Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2013

The Barron's article mentioned that a 690 million euro convertible bond sale in February had bought Amazon some more time (the list was based on 1999 year-end data) — but that the company would still run out of cash in 21 months. That opportunistic approach to financial markets has defined Amazon since it went public in 1997.

Training 11

Training Bond Christensen Long-term 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

At meetings of the corporation's finance managers, Tim makes a point to spend time with lower-level staff members to establish a personal bond. He is active in a number of outside finance groups and similarly devotes time at their conferences to seek out and get to know finance talent outside the company.

Execution 14

Execution Team Chief Financial Officer Finance 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2016

As Harvard sociologist Robert Putnam has written, you need to have a balance of both “bonding capital” and “bridging capital” — i.e., relationships based respectively on your commonalities (bonding) and relationships built across differences (bridging). How to Get the Most Out of a Conference.

Industry 8

Industry Venture Capitalist Bond Groupthink 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2013

After watching a presentation by Kaggle founder and CEO Anthony Goldbloom at a conference last year , I went up to the front of the room to ask him a question about macroeconomics. Higher than that, and the bond market vigilantes would punish the U.S. Economy Finance Research' Now, of course, U.S.

GDP 10

GDP Bond Sample Sharpe 10

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

As a consequence, public firms often have access to many different credit facilities and financing options that private companies do not enjoy. IPOs can confer great benefits on companies that are able to go through them. And worst of all, many IPOs never get completed due to market downturns.

IPO 62

IPO Real Estate Cost Company 62

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2011

The main reason is that the problems we have to solve — whether deciding company strategy or bringing an innovative offering to market — are more complex than they have ever been. True trust and empathy starts to happen when there is the even a slight emotional bond, not just a professional one. Mix up disciplines.

Sports 16

Sports Team Bond Innovation 16

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2014

Not long after Alan Greenspan stepped down as Federal Reserve chairman in 2006, global financial markets began to unravel. I tried to get Greenspan to talk me for my November HBR article on economics and finance since the crisis , but he said he’d promised his publisher to keep mum until the book was out, which was too late for my purposes.

Long-term 14

Long-term Banking Short-term Finance 14