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- June 2013
- Teaching Note
Eric Weston (TN)
By: Jim Sharpe and Noah Fisher
This is the Teaching Note Associated with case #813045 (Eric Weston).
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- July 2012 (Revised April 2013)
- Case
Eric Weston
Facing bankruptcy or keeping the doors open, Eric Weston assesses his continued survival in the retail garden supply business he has owned for seven years.
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Keywords:
Acquisitions;
Bankruptcy;
Financing;
Turnarounds;
Liquidation;
Negotiation;
Entrepreneurial Management;
Crisis Management;
Entrepreneurs;
Bank Loan;
Career Planning;
Financial Analysis;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Entrepreneurship;
Acquisition;
Retail Industry;
United States
Roberts, Michael J., and Jim Sharpe. "Eric Weston." Harvard Business School Case 813-045, July 2012. (Revised April 2013.)
- June 2013
- Teaching Note
Dragonfly Corporation
By: Jim Sharpe and Michael Norris
This is the teaching note to HBS Case 813042.
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- February 2008 (Revised April 2009)
- Case
Chronology of the Asian Financial Crisis
By: Laura Alfaro, Rafael Di Tella and Renee Kim
In July 1997, Thailand became the first Asian "tiger" economy to abandon its fixed exchange rate system in response to speculative attacks on its currency. Investors started to flee Asia, and the crisis rapidly spread to other countries. Central banks spent billions of...
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Keywords:
Financial Crisis;
Currency Exchange Rate;
Central Banking;
Policy;
Crisis Management;
Asia;
Thailand
Alfaro, Laura, Rafael Di Tella, and Renee Kim. "Chronology of the Asian Financial Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 708-001, February 2008. (Revised April 2009.)
- 13 Sep 2010
- News
Basel needs a firm hand and fewer delays
- July 2012 (Revised November 2012)
- Case
Dragonfly Corporation
By: Howard H. Stevenson and Jim Sharpe
After 3 years of losses and under legal threats from their landlord, a husband and wife team are faced with shutting the company down, buying time with the landlord or turning to their parents for additional funds. Despite opening a new location and seeing that sales...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurs;
Entrepreneurial Management;
Turnarounds;
Bankruptcy;
Bank Loan;
Crisis Management;
Family Business;
Retail Trade;
Financial Crisis;
Financial Analysis;
Entrepreneurship;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Retail Industry;
United States
Stevenson, Howard H., and Jim Sharpe. "Dragonfly Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 813-042, July 2012. (Revised November 2012.)
- October 2019
- Case
China Merchants Bank: Ushering in the Era of Family Office in China
By: Lauren Cohen, Hao Gao, Billy Chan and Dawn H. Lau
China Merchants Bank, the sixth-largest lender in China, intends to boost its family office business as a result of an increase in the population of ultra-high net worth individuals. Already ranked China’s number-one private bank with AUM exceeding US$300 billion, the...
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Keywords:
Family Office;
Strategy;
Banks and Banking;
Organizational Design;
Competitive Strategy;
Banking Industry;
China
Cohen, Lauren, Hao Gao, Billy Chan, and Dawn H. Lau. "China Merchants Bank: Ushering in the Era of Family Office in China." Harvard Business School Case 220-032, October 2019.
- 06 Aug 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Fixing Market Failures or Fixing Elections? Agricultural Credit in India
- September 2004 (Revised May 2006)
- Case
Bohemian Crowns: Ceskoslovenska Obchodni Banka (A)
By: Rawi E. Abdelal, Vincent Dessain and Monika Stachowiak
Tells the story of the Czech transition from a centrally planned to a free market economy, describing the first economic reforms, the fixed-exchange rate regime, and the voucher privatization. Also explains why, in the middle of the 1990s, the Czech Republic...
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Keywords:
History;
Currency Exchange Rate;
Credit;
Government Administration;
Decisions;
Economic Systems;
Expansion;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Banks and Banking;
Banking Industry;
Czech Republic
Abdelal, Rawi E., Vincent Dessain, and Monika Stachowiak. "Bohemian Crowns: Ceskoslovenska Obchodni Banka (A)." Harvard Business School Case 705-007, September 2004. (Revised May 2006.)
- September 2012 (Revised July 2013)
- Case
Can the Eurozone Survive?
By: Dante Roscini and Jonathan Schlefer
The sovereign debt crisis that took Greece by storm in 2010 began to spread to other European markets. Within a few months Ireland and Portugal had also lost access to the sovereign debt markets and had to rely on supranational loans for their financing. The risk of...
