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- 01 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
How Politics Drives Business Decisions in a Polarized Nation
so,” Kempf says. “We see it in views of the economy or views of certain risks, like the risk posed by certain political events or climate change or by the pandemic. There’s even the growing importance of partisanship in determining who works together and who does View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Smartphones Get Smarter
said. Apple’s deal with Microsoft marked a big step in its campaign to compete with BlackBerry in the smartphone sector — the Canadian company holds 41 percent of U.S. market share to iPhone’s 28 percent. Even as Apple seeks to broaden... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Faculty Research Online From HBS Working Knowledge
How Europe Wrote the Rules of Global Finance After decades of liberalization, controls on cross-border capital movements are again being examined by financial institutions, governments, and policymakers around the globe. Associate... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
Alumni Books Out of the Desert: My Journey from Nomadic Bedouin to the Heart of Global Oil by Ali Al-Naimi (AMP 82, 1979) (Penguin UK) Until May 7, 2016, Ali Al-Naimi was the Saudi oil minister (and an OPEC kingpin), a position he held for 20 years. As global oil’s... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Faculty Research Online
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6401.html. Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets How can multinationals, entrepreneurs, and investors identify and respond to new challenges and opportunities around the world? In this Q&A, Professors Tarun... View Details
- October 2001 (Revised November 2001)
- Case
Provident Life and Accident Insurance: The Acquisition of Paul Revere
By: Mihir A. Desai, Frank Williamson, Mark Veblen and Yuming Zou
Provident Life & Accident Insurance Co. has made an initial bid to acquire a primary competitor, Paul Revere, from conglomerate, Textron. The due diligence process uncovers a significant block of problematic disability insurance policies. Provident is forced to assess... View Details
Keywords: Insurance; Financial Management; Mergers and Acquisitions; Policy; Investment; Business Strategy; Cash Flow; Price; Bids and Bidding; Financial Reporting; Business Conglomerates; Insurance Industry; Service Industry
Desai, Mihir A., Frank Williamson, Mark Veblen, and Yuming Zou. "Provident Life and Accident Insurance: The Acquisition of Paul Revere." Harvard Business School Case 202-044, October 2001. (Revised November 2001.)
- 08 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 8, 2010
adult decision maker. Finally, we list a set of open questions that could be profitably addressed by future research. Social Preferences and Strategic Uncertainty: An Experiment on Markets and Contracts Authors:Marco Piovesan, Antonio... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jan 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
New Game, New Rules: Developing Managers for a Competitive World
changes simultaneously. The globalization of markets and competition, the rapid maturation of the information age, the expansion of the service-based economy, the impact of deregulation and privatization, the explosion of the knowledge... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
Indian stock market was booming, and investors had grown accustomed to outsized returns. Then the bottom fell out. The financial crisis spawned in the United States reverberated around the globe during the... View Details
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
results are consistent with an experimentation hypothesis in which tight monitoring of decisions leads to more control but less learning. An Evolutionary Approach to Financial History Author: Niall Ferguson Publication: Cold Spring Harbor... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers
interpretation," Parsons says. The column is like a weather report for financial news, reporting on the events in the market on the previous day. It's not always the same weatherman doing the reporting,... View Details
- Fast Answer
HBS Course: Real Estate Private Equity - Research Resources
people, the deals, the funds and the financial trends of the industry. (Individual account required). Private Equity Real Estate (PERE) Provides global information on private real estate investments and deals. (Individual account... View Details
- 18 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 18, 2008
we find that countries with well-developed financial markets gain significantly from FDI via TFP improvements. These results are consistent with the recent findings in the growth literature that shows the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- April 2009
- Teaching Note
First National Bank's Golden Opportunity (TN)
By: Shawn A. Cole
Teaching Note for [208072]. View Details
- May 2008
- Teaching Note
Lion Capital and the Blackstone Group: The Orangina Deal (TN)
By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Teaching Note for [807005]. View Details
- February 2002 (Revised April 2002)
- Case
Chengwei Ventures and the hdt* Investment
By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Bo Feng, cofounder and principal in Chengwei Ventures, one of the first sovereign venture capital firms in China, is trying to decide on the proper business model for hdt, the product of a merger between two portfolio companies. This case discusses the best way for the... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Mergers and Acquisitions; Customer Relationship Management; Sovereign Finance; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Entrepreneurship; Internet and the Web; Applications and Software; Markets; Business Model; Financial Services Industry; China
Hardymon, G. Felda, Josh Lerner, and Ann Leamon. "Chengwei Ventures and the hdt* Investment." Harvard Business School Case 802-089, February 2002. (Revised April 2002.)
- 25 Jun 2018
- Blog Post
The Internship Search: “Is this just a personal interest, or is there a real professional opportunity here?”
equity with Berkshire Partners, Aaron came to HBS “to gain an understanding of how businesses function from a perspective beyond the financial analysis and business due diligence lens.” But during his time at Morgan Stanley and Berkshire,... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
and where the financial markets are nonetheless looking to large-scale securitization. "I put considerable focus on negotiation and the decision-making process," explains Poorvu. Also crucial, says Poorvu,... View Details
- 15 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Growing Pains: Prescriptions for U.S. Health Care
gravely ill, HBS professor Clayton Christensen finds its prognosis encouraging. These symptoms, he says, merely reflect inefficient delivery systems that market forces have already begun to reshape. Christensen's optimistic outlook stems... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
power is precisely what caused the short-term fixation that led to the current financial crisis. As stockholder power increased over the last twenty years, our stock markets also became increasingly... View Details