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- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Sail Away
in the past don’t faze Robb, who, with Frank Carlucci (MBA ’56) and another partner, cofounded the Frontier Group, a private equity firm that is mounting the project. Said Robb, “The Utopia has significant financial backing as well as... View Details
- January 2011
- Teaching Note
Banco Compartamos: Life after the IPO (TN)
By: Michael Chu
Teaching Note for 308-094. View Details
- November 1999 (Revised July 2003)
- Case
Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc.
By: Paul M. Healy and Jacob Cohen
Pre-Paid Legal Services' business model reveals two key issues--managing the sales force and sales growth and managing claims. Students analyze the economics of the business and consider how to measure firm performance, how to evaluate and reward the sales force, and... View Details
Keywords: Financial Management; Financial Strategy; Salesforce Management; Marketing Strategy; Accrual Accounting; Business Cycles; Forecasting and Prediction; Insurance; Business Growth and Maturation; Insurance Industry
Healy, Paul M., and Jacob Cohen. "Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 100-037, November 1999. (Revised July 2003.)
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Navigating rough waters
bank through the financial crisis of 2008, including its rescue of Bear Stearns and acquisition of Washington Mutual. "Our aim is to be the world's most trusted and respected financial services institution,"... View Details
- 30 Aug 2021
Busting HBS Myths: A Candid Conversation
Join Chad Losee, Managing Director of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid, and Cyril Straughn-Turner, the Chief Admissions Ambassador, for an intimate chat aimed at myth busting and veil lifting around the MBA admissions process as well as a... View Details
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3.9 Annual Notice: Higher Education Opportunity Act - MBA
3. Financial Obligations 3.9 Annual Notice: Higher Education Opportunity Act Welcome to HBS Being a Student at HBS 1. Academic Information & Policies 2. Integrity & Standards of Conduct 3. Financial... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Setting the Legislative Agenda
The Congressional Oversight Panel identified eight specific areas most urgently in need of reform and addressed each with recommendations: Identify and regulate financial institutions that pose systemic risk. Limit excessive leverage in... View Details
- Web
Research Links: Photographs - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School
Native American settlements along the lines. The images also depict the natural scenery of the land. Henry Villard Photograph Album, 1883 This elaborate photograph album contains 35 black-and-white silver gelatin portrait prints of prominent German View Details
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Statement of Activity & Cash Flows - Annual Report 2014
Financials Statement of Activity & Cash Flows 5-Year Data Summary CFO Letter Consolidated Balance Sheet Statement of Activity & Cash Flows Supplemental Financial Information Revenues IN MILLIONS for the... View Details
- 23 Sep 2020
- News
HBS Action Plan for Racial Equity
individuals who apply,” Rivkin told The Wall Street Journal. “Reducing financial barriers is key. It increases financial aid to families that have historically been unable to accumulate wealth over... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Déjà Vu All Over Again
Financial Crises, 1830s–1930s” uses letters, photos, cartoons, old money, and legislative documents to chart four economic implosions that occurred in 1837, 1873, 1907, and 1929. While offering a fascinating glimpse into the unique... View Details
- March 2008 (Revised July 2009)
- Case
U.S. Subprime Mortgage Crisis: Policy Reactions (A)
By: Laura Alfaro and Renee Kim
By March 2008, the U.S. Government and the U.S. Federal Reserve Board had taken various policy measures over the last few months to tackle the subprime mortgage crisis that threatened to drag the economy into a recession. The Bush administration approved a fiscal... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Inflation and Deflation; Central Banking; Mortgages; Policy; Business and Government Relations; United States
Alfaro, Laura, and Renee Kim. "U.S. Subprime Mortgage Crisis: Policy Reactions (A)." Harvard Business School Case 708-036, March 2008. (Revised July 2009.)
Maurice R. Greenberg
Greenberg helped grow American International Group into one of the world-wide leaders in insurance and financial services. Greenberg grew American International Group almost entirely internally, using his own, in-house trained managers to... View Details
Keywords: Finance
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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog
and Valuation Using Financial Statements Joseph Pacelli Fall 2024 Q1Q2 3.0 Changing the World: Life Choices of Influential Leaders (also listed under General Management and Organizational Behavior) Robert Simons Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0... View Details
- 23 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
What’s Your Strategy for Managing Knowledge?
collectively arrive at deeper insights by going back and forth on problems they need to solve. Marcia Blenko, for example, a partner in Bain's London office, had to consider a difficult strategy problem for a large British financial... View Details
- 25 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
More Than the Sum of Its Parts: The Impact of Modularity on the Computer Industry
holding a lot of options on each module within a computer system—an option on the disk drives, the software, the CPU. CB: These "options on modules" are like financial options. As we show in the book, you can use View Details
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R. G. Dun & Co. Credit Reports | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Lehman Brothers Timeline Sept-Oct 2008 Video-Coverage of the Financial Crisis Download the Exhibition Catalog (PDF) Lehman Brothers Archives Lehman Brothers Deal Books Search Exhibition Lehman Brothers - Introduction 1840s – 1880s General... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Reinventing the Annual Report
"That's the report. Now, would anyone like to carp?" © James Stevenson/The New Yorker Collection/ www.cartoonbank.com I am always interested in reading what the companies I own stock in have to say about themselves in their ritualistic annual reports filled with View Details
Keywords: Robert G. Eccles
- 15 Oct 2018
LGBTQ Prospective Student Visit Day
Jointly sponsored by HBS MBA Admissions and LGBT Student Association (LGBTSA), this event is designed for prospective applicants to experience the MBA program at Harvard Business School. Over the course of the day, participants will have the opportunity to interact... View Details
- 14 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 14
countries, but by firms realizing a higher spread (i.e., a greater difference in operating performance and borrowing cost) when more domestic credit is available. Also, we find that firms partially substitute trade credit for financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne