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- September 1992
- Case
Star Cablevision Group (A): Harvesting in a Bull Market
First case in a series of six cases that follow the experience of a cable television company as it adjusts to the rapid rise and precipitous decline of the stock market in the late 1980s. In this case Don Jones, the company's founder and owner, sees the rise in public...
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Keywords:
Behavioral Finance;
Financial Markets;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Restructuring;
Corporate Strategy;
SWOT Analysis;
Wealth;
Business Cycles;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Sahlman, William A. "Star Cablevision Group (A): Harvesting in a Bull Market." Harvard Business School Case 293-036, September 1992.
- September 2009
- Case
One South: Investing in Emerging Markets (A)
By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Justin Seth Ginsburgh
A United States private equity fund, The Saboput Group, must decide whether to invest in a new technology park development in Chennai, India. The case provides the reader with a detailed investment memorandum from the local Indian operating partner, and the reader must...
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Keywords:
Private Equity;
Investment;
Emerging Markets;
Partners and Partnerships;
Urban Development;
Real Estate Industry;
Chennai;
United States
Retsinas, Nicolas P., and Justin Seth Ginsburgh. "One South: Investing in Emerging Markets (A)." Harvard Business School Case 210-024, September 2009.
- Web
HBS Global Initiative & Research Centers - MBA
long history with the school. She joined in her current capacity more than 10 years ago and worked as a research associate at HBS with Professor Myra Hart before that. Under her leadership, the school has opened 7 new View Details
- 2012
- Working Paper
Reaching for Yield in the Bond Market
By: Bo Becker and Victoria Ivashina
Reaching-for-yield—the propensity to buy riskier assets in order to achieve higher yields—is believed to be an important factor contributing to the credit cycle. This paper analyses this phenomenon in the corporate bond market. Specifically, we show evidence for...
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Keywords:
Fixed Income;
Reaching For Yield;
Financial Intermediation;
Insurance Companies;
Insurance;
Bonds;
Assets;
Risk Management;
Investment Return;
Investment Portfolio;
Insurance Industry
Becker, Bo, and Victoria Ivashina. "Reaching for Yield in the Bond Market." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-103, May 2012. (Revised December 2012. NBER Working Paper Series, No. 18909, March 2013)
- 2020
- Working Paper
Accounting for Product Impact in the Consumer Finance Industry
By: George Serafeim and Katie Trinh
We apply the product impact measurement framework of the Impact-Weighted Accounts Initiative (IWAI) in two competitor credit card providers within the consumer finance industry. We design a monetization methodology that allows us to calculate monetary impact estimates...
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Keywords:
Product Innovation;
Impact;
Impact Investing;
Impact Measurement;
ESG;
ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance;
ESG Ratings;
Social Corporate Responsibility;
Corporate Social Responsibility;
Social Impact;
Consumer Finance;
Financial Services;
Financial Inclusion;
Product;
Product Design;
Product Positioning;
Society;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Personal Finance;
Credit Cards;
Financial Services Industry
Serafeim, George, and Katie Trinh. "Accounting for Product Impact in the Consumer Finance Industry." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-061, November 2020. (Revised December 2020.)
- July 2012 (Revised August 2012)
- Case
Global Knowledge Management at Danone (A) (Abridged)
By: Amy C. Edmondson and David Lane
This case explores French consumer goods company Danone's novel approach to knowledge management. In 2007, Human Resource Chief (Executive Vice President) Franck Mougin assesses the company's knowledge-sharing tools and considers his options going forward. Through...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Employee Relationship Management;
Knowledge Management;
Knowledge Sharing;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Expansion;
Consumer Products Industry;
France
Edmondson, Amy C., and David Lane. "Global Knowledge Management at Danone (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 613-003, July 2012. (Revised August 2012.)
- February 2008
- Course Overview Note
Conceptual Overview of Real Estate Options in Emerging Markets
By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Ben Creo
A conceptual overview of real estate investments in emerging markets and descriptions of suggested modules, cases, and discussion questions for a course on this topic. Intended for instructors, this overview describes the nature of emerging markets and how real estate...
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Keywords:
Emerging Markets;
Investment;
Situation or Environment;
Cases;
Curriculum and Courses;
Real Estate Industry
Retsinas, Nicolas P., and Ben Creo. "Conceptual Overview of Real Estate Options in Emerging Markets." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 208-109, February 2008.
- February 2013 (Revised May 2013)
- Case
Juan Valdez: Innovation in Caffeination
By: Michael I. Norton and Jeremy Dann
Corporate entrepreneurs attempt to revive Colombia's famous Juan Valdez brand in the age of Starbucks, with café chain and packaged coffee ventures. In the 1970s and 80s, the iconic "Juan Valdez" ingredient brand was the most recognized in the world of coffee. The...
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Keywords:
Innovation;
Branding;
Global Business;
Sales;
Marketing;
Retailing;
Corporate Strategy;
Organizational Change;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Brands and Branding;
Innovation and Invention
Norton, Michael I., and Jeremy Dann. "Juan Valdez: Innovation in Caffeination." Harvard Business School Case 513-090, February 2013. (Revised May 2013.)
