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- January 2018 (Revised February 2020)
- Case
Financial Inclusion at Omidyar Network
By: Vikram S. Gandhi, Caitlin Lindsay Reimers Brumme and James Barnett
A team of investors at Omidyar Network explore two different investment possibilities in the budding financial inclusion space using their investment framework to consider capital alternatives available for both investments, each of which carries highly divergent... View Details
Keywords: Impact Investing; Micro Finance; Investment; Investment Return; Investment Activism; Investment Portfolio; Microfinance; Africa; Philippines
Gandhi, Vikram S., Caitlin Lindsay Reimers Brumme, and James Barnett. "Financial Inclusion at Omidyar Network." Harvard Business School Case 318-004, January 2018. (Revised February 2020.)
- 22 Mar 2012
- News
Global Team Leaders Must Deliberately Create “Moments”
- 28 Jan 2016
- Video
Around the world & back
- Video
Vimal Shah
Vimal Shah, Co-Founder and Chairman of Bidco Africa, discusses the group’s strategic approach to marketing soap products in Kenya, targeting the bottom of the pyramid market with multiple brands at different price points to compete with large multinationals such as... View Details
- October 2020
- Article
Peer Influence on Trade Credit
By: Daniel Gyimah, Michael Machokoto and Anywhere (Siko) Sikochi
We examine the influence of peer firms on trade credit policies of listed firms in the United States. We posit and find evidence that firms mimic their peers in formulating trade credit policies. The findings are more pronounced for firms in highly competitive product... View Details
Keywords: Trade Credit; Peer Effects; Product Market Competition; Trade; Credit; Policy; Competition
Gyimah, Daniel, Michael Machokoto, and Anywhere (Siko) Sikochi. "Peer Influence on Trade Credit." Journal of Corporate Finance 64 (October 2020).
- August 1993 (Revised August 2002)
- Exercise
Work Methods Design Exercise
Teams of students receive identical product design specifications, a sample unit of the product, and a series of assignment questions that entail time and motion studies, which they must both understand and perform before class discussion. In class, teams explain how... View Details
"Work Methods Design Exercise." Harvard Business School Exercise 694-026, August 1993. (Revised August 2002.)
- September 2013
- Article
Status Boundary Enforcement and the Categorization of Black-White Biracials
By: Arnold K. Ho, Jim Sidanius, Amy J.C. Cuddy and Mahzarin R. Banaji
Individuals who qualify equally for membership in more than one racial group are not judged as belonging equally to both of their parent groups, but instead are seen as belonging more to their lower status parent group. Why? The present paper begins to establish the... View Details
Keywords: Hypodescent; Social Dominance Orientation; Intergroup Threat; Hierarchy Maintenance; Equality and Inequality; Race; Rank and Position; Attitudes; Identity
Ho, Arnold K., Jim Sidanius, Amy J.C. Cuddy, and Mahzarin R. Banaji. "Status Boundary Enforcement and the Categorization of Black-White Biracials." Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 49, no. 5 (September 2013): 940–943.
- April 2017 (Revised November 2017)
- Case
BlackRock (C): Integrating BGI (with video links)
By: Ranjay Gulati, Jan W. Rivkin and Aldo Sesia
On June 11, 2009, BlackRock, Inc., the world’s fourth-largest asset manager announced it was acquiring Barclays Global Investors (BGI) for $13.5 billion in stock and cash. The deal would more than double BlackRock’s assets under management (AUM), making it the world’s... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Integration; Organizational Culture; Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Information Technology; Asset Management; Financial Services Industry; United States
Gulati, Ranjay, Jan W. Rivkin, and Aldo Sesia. "BlackRock (C): Integrating BGI (with video links)." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 717-486, April 2017. (Revised November 2017.)
- January 2006 (Revised February 2006)
- Case
Deutsche Borse and the European Markets
By: Dwight B. Crane and Monika Stachowiak
In December 2004, Deutsche Borse proposed an offer for the London Stock Exchange. Some shareholders opposed the acquisition, leading to the offer's withdrawal and replacement of management, including the CEO and board members. Written from the viewpoint of Deutsche... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Strategy; Governing and Advisory Boards; Capital Structure; Stocks; Valuation; Corporate Governance; Price; Change Management; Commercialization; Financial Services Industry; Europe
Crane, Dwight B., and Monika Stachowiak. "Deutsche Borse and the European Markets." Harvard Business School Case 206-082, January 2006. (Revised February 2006.)
- Video
Madhav Chavan & Rukmini Banerji
Dr. Rukmini Banerji, Chief Executive Officer of Pratham Education Foundation, traces how the organization’s objectives have changed over time, and expresses her views on the need to consider different ways that children aged 11-16 should be learning in India. View Details
- 2011
- Working Paper
Inside the Black Box of the Corporate Staff: An Exploratory Analysis Through the Lens of E-Mail Networks
The corporate staff is central in theories of the multi-business firm, but empirical evidence on its function is limited. In this paper, we examine the high-level role of two units of a corporate staff through analysis of electronic communications. We find sharp... View Details
Keywords: Theory; Business Ventures; Internet and the Web; Communication; Employment; Management Teams; Networks
Kleinbaum, Adam M., and Toby Stuart. "Inside the Black Box of the Corporate Staff: An Exploratory Analysis Through the Lens of E-Mail Networks." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-051, December 2011.
- April 2013
- Case
Europe: An Ever Closer Union?
By: Gunnar Trumbull, Jonathan Schlefer and Diane Choi
In 2010, the European Union faces the challenges of the global financial crisis. With 27 member states, each facing different challenges, can new EU institutions respond effectively? Will its new currency, the euro, survive? View Details
Trumbull, Gunnar, Jonathan Schlefer, and Diane Choi. "Europe: An Ever Closer Union?" Harvard Business School Case 713-085, April 2013.
- May 1991 (Revised May 1991)
- Background Note
Focusing the Concept of Social Marketing
Examines those social marketing situations that pose challenges for adoption of conventional marketing principles. In addition to discussing how they differ the note explores underlying reasons and suggests alternate ways of conceptualizing such problems. View Details
Keywords: Social Marketing
Rangan, V. Kasturi. "Focusing the Concept of Social Marketing." Harvard Business School Background Note 591-047, May 1991. (Revised May 1991.)
- 11 Jun 2020
- News
Bosses say they want to tackle racial injustice
- 24 Aug 2010
- News
Investors question 'public' private equity
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS
shareholder value. The door is more wide open for people of different ethnic and religious backgrounds from both genders. Koehn: I kept running into the issue of leadership as I delved into the lives of the six individuals View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 06 Feb 2018
- News
What Pepsi Can Learn From Its 'Lady Doritos' Debacle
- 27 Nov 2023
- Blog Post
Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Opportunities for Green Entrepreneurship in the Face of Policy Inaction
Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series –Opportunities for Green Entrepreneurship in the Face of Policy Inaction Cover image features Adenike Ogunlesi This year’s annual UN conference on climate change, COP28, will take place... View Details
- February 2011 (Revised March 2021)
- Case
Hindustan Unilever's 'Pureit' Water Purifier
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Mona Sinha
The case asks students to formulate a strategy to respond to various competitive threats to its Pureit Water purifier, launched in 2008, targeted at millions of low-income Indian consumers who did not have access to safe drinking water. The case describes in detail the... View Details
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Product Development; Social Enterprise; Competitive Strategy; India
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Mona Sinha. "Hindustan Unilever's 'Pureit' Water Purifier." Harvard Business School Case 511-067, February 2011. (Revised March 2021.)