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- June 1988 (Revised May 1989)
- Case
Primerica Corp. (A): How American Can Discovered Primerica
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Norman Klein
Keywords: Financial Services Industry
Greyser, Stephen A., and Norman Klein. "Primerica Corp. (A): How American Can Discovered Primerica." Harvard Business School Case 588-066, June 1988. (Revised May 1989.)
- February 1998 (Revised January 1999)
- Case
Rob Parson at Morgan Stanley (C)
A year after Rob Parson's manager decided to postpone Parson's promotion, Parson's new manager Gary Stuart faces the decision of promotion again. Stuart considers whether the efforts Parson had made were sufficient. Teaching purpose: To explore managerial problems... View Details
Keywords: Management; Personal Development and Career; Performance Evaluation; Financial Services Industry
Burton, M. Diane. "Rob Parson at Morgan Stanley (C)." Harvard Business School Case 498-056, February 1998. (Revised January 1999.)
- March 1996
- Case
Ernst & Young United Kingdom (B) (Abridged)
By: John J. Gabarro and Samantha Graff
Gabarro, John J., and Samantha Graff. "Ernst & Young United Kingdom (B) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 496-050, March 1996.
- September 1994
- Case
Leadership Problems at Salomon (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Michael Santoro
Deryck Maughan, a vice chairman and co-head of investment banking at Salomon Brothers, learns that his superiors have been less than candid about their knowledge of bidding improprieties by the firm's government trading desk. He must decide what, if anything, he should... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Decision Choices and Conditions; Ethics; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Crime and Corruption; Rank and Position; Financial Services Industry
Paine, Lynn S., and Michael Santoro. "Leadership Problems at Salomon (A)." Harvard Business School Case 395-044, September 1994.
- August 1994
- Case
E.F. Hutton (C)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Jane Palley Katz
Keywords: Financial Services Industry
Paine, Lynn S., and Jane Palley Katz. "E.F. Hutton (C)." Harvard Business School Case 395-006, August 1994.
- August 1994
- Case
E.F. Hutton (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Jane Palley Katz
Keywords: Financial Services Industry
Paine, Lynn S., and Jane Palley Katz. "E.F. Hutton (A)." Harvard Business School Case 395-004, August 1994.
- May 1994
- Teaching Note
BayBank Boston TN
By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Jerry Useem
Teaching Note for (9-393-095). View Details
- May 1986 (Revised July 1986)
- Case
MBAs at Merrill Lynch
By: George C. Lodge
Keywords: Financial Services Industry
Lodge, George C. "MBAs at Merrill Lynch." Harvard Business School Case 386-194, May 1986. (Revised July 1986.)
- July 2012
- Case
Generation Investment Management
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Matthew Preble
Examines the investment process of Generation Investment Management, a "sustainable" investing firm established in 2004 by David Blood and U.S. Vice President Al Gore. Places students in the position of David Lowish, director of global industrials, who must decide... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Energy Generation; Investment; Environmental Sustainability; Pollutants; Welfare; Financial Services Industry; India; United Kingdom
Sucher, Sandra J., and Matthew Preble. "Generation Investment Management." Harvard Business School Case 613-002, July 2012.
- August 2020
- Background Note
US Private Equity Firms: ESG and Impact (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Holly Fetter
This is the second part of a two-part note. The first part (A) explores how US private equity firms are incorporating ESG (Environmental, Social, & Governance) factors and impact objectives into their investment strategies and firm practices. It is based on publicly... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Issues; Financial Services Industry; United States
Paine, Lynn S., and Holly Fetter. "U.S. Private Equity Firms: ESG and Impact (B)." Harvard Business School Background Note 321-037, August 2020.
- June 2008 (Revised October 2008)
- Case
International Carbon Finance and EcoSecurities
By: Andre F. Perold, Forest L. Reinhardt and Mikell Hyman
In late 2007, EcoSecurities had to decide whether to undertake a new Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project in China. EcoSecurities was an aggregator of carbon credits and also invested directly in projects that produced carbon credits. Governments and firms... View Details
Keywords: Non-Renewable Energy; Cost Management; Investment Return; Business and Government Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Investment; Cash Flow; Valuation; Pollutants; Environmental Sustainability; Financial Services Industry; China
Perold, Andre F., Forest L. Reinhardt, and Mikell Hyman. "International Carbon Finance and EcoSecurities." Harvard Business School Case 208-151, June 2008. (Revised October 2008.)
- March 2014
- Technical Note
Venture Capital Investment in the Clean Energy Sector
By: Ramana Nanda and Shikhar Ghosh
In this note, we examine the extent to which venture capital is adequately positioned for the rapid commercialization of clean energy technologies in the United States. The need for a revolution in clean energy is driven not just by environmental consequences of energy... View Details
Nanda, Ramana, and Shikhar Ghosh. "Venture Capital Investment in the Clean Energy Sector." Harvard Business School Technical Note 814-052, March 2014.
- May 2011
- Teaching Note
China Environment Fund: Doing Well by Doing Good (TN)
By: Christopher Marquis and Alison Comings
Teaching Note for 410142. View Details
- September 20, 2024
- Article
It’s Time to Unbundle ESG
By: Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel
ESG is at an inflection point. It has come to represent a broad and inchoate aspiration for what business should be doing beyond maximizing shareholder value. With ESG advocates on the defensive, business leaders need a new roadmap to determine which factors to... View Details
Keywords: ESG; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; ESG Ratings; ESG Reporting; ESG Disclosure; Sustainability; Climate; Climate Finance; Climate Risk; Social Accounting; Investment; Governance; Safety; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Financial Services Industry
Chatterji, Aaron K., and Michael W. Toffel. "It’s Time to Unbundle ESG." Harvard Business Review (website) (September 20, 2024).
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
HBS Flunks Finance 101 As regards your December Editor’s Note wherein you refer to Dean Jay Light’s remarks to the hastily organized financial crisis panels during the week of September 22: Light attributes the View Details
- 23 Sep 2021
- News
Confronting Sustainability in Business; Pro-Bono Consulting for Black-Owned Companies
consequences of our actions—not only for financial and physical capital but also for human, social, and natural capital.” HBS Professor George Serafeim discusses impact-weighted accounts during the first virtual talk in the HBS Club of... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
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University-wide financial processes, policies and procedures. Attributes of Successful Staff Members Customer service orientation Attention to detail Responsive Collaborative Flexible What makes it... View Details
- 08 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 8, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50668 forthcoming Journal of Marketing Research Design of Search Engine Services: Channel Interdependence in Search Engine Results By: Edelman, Benjamin, and Zhenyu Lai Abstract—The authors examine prominent placement of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
First Students Accepted to Deferred Admission Program
will begin the MBA Program in 2011 as members of the Class of 2013. The 2+2 Program “contradicts the conventional — and incorrect — notion that prospective students must have worked for five or six years before applying to the School,” says Deirdre Leopold (MBA ’80),... View Details
- 17 Apr 2014
- News
York Street Partners, Busbud Take Top Honors in Alumni New Venture Competition
firm is pioneering interventions in Sri Lanka that will help transform the nation. In the past two years, York Street Partners has arranged the largest private equity investment in a non-banking financial institution and enabled one of... View Details