Publications

01 Feb 2001
News

High Stakes: Springboard 2000 Comes to HBS

presentations to a group of some three hundred top investment professionals. Presenters spoke of markets with multibillion-dollar potential, margins over 70 percent, eighteen-month paths to profitability, and, of course, products... View Details

Keywords: Singleton, Laura; Springboard 2000

26 Jan 2021
Research & Ideas

A New Way to Cut Credit Card Debt: Pay Off One Purchase at a Time

also provides a visual progress cue, as borrowers see purchases vanish from their statements. Norton worked on the project with Grant E. Donnelly, an assistant professor at Ohio State University; Cait Lamberton, a marketing professor at... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Financial Services

16 May 2018
Research & Ideas

How Companies Managed Risk (and Even Benefitted) in World War Internment Camps

Sometimes, maintaining a toehold in a market was a best-case scenario that ultimately reaped dividends—something today’s managers might want to remember when considering any emerging View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Manufacturing

December 2003 (Revised October 2014)
Case

Alusaf Hillside Project

By: Kenneth S. Corts and John R. Wells

The aluminum industry has suffered from long periods of depressed prices and profits interspersed with relatively short-lived price and profit peaks. The case investigates why this has occured, focusing on the decision Alusaf must make on whether to invest in a major... View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Business Cycles; Financial Crisis; Metals and Minerals; Financial Strategy; Investment; Price; Profit; Demand and Consumers; Industry Structures

September 2010 (Revised April 2011)
Case

Sherritt Goes to Cuba (A): Political Risk in Unchartered Territory

By: Aldo Musacchio and Jonathan Schlefer

Ian Delaney, CEO of Sherritt, a primarily a mining company, visited Cuba in the early 1990s to negotiate a deal to export nickel for their Canadian refineries. The case describes the difficulties of doing business in Cuba and the challenges Delaney overcame to turn... View Details

Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Joint Ventures; Multinational Firms and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Risk Management; Emerging Markets; Business and Government Relations; Mining Industry; Canada; Cuba; United States

01 Feb 1997
News

Merton Discusses Risk Management at Dean's Seminar

areas of capital markets, financial services, and corporate finance. "New financial product and market designs, improved computer and telecommunications technology, and advances in finance theory during the... View Details

Keywords: Elizabeth McNair

December 2009
Article

Negotiation? Auction? A Deal Maker's Guide

By: Guhan Subramanian

What's the best way to buy or sell an asset? Should you hold an auction and accept the most attractive offer? Or should you identify the most likely prospects and negotiate with them privately? Auctions became increasingly popular after the internet opened wide the... View Details

Keywords: Assets; Auctions; Market Transactions; Negotiation; Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions

Find at Harvard

01 Sep 2010
News

Faculty Books

Schoar (University of Chicago Press) This compilation of articles explains how a country’s institutional differences and cultural considerations affect the role that entrepreneurs play in its economy. The contributors consider how environmental factors of individual... View Details

Keywords: Retail Trade; Water Transportation; Transportation

21 Nov 2006
First Look

First Look: November 21, 2006

three- and five-year stock performance of these offerings. RLBOs appear to consistently outperform other IPOs and the stock market as a whole, with economically and statistically meaningful positive returns. There is no evidence of a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Web

The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports - Course Catalog

seeking to advance their knowledge of general management, strategy, and marketing in the context of a challenging, rapidly changing, and fun environment. Educational Objectives The course starts with an examination of the properties that... View Details

March 1996 (Revised November 1997)
Case

Dewar's (C): Exploring New Media Opportunities

By: Alvin J. Silk and Lisa Klein Pearo

Dewar's is considering employing new media options. The company had committed resources to a new CD-ROM magazine, Launch, in 1994, as its first experiment with new media. During 1994, a number of additional opportunities have been presented to both Leo Burnett and S&S... View Details

Keywords: Advertising Campaigns; Cost Management; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Market Entry and Exit; Media; Corporate Strategy