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- March 2005
- Case
Windhoek Nature Reserve: Financing a Sustainable Conservation Model in Namibia
In 2003, a Namibian entrepreneur was deciding how to finance and manage the risks of an ecotourism, nature reserve, venture project. Explores the challenges facing an entrepreneur operating in an emerging market with imperfect local financial and legal institutions.
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Hecht, Peter A., Brooke Parry Hecht, and Kavita Kapur Macleod. "Windhoek Nature Reserve: Financing a Sustainable Conservation Model in Namibia." Harvard Business School Case 205-066, March 2005.
- Program
Leadership for Senior Executives
officers, chief financial officers, senior vice presidents, general managers, senior human resource professionals, and divisional directors or leaders Attendance by two or three members of the senior management team will foster teamwork...
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- August 2021
- Case
Yummy: Delivering Value to Venezuela
By: Ayelet Israeli, Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago and Carla Larangeira
By June 2021, Yummy had become Venezuela’s first and largest food delivery app and last-mile logistics company. In Caracas, the nation’s capital, Yummy held a 55% market share, while operations in other cities had already started to take place, including in three of...
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Keywords:
Internet and the Web;
Health Pandemics;
Business Startups;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Expansion
Israeli, Ayelet, Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago, and Carla Larangeira. "Yummy: Delivering Value to Venezuela." Harvard Business School Case 522-034, August 2021.
- 13 Apr 2020
- News
A Way Forward for Small Businesses
- 29 Mar 2020
- News
Why picking a winning bold business is so risky
- 04 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 4, 2007
leadership at Allianz AG, the German insurance and financial services company, to complete a cross-border merger with the Italian insurance and financial services company, RAS. Allianz, however, could not...
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Martha Lagace
- January 2017
- Case
Exotic Interest Rate Swaps: Snowballs in Portugal
By: Boris Vallee, Patrick Augustin and Philippe Rich
This case explores a complex swap transaction implemented by Metro do Porto in 2007. It represents an opportunity to study fixed income derivative instruments, such as plain-vanilla swaps and structured swaps, as well as understand the opportunities and challenges of...
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Keywords:
Swaps;
Public Finance;
Structured Finance;
Credit Derivatives and Swaps;
Public Sector;
Transportation Industry;
Rail Industry;
Portugal
Vallee, Boris, Patrick Augustin, and Philippe Rich. "Exotic Interest Rate Swaps: Snowballs in Portugal." Harvard Business School Case 217-050, January 2017.
- May 1987 (Revised February 2000)
- Case
Codman & Shurtleff, Inc.: Planning and Control System
By: Robert L. Simons
Detailed description of the planning and control systems in use at Johnson & Johnson. Focuses on the actions of managers in one subsidiary in revising budget targets. Illustrates intensive strategic planning and financial planning process in a large, decentralized...
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Keywords:
Strategic Planning;
Planning;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Accounting Audits;
Budgets and Budgeting;
Business Strategy;
Financial Management;
Business or Company Management;
Management Systems;
Financial Services Industry;
Financial Services Industry
Simons, Robert L. "Codman & Shurtleff, Inc.: Planning and Control System." Harvard Business School Case 187-081, May 1987. (Revised February 2000.)
- May 1998 (Revised September 1999)
- Background Note
Note on Managed Care
By: Richard M.J. Bohmer
Presents an overview of managed care. Describes the relationship between provider and insurance companies, examines the implications for consumers, and discusses financial arrangements and operational characteristics commonly observed in the industry. Also provides a...
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Keywords:
Customers;
Insurance;
Health Care and Treatment;
Service Operations;
Relationships;
Insurance Industry
Bohmer, Richard M.J. "Note on Managed Care." Harvard Business School Background Note 698-060, May 1998. (Revised September 1999.)
- 25 Apr 2011
- News
What CEOs Do, and How They Can Do it Better
- 06 Jun 2011
- News
Academics need to get 'down and dirty'
- 22 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 22, 2015
analysis suggests a need for caution: while information facilitates transactions, it also facilitates discrimination. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50258 Financial Patent Quality: Finance Patents...
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Carmen Nobel
- August 2012 (Revised September 2012)
- Case
JP Morgan Chase & the CIO Losses
By: Clayton Rose
On July 13, 2012, JP Morgan Chase & Co. announced a larger than expected loss for the quarter, $4.4 billion, from positions held in the Chief Investment Office (CIO), raising the total losses to $5.9 billion. Since the substantial risks in the CIO had first been...
