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March 1992 (Revised December 1992)
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Salomon and the Treasury Securities Auction

Set in June 1991, two months prior to Salomon Brothers' announcement that the firm had violated the Treasury Department's rules governing the auctions of new Treasury securities. Salomon Vice Chairman John Meriwether must decide how to address problems that continue to... View Details

Keywords: Debt Securities; Managerial Roles; Ethics; Market Transactions; Bonds; Investment Banking; Crisis Management; Auctions; Legal Liability; Banking Industry

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Doing Business in a Divided World - Alumni

Doing Business in a Divided World: The Changing Role and Responsibilities of the American Firm A Conversation with Harvard Business School’s Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society The Madison Loft, 1555 Broadway St.,... View Details

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Research & Teaching - Creating Emerging Markets

responsibility in more developed markets? In this video, Professors Tarun Khanna and Geoffrey Jones discuss a thematic paper using CEM data, published in the Strategic Management Journal in 2017: Overcoming Institutional Voids Comparative... View Details

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Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab | About

businesses. Judy is involved in a large number of philanthropic endeavors focusing on children and education and is a founder of Step Up Your Game and a trustee of the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology. Steve received a BA from... View Details

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Our Curriculum - Business History

both in entrepreneurship and general management. Course syllabus Creating the Modern Financial System Taught by David Moss This second-year elective offers a vital perspective on finance and the financial system by exploring the historical development of key financial... View Details

25 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

In America, Immigrants Really Do Get the Job Done

the administration has instituted high-profile travel bans and worked to undo the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) policy of the Obama administration, the president has also often signaled a desire to shift the H-1B visa... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Technology; Service

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Women at HBS - Alumni

annual Women's Student Association Dynamic Women in Business Conference in February 2013 drew a sold-out audience for keynote speakers and panel discussions. HBS faculty and academic researchers from other institutions presented papers at... View Details

13 Mar 2023
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The Power of Personal Connections: How Shared Experiences Boost Performance

encompasses all workers on the task. In health care, this would mean extending team-based care to providers beyond physicians, including nurses, support staff, and other health care personnel. It could also mean team training across View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health

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Leadership - Health Care

commitment to the healthcare sector. Her familiarity with the city's healthcare institutions is a testament to her knowledge and engagement in the industry. Outside of work, Lanika is a devoted volunteer, seizing opportunities to... View Details

June 2020
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Recovering Trust After Corporate Misconduct at Wells Fargo

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Jonah S. Goldberg

The case describes widespread misconduct at Wells Fargo Community Bank in the period leading up to 2017 and the company’s subsequent attempts to improve internal controls, company culture, and corporate governance. The case examines the potential causes of large scale... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Misconduct; Internal Controls; Banks and Banking; Crime and Corruption; Corporate Governance; Organizational Culture; Governance Compliance; Management Systems; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Improvement; Governing and Advisory Boards

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04 Jun 2020
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It’s Not About You: Why Leaders Need to Look Outward

earned paychecks for goods and services, pledge our lives to another person in marriage, cast a ballot for someone who will represent our interests. We rely on laws and contracts as safety nets, but even those systems are ultimately built on trust in the View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Contagion By: Hal S. Scott MAY 2016 Systematic runs on financial institutions were the main culprits of the financial meltdown of 2008, not over-exposure in connected balance sheets. Hal Scott argues this insight in his new book,... View Details

01 Mar 2024
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The War Within

When the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, Nataliia Zhyliak’s world was upended in a matter of days. At the time, Zhyliak, a psychologist in the western Ukrainian city of Kamianets-Podilskyi, was working at an education and rehabilitation... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; illustration by Daniel Bejar

22 Jul 2002
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Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?

undercharge the buyer. When the final performance of the service or product is in doubt, the performance-based arrangement guarantees that as the seller provides more, it is paid more. Significantly, the buyer also receives insurance that it will not overpay at both... View Details

Keywords: by Benson Shapiro; Manufacturing

09 Oct 2001
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Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations

personal lives, but they often need the help of well-managed social institutions to succeed. Leaders have several structural devices they can use to promote this balance. For example, they can balance financial and symbolic rewards for... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria

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Understanding Health Systems, Payors, and Regulation - Health Care

Institute of Strategy and Competitiveness at HBS. He advocates that the goal of any health care system should be to increase the value it delivers to patients. This is the underlying thesis of Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based... View Details

01 Jan 2013
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Roger W. Sant, MBA 1960

Hewlett-Packard, Financial Analyst 1974 Named Assistant Administrator, Federal Energy Administration 1981 Cofounds Applied Energy Services 1991 AES goes public 1991 Establishes The Summit Foundation 1994 Elected Chair, World Wildlife Fund–US 2001 Appointed to Board of... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Jun 2023
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Bridging the ESG Data Gap

Chicago-based company with a half-dozen employees and venture investment from institutional funds and strategic angel investors. Murday says her post-HBS involvement with two alumni-focused Harvard Innovation Labs programs—Launch Lab X... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

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The Gift of Global Talent

Kerr, The Brookings Institution The Migrant Economy and the Gift of Global Talent The Migrant Economy and the Gift of Global Talent 2 Nov 2018 William R. Kerr, The Brookings Institution 5 Oct 2018 William R.... View Details

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About - Business History

the Executive Committee of the Harvard Center for African Studies, the Faculty Committee of the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, and on the Policy Committee of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. He is a... View Details

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