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- 10 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
Working for a Shamed Company Can Hurt Your Future Compensation
work. It does seem like companies make some distinctions between employees, who are not all painted with the same broad brush. Senior executives suffer a 6.5 percent compensation discount on average while View Details
- November 2004 (Revised March 2007)
- Case
10 Uncommon Values®: Optimizing the Stock-Selection Process
By: Paul M. Healy and Boris Groysberg
In 2003, Steve Hash, research director at Lehman Brothers, prepared to initiate the firm's "Ten Uncommon Values" stock-picking process for the year. An investment committee had to pick the 10 best stocks from about 100 stock ideas presented by the firm's analysts. The...
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Keywords:
Stocks;
Investment;
Financial Strategy;
Decision Making;
Groups and Teams;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Healy, Paul M., and Boris Groysberg. "10 Uncommon Values®: Optimizing the Stock-Selection Process." Harvard Business School Case 405-022, November 2004. (Revised March 2007.)
- 15 Nov 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Do Fire Sales Create Externalities?
- November 1985
- Case
Paine Webber (A): Choosing a Corporate Strategy
By: Dwight B. Crane and Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Keywords:
Corporate Strategy;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Financial Institutions;
Financial Services Industry
Crane, Dwight B., and Robert G. Eccles Jr. "Paine Webber (A): Choosing a Corporate Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 286-033, November 1985.
- July 2003 (Revised June 2010)
- Case
FrontPoint Partners
By: Jay O. Light
A hedge fund platform, a new and unique kind of asset management firm, contemplates various client markets for its services.
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Keywords:
Asset Management;
Investment;
Demand and Consumers;
Digital Platforms;
Service Delivery;
Financial Services Industry
Light, Jay O. "FrontPoint Partners." Harvard Business School Case 204-020, July 2003. (Revised June 2010.)
- November 2006
- Case
Selling Biovail Short
By: Malcolm P. Baker, Chris Lombardi and Aldo Sesia
Hedge fund SAC Capital and analysts from Gradient Analytics and Banc of America face charges of stock price manipulation from Biovail, a Canadian pharmaceutical company. Gradient and BofA produced negative reports on Biovail's earnings quality. At the same time, SAC...
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Keywords:
Stock Shares;
Investment Banking;
Asset Pricing;
Financial Strategy;
Crime and Corruption;
Financial Services Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Canada
Baker, Malcolm P., Chris Lombardi, and Aldo Sesia. "Selling Biovail Short." Harvard Business School Case 207-071, November 2006.
- 2011
- Other Teaching and Training Material
The Fund Industry: How Your Money Is Managed
By: Robert C. Pozen
This is the teaching manual for the third edition of the fund industry: how your money is managed. It contains review and discussion questions and answers for every chapter. It also contains business-school quality cases for most chapters, including assignment...
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- January 2005 (Revised October 2005)
- Background Note
Standard & Poor's Sovereign Credit Ratings: Scales and Process
By: Rawi E. Abdelal and Christopher Bruner
Describes Standard & Poor's sovereign credit ratings scales and the credit rating process. In particular, describes the role and function of the rating committee and the analytical categories considered in arriving at a final sovereign credit rating.
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Keywords:
Financial Markets;
Credit;
Bonds;
Policy;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Measurement and Metrics;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Financial Services Industry
Abdelal, Rawi E., and Christopher Bruner. "Standard & Poor's Sovereign Credit Ratings: Scales and Process." Harvard Business School Background Note 705-027, January 2005. (Revised October 2005.)
- June 1995 (Revised May 1996)
- Teaching Note
American Express TRS Charge-Card Receivables and Lehman Brothers and the Securitization of American Express Charge-Card Receivables TN
By: Andre F. Perold and Wai Lee
Teaching Note for (9-293-120) and (9-293-121).
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- 08 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
A Bold Proposal for Investment Reform
should be a nonprofit organization, with responsibility for rating the performance of financial analysts from the viewpoint of retail investors. We believe that there are costs as well as benefits from liquidity in the capital market. The...
