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  • Program

Driving Corporate Performance

communication, accountability, and organizational design, you will emerge fully prepared to help your organization drive short-term and long-term success. This program is eligible for the Certificate of Management Excellence. Learn More... View Details
  • September 2024
  • Case

Board Director Dilemmas: The Tradeoffs of Board Selection

By: David G. Fubini, Suraj Srinivasan and Patrick Sanguineti
After retiring from a long and successful career in financial auditing, Linda McGill looked forward to the prospect of joining a board. She felt the time was right to leverage the breadth of her experience while fulfilling one of her long-term goals. Though somewhat of... View Details
Keywords: Board Decisions; Corporate Boards; Boards; Board Networks; Cost vs Benefits; Governing and Advisory Boards; Retirement
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  • May 1993 (Revised January 1994)
  • Case

Cummins Engine Company, The: Starting Up "B" Crankshaft Manufacturing at the San Luis Potosi Plant

By: Robert H. Hayes
Cummins Engine Co. is starting up production of diesel engine crankshafts in its plant in central Mexico. This operation requires much tighter tolerances than any product previously produced at the plant, and the young (recent MBA) manager who is in charge of the... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Production; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Emerging Markets; Problems and Challenges; Industrial Products Industry; Mexico; Alabama
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  • 30 Jun 2020
  • News

Disruption Amidst Disruption: Fintech in the Age of Coronavirus

  • 25 Jan 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Being a Team Player: Why College Athletes Succeed in Business

schools. However, the athletes with the best long-term career outcomes are athletes on teams with slightly lower academic college admission standards, such as football, track, basketball, and hockey, as well as athletes from racially... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne

    Lauren H. Cohen

    Lauren Cohen is the L.E. Simmons Professor in the Finance & Entrepreneurial Management Units at Harvard Business School and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is an Editor of the Review of Financial... View Details

    Keywords: asset management; brokerage; financial services; federal government; investment banking industry; state government
    • December 2016 (Revised December 2018)
    • Case

    From Start-Up to Grown-Up Nation: The Future of the Israeli Innovation Ecosystem

    By: Elie Ofek and Margot Eiran
    In June 2016, Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, wrestled with how to sustain Israel’s strong innovation track record and the country’s reputation as the “startup nation.” Despite the economic miracle the country had wrought since its founding, he... View Details
    Keywords: Israel; Israeli Start-up Nation; Innovation Economy; Entrepreneurial Mindset; Scaling-up; Unicorns; Innovation Clusters; High-tech; Innovation Management; Multinational Corporation R＆D Centers; Social Equality; Two-tier Economy; Liberalizing An Economy; Foreign Investment; Military Service; Quality Of Human Capital; Socioeconomic Gaps; Labor Force Participation; Government Initiatives; Innovation and Management; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Business Startups; Government and Politics; Economy; Equality and Inequality; Education; Resource Allocation; Globalization; Israel
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    • Research Summary

    By: Ashish Nanda
    Ashish Nanda's research focuses on ethics and economics of managing professional service firms.

    Nanda is working on a project that studies how management of conflict of interest influences professional identity, the role of professional associations, and the... View Details

    • March 2007 (Revised March 2008)
    • Case

    Chiaphua Group Vietnam

    By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Michael Shih-ta Chen
    As part of its expansion and diversification strategy, the Chiaphua Group explored real estate investments in emerging markets. The Group was one of the largest privately held company groups based in Hong Kong, with international investments in a variety of... View Details
    Keywords: Investment; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Laws and Statutes; Emerging Markets; Market Entry and Exit; Business and Government Relations; Diversification; Hong Kong
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    • 18 Oct 2013
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Monetary Policy Drivers of Bond and Equity Risks

    Keywords: by John Y. Campbell, Carolin E. Pflueger & Luis M. Viceira
    • 07 Jun 2012
    • Working Paper Summaries

    How Short-Termism Invites Corruption--And What to Do About It

    Keywords: by Malcolm S. Salter
    • Program

    Families in Business

    and distribute wealth optimally to benefit the family and the business Evaluate estate planning options Determine if a family office is right for you and how to manage it Establish a foundation for long-term business success Build on your... View Details
    • April 2018
    • Case