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Keywords:
Sovereign Debt Crisis;
Currency Areas;
Financial Crisis;
Borrowing and Debt;
Currency Exchange Rate;
International Relations;
Banking Industry;
European Union;
Germany;
France;
Italy;
Spain;
Greece;
Portugal
Roscini, Dante, and Jonathan Schlefer. "Can the Eurozone Survive?" Harvard Business School Case 713-034, September 2012. (Revised July 2013.)
- 03 Dec 2020
- News
The Future of ESG Is … Accounting?
- April 2013
- Teaching Plan
Barclays and the LIBOR Scandal
By: Clayton S. Rose and Aldo Sesia
In the summer of 2012, Barclays plc, one of the largest banks in the world, agreed to settle with authorities and acknowledged that the firm had manipulated LIBOR (London Inter-Bank Offered Rate)—a benchmark reference rate that was fundamental to the operation of...
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Keywords:
Financial Systems;
Financial Services;
Corruption;
Regulation;
General Management;
Management;
Leadership;
Economic Systems;
Crime and Corruption;
Ethics;
Culture;
Banking Industry;
Banking Industry;
United Kingdom
Rose, Clayton S., and Aldo Sesia. "Barclays and the LIBOR Scandal ." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 313-108, April 2013.
- 30 Jul 2009
- News
Chatter about a new global currency is overblown
Jorge Tamayo
Jorge Tamayo is an assistant professor of business administration in the Strategy Unit. He teaches the Strategy course in the MBA required curriculum.
Professor Tamayo is an applied microeconomist primarily interested in industrial organization and... View Details
- 2007
- Working Paper
New Framework for Measuring and Managing Macrofinancial Risk and Financial Stability
By: Dale F. Gray, Robert C. Merton and Zvi Bodie
This paper proposes a new approach to improve the way central banks can analyze and manage the financial risks of a national economy. It is based on the modern theory and practice of contingent claims analysis (CCA), which is successfully used today at the level of...
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Gray, Dale F., Robert C. Merton, and Zvi Bodie. "New Framework for Measuring and Managing Macrofinancial Risk and Financial Stability." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 13607, November 2007.
- February 2017 (Revised November 2021)
- Case
Digitalization at Siemens
By: David J. Collis and Tonia Junker
The case discusses the digitalization strategy of Siemens AG, a German-based company operating in manufacturing and electronics. The increasing impact of digital technologies on all of its business units had prompted CEO Joe Kaeser and his team to put digitalization at...
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Keywords:
Company Management;
Digital Technologies;
Corporate Strategy;
Competition;
Information Technology;
Information Infrastructure;
Manufacturing Industry;
Electronics Industry
Collis, David J., and Tonia Junker. "Digitalization at Siemens." Harvard Business School Case 717-428, February 2017. (Revised November 2021.)
- February 2015 (Revised February 2017)
- Case
Winnan Metal: Fulfilling the Dream
By: William R. Kerr, Jim Sharpe and James Weber
Neil Kashyap and Neil Lombardo (HBS '08) acquired Winnan Metal, Inc., a metal fabrication shop, after raising a search fund and an 11 month search to fulfill their dreams of becoming business owners. Two weeks after they took control of the company, Winnan's largest...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurs;
Entrepreneurial Management;
Turnarounds;
Bank Loan;
Crisis Management;
Financial Analysis;
Search Funds;
Acquisitions;
Financial Capital Needed;
Management;
Operations Management;
Sales;
Entrepreneurship;
Decision Making;
Change Management;
Manufacturing Industry;
United States;
Indiana
Kerr, William R., Jim Sharpe, and James Weber. "Winnan Metal: Fulfilling the Dream." Harvard Business School Case 815-104, February 2015. (Revised February 2017.)
- 2008
- Working Paper
New Framework for Measuring and Managing Macrofinancial Risk and Financial Stability
By: Dale F. Gray, Robert C. Merton and Zvi Bodie
This paper proposes a new approach to improve the way central banks can analyze and manage the financial risks of a national economy. It is based on the modern theory and practice of contingent claims analysis (CCA), which is successfully used today at the level of...
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Gray, Dale F., Robert C. Merton, and Zvi Bodie. "New Framework for Measuring and Managing Macrofinancial Risk and Financial Stability." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-015, August 2008. (Revised.)
- February 2016 (Revised August 2017)
- Case
Battle Over a Bank: Defining the Limits of Federal Power Under a New Constitution
By: David Moss and Marc Campasano
In late February, 1791, Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton submitted a report to President Washington defending his recent proposal for a national bank, which he hoped would bolster the American economy and assist the federal government in managing its finances....
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Keywords:
Governance;
Central Banking;
Laws and Statutes;
Government and Politics;
History;
Public Administration Industry;
United States
Moss, David, and Marc Campasano. "Battle Over a Bank: Defining the Limits of Federal Power Under a New Constitution." Harvard Business School Case 716-052, February 2016. (Revised August 2017.)