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  • 03 Dec 2012
  • HBS Case

HBS Cases: Against the Grain

rural Africa. A small company in Tanzania seems to fit the bill, but it faces health-safety issues with the potential to spread E. coli throughout the region. Another problem: It's not clear whether the local agency flagging the potential... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Food & Beverage
  • August 2010 (Revised March 2012)
  • Supplement

The Dow Acquisition of Rohm and Haas (B)

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Melissa Barton
The Dow Board made a bid for Rohm and Haas Company in order to transition its portfolio away from commodity chemicals towards specialty chemicals. View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Investment Portfolio; Governing and Advisory Boards; Chemical Industry
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Lorsch, Jay W., and Melissa Barton. "The Dow Acquisition of Rohm and Haas (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 411-002, August 2010. (Revised March 2012.)
  • November 2004 (Revised July 2005)
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Messier's Reign at Vivendi Universal

By: Rakesh Khurana, Vincent Dessain and Daniela Beyersdorfer
Focuses on a crisis in the board at Vivendi. Highlights the difficulties that arise when dramatic pressure from outside the boardroom affects boardroom dynamics. In this case, there are two events. The first is an unexpectedly large financial loss and a pending cash... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Crisis Management; History; Cash Flow; Acquisition; Performance; Telecommunications Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry
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Khurana, Rakesh, Vincent Dessain, and Daniela Beyersdorfer. "Messier's Reign at Vivendi Universal." Harvard Business School Case 405-063, November 2004. (Revised July 2005.)
  • January 1995 (Revised June 1995)
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Note on Yield Conventions

By: Andre F. Perold and Wai Lee
Describes the principal conventions used to report yields on debt instruments. View Details
Keywords: Investment Return; Capital Markets; Asset Management; Reports; Conferences; Governing and Advisory Boards
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Perold, Andre F., and Wai Lee. "Note on Yield Conventions." Harvard Business School Case 295-101, January 1995. (Revised June 1995.)
  • 2019
  • Working Paper

Bank Boards: What Has Changed Since the Financial Crisis?

By: Shiva Rajgopal, Suraj Srinivasan and Forester Wong
Several government-mandated committees investigating the financial crisis highlighted four key deficiencies in the composition of bank boards before the crisis: (i) group think among bank board members; (ii) absence of prior banking experience of board members; (iii)... View Details
Keywords: Banks and Banking; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Financial Crisis; Change; Diversity
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Rajgopal, Shiva, Suraj Srinivasan, and Forester Wong. "Bank Boards: What Has Changed Since the Financial Crisis?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-108, April 2019.
  • 2019
  • Working Paper

Thinking Outside the Box (12): The Benefits of Increased Transparency in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance for the 180 Million Insured

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Barak D. Richman
Economists have long noted that the tax exclusion of employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) caused workers to purchase health plans that differ in price and other characteristics from those they would otherwise choose for themselves. We explore the short-term and long-term... View Details
Keywords: After-tax Income; Consumer-driven Health Care; Health Care Costs; Health Insurance; Income Inequality; Tax Policy; Health Care and Treatment; Cost; Insurance; Income; Equality and Inequality; Taxation; Policy; United States
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Herzlinger, Regina E., and Barak D. Richman. "Thinking Outside the Box (12): The Benefits of Increased Transparency in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance for the 180 Million Insured." Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series, No. 2020-4, December 2019.
  • 25 Jan 2018
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A Whole New Game

After leading a group of investors to purchase the Sacramento Kings in 2013, Vivek Ranadivé (MBA 1983) partnered with local government in California’s capital to open a new arena and 1-million-square-foot... View Details
  • 12 Feb 2008
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The Small World of Investing: Board Connections and Mutual Fund Returns

Keywords: by Lauren H. Cohen, Andrea Frazzini & Christopher Malloy; Financial Services
  • 01 Mar 2013
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A Healthy Profit

an unsatisfactory outpatient experience at a government-run facility, she also received ineffective treatments from an untrained local practitioner. She is feeling increasing physical discomfort, general weakness, and growing alarm about... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance
  • March 2013
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HOYA Corporation (A)

By: W. Carl Kester
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Investment Activism; Corporate Governance; Governance Controls; Governing and Advisory Boards; Negotiation Tactics; Business and Shareholder Relations; Valuation; Japan
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Kester, W. Carl. "HOYA Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 213-721, March 2013.
  • July 2010 (Revised June 2012)
  • Background Note

Note: Regulation of Hedge Fund Managers in the U.K. Before and After the Global Financial Crisis

