Financial Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Mar 2003
What Do You Think?

Are Conditions Right for the Next Accounting Scandal?

not to recommend to management that it switch accountants. Why has the likelihood of this situation arisen? Consolidation within the "industry" has been underway for the past decade or more. But clearly, the demise of Arthur... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services; Financial Services

March 2011
Teaching Note

Shenzhen Development Bank (TN)

By: Li Jin and Yuhai Xuan

Teaching Note for 210020. View Details

Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Decisions; Investment; Commercial Banking; Growth and Development; Negotiation Deal; Labor and Management Relations; Planning; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; China

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02 Jun 2011
News

Serious Fun

The educational power of video games and simulations to teach everyone from fighter pilots to senior managers is well documented. Games, after all, are fun. Our competitive instinct kicks in, and before we know it we’ve lost an hour to... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Arts, Entertainment; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

03 Mar 2017
News

Big Blue’s Big Bet

that we’re smart in the things we’re attacking, and to try to solve real-world problems that make an impact.” Watson General Manager David Kenny (MBA 1986) adds: “The tech sector tends to reward short-term thinking.” But Watson is... View Details

Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page

01 Jun 1998
News

Lisa Frankenberg

one of Europe's hip cities. But Frankenberg soon realized that for an English-language paper to succeed, it would also have to appeal to the region's growing international business community. She pitched the idea for such a publication to Monroe M. Luther (MBA '64), a... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso; photograph by Webb Chappell

15 May 2018
News

HBS MBA Admissions Shifts to Two Rounds

In a recent post to his “Direct from the Director” blog, HBS Managing Director of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid Chad Losee (MBA 2013) notes that the MBA application process will now include only two... View Details

9 AM – 10 AM EDT, 30 Oct 2019
HBS Online

HBS Online Entrepreneurship Essentials

Master a proven framework for building and financing new ventures and learn to speak the language of the start-up world. Program Dates: October 30, 2019 - December 27, 2019 View Details

9 AM – 10 AM EDT, 12 Jun 2019
HBS Online

HBS Online Entrepreneurship Essentials

Master a proven framework for building and financing new ventures and learn to speak the language of the start-up world. Program Dates: June 12, 2019 - July 10, 2019 View Details

9 AM – 9 AM EST, 14 Nov 2018

HBX Entrepreneurship Essentials

Master a proven framework for building and financing new ventures and learn to speak the language of the start-up world. Program Dates: November 14, 2018 - December 12, 2018 View Details

August 2008
Supplement

Charles Schwab & Co. "Talk to Chuck" Advertising Campaign Ad Clips

By: John A. Quelch

A series of advertising clips that were prepared for television advertising to accompany the "Talk to Chuck" advertising campaign of Charles Schwab and Co. View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Business or Company Management; Advertising Campaigns; Financial Services Industry

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06 Aug 2013
First Look

First Look: August 6

today's managers need to harness technological advances, manage and lead a dispersed and diverse workforce, anticipate and react to constant competitive and geopolitical change and uncertainty, compete on a... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

20 Nov 2007
First Look

First Look: November 20, 2007

ownership patterns across different towns, allowing credible identification of the effects of bank ownership on financial development, lending rates, and the quality of intermediation, as well as employment and investment. Credit markets... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

February 2008
Teaching Note

Anne Mulcahy: Leading Xerox through the Perfect Storm (TN) (A) and (B)

By: Bill George

Teaching Note for 405050 and 405065. View Details

Keywords: Financial Liquidity; Crisis Management; Profit; Leadership Development; Personal Development and Career; Motivation and Incentives; Knowledge Acquisition; Service Industry; Computer Industry

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April 1995
Case

Montague Corporation (A)

By: Norman A. Berg and James Weber

The Montague Corp. is a small company started in 1987 and owned by David Montague, age 31, and his father. The company designs, manufactures in Taiwan, and sells through distributors worldwide a high-quality "bicycle that folds." The company offices are located in... View Details

Keywords: Business Strategy; Financial Strategy; Financial Management; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Globalized Firms and Management; Family Business; Bicycle Industry; Taiwan; Cambridge

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August 1989 (Revised May 1991)
Case

Grosvenor Park

By: William J. Poorvu and Katherine Sweetman

Dick Dublin believes he has designed a townhouse development which will appeal to mobile young professionals. Dublin has removed some market risk by locking in a forward commitment for low interest rate loans for future purchasers at Grosvenor Park. The pricing... View Details

Keywords: Financial Management; Projects; Financing and Loans; Property; Financial Strategy; Price; Strategic Planning; Business and Government Relations; Real Estate Industry; Maryland

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April 2025 (Revised April 2025)
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JPMorganChase: Leadership in the Age of GenAI

By: Iavor I. Bojinov, Karim R. Lakhani and David Lane

This case study examines JPMorgan Chase's (JPMC) journey in adopting and implementing Generative AI (GenAI) following the release of ChatGPT. It outlines JPMC's initial cautious approach focused on data security, followed by strategic investments in internal platforms... View Details

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16 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Weighing Digital Tradeoffs in Private Equity

“There are many more private equity firms than in the past, so it’s becoming difficult for them to generate returns and add value,” says Brian Baik, an assistant professor in the Accounting and Management Unit at Harvard Business School.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

26 Oct 2011
News

On Top, Down Under

Fookes: Leading the way at one of Australia's premier real estate firms. Photo courtesy Mark Fookes Mark Fookes (AMP 178, 2010) is head of investment management at The GPT Group, a Sydney, Australia, firm that View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

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Real Property - Course Catalog

sale—there are opportunities to create value and build wealth. Educational Objectives The course prepares students to: Analyze different asset classes and phases of the property cycle Evaluate uncertainty across people, projects, capital structure, and the macro... View Details