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- March 2001 (Revised March 2003)
- Case
Chase's Strategy for Syndicating the Hong Kong Disneyland Loan (B)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Michael Kane
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Working Capital; Project Finance; Relationships; Financing and Loans; Financial Strategy; Tourism Industry; Hong Kong
Esty, Benjamin C., and Michael Kane. "Chase's Strategy for Syndicating the Hong Kong Disneyland Loan (B)." Harvard Business School Case 201-086, March 2001. (Revised March 2003.)
- March 1998
- Case
Collapse in Asia: 1997-1998
By: George C. Lodge and Anthony St. George
Discusses the Asian crisis and economists' opinions and solutions. View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Asia
Lodge, George C., and Anthony St. George. "Collapse in Asia: 1997-1998." Harvard Business School Case 798-084, March 1998.
- Other Unpublished Work
Going Bust in Bangkok: Lessons from Bankruptcy Law Reform in Thailand
By: C. Fritz Foley
- 10 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Counting Up the Effects of Sarbanes-Oxley
changes had any impact in the lead-up to the financial crisis. HBS Associate Professor Suraj Srinivasan and Harvard Law School Professor John C. Coates leverage the benefit of hindsight to assess research findings from over 120 papers in... View Details
- May 2015 (Revised March 2016)
- Supplement
Thomas Cook Group on the Brink (B): Transformation Year 1 Results
By: Benjamin C. Esty
Analyzes the results of the Thomas Cook turnaround plan after the first year under Harriet Green's leadership (November 2013). View Details
Keywords: Turnaround; Corporate Restructuring; Female Ceo; Transformation; Change Management; Communication Strategy; Cost Management; Financial Liquidity; Financial Management; Management Succession; Leading Change; Crisis Management; Value Creation; Leadership; Travel Industry; United Kingdom
Esty, Benjamin C. "Thomas Cook Group on the Brink (B): Transformation Year 1 Results." Harvard Business School Supplement 215-051, May 2015. (Revised March 2016.)
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
An Action Plan for Economic Recovery
POZEN: Offers a plan for overhauling the U.S. financial system to avoid a repeat of the recent market meltdown. Most books about the nation’s financial crisis tell us what happened. In his new book, HBS... View Details
- 15 May 2019
- News
Jeremy Grantham on the Battle to Save Society from Climate Change: ‘We’re Not Winning’
In a recent interview with the Financial Times , Jeremy Grantham (MBA 1966) noted his pessimism about the global attitude towards climate change. “My odds are about 50:50 that we will protect society in somewhat the same shape as we’ve... View Details
- 1997
- Chapter
Applications of Option-Pricing Theory: Twenty-Five Years Later
By: Robert C. Merton
Merton, Robert C. "Applications of Option-Pricing Theory: Twenty-Five Years Later." In Les Prix Nobel 1997, edited by Tore Frängsmyr. Stockholm: Nobel Foundation, 1997. (Reprinted in American Economic Review, June 1998.)
- 2022
- Working Paper
On the Estimation of Demand-Based Asset Pricing Models
A growing literature uses portfolio holdings data to quantify the impact of investor demand on equilibrium prices via counterfactual experiments. The key parameter in relating demand and equilibrium prices is investors’ elasticity of demand with respect to the price.... View Details
van der Beck, Philippe. "On the Estimation of Demand-Based Asset Pricing Models." Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper Series, No. 22-67, May 2022.
- January 1986 (Revised August 1994)
- Case
Citicorp--1985
Citicorp seeks to raise medium- or long-term funding and is considering floating rate versus fixed rate and domestic versus Eurodollar bonds. Case focuses on advantages/disadvantages of these different markets and discusses many of the innovative Floating Rate Notes... View Details
Mason, Scott P. "Citicorp--1985." Harvard Business School Case 286-053, January 1986. (Revised August 1994.)
- Article
How Did the Great Recession Affect Charitable Giving?
By: Arthur C. Brooks
A great deal of research has studied the effects of income and tax changes on charitable giving. However, little work has focused on how these relationships were affected by the Great Recession. This article estimates the tax and income effects using the 2009 Panel... View Details
Keywords: Charitable Giving; Great Recession; Philanthropy; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Financial Crisis; Taxation; Policy
Brooks, Arthur C. "How Did the Great Recession Affect Charitable Giving?" Public Finance Review 46, no. 5 (September 2018): 715–742.
- November 1990 (Revised September 2004)
- Case
Circuit City Stores, Inc. (A)
By: William J. Bruns Jr. and Susan Harmeling
Circuit City sells consumer electronic equipment, appliances, and extended service and warranty contracts which supplement those provided by equipment manufacturers. Equipment is sold at low margins, while warranties carry very high margins. A question has been raised... View Details
Keywords: Sales; Cost; Profit; Financial Statements; Revenue; Marketing Strategy; Electronics Industry; Consumer Products Industry
Bruns, William J., Jr., and Susan Harmeling. "Circuit City Stores, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 191-086, November 1990. (Revised September 2004.)
- June 2007
- Supplement
Shinsei Bank: Developing an Integrated Firm (B)
By: Thomas J. DeLong and Terence Heymann
Keywords: Banks and Banking; Business Ventures; Integration; Growth and Development; Banking Industry
DeLong, Thomas J., and Terence Heymann. "Shinsei Bank: Developing an Integrated Firm (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 407-103, June 2007.
- April 1996 (Revised November 1996)
- Case
Cleveland Turnaround (A, The: Responding to the Crisis (1978-1988)
By: James E. Austin and Andrea L Strimling
Traces the Cleveland community's efforts to move the city from economic, social, and political crisis in the late 1970s into revitalization and progress in the 1980s and 1990s. Special attention is given to the role of business leaders and the public-private... View Details
Keywords: Transition; Business Cycles; Business and Community Relations; Financial Crisis; Cleveland
Austin, James E., and Andrea L Strimling. "Cleveland Turnaround (A, The: Responding to the Crisis (1978-1988)." Harvard Business School Case 796-151, April 1996. (Revised November 1996.)
- Profile
Rachel Silverstein
Even though obtaining an MBA had "always been on my mind," Rachel Silverstein was concerned that she did not quite fit the MBA profile. First, she comes from Texas, a state less represented in many top programs. Then there was the issue of experience – Rachel... View Details
- September 1987 (Revised December 1996)
- Case
Patten Corp.
Forbes Magazine criticized the revenue recognition policy of Patten Corp. As a result, the company's stock price dropped by a significant amount. The students are asked to discuss if the criticism by Forbes is justified, and if not, what the company should do. View Details
Keywords: Fair Value Accounting; Financial Statements; Budgets and Budgeting; Problems and Challenges; Financial Condition; Spending; Revenue; Planning; Quality; Stocks; Journalism and News Industry
Palepu, Krishna G. "Patten Corp." Harvard Business School Case 188-027, September 1987. (Revised December 1996.)
- Web
FAQs - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
also value in applying TDABC to low-volume care conditions. Since TDABC facilitates comparisons of costs with outcomes managers will be better able to make decisions about whether to expand or limit resources allocated to those low-volume conditions. View Details
- August 1982
- Background Note
ERISA and Pension Plan Management
By: Jay O. Light
Light, Jay O. "ERISA and Pension Plan Management." Harvard Business School Background Note 283-020, August 1982.