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01 Sep 2020
News

3-Minute Briefing: Mark Mason (MBA 1995)

health crisis that has produced severe economic shocks and has shined a light on the longstanding issues around racial equality. Citi too is a very different firm than we were during the financial View Details

Keywords: April White; Photo by: Michael Bucher; banking; diversity; COVID-19; leadership; African American; career advice; Finance

13 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Grolsch Brewing Company: Drink Sustainably

powering their brewery in 2008 to one back-up boiler today by switching to sourcing “green heat” from nearby sustainable energy producer, Twence, which uses renewable energy sources to deliver piped hot water to the brewery. Grolsch is... View Details

01 Dec 2008
News

NYC Club Hosts Nonprofits

strategy, offered advice on strategic planning. The summit took place against the backdrop of a mounting financial crisis on Wall Street and a deteriorating economy, both of which heightened concern about... View Details

15 Apr 2020
News

Money Matters

books, including Tina Hay (MBA 2002), for tips to help young investors get through and recover from their first financial crisis. Hay is the author of Napkin Finance: Build Your Wealth in 30 Seconds or Less. She is also the founder and... View Details

Hans W. Becherer

Becherer rebuilt Deere & Company, following the financial farm crisis of the 1980s, into a diverse, global competitor. In 1998, revenues from outside the United States accounted for approximately 25% of... View Details

Keywords: Agriculture & Mining

Vincent R. Shiely

Shiely continued Briggs & Stratton’s (world’ largest manufacturer of small gasoline engines) three decade long top financial performance – even during the energy crisis of the 1970’s. For 30 years,... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

20 Jul 2010
First Look

First Look: July 20

satellite telecommunications system, $900 million A2 Toll Road in Poland, $20 billion Sakhalin II gas field in Russia, and the $28 billion Dabhol power project. Globally, firms financed $240 billion of capital expenditures using project finance in 2009, down from $409... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

25 Aug 2022
News

Ready for Departure

included a graph of passenger volume over the years that charted a steady, skyward incline, dotted by a few fleeting blips along the way: the Asian financial crisis of 1997, the SARS outbreak of 2003, the... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustrations by Chris Gash; Air Transportation; Transportation

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

What It Takes to Restore Trust in Business

The crisis in American business has spawned tales of colorful characters who will surely live on in folk memory, quipped Harvard Business School professor D. Quinn Mills: the ignorant CEO; the creative accountants; the big-spending... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

10 Sep 2020
News

Jane Fraser Named CEO of Citi, Breaking Wall Street’s Glass Ceiling

Jane Fraser (MBA 1994) was named the next CEO of Citigroup on Thursday. When she takes the reins in February, she will become the first woman to lead a major American bank. Fraser will replace Michael Corbat, who was named CEO in 2012, when the bank was still reeling... View Details

January 1999 (Revised December 2020)
Case

The U.S. Banking Panic of 1933 and Federal Deposit Insurance

By: Julio J. Rotemberg and Sabina M. Ciminero

After highlighting some key developments in the banking history of the United States, the case illustrates the Banking Panic of 1933 and the way in which Franklin D. Roosevelt dealt with it at the beginning of his presidency. Describes the main components of banking... View Details

Keywords: Government Legislation; Insurance; Crisis Management; Financial Crisis; Banks and Banking; History; Business and Government Relations; Banking Industry; United States

April 2004 (Revised May 2005)
Case

Telecomunicacoes de Sao Paulo SA (Telesp)

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Elizabeth Collins and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho

Set in Brazil during the period of telecommunication's privatization, CEO Manoel Amorim must define a sustainable strategy and build capabilities in his organization. View Details

Keywords: Strategic Planning; Emerging Markets; Privatization; Financial Crisis; Telecommunications Industry; Brazil

27 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments

where I sit as an economist, it's still all about the economy and the long-term impact of the problems laid bare by the Great Recession. During the financial crisis, the world came to the apparently shocking realization that debt... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

December 2010 (Revised March 2011)
Case

The Euro in Crisis: Decision Time at the European Central Bank

By: J. Gunnar Trumbull, Dante Roscini and Diane Choi

This case traces the origins and evolution of the European Central Bank, with attention to its 2010 decision concerning the purchase of Greek sovereign debt. View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Borrowing and Debt; Currency; Central Banking; Financial Management; Sovereign Finance; Policy; Crisis Management; Europe; Greece

January 1999 (Revised March 1999)
Background Note

Note on Currency Crises

Introduces students to theories about why currency crises occur. Discusses whether crises can be predicted. View Details

Keywords: Currency; Financial Crisis

18 Aug 2009
First Look

First Look: August 18

is at a crossroads as it is facing much more competition. Adding to Dorsey's challenges, in late 2008 the economy is in crisis and many Echoing Green supporters are reducing or delaying their donations. In... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

February 1997 (Revised February 2002)
Case

Mexico (B): Escaping from the Debt Crisis?

By: Huw Pill

Describes the response of the Mexican authorities and the international community to the "Third World Debt Crisis" that came to the forefront of global economic concerns in the early 1980s. Focuses on the respective roles of the private sector, governments (Mexican and... View Details

Keywords: Globalized Economies and Regions; Financial Crisis; Macroeconomics; Mexico