By: Robert C. Pozen and Melissa Anne Hammerle
This note will examine the regulatory framework for hedge funds in the United Kingdom (UK) before and after the financial crisis of 2008. First, it will discuss European Union (EU)-level regulation that applies to the UK as an EU member state. Second, it will discuss... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Investment Funds; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Laws and Statutes; Business and Government Relations; Financial Services Industry; European Union; United Kingdom
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Pozen, Robert C., and Melissa Anne Hammerle. "Note: Regulation of Hedge Fund Managers in the U.K. Before and After the Global Financial Crisis." Harvard Business School Background Note 311-014, July 2010. (Revised June 2012.)
  • March 2006 (Revised April 2010)
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China: To Float or Not To Float? (A)

By: Laura Alfaro, Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
On July 21, 2005 China revalued its decade-long quasi-fixed exchange rate of approximately 8.28 yuan per U.S. dollar by 2.1% to 8.11 and, at the same time, introduced a more market-based exchange rate system. Many analysts and economists were disappointed with what... View Details
Keywords: Macroeconomics; Trade; Currency Exchange Rate; Governance Controls; Policy; Growth and Development Strategy; China
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Alfaro, Laura, Rafael M. Di Tella, and Ingrid Vogel. "China: To Float or Not To Float? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 706-021, March 2006. (Revised April 2010.)
  • 01 Apr 2002
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Emerging Research on Emerging Markets

Zingales, who discussed the real effects of local financial development. The second day of presentations focused on economic development and context. "While virtually all countries, poor as well as rich, have embraced capitalism, most... View Details
Keywords: Yasheng Huang; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • May 2011
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Consequences and Institutional Determinants of Unregulated Corporate Financial Statements: Evidence from Embedded Value Reporting

By: George Serafeim
I analyze Embedded Value (EV) reporting by firms with life insurance operations to assess the impact of unregulated financial reporting on transparency and to examine the institutional characteristics that promote unregulated reporting. Under EV accounting the present... View Details
Keywords: Financial Statements; Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Reporting; Cash Flow; Contracts; Equity; Profit; Value; Corporate Disclosure; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business Earnings
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Serafeim, George. "Consequences and Institutional Determinants of Unregulated Corporate Financial Statements: Evidence from Embedded Value Reporting." Journal of Accounting Research 49, no. 2 (May 2011).
  • August 13, 2001
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New Purchase, Goodwill, and Intangible Asset Rules Explained

By: David F. Hawkins
Keywords: Assets; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Finance
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Hawkins, David F. "New Purchase, Goodwill, and Intangible Asset Rules Explained." Accounting Bulletin, no. 100 (August 13, 2001).
  • January 2019 (Revised June 2019)
  • Technical Note

U.S. Commercial Health Insurance Industry

By: Susanna Gallani, Mary Witkowski and Harry B. Wolberg
This note describes the role of commercial payers in the U.S. healthcare industry. We begin with a review of the historical evolution of commercial payers and their role in the market, from the beginning to the Affordable Care Act and beyond. Every wave of reforms in... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Insurance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Health Industry; Insurance Industry; United States
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Gallani, Susanna, Mary Witkowski, and Harry B. Wolberg. "U.S. Commercial Health Insurance Industry." Harvard Business School Technical Note 119-064, January 2019. (Revised June 2019.)
  • July 2001 (Revised October 2001)
  • Case

Policy Management Systems Corp.: The Financial Reporting Crisis

Tim Williams, the new CFO of a publicly-traded enterprise software company, attempts to rebuild his company's reputation for reliable financial reporting following a highly visible financial reporting crisis. The crisis begins with an earnings shortfall warning, which... View Details
Keywords: Accrual Accounting; Revenue Recognition; Capital Markets; Policy; Corporate Governance; Accounting Audits; Technology Industry
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Hutton, Amy P. "Policy Management Systems Corp.: The Financial Reporting Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 102-013, July 2001. (Revised October 2001.)
  • 01 Feb 2000
  • News

Executives Convene to Discuss Consumer-Driven Health Care

A mid-November conference on consumer-driven health care attracted nearly two hundred providers of health-care services, technology, and information; government professionals; and insurance executives to the HBS campus for a two-day... View Details
  • 12 Aug 2008
  • Op-Ed

Google-Yahoo Ad Deal is Bad for Online Advertising

online advertisers, these are poor substitutes.4 The harm to advertisers will be particularly acute for those advertisers that currently advertise on Yahoo for average to obscure search terms—e.g., small businesses selling unusual products, or View Details
Keywords: by Benjamin G. Edelman; Advertising; Publishing
  • 12 Apr 2012
  • News

HBS Welcomes Eleven Alumni Startups

HBS Welcomes Eleven Alumni Startups With more than a 40 percent increase in Alumni New Venture Contest entries this year, our 11 finalists overcame stiff competition to win their local regions. On April 23, they travel to campus to... View Details
Keywords: Bulletin Staff; Alumni New Venture Contest
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