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- February 2008 (Revised July 2008)
- Case
Banco Compartamos: Life after the IPO
By: Michael Chu and Regina Garcia Cuellar
After an international IPO yielding extraordinary returns to original investors, Banco Compartamos, Mexico's leading microfinance institution, contemplates its future strategic and competing priorities: maintaining growth, defending industry, leadership, preserving...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Microfinance;
Initial Public Offering;
Non-Governmental Organizations;
Competition;
Value Creation;
Banking Industry;
Mexico
Chu, Michael, and Regina Garcia Cuellar. "Banco Compartamos: Life after the IPO." Harvard Business School Case 308-094, February 2008. (Revised July 2008.)
- October 2006 (Revised July 2007)
- Case
China Resources Corporation (A): 6S Management
By: Dennis Campbell and David Lane
In 2006, Jiang Wei, CFO of China Resources Corporation, was seeking to implement a variety of new management control systems in a complex diversified corporation during a period of rapid economic expansion in mainland China. Instilling efficiency, productivity,...
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Keywords:
Accounting;
Business Conglomerates;
Governance Controls;
Balanced Scorecard;
Management Systems;
Performance Improvement;
Business Strategy;
China
Campbell, Dennis, and David Lane. "China Resources Corporation (A): 6S Management." Harvard Business School Case 107-013, October 2006. (Revised July 2007.)
- September 2004 (Revised January 2006)
- Case
Catastrophe Bonds at Swiss Re
In 2002, Swiss Re, the world's second--largest insurance company, is considering securitizing parts of its risk portfolio in the capital markets. This would be a first for the company that, until then, had never transferred risk off its balance sheet. Peter Giessmann,...
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Risk Management;
Bonds;
Natural Disasters;
Insurance;
Capital Markets;
Banks and Banking;
Banking Industry;
Insurance Industry;
Switzerland
Chacko, George C., Peter A. Hecht, Vincent Dessain, and Anders Sjoman. "Catastrophe Bonds at Swiss Re." Harvard Business School Case 205-006, September 2004. (Revised January 2006.)
- June 2002 (Revised August 2002)
- Case
"One Country, Two Systems"? Italy and the Mezzogiorno (A)
By: Bruce R. Scott and Jamie Matthews
GDP per person in northern Italy caught up with average incomes in Britain, France, and Germany in the 1970s, but incomes in southern Italy (the Mezzogiorno) fell further behind. This was partly due to cultural and societal differences that dated to the Renaissance,...
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History;
Development Economics;
Crime and Corruption;
Social Issues;
Economy;
Government and Politics;
Macroeconomics;
Italy
Scott, Bruce R., and Jamie Matthews. "One Country, Two Systems"? Italy and the Mezzogiorno (A). Harvard Business School Case 702-096, June 2002. (Revised August 2002.)
- June 2002
- Case
Southwest Airlines in Baltimore
By: Rogelio Oliva, Jody Hoffer Gittell and David Lane
The number of connecting passengers through Southwest Airlines' Baltimore station has grown 100% CAGR since 1997. Originally designed as a point-to-point network, this load of connecting passengers has been stressing Baltimore ground operations, resulting in an erosion...
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Keywords:
Strategy;
Growth Management;
Air Transportation;
Service Operations;
Air Transportation Industry;
Maryland
Oliva, Rogelio, Jody Hoffer Gittell, and David Lane. "Southwest Airlines in Baltimore." Harvard Business School Case 602-156, June 2002.
- March 2002 (Revised November 2003)
- Case
Satellite Radio
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Alastair Brown
In early 2002, XM and Sirius were fighting for control of the emerging U.S. market for satellite radio. Each company targeted consumers in automobiles, providing 100 channels of CD-quality audio for a monthly subscription fee of $10-$13. Wall Street analysts predicted...
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Keywords:
Growth and Development Strategy;
Price;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Problems and Challenges;
Network Effects;
Partners and Partnerships;
Information Technology;
Business Model;
Investment Return;
Auto Industry;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
United States
Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Alastair Brown. "Satellite Radio." Harvard Business School Case 802-175, March 2002. (Revised November 2003.)
- December 2000 (Revised April 2006)
- Case
Promise (A): Building a Consumer Finance Company in Japan
Describes Promise, the third-largest consumer finance company in Japan. Promise was created in 1963 by an entrepreneur and has grown rapidly, especially in the 1990s when commercial banks struggled. Promise's core business consists of providing unsecured loans of up to...
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Keywords:
Capital Structure;
Entrepreneurship;
Financial Institutions;
Financial Services Industry;
Japan
Kuemmerle, Walter, and William J. Coughlin Jr. "Promise (A): Building a Consumer Finance Company in Japan." Harvard Business School Case 801-188, December 2000. (Revised April 2006.)
- 29 Oct 2014
- News
The Businessman Disrupting Organ Transplantation
- TeachingInterests
United States in the World 39 - History of American Democracy
By: David A. Moss
For Harvard College undergraduates and MBA students
Today we often hear that American democracy is broken - but what does a healthy democracy look like? How has American democratic governance functioned in the past, and how has it changed... View Details
Why Startups Fail
My book Why Startups Fail: A New Roadmap for Entrepreneurial Success is organized in three parts. Part I looks at three common failure patterns for early-stage...
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Strategy Execution Series
The 15-module Strategy Execution series forms a complete course that teaches the latest techniques for using performance measurement and control systems to implement strategy. Module...
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Hard To Do, And Easy To Screw Up—A Primer On Hiring For Startups
One of the most popular conversations I have with entrepreneurs I work with is how to improve their recruiting and hiring strategy. I love when they dive into this topic early on because it’s one of the hardest parts of running any company, no matter how small or...
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- 07 May 2014
- What Do You Think?
How Should Wealth Be Redistributed?
diagnoses. Others advocated tax and non-tax solutions. The case against hasty change was made by Dave: "Market based capitalism is the greatest driving force of prosperity in the world today, but if we forget this and marginalize it...
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by James Heskett
- 29 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business Press Is a Watchdog that Bites
work. Martha Lagace: Why study the press? Why is it important to understand its role? Gregory Miller: I first ran across this question in the classroom when I was teaching cases on standard accounting issues and technical accounting...
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- Web
Instructor Performance - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
Teaching by the Case Method Instructor Performance Preparing to Teach Leading in the Classroom Providing Assessment & Feedback Judging Success Student Performance Instructor Performance Sample Class The discussion provided under Judging...
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- 05 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 5, 2006
working paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-031.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsAndrea Jung: Empowering Avon Women Harvard Business School Case 406-095 Purchase this case:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy
self-fulfilling. You can even get stuck there for a long time—in a recession. That's why in some cases you need either a very aggressive monetary policy or large-scale deficit spending, which is what we've seen this past year. Both...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 29 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
School Case 218-094 Celgene In February 2011, Adam Koppel, a managing director at Brookside Capital, the public equity arm of Bain Capital, must decide whether to increase or exit the firm’s position in Celgene Corporation. News has...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
How to Talk Gooder in Business and Life
strategies do you use in this class to teach students? The students will spend most of the time in and out of class practicing conversational skills, getting feedback (from me, from peers, from machines, from observers), and trying again. Though we are unlikely to...
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