors, each method uniquely contributing to the success of KPD. As the paired donor pool grows, the problem of determining allocation strategies that maximize View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 11, 2007
stock prices had been reached. Despite Fisher's poor prediction on that occasion, he played a neglected, but significant role in the growth of the forecasting industry and in the rise of a class of early business analysts. An...
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Martha Lagace
- 10 May 2016
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May 10, 2016
last decade has seen a sharp rise in patent litigation in the U.S., with 2015 having one of the highest patent lawsuit counts on record. In theory, this could be a consequence of growth in the commercialization of technology and...
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Carmen Nobel
- 28 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 28
strategy. How should Weltman and CS best proceed? Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/modern-family-planning-the-business-of-circle-surrogacy/an/714418-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 514-044 Kiehl's Since 1851: Pathway to Profitable View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008
Kaiser mastered the management and execution of plans for several large-scale projects that contributed to the growth and improvement of contemporary America, including the Hoover Dam, one of the wonders of the modern world. During World...
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Martha Lagace
- 20 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 20, 2008
growth of a company. Not surprisingly, firms spend billions of dollars on marketing. Given these large investments, marketing managers have the responsibility to optimally allocate these resources and demonstrate that these investments...
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Martha Lagace
- 10 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
of companies that are helping create the conditions for the industry’s growth by amassing knowledge about best practices, influencing the development of regulations, exploring new uses for drones, developing a professional workforce, and...
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Dina Gerdeman