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  • 01 Nov 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 1

unemployment in South Africa was still at 24%. While the country had grown at 4% to 5% annually during the 2000s, the financial crisis set it back by 1 million more unemployed. Moreover, it seemed as if the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Lehman Brothers Family Partners | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Banking & Securities Underwriting 1920s – 1960s Investing in Emerging Industries 1850–1968 Lehman Brothers Family Partners 1960s – 2000s Leadership Transitions 2008 Bankruptcy Global Impact of the Collapse Lehman Brothers Timeline... View Details
  • 14 Aug 2014
  • Working Paper Summaries

The State of Small Business Lending: Credit Access During the Recovery and How Technology May Change the Game

Keywords: by Karen Mills & Brayden McCarthy; Financial Services; Financial Services
  • March 2016 (Revised May 2017)
  • Case

Emaar: The Center of Tomorrow, Today

By: Sid Yog, Esel Cekin and Marc Homsy
Starting in 1997, Mohammad Alabbar, Chairman of Emaar, has been largely associated with Dubai's most renowned real estate projects: the world's tallest building, largest mall and biggest fountain show. Emaar's pioneering success attracted a large number of private... View Details
Keywords: Middle East; Market Entry and Exit; Competitive Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Global Strategy; Real Estate Industry; Middle East; Dubai
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  • Winter 2022
  • Article

Vaccines and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons from Failure and Success

By: Scott Duke Kominers and Alex Tabarrok
The losses from the global COVID-19 pandemic have been staggering—trillions in economic costs, on top of significant losses of life, health, and well-being. The world made significant and successful investments in vaccines to mitigate the pandemic, yet there were... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19; Vaccination; Market Design; Health Pandemics; Loss; Outcome or Result; Opportunities; Crisis Management
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  • 01 Feb 2001
  • News

What Makes a Good Leader

of the 21st century. by Deborah Blagg and Susan Young Name: John Kotter, Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership Director: HBS Global Leadership Initiative Most recent book: John P. Kotter on What Leaders Really Do On vision: "People... View Details
Keywords: Management
  • April 2017 (Revised February 2020)
  • Case

Restructuring Ukraine

By: Kristin Mugford, Seema Amble and Tian Feng
In June 2015, Ukraine found itself struggling with a volatile and devalued currency, dramatically diminished foreign reserves, and a projected financing shortfall of $40 billion. Ukraine’s new government sought to return the nation to stability following political... View Details
Keywords: Exchange Rates; Politics; Macroeconomics; Financial Crisis; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Restructuring; Economy; Currency Exchange Rate; Banks and Banking; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Bonds; Sovereign Finance; Capital Markets; Credit; Debt Securities; Financial Liquidity; Financial Markets; Government and Politics; Ukraine
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Index constituents

constituents for a particular point in time. Capital IQ (S&P 500 only) Search for S&P 500 Choose constituents from left-hand menu Export to Excel   Historical Lists (not comprehensive, but includes the S&P indices and others) View Details
  • 01 Sep 2023
  • News

Startup Success Beyond Silicon Valley

Professor Paul Gompers visited Endeavor Saudi Arabia, a nonprofit that promotes startups in emerging markets. Pictured are Alpana Thapar and Fares Khrais (both of the Middle East and North Africa Research Center), Gompers, Lateefa Alwaalan (Endeavor Saudi Arabia), and... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Mele
  • 14 Feb 2012
  • First Look

First Look: February 14

Quality Demons Author:Regina E. Herzlinger Publication:." In Accountability and Responsibility in Health Care: Issues in Addressing an Emerging Global Challenge. Vol. 1, edited by Bruce Rosen, Avi Israeli, and Stephen Shortell.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • May 2021
  • Case

Endeavor Kenya: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Shikhar Ghosh and Christian Godwin
In 2016, Fiona Mungai became Endeavor Kenya’s first managing director. In this role, she helped the organization build its inaugural board and select its first Endeavor entrepreneur, a fintech company called Cellulant. Throughout this process, Mungai observed the power... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Entrepreneurship; Human Resources; Leadership; Leading Change; Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Negotiation; Economy; Markets; Emerging Markets; Network Effects; Relationships; Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Africa; Kenya
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Online Finance & Accounting Courses | HBS Online

Certificate Courses (5) Financial Accounting Professor V.G. Narayanan In this accounting fundamentals course, discover what's behind the numbers in financial statements, such as balance sheets and income... View Details
  • July 2013 (Revised October 2013)
  • Supplement

United Rentals (B)

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Kathleen Durante
In April 2012, Jenne Britell, the Chairman of the board of directors of United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI) was preparing her notes for an upcoming stockholders' meeting. It was a meeting unlike most other meetings she had chaired. Stockholders were about to vote on a... View Details
Keywords: Boards Of Directors; Board Committees; Chairman; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Construction Industry; North America
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  • 13 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 13, 2010

http://hbr.org/2010/10/the-power-of-alumni-networks/ar/1 Prices or Knowledge? What Drives Demand for Financial Services in Emerging Markets? Authors:Shawn A.Cole, Thomas Sampson, and Bilal Zia Publication:Journal of Finance (forthcoming)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jan 2007
  • News

Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, MBA 1987

utilities, financial services, telecommunications, electronics manufacturing, business process outsourcing, and IT. "Our goal is to strike a balance that allows us to find new avenues for growth locally, remain relevant to changing... View Details
  • 02 Apr 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019

comment-letter reviews (CLs) on firms’ financial reporting. We exploit a major change in the SEC’s disclosure policy: in 2004, the SEC decided to make its CLs publicly available. Using a novel dataset of CLs, we analyze the capital-market... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 20 Aug 2021
  • Blog Post

Is the MBA Worth It? Hear What Recent HBS Grads Have to Say

full-time MBA experience once in your life. You want to make sure that you pick the right two years personally and professionally. I wouldn't worry so much about the financial component -- just focus on if the time in your life is right... View Details
  • 30 Jan 2013
  • Working Paper Summaries

These Are the Good Old Days: Foreign Entry and the Mexican Banking System

Keywords: by Stephen Haber & Aldo Musacchio; Banking
  • 23 Mar 2023
  • Research & Ideas

As Climate Fears Mount, More Investors Turn to 'ESG' Funds Despite Few Rules

Investor interest in social responsibility has skyrocketed in the past three years, even as US regulations to hold companies accountable remain in flux and the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) label itself draws backlash. Investors are willing to pay a... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services
  • 13 Mar 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands

organization cohesion. The brand is the glue holding the components of the global organization together. Q: Some NGO brands, such as the Red Cross, are recognized worldwide. When a humanitarian crisis such... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls