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- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Dow at 20,000: What's That All About?
that the markets expect strong deregulation, and that impacts every other sector that is highly regulated in the economy. So you saw the rising stock prices of financials, for example, as well as energy...
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by Jim Aisner
- September 2011
- Case
China Development Bank
By: Li Jin, Matthew Preble and Aldo Sesia
In May 2011, Chairman Chen Yuan of the China Development Bank (CDB) was thinking back on CDB's financing of a major project between Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras), Brazil's state-owned oil and gas producer and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), one...
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International Finance;
Emerging Markets;
Energy Sources;
Banks and Banking;
Energy Industry;
Brazil;
China
Jin, Li, Matthew Preble, and Aldo Sesia. "China Development Bank." Harvard Business School Case 212-001, September 2011.
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Company databases: which database to choose? | Baker Library
equity research, company profiles, histories, etc. Bloomberg Availability: In-Library for Authorized Baker Visitors* Strengths/Unique Features: Comprehensive platform used to analyze financial data from equity and fixed income markets,...
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Daniel C. Keefe
During his tenure as CEO, Keefe generated strong financial returns – both Ingersoll’s return on assets and market value performance placed the company among the top 50 View Details
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Fabricated Goods
- February 1982 (Revised June 1990)
- Case
Massey-Ferguson Ltd.—1980
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Scott P. Mason
Massey Ferguson began fiscal year 1981 in default on $2.5 billion of outstanding debt. The company's future depends on the ability of lenders, the governments of Canada and Ontario, and management, to agree on a refinancing plan. The case reviews Massey's performance...
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Financial Condition;
Financial Markets;
Financing and Loans;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Financial Strategy;
Borrowing and Debt;
Corporate Finance;
Canada
Baldwin, Carliss Y., and Scott P. Mason. "Massey-Ferguson Ltd.—1980." Harvard Business School Case 282-043, February 1982. (Revised June 1990.)
- 23 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Sustainability Reporting: It’s Effective
better have transparency around these issues," he says. "If regulators care about these issues, they should ask companies to disclose their performance around them, and if companies want to change the way they conduct business, they can...
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by Michael Blanding
- 12 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Promise of Channel Stewardship
Most company distribution systems are designed ad-hoc when needed, and serve neither value chain partners nor end users well—just look at the frustrating new-car buying process set up by American auto makers. At the same time, says Harvard Business School View Details
- 22 Apr 2015
- Op-Ed
Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths
firms-partly thanks to changes in labor regulations that made labor markets more flexible. Reforms were also effective at cutting red tape that prevented entrepreneurs from starting businesses. The number of...
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by George Serafeim
- 19 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Tata Power - Trombay Thermal Power Plant Takeaways
that is abundant in India. In fact, Tata Power has already demonstrated their ability to address changing market trends within this plant. The Trombay plant began as an oil thermal plant but switched to coal around 70s-80s to mitigate oil...
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- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W15551 Labor Regulations and European Private Equity Authors:Ant Bozkaya and William R. Kerr Abstract European nations substitute between employment protection regulations and...
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Martha Lagace
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
investors and he’s the “flag,” the name. Given that case, that would inform a world view that has a high sensitivity to perceptions in what we call in real estate “the real economy.” Are the rooms full, and in which locations? Hotel people have a high sensitivity to...
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by Christina Pazzanese
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Steve Schwarzman
foreseeable future? Conditions have really been almost as good as they can be over the last year or so. It’s reasonable to expect that will change because financial markets never remain stable by definition....
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- May 2003
- Supplement
Morgan Stanley Japan - Eric Best
By: Tarun Khanna
Eric Best, managing director of Morgan Stanley, lectures on markets.
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Khanna, Tarun. "Morgan Stanley Japan - Eric Best." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 703-903, May 2003.
- March 2014
- Article
Cyclicality of Credit Supply: Firm Level Evidence
By: Bo Becker and Victoria Ivashina
Theory predicts that there is a close link between bank credit supply and the evolution of the business cycle. Yet fluctuations in bank-loan supply have been hard to quantify in the time series. While loan issuance falls in recessions, it is not clear if this is due to...
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Business Cycles;
Borrowing and Debt;
Credit;
Banks and Banking;
Bonds;
Financial Markets;
Financing and Loans;
Banking Industry
Becker, Bo, and Victoria Ivashina. "Cyclicality of Credit Supply: Firm Level Evidence." Journal of Monetary Economics 62 (March 2014): 76–93.
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
colleagues to refocus radically on truly modern phenomena, on anticipating the future, and on altering our theorizing and methods accordingly, or we will never catch up. Marketing Complex Financial Products...
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Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Consumer Finance Makes HBS Debut
in the economic crisis that hit last fall. Howell and I have been working on these issues for a decade. With the economic crisis, the issues of household debt, retail financial services, and regulation in...
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- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
pre-COVID financial markets were unstable and trade wars were intensifying. Public health in developing countries was improving thanks primarily to the work of NGOs. But in the US, men between 30 and 50 were...
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by Martha Lagace
- 15 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Are the Most Talented Employees the Highest Paid? Yes—If They’re Bankers
The research, based in France, was prompted by an ongoing regulatory debate within the European Union. "In Europe, there has been intense discussion about taxing high incomes in general, and bankers in specific," Vallée explains. In the aftermath of the 2008 View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Social Investing Pioneers
the social impact bond, an innovative approach to marrying social purpose with financial returns for investors. Still in the pilot stage in the UK, social impact bonds already have enthusiastic supporters determined to bring them to the...
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- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Latin America's Decade
a report on the HBS Latin America Research Center), Latin America is an evolving, untapped market of vast potential, formidable challenges, and many fascinations. MORE A Latin American Vision: New HBS Research Center Opens In the 1980s,...
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Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna;
Latin America;
research;
infrastructure;
Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments;
Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments;
Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments;
Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments;
Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments