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  • 03 Oct 2023
  • HBS Case

Layoffs Can Be Bad Business: 5 Strategies to Consider Before Cutting Staff

apology “builds a bridge” between the company and its stakeholders. 5. Invest in laid-off employees Companies can reinforce the bridge by committing to help downsized employees get back on their feet. Many organizations address this... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand; Telecommunications; Technology; Financial Services; Manufacturing
  • 16 May 2023
  • HBS Case

How KKR Got More by Giving Ownership to the Factory Floor: ‘My Kids Are Going to College!’

the bottom of the pyramid.” When companies incentivize hostility From his humble beginnings, Stavros studied at Duke University and found his way into private equity after graduating. One day, while sending wire transfers to equity owners of an View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman

    Dwight B. Crane

    Mr. Crane was a member of the Finance Faculty at Harvard Business School for a number of years, working primarily in the field of financial institutions and corporate governance.  He taught in the MBA and executive education programs at the School, most recently... View Details

    • December 1993 (Revised March 1997)
    • Case

    Recruiting at Bowles Hollowell Conner & Co.

    By: John J. Gabarro, Herminia M. Ibarra, John P. Kotter and Andrew P. Burtis
    Examines the recruiting process of Bowles Hollowell Conner & Co. (BHC), an investment banking firm known for its work with middle market companies. Specifically, presents a profile of the firm and its recruiting process and then examines that process through the firm's... View Details
    Keywords: Investment Banking; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Job Interviews; Banking Industry
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    • February 2018 (Revised May 2018)
    • Case

    Haier: Incubating Entrepreneurs in a Chinese Giant

    By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Nancy Hua Dai
    CEO Zhang Ruimin must plan how to accelerate the growth of self-managed microenterprises. Platforms were Haier’s business platforms operating in five major sectors: white goods transformation, investment and incubation, financial holdings, real estate, and cultural... View Details
    Keywords: China; Microenterprise; Appliances; Platform; Change; Innovation; Opportunities; Entrepreneurship; Digital Platforms; Transformation; Innovation and Invention; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; China
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    • February 2001 (Revised March 2002)
    • Case

    Korea First Bank (A)

    In December 1999, Newbridge Capital, an equity investment fund based in San Francisco, successfully negotiated with the Korean government to acquire a controlling interest in Korea First Bank. It was the first time a foreign financial institution acquired a Korean... View Details
    Keywords: Negotiation Process; Negotiation Participants; Foreign Direct Investment; Acquisition; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; San Francisco; South Korea
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    • October 1992 (Revised December 1992)
    • Supplement

    Salomon and the Treasury Securities Auction: 1992 Update

    By: Dwight B. Crane
    Briefly summarizes the events that transpired after the investment bank Salomon Brothers revealed that it had repeatedly violated the rules governing the auction of new U.S. Government securities. Includes a description of the violations, the management shake-up that... View Details
    Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Financial Instruments; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States
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    • February 2024 (Revised February 2025)
    • Case

    Financing Matillion's Scaleup (A)

    By: Raymond Kluender, Emanuele Colonnelli and Ramana Nanda
    In 2019, Matthew Scullion, founder and CEO of U.K. startup Matillion, faced a decision about which term sheet to accept for the lead investor in his company’s $35 million Series C financing round. Would the connections and opportunities offered by Silicon Valley-based... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Negotiation; Ownership; Business Startups; Decisions; Venture Capital; Financing and Loans; Valuation; Information Technology Industry; United Kingdom
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    • January 1977
    • Case

    MRC, Inc. (Consolidated)

    By: Thomas R. Piper
    A large diversified company must develop a strategy for a division whose performance has deteriorated due to its aging product. Alternatives range from liquidation to a major investment in a new product. The formal capital budgeting system is compared with the informal... View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Business Divisions; Capital Budgeting
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    • 05 Aug 2010
    • News

    Google Wave Decision Shows Strong Innovation Management

    • 04 Oct 2019
    • News

    GPIF’s Hiromichi Mizuno’s Term Is Extended for Six Months

    • 22 Jun 2015
    • News

    How To Stop Working All The Time And Get More Done

    • July 2020
    • Case

    Driving Transformation at the Majid Al Futtaim Group

    By: Suraj Srinivasan and Esel Çekin
    The case opens with Alain Bejjani, CEO of Majid Al Futtaim (MAF) Holding, anticipating on the Group’s next phase in the multi-year transformation journey and reflecting on the initiatives he implemented to create the Group’s growth-oriented culture. Founded in 1995,... View Details
    Keywords: Transformation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Growth and Development Strategy; Retail Industry; United Arab Emirates; Middle East; Dubai
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    • 2010
    • Working Paper

    Medium Term Business Cycles in Developing Countries

    By: Diego A. Comin, Norman Loayza, Farooq Pasha and Luis Serven
    We build a two-country asymmetric DSGE model with two features: (i) endogenous and slow diffusion of technologies from the developed to the developing country, and (ii) adjustment costs to investment flows. We calibrate the model to match the Mexico-U.S. trade and FDI... View Details
    Keywords: Business Cycles; Developing Countries and Economies; Trade; International Finance; Foreign Direct Investment; Mathematical Methods; Mexico; United States
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    • September–October 2023
    • Article

    A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats: The Effects of Common Ownership on Corporate Social Responsibility

    By: Mark R. DesJardine, Jody Grewal and Kala Viswanathan
    Common owners face an incredible investment challenge: managing systematic risk. Because common owners hold shares in multiple firms across an industry, an action (or inaction) by one firm that affects industry peers is felt more severely by common owners than by... View Details
    Keywords: Common Ownership; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Institutional Investing; Corporate Governance; Risk and Uncertainty; Investment Return
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    • Web

    Courses - Entrepreneurship

    Lou Shipley Spring 2024 Q4 1.5 Field Course: Investing for Impact (also listed under Finance and General Management) Archie L. Jones Emily R. McComb Brian Trelstad Fall 2023 Q1Q2 3.0 Field Course: Scaling Minority Businesses (also listed... View Details
    • September 2003 (Revised June 2006)
    • Case

    "American Challenge, The:" Europe's Response to American Business

    By: Geoffrey G. Jones and Meghan Gallagher-Kernstine
    Examines the tensions multinationals cause by focusing on Europe's reaction to the growing U.S. multinational investment in the 20th century. Initially, Europeans rarely felt threatened by U.S. investments, however, tensions grew over time. After the Second World War,... View Details
    Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Investment; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; United States; Europe
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    • Web

    Lehman Brothers Timeline | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

    Introduction 1840s – 1880s General Merchants to Commodities Brokers 1880s – 1920s Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting 1920s – 1960s Investing in Emerging Industries 1850–1968 Lehman Brothers Family... View Details
    • May 2022
    • Article

    Strengthening Digital Infrastructure: A Policy Agenda for Free and Open Source Software

    By: Frank Nagle
    While there is little debate that digital forces are playing an increasingly crucial role in the economy, there is limited understanding of the importance of the digital infrastructure that underlies this role. Much of the discussion around digital infrastructure has... View Details
    Keywords: Open Source; Applications and Software; Policy; Infrastructure; Open Source Distribution
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    • November 1990 (Revised September 1991)
    • Case

    First Chicago Corp.: Corporate Strategy

    Lays out the business challenges facing First Chicago Corp. in 1986: the banking industry has been deregulated, many corporations are bypassing banks in their search for capital, and foreign competition has increased. Their traditional market--corporate banking--has... View Details
    Keywords: Restructuring; Investment Banking; Corporate Strategy; Emerging Markets; Commercial Banking; Banking Industry; United States
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