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- October 2022 (Revised September 2024)
- Case
To SFO or Not To SFO: The Tolman Family Selects a Family Office Strategy
By: Lauren Cohen, Hao Gao, Victoria Alvarez-Arango, Grace Headinger, Mili Sanwalka and Anna Yuan
Peter Tolman, a first-generation investment professional, debated which family office strategy to adopt for managing his family’s assets. As the sole steward of his family’s wealth, he sought to conserve and grow his family’s wealth for him, his wife, and his two very...
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Keywords:
Family Office;
Investment Strategy;
U.S.;
Canada;
Family Business;
Financial Strategy;
Investment;
Strategy;
Diversification;
Management;
Financial Services Industry;
United States;
Canada
Cohen, Lauren, Hao Gao, Victoria Alvarez-Arango, Grace Headinger, Mili Sanwalka, and Anna Yuan. "To SFO or Not To SFO: The Tolman Family Selects a Family Office Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 223-021, October 2022. (Revised September 2024.)
- March 2000 (Revised February 2005)
- Case
Thomas Weisel Partners (B): Year One
By: Thomas J. DeLong, Ashish Nanda and Scott D Landry
After its launch in February 1999, Thomas Weisel Partners experiences rapid growth in its first year. This case details the inaugural year's development and probes what steps the firm should take to continue the momentum.
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Keywords:
Competitive Strategy;
Financial Institutions;
Management Teams;
Growth Management;
Financial Services Industry
DeLong, Thomas J., Ashish Nanda, and Scott D Landry. "Thomas Weisel Partners (B): Year One." Harvard Business School Case 800-331, March 2000. (Revised February 2005.)
- 21 Mar 2019
- News
Helping Veterans Build Careers
like Watson regularly in the Reserves and has helped the Call of Duty Endowment—the largest private funder of employment for veterans—create a solid path forward for them. “Veterans tend to leave their first jobs after military service...
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Keywords:
Jill Radsken
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Better than Cash
and general management consulting services — all free of charge. “The five CAP volunteers assessed our agency carefully and gave me the kind of information I hadn’t had before,” says Alston-Follansbee. “They...
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- 20 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Small Businesses Can Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak
Small-business owners trying to weather the coronavirus pandemic will face a financial blow that’s likely to be worse than what they experienced during the Great Recession more than a decade ago, says Karen G. Mills, senior fellow at...
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- March 1992 (Revised November 1993)
- Case
Beta Management Co.
A manager of a small investment company has been successfully using index funds for limited market timing. Growth has allowed her to move into picking stocks. She is considering two small and highly variable listed stocks, but is concerned about the risk that these...
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Edleson, Michael E. "Beta Management Co." Harvard Business School Case 292-122, March 1992. (Revised November 1993.)
- September 2000 (Revised January 2016)
- Case
Netflix (2000)
The CEO of a successful Internet start-up must decide whether to delay the company's initial public offering following a significant decline in the NASDAQ market during the spring of 2000. The company's CFO is asked to reevaluate the company's projected cash flow needs...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Contracts;
Initial Public Offering;
Cash Flow;
Service Delivery;
Financial Strategy;
Web Services Industry
Mayfield, E. Scott. "Netflix (2000)." Harvard Business School Case 201-037, September 2000. (Revised January 2016.)
- Profile
Anddria Clack
backgrounds and industries, given my last five years spent in the throes of the US financial services industry. I knew that I would be making a significant pivot in my career after business school, and I...
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- April 2008 (Revised December 2008)
- Case
Leveraged Loans 2007
By: Andre F. Perold and Erik Stafford
The leveraged loan market was in a crisis during the summer of 2007, following many years of low realized volatility (less than 4% per annum), an index of leveraged loans had fallen over 5% in the month of July. A sudden drop in capital market prices for an asset class...
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Keywords:
History;
Financial Liquidity;
Investment;
Financial Crisis;
Market Transactions;
Disruption;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Competitive Strategy;
Capital Markets;
Crisis Management;
Commercial Banking;
Financial Services Industry;
Financial Services Industry
Perold, Andre F., and Erik Stafford. "Leveraged Loans 2007." Harvard Business School Case 208-145, April 2008. (Revised December 2008.)
- 19 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: “The Architecture of Innovation”
portfolio firms, attend board meetings, and provide strategic guidance, just like independent venture capitalists. In some respects, their job may be easier: typically, the corporation provides all the funds, sparing them from having to...
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