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  • 11 Mar 2008
  • Working Paper Summaries

Finding Missing Markets (and a disturbing epilogue): Evidence from an Export Crop Adoption and Marketing Intervention in Kenya

Keywords: by Nava Ashraf, Xavier Giné & Dean Karlan; Food & Beverage
  • 10 Oct 2018
  • HBS Seminar

Michael Bordo, Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences

    Bank Capital and the Growth of Private Credit

    We show that business development companies (BDCs) — closed-end funds that provide a significant share of nonbank loans to middle market firms — are very well capitalized according to bank capital frameworks. They have median risk-based capital ratios of about 36% and,... View Details
    • Web

    Podcast - Business & Environment

    how Key Carbon is financing high-integrity carbon projects and how new overlaps between the voluntary and compliance carbon markets are at the center of their investment strategy. He provides a “climate finance 101” introduction and... View Details
    • June 2014 (Revised January 2017)
    • Case

    Focus Financial Partners and the U.S. RIA Industry in 2014

    By: Luis Viceira and Emily A. Chien
    In the Spring of 2014, Rudy Adolf, CEO and founder of Focus Financial, and the two other co-founders of the firm are considering alternative growth strategies to solidify Focus Financial's position as a leading aggregator of independent wealth management firms in the... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Model; Financial Services Industry
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    • 2025
    • Working Paper

    Bank Capital and the Growth of Private Credit

    By: Sergey Chernenko, Robert Ialenti and David Scharfstein
    We show that business development companies (BDCs)—closed-end funds that provide a significant share of nonbank loans to middle market firms—are very well capitalized according to bank capital frameworks. They have median risk-based capital ratios of about 36%... View Details
    Keywords: Financing and Loans; Capital; Credit; Financial Institutions
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    • 07 Feb 2022
    • Research & Ideas

    Digital Transformation: A New Roadmap for Success

    childcare—businesses cannot function. Competitors have found themselves coming together to make sure shared suppliers survive these times of unprecedented turmoil. 7. Safeguard ethics and take a proactive approach to governance and View Details
    Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards
    • 21 Mar 2014
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Speaking of Corporate Social Responsibility

    Keywords: by Hao Liang, Christopher Marquis, Luc Renneboog & Sunny Li Sun
    • February 2020
    • Supplement

    Managing Blackout at Aluminum Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) (B)

    By: Joseph B. Fuller, Gamze Yücaoğlu and Youssef Abdel Aal
    The case opens in 2017 as Tim Murray, CEO of Aluminum Bahrain (Alba), the largest single-site aluminum smelter in the world outside China and a major contributor to the Bahraini economy, was contemplating the recovery options as the company was facing the most severe... View Details
    Keywords: Aluminum Industry; General Management; Cultural Change; Change Management; Crisis Management; Decision Making; Organizational Culture; Safety; Leadership; Emerging Markets; Bahrain; Middle East
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    • February 2020 (Revised March 2020)
    • Case

    Managing Blackout at Aluminum Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) (A)

    By: Joseph B. Fuller, Gamze Yücaoğlu and Youssef Abdel Aal
    The case opens in 2017 as Tim Murray, CEO of Aluminum Bahrain (Alba), the largest single-site aluminum smelter in the world outside China and a major contributor to the Bahraini economy, was contemplating the recovery options as the company was facing the most severe... View Details
    Keywords: Aluminum; General Management; Cultural Change; Change Management; Crisis Management; Decision Making; Organizational Culture; Safety; Leadership; Emerging Markets; Bahrain; Middle East
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    • 31 Jan 2022
    • Research & Ideas

    Where Can Digital Transformation Take You? Insights from 1,700 Leaders

    they trust they will benefit from its use. Building this trust needs to be a multi-pronged effort embraced by all in the company—not just policed by those in compliance roles. [div class=infogram-embed... View Details
    Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards
    • 2014
    • Working Paper

    The Triumph of the Humble Chief Risk Officer

    By: Anette Mikes
    This paper tracks the evolution of the role of two chief risk officers (CROs), and the tools and processes they have implemented in their respective organizations. While the companies are from very different industries (one is a power company, the other is a toy... View Details
    Keywords: Risk Management; Managerial Roles
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      BUSINESS ETHICS: WHAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW

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      • 04 Jun 2024
      • Research & Ideas

      Navigating Consumer Data Privacy in an AI World

      on top of data security? Eva Ascarza: First and foremost, compliance isn't just important; it's mandatory. Companies need to keep up with all the necessary regulations, especially as they can change. Take GDPR [General Data Protection... View Details
      Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Information Technology
      • 01 Apr 2014
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Opting Out of Good Governance

      Keywords: by C. Fritz Foley, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Jonathan Greenstein & Eric Zwick
      • March 2021 (Revised April 2021)
      • Case

      Wirecard: The Downfall of a German Fintech Star

      By: Jonas Heese, Charles C.Y. Wang and Tonia Labruyere
      Wirecard was a German fintech company, member of the DAX30, that provided payment processing and related services. Wirecard had enjoyed large growth rates over the years and most investors and analysts were enthusiastic about the company's prospects. Wirecard's... View Details
      Keywords: Accounting Fraud; Scandal; Accounting Audits; Accounting; Financial Reporting; Financial Institutions; Financial Markets; Corporate Governance; Governance Compliance; Corporate Accountability; Governance Controls; Financial Services Industry; Germany; Singapore; Dubai
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      • 09 Apr 2007
      • Research & Ideas

      Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?

      level. As Toffel sees it, there are four angles: how the rules are designed, who adopts them, whether and how compliance is monitored, and whether these rules actually achieve what they purport to achieve. Most studies that have examined... View Details
      Keywords: by Martha Lagace
      • Web

      Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

      Industries (8) Goals and Objectives (18) Going Public (36) Goods and Commodities (7) Governance Compliance (4) Governance Controls (76) Governance (268) Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms (72) Governing and Advisory Boards (20)... View Details
      • Web

      2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

      oversight, stakeholder engagement, and compliance with regulatory requirements. The board and C-suite of firms managing digital strategy successfully today must also be well-equipped for collaboration and communications with law... View Details
      • 12 Dec 2005
      • Research & Ideas

      Using the Law to Strategic Advantage

      "bridge the communications gap" between lawyers and managers. Sean Silverthorne: You argue that managers shouldn't just view the law as a compliance issue, but rather something that can be used actively to increase the firm's... View Details
      Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Legal Services