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- 17 Apr 2017
- HBS Case
This Turkish Debt Collector Is Customer-friendly
explains Campbell, the Dwight P. Robinson Jr. Professor of Business Administration. “The banks get to clean up their balance sheets, while the AMCs now assume all the risk.” Culturally, debt is seen as a source of shame and disgrace in...
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- 28 Nov 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should Pay-for-Performance Compensation be Replaced?
compensation from financial performance is not an answer. At issue is the short-term/long-term balance of stockholder interests." Srinivasan suggested that a program should contain both. Phillip Gelman added, "If managers were...
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by James Heskett
- 04 Oct 2007
- What Do You Think?
Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?
organizations with too much debt, requiring significant cost reductions and related layoffs? As a result of these developments, will CEOs and the power of the executive be brought back into balance with that of owners? Or is this just the...
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by Jim Heskett
- 06 Sep 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Prepare for a World Without Cheap Oil?
headed by Robert Stobaugh and Daniel Yergin. Starting from a premise stated in the title of the first chapter, "The End of Easy Oil," the project team went on to recognize the importance of a balanced approach relying heavily on...
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by James Heskett
- 08 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Will the Japan Disaster Remake the Landscape for Green Energy in Asia?
anymore. We're trying to bring the traditional expertise from Europe into China," she continued. "It's a very new industry in China, but policy is very transparent there. SOEs are more policy—driven and less profit—driven. It's companies like ours that help...
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- 01 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 1
Balancing the Needs of a Family Business with the Needs of a Family of Businesses William C. Kirby and Tracy Yuen MantyHarvard Business School Case 312-059 As a second generation business leader, Chairman Dhanin Chearavanont took over the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
time a spinout firm went public. In this way, it would not need to consolidate the firm in its balance sheet (i.e., it would not need to include the company's equity on its balance sheet, which would reduce...
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by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 08 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”
"Success has always been an American preoccupation, but the definition of success takes on a new urgency today, when every conventional measure of success seems to have a faster burn rate than ever before," say Laura Nash and Howard Stevenson. The HBS faculty...
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by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson
- November 2018 (Revised March 2019)
- Case
Mellody Hobson at Ariel Investments
By: Francesca Gino and Lakshmi Ramarajan
In 2018, Mellody Hobson, President of Ariel Investments, the largest minority-owned investment firm in the United States, was considering how best to divide her time and use her position and personal characteristics to push for positive change at her firm and in...
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Female Protagonist;
African-American Protagonist;
Investment Management;
Leadership;
Personal Development and Career;
Work-Life Balance;
Financial Services Industry;
Chicago
Gino, Francesca, and Lakshmi Ramarajan. "Mellody Hobson at Ariel Investments." Harvard Business School Case 419-041, November 2018. (Revised March 2019.)
- January 2009
- Supplement
The Tip of the Iceberg: JP Morgan Chase and Bear Stearns (B1)
By: Clayton S. Rose, Daniel Baird Bergstresser and David Lane
Bear Stearns & Co burned through nearly all of its $18 billion in cash reserves during the week of March 10, 2008, and an unprecedented provision of liquidity support from the Federal Reserve on Friday March 13 was insufficient to reverse the decline in Bear's...
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Economic Slowdown and Stagnation;
Capital;
Financial Liquidity;
Banks and Banking;
Governance;
Crisis Management;
Failure;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Balance and Stability;
Valuation;
New York (state, US)
Rose, Clayton S., Daniel Baird Bergstresser, and David Lane. "The Tip of the Iceberg: JP Morgan Chase and Bear Stearns (B1)." Harvard Business School Supplement 309-070, January 2009.
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
Download the paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2028982 Cases & Course MaterialsNew Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. (Abridged) Bowen, H. Kent, Robert S. Huckman, Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Matthew PrebleHarvard Business School Case 613-006 No...
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Sean Silverthorne
- June 2024
- Teaching Note
Dirk Nowitzki: Changing the Game
By: Boris Groysberg, Katherine Connolly Baden and Robin Abrahams
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 420-031. NBA Superstar Dirk Nowitzki was unsure whether the 2018-19 season would be his last as an NBA player. He had not faced such uncertainty since 1998, when he had navigated a difficult decision regarding the timing of his move to...
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- 18 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Penn State Lesson: Today’s Cover-Up was Yesterday’s Opportunity
acknowledged its pedophilia scandals, it would have protected victims and its moral authority. Had President Bill Clinton admitted his relationship with Monica Lewinsky, the scandal would have subsided, enabling him to focus on his pro-growth policies to View Details
- 04 Mar 2009
- Op-Ed
Credit is Not the Bogey
with a balance that they never pay off. For low-wage workers, credit has been the lifesaving crutch. So as we attempt to jump-start the economy of 2009, we should recognize both the risks and the advantages inherent in a robust credit...
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- 29 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and Organizations of the Future
Additionally, the need to balance creative thinking with accountability and responsibility was emphasized. This was a novel twist to the usually laudatory treatment that creativity gets, exposing the darker side of creative thinking....
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by Teresa M. Amabile & Mukti Khaire
- 13 May 2002
- Op-Ed
A Cure for Enron-Style Audit Failures
disciplinary powers similar to those of the stock exchanges. And, like them, it would be overseen by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The SRO board should balance members of the accounting profession with a majority representing...
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- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
circumstances, including human purposes, evolved. While the invisible hand of the pricing mechanism can balance supply and demand on a global basis, or in subunits thereof, the visible hand of political authority is essential to the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Big Money for Big Projects
financing them jointly on a single balance sheet, especially when it is costly to set up project companies? The answer is that the creation of a new project company affects not only the decision to invest but also the subsequent value of...
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- 21 May 2018
- HBS Case
How Would You Price One of the World's Great Watches?
customer-centric, and how they maintain a link to their past. "It’s one of the very few companies in this world that was started—and reached the top of its industry—twice" “There is this balance between [being] innovative, but...
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- 07 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why Online Retailers Should Hide Their Best Discounts
you say you can choose from anything in the store and the bargain bin, then people saw more of an assortment, including more items that appealed to them.” Of course, the devil is in the details. Each retailer has to find the proper View Details