    Wilderness Safaris: Ecotourism Entrepreneurship

    By: James E. Austin, Megan Epler Wood and Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard
    Wilderness Safaris sees itself as a conservation company that is built on a business model of providing high-end, premium-priced wildlife safaris in various locations in Africa. Dependent on functioning, healthy ecosystems for its long-term survivability as a business,... View Details
    Keywords: Sustainability; Conservation Planning; Corporate Social Responsibility; Ecotourism; Strategy; Social Enterprise; Social Entrepreneurship; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Expansion; Growth and Development Strategy; Tourism Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Travel Industry; Africa; Botswana
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    • May 2013
    • Supplement

    Kinyuseisaku: Monetary Policy in Japan (C)

    By: Laura Alfaro and Hilary White
    Assuming office in December 2012, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was determined to revive Japan's stagnating economy through an ambitious plan known as 'Abenomics.' Under the guidance of the newly appointed governor of the central bank, Haruhiko Kuroda, the Bank of Japan... View Details
    Keywords: Japan; Inflation Targeting; Inflation; Abenomics; Monetary Policy; Stimulus; Quantitative Easing; Government Bonds; Macroeconomics; Inflation and Deflation; Money; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Japan
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    • September 2006 (Revised December 2007)
    • Case

    Go Red For Women: Raising Heart Health Awareness

    By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Marie Bell
    In 2003, the $654 million American Heart Association (AHA) approached Cone, Inc. (a brand and communications agency) to develop a corporate sponsorship strategy that would raise $75 million over three years. Within 12 months, the AHA launched the highly successful Go... View Details
    Keywords: Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Marketing Communications; Social Marketing; Nonprofit Organizations; Social and Collaborative Networks
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    • November 1999 (Revised June 2006)
    • Case

    DLJdirect: "Putting Our Reputation Online"

    By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Gillian Morris
    Online broker DLJdirect faced two decisions during the fall of 1999: what customer segments should it target and how much should it spend on marketing? Unlike its competitors, who focused either on day traders or more mainstream investors, DLJdirect differentiated its... View Details
    Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Marketing Communications; Competitive Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Investment; Cost Management; Business Plan; Research and Development; Customers; Budgets and Budgeting; Online Advertising; Internet; Financial Services Industry
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    • 13 Apr 2021
    • News

    Managing a Top Performer Who Alienates Their Colleagues

    • Research Summary

    Overview

    In my research historical inquiry plays an important part in understanding the continuities from the pre-1949 past and the complex convergence of business institutions in the process of China’s current economic, political, and social modernization. Historians are able... View Details
    Keywords: Business History; China; Business Government Relations; Entrepreneurs; Family Business; Industrial Development; Infrastructure; Transportation; Entrepreneurship; History; Manufacturing Industry; Transportation Industry; Rail Industry; Construction Industry; Asia
    • 2024
    • Article

    Financial Constraints and Short-term Planning are Linked to Flood Risk Adaptation Gaps in U.S. cities

    By: Shirley Lu and Anya Nakhmurina
    Adaptation is critical in reducing the inevitable impact of climate change. Here we study cities’ adaptation to elevated flood risk by introducing a linguistic measure of adaptation extracted from financial disclosures of 431 US cities over 2013–2020. While cities with... View Details
    Keywords: City; Natural Disasters; Climate Change; Adaptation; Risk and Uncertainty; Strategic Planning
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    • September 2018
    • Case

    ProdEng: Services for Oil & Gas Extraction

    By: Frank V. Cespedes, Maria Fernanda Miguel and Mariana Cal
    ProdEng is a venture created as part of a PE fund and provides oil field services in Argentina. In 2016, an industry-wide unforeseen oil and gas demand slump drove ProdEng’s average service rates down by more than 37%, with EBITDA margins falling from 50% to 24% in the... View Details
    Keywords: Pricing; Entrepreneurship; Sales; Marketing; Price; Strategy; Latin America; Argentina
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