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Keywords:
Banking;
Governance;
Finance;
Risk Management;
Corporate Governance;
Business Earnings;
Accounting;
Financial Services Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Rose, Clayton. "JP Morgan Chase & the CIO Losses." Harvard Business School Case 313-033, August 2012. (Revised September 2012.)
- 18 Apr 2022
- HBS Case
Dick’s Sporting Goods Followed Its Conscience on Guns—and It Paid Off
difficult decision. These lessons include getting top executives on board with a change, analyzing the financial impact, and developing a communications strategy aimed at explaining the firm’s actions to customers, employees, suppliers,...
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by Jay Fitzgerald
- 2008
- Working Paper
Market Reaction to the Adoption of IFRS in Europe
By: Christopher S. Armstrong, Mary E. Barth, Alan D. Jagolinzer and Edward J. Riedl
This study examines the European stock market reaction to sixteen events associated with the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in Europe. European IFRS adoption represented a major milestone towards financial reporting convergence yet...
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Keywords:
Financial Reporting;
International Accounting;
Financial Markets;
Code Law;
Standards;
Adoption;
Europe
Armstrong, Christopher S., Mary E. Barth, Alan D. Jagolinzer, and Edward J. Riedl. "Market Reaction to the Adoption of IFRS in Europe." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-032, September 2008.
- February 2010 (Revised August 2010)
- Case
Sheikh Mohammed and the Making of 'Dubai, Inc.'
By: Anthony Mayo, Nitin Nohria, Umaimah Mendhro and Johnathan Cromwell
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has converted Dubai from a sleepy little coastal village into a world-class city, famous for its ambition, drive, and economic promise. He is the founder, part-owner, and visionary behind companies such as Emirates Airlines, a...
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Keywords:
Development Economics;
Leadership Style;
Emerging Markets;
Personal Development and Career;
Business and Community Relations;
Business and Government Relations;
Dubai
Mayo, Anthony, Nitin Nohria, Umaimah Mendhro, and Johnathan Cromwell. "Sheikh Mohammed and the Making of 'Dubai, Inc.'." Harvard Business School Case 410-063, February 2010. (Revised August 2010.)
- April 2011 (Revised February 2016)
- Case
Jamaica's Anemic Growth: The IMF, China and the Debt(th) Trap
By: Rafael Di Tella and Natalie Kindred
This case describes the economic development problems faced by the small Caribbean-island country of Jamaica over most of the past half-century. The Jamaican economy showed relatively strong growth in the 1960s but stagnated in the 1970s. By the end of that decade,...
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Keywords:
Government Administration;
Economic Slowdown and Stagnation;
International Finance;
Crime and Corruption;
Poverty;
Private Sector;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Economy;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Borrowing and Debt;
Jamaica
Di Tella, Rafael, and Natalie Kindred. "Jamaica's Anemic Growth: The IMF, China and the Debt(th) Trap." Harvard Business School Case 711-031, April 2011. (Revised February 2016.)
- 2023
- Working Paper
When Insurers Exit: Climate Losses, Fragile Insurers, and Mortgage Markets
By: Pari Sastry, Ishita Sen and Ana-Maria Tenekedjieva
This paper studies how homeowners insurance markets respond to growing climate losses and how this impacts mortgage market dynamics. Using Florida as a case study, we show that traditional insurers are exiting high risk areas, and new lower quality insurers are...
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Keywords:
Insurance;
Natural Disasters;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Insurance Industry;
Florida
Sastry, Pari, Ishita Sen, and Ana-Maria Tenekedjieva. "When Insurers Exit: Climate Losses, Fragile Insurers, and Mortgage Markets." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-051, February 2024. (SSRN Working Paper Series, No. 4674279, December 2023.)
- August 1986 (Revised September 2004)
- Case
Hanson Ski Products
By: William J. Bruns Jr. and Julie H. Hertenstein
At the end of the budget cycle, the manager must test whether plans are feasible given financing arrangements and constraints. Cash needs are great due to seasonality. Needed loans must be calculated at five separate dates, and financial position projected. This is a...
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Keywords:
Budgets and Budgeting;
Capital Budgeting;
Cash Flow;
Financial Strategy;
Activity Based Costing and Management;
Financing and Loans;
Managerial Roles;
Credit;
Insurance
Bruns, William J., Jr., and Julie H. Hertenstein. "Hanson Ski Products." Harvard Business School Case 187-038, August 1986. (Revised September 2004.)