- 02 May 2016
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: Samsung Global Strategy Group
the best talent from top business schools and develops them into high-caliber global general managers for Samsung Group companies. At Samsung GSG, one learns essential management skills by working across...
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Keywords:
Technology
- April 2006 (Revised May 2009)
- Case
Inverness Medical Innovations - Born Global (A)
Ron Zwanziger has just started his third company, having just sold the last one for $1.3 billion to Johnson & Johnson. As part of the deal with J&J, certain assets were transferred to the new company, Inverness Medical Innovations, which, at the time of its creation,...
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Keywords:
Globalized Firms and Management;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Entrepreneurship;
Health Care and Treatment;
Corporate Finance;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
Waltham
Isenberg, Daniel J. "Inverness Medical Innovations - Born Global (A)." Harvard Business School Case 806-177, April 2006. (Revised May 2009.)
- September 1989 (Revised October 1989)
- Case
Calgene in the U.S. Cotton Market
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Goldberg, Ray A. "Calgene in the U.S. Cotton Market." Harvard Business School Case 590-017, September 1989. (Revised October 1989.)
- June 1996
- Case
Becton Dickinson: Managing the Global Enterprise, 1996
Becton Dickinson, a U.S.-based maker of medical and diagnostic devices, has been organized into a mixed structure of U.S.-based divisions and country/region organizations. In 1995, three businesses shifted to become worldwide divisions, forcing a reexamination of the...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Business or Company Management;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Organizational Structure;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
United States
Rosenzweig, Philip M. "Becton Dickinson: Managing the Global Enterprise, 1996." Harvard Business School Case 396-420, June 1996.
- July–August 2015
- Article
Engineering Reverse Innovations: Principles for Creating Successful Products for Emerging Markets
By: Amos Winter and Vijay Govindarajan
Multinationals are starting to catch on to the logic of reverse innovation, in which products are designed first for consumers in low-income countries and then adapted into disruptive offerings for developed economies. But only a handful of companies have managed to do...
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Winter, Amos, and Vijay Govindarajan. "Engineering Reverse Innovations: Principles for Creating Successful Products for Emerging Markets." Harvard Business Review 93, nos. 7/8 (July–August 2015): 80–89.
- June 2015
- Case
Beacon Group of Hong Kong: Finding Light in the Shadow Education Industry
By: Christopher Marquis, Qi Li and Guy Leung
After more than 25 years of operation, Beacon Group had grown from having 3 small classrooms on the fourth floor of a commercial building, to a network of 21 centers across Hong Kong with over 60,000 students enrolled per year. The key long-term challenge for the...
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Keywords:
Online Education;
Education;
Tutoring;
Incentives;
Hong Kong;
Motivation and Incentives;
Internet and the Web;
Family Business;
Education Industry;
Hong Kong
Marquis, Christopher, Qi Li, and Guy Leung. "Beacon Group of Hong Kong: Finding Light in the Shadow Education Industry." Harvard Business School Case 415-082, June 2015.
- April 2002
- Article
Limited Arbitrage in Mergers and Acquisitions
By: Malcolm Baker and Serkan Savasoglu
A diversified portfolio of risk arbitrage positions produces an abnormal return of 0.6-0.9% per month over the period from 1981 to 1996. We trace these profits to practical limits on risk arbitrage. In our model of risk arbitrage, arbitrageurs' risk-bearing capacity...
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Keywords:
Arbitrage;
Market Efficiency;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Profit;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Corporate Strategy;
Capital;
Banking Industry
Baker, Malcolm, and Serkan Savasoglu. "Limited Arbitrage in Mergers and Acquisitions." Journal of Financial Economics 64, no. 1 (April 2002): 91–116.
- December 2009
- Teaching Note
Diageo and East African Breweries Ltd.: Tapping New Markets for Social Good (TN)
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Matthew Bird
Teaching Note for [310010].
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- 31 Aug 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Innovation through Global Collaboration: A New Source of Competitive Advantage
- January 2015 (Revised April 2018)
- Case
CJ E&M: Creating a K-Culture in the U.S.
By: Elie Ofek, Sang-Hoon Kim and Michael Norris
Buoyed by the success of K-pop music and K-drama television shows in Asian countries, Chairman Jay Lee, of the South Korean conglomerate CJ Group, believed that the time was ripe for taking Korean cultural content to the West. One initiative, carried out by the Group's...
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Keywords:
Cultural Consumption;
Media Businesses;
International Marketing;
Event Marketing;
Creative Industries;
Cross-cultural Adaptation;
Ethnic Marketing;
South Korea;
Marketing Strategy;
Entertainment;
Global Strategy;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
United States;
South Korea
Ofek, Elie, Sang-Hoon Kim, and Michael Norris. "CJ E&M: Creating a K-Culture in the U.S." Harvard Business School Case 515-015, January 2015. (Revised April 2018.)