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  • 09 Feb 2016
  • First Look

February 9, 2016

connectivity. Should Verizon go "above the network"? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/315068-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 816-013 Blackstone at Age 30 Since its IPO in 2007 and following the global View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 May 2014
  • First Look

First Look: May 13

http://hbr.org/product/royal-caribbean-cruises-ltd-safety-environment-and-health/an/514069-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 214-072 The Case of the Unidentified Financial Firms No abstract available. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Apr 2010
  • First Look

First Look: April 13

the largest financial services providers in the U.S., indicate that customer sensitivity to service time varies widely and predictably with observable market characteristics. In turn, we find evidence that local operating managers account... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Jul 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide

deteriorated and the financial crisis intensified. [ ] In March and April 2008, when [Abercrombie & Fitch] was making operational plans (for example, sourcing raw material and planning production), analysts were expecting its annual... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Retail; Auto
  • 02 Aug 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Modern Indian Art: The Birth of a Market

categories such as art and fashion and examining the processes in commodity markets such as tobacco, financial services, and so on. We propose a theory of market creation processes that involve multiple players working together out of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Oct 2008
  • First Look

First Look: October 21, 2008

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=608123 Dogus Group: Weighing Partners for Garanti Bank Harvard Business School Case 709-401 In August 2005, the leadership of Turkey's Dogus Group considered opportunities for its flagship enterprise,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Mar 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer

sector financial help a joint venture was set up with POEMA, a modern high-tech factory built, and coca plantations developed. Some 5,000 people were employed. Literacy levels soared. Political participation increased. Change had been... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • 09 Jan 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate

CMBS represent a $550 billion market. It's hard to overestimate the impact of this market restructuring. In fifteen years, the public equity and debt markets for commercial real estate have gone from financial infancy to trillion-dollar... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Construction; Real Estate
  • March 2008
  • Supplement

Carlyle Japan (C)

By: David B. Godes, Masako Egawa and Mayuka Yamazaki
This is a supplement to the (A) and (B) cases. It documents the shift in Carlyle's networking strategy. The firm decreased its focus on building contacts in commercial banking an increased instead the focus on building more contacts with industry directly. View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Banks and Banking; Investment; Growth and Development Strategy; Supply and Industry; Networks; Japan
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  • December 2009
  • Article

Empire-Building or Bridge-Building? Evidence from New CEOs' Internal Capital Allocation Decisions

By: Yuhai Xuan
This article investigates how the job histories of CEOs influence their capital allocation decisions when they preside over multi-divisional firms. I find that, after CEO turnover, divisions not previously affiliated with the new CEO receive significantly more capital... View Details
Keywords: Business Divisions; Decision Choices and Conditions; Capital Budgeting; Financial Management; Managerial Roles; Resource Allocation
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  • October 2001
  • Exercise

Liability Problems

By: Robert S. Kaplan
This case provides three examples of the recognition and measurement of liabilities. The first focuses on recognizing when employees have rendered services for which future period benefits have been earned, that is, whether unused vacation, sick, and personal days at... View Details
Keywords: Cash; Annuities; Interest Rates; Compensation and Benefits; Employees; Wages; Problems and Challenges; Value
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  • November 2000
  • Case

Wit Capital: Evolution of the Online Investment Bank (B)

Describes the evolution of Wit Capital from its origins as a small brewery to an online investment bank advising both small technology-based companies seeking to raise capital and large companies seeking to acquire Internet companies, as well as offering retail... View Details
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Disruptive Innovation; Service Delivery; Investment Banking; Entrepreneurship
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  • December 1990 (Revised December 1993)
  • Case

Australian Paper Manufacturers (A)

By: David M. Upton and Joshua D. Margolis
Describes a company which has broken an unwritten cordial agreement amongst the three Australian paper manufacturers to split the domestic market three ways by market segment. The company invades another's "territory" with advanced technology, quality, and,... View Details
Keywords: Agreements and Arrangements; Production; Information Technology; Ethics; Situation or Environment; Product Development; Segmentation; Expansion; Financial Strategy; Pulp and Paper Industry; Australia
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  • 1993
  • Book

British Multinational Banking 1830-1990

By: Geoffrey Jones
This book provides the first modern history of British multinational banking. It analyses their emergence, growth and performance from their origins in the 1830s until the present day. It is based on a wide range of confidential banking records, which are placed in the... View Details
Keywords: Banks and Banking; Multinational Firms and Management; Growth and Development; Information Management; Performance; Great Britain; United Kingdom
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  • 17 Jun 2016
  • Op-Ed

Companies Need to Start Marketing Security to Customers

on financial controls, not on risks to consumers and brand reputations. That's not good enough" Even marketers who pay special attention to safety are reluctant to tout their superiority. You never see comparison advertising from an... View Details
Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 28 Jun 2011
  • First Look

First Look: June 28

externally hired CEOs increase the likelihood of providing guidance. Complicated Firms Authors:Lauren Cohen and Dong Lou Publication:Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract We exploit a novel setting in which the same piece... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Mar 2002
  • Research & Ideas

You’re Wasting Your Employees! What You Can Do About It

managed and that senior managers' key responsibilities should center around its acquisition, allocation, and effective use. For the vast majority of companies, that assumption simply is no longer true. Without denying the need for prudent use of View Details
Keywords: by Christopher A. Bartlett & Sumantra Ghoshal
  • 15 Sep 2011
  • Research & Ideas

High Ambition Leadership

Fredberg, and Flemming Norrgren. "The world of business has been governed by an implicit leadership model," Beer explains. "With the exception of a minority of CEOs, however—those we interviewed and others like them—the purpose of the firm is defined by a single-minded... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 21 Dec 2010
  • First Look

First Look: December 21

of broadening consumer participation in financial activities; (3) do-it-yourself consumer finance, which allowed and forced consumers to take greater responsibility for their own financial lives; and (4) the... View Details
  • 21 Apr 2020
  • Research & Ideas

7 Successful Battle Strategies to Beat COVID-19

empower teams who are closer to the customer and unlock the full potential of organizations. While born in the software world, the approach is viewed as transformative in both software and hardware across sectors, including financial... View Details
Keywords: by Euvin Naidoo

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