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- 29 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Uber Is Worth Saving and How To Do It
management style has left in its wake a long line of unhappy stakeholders: regulators, competitors, drivers, customers, and even some partners. Kanter, who wrote a case study on the company after featuring Uber in a recent book, hopes... View Details
- 18 Jun 2007
- Op-Ed
Leveling the Executive Options Playing Field
managers at the expense of investors and tax authorities.” My comments below provide an overview of the financial and tax accounting systems and their treatment of incentive compensation. Independently, the... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir Desai
- 30 Aug 2021
Busting HBS Myths: A Candid Conversation
Join Chad Losee, Managing Director of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid, and Cyril Straughn-Turner, the Chief Admissions Ambassador, for an intimate chat aimed at myth busting and veil lifting around the MBA... View Details
- March 2021 (Revised April 2021)
- Case
Making Impact Investing Markets: IFC (A)
By: Shawn A. Cole, John Masko and T. Robert Zochowski
In 2017, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) faced the first big investment decision in its new Scaling Solar project. Founded in 1956, IFC was an international investment body with national governments as shareholders, whose mission was to promote economic... View Details
Keywords: Impact Investing; Development Economics; Developing Countries and Economies; Renewable Energy; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Borrowing and Debt; Credit; Equity; Bonds; Financing and Loans; Growth and Development; Emerging Markets; Non-Governmental Organizations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Investment; Decision Making; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Zambia
Cole, Shawn A., John Masko, and T. Robert Zochowski. "Making Impact Investing Markets: IFC (A)." Harvard Business School Case 221-061, March 2021. (Revised April 2021.)
- February 2002 (Revised May 2003)
- Case
Endeca Technologies (A)
By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Steve Papa, CEO of Endeca Technologies, must decide among two term sheets raising the same amount of badly needed money for his young software company. One deal is led by insiders and, is offered at a lower price. It continues a board that has worked very well and... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Cost vs Benefits; Financial Condition; Financing and Loans; Management Skills; Financial Strategy; Corporate Finance; Decision Choices and Conditions; Information Technology Industry
Hardymon, G. Felda, Josh Lerner, and Ann Leamon. "Endeca Technologies (A)." Harvard Business School Case 802-141, February 2002. (Revised May 2003.)
Maurice R. Greenberg
Greenberg helped grow American International Group into one of the world-wide leaders in insurance and financial services. Greenberg grew American International Group almost entirely internally, using his own, in-house trained View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Japan Research Center Names New Executive Director
practice group and oversaw all executive searches in the financial sector. In addition, he managed a corporate governance practice group. Prior to Egon Zehnder, Sato worked for fifteen years in the Tokyo and... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 14 Jan 2021
- News
Better Than Cash
financial history. Ruth Goodwin-Groen (MBA 2001) is on a mission to change that. “Our job will not be done until all people—old or young, rich or poor, male or female—are able to make and receive payments in a way that works for them,”... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
For Boston, whose history is better known for its midnight rides and tea parties with attitude, this was, by comparison, a low-key moment. On a slow July day in 1924 in the Hub's financial district, a new investment product was quietly... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- Profile
Rawiah Abdallah
Why was getting a business education important to you? Getting a business education among people with diverse backgrounds exposes you to many different skills and opportunities. After working for four years, it has been a great time to reflect on the kind of business... View Details
- Profile
Rebecca Greenbaum
in its Redwoods Leadership Development Program. "What I enjoy most is leading people," she says, "which is why I'm excited about the general management path HBS and DaVita are offering me." View Details
Keywords: Financial Services
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
A Star in LA
SOHN: playing it safe in 2005. His star power is such that he’s been called “the Korean version of Alan Greenspan,” and indeed, when Sung Won Sohn (PMD 35, 1978) was named president and CEO of Hanmi Financial Corporation in Los Angeles,... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- November 2010 (Revised May 2012)
- Teaching Note
Driving Sustainability at Bloomberg L.P. (TN)
By: Christopher Marquis, Daniel Buenza, Fabrizio Ferraro and Bobbi Thomason
Teaching Note for 411025. View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
What’s in a Name
In the episode, “Who Is Afraid of Woke Capitalism?” Chugh relates a story from her book about Dixie beer, a New Orleans staple that had faded in recent decades. New owners took over the company and in 2019 hired General Manager Jim Birch... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Empowering Entrepreneurially Minded Students
In 1947, Professor Myles Mace, a pioneer in the study of entrepreneurship and corporate governance, introduced a unique offering into the MBA curriculum called The Management of New Enterprises. Believed to be the first entrepreneurship... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
The Far-Reaching Impact of Fellowships
out into the world. An investment in their leadership potential, and in their potential to make a difference, has far-reaching impact—on the students and on society more broadly. “Fellowships enable the diversity of perspectives that is the bedrock of our pedagogy.”... View Details
Keywords: fellowships
- 18 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 18
Publications November 2014 Wiley Encyclopedia of Management Management as a Profession By: Khurana, Rakesh, and Eric Baldwin Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- September 2016 (Revised February 2017)
- Case
MyTime
By: Juliane Begenau and Robin Greenwood
Ethan Anderson, the CEO of San Francisco–based e-commerce company MyTime, must decide on the company's growth strategy. MyTime’s first product was a website and mobile app that offered consumers a convenient way to book appointments with local merchants throughout the... View Details
- March 2002 (Revised June 2003)
- Case
MAC Development Corporation
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Colleen McCaffrey
Deals with MAC Development's efforts to develop a 41-acre site near Chicago. Reviews two years of efforts and highlights the remaining issues of: 1) gaining town approval for development and tax reductions, 2) meeting the bank's debt covenants, including finding a... View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Taxation; Financial Instruments; Borrowing and Debt; Asset Pricing; Construction Industry; Chicago
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Colleen McCaffrey. "MAC Development Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 802-140, March 2002. (Revised June 2003.)
- April 2000 (Revised June 2000)
- Case
E-Loan: The CarFinance.com Acquisition
E-Loan is an online mortgage lender that acquired an auto-lending arm in August of 1999. This case examines E-Loan's purchase of CarFinance.com and highlights E-Loan's strategy-setting process. In addition, the case explores business development as a strategic process... View Details
Keywords: Strategic Planning; Internet and the Web; Change Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Financial Services Industry
Hansen, Morten T., and Jeffrey Berger. "E-Loan: The CarFinance.com Acquisition." Harvard Business School Case 400-072, April 2000. (Revised June 2000.)