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July 1997 (Revised October 2002)
Case

Khalil Abdo Group

Three brothers inherit a business in Egypt; the complications begin as each gets married, has a family, and becomes torn among different family interests. Now the third generation is appearing. View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Trust; Family and Family Relationships; Egypt

November 1993 (Revised July 1994)
Background Note

Adjusted Present Value Method for Capital Assets, The

By: Steven R. Fenster and Stuart C. Gilson

This case provides an explanation of the adjusted present value method for valuing capital assets. The authors believe this approach is generally simple and better for the complicated and changing capital structure found in restructuring. View Details

Keywords: Value; Capital; Assets

24 Jan 2015
News

Boost the right kind of innovation

17 Dec 2018
News

What fintech can learn from Robinhood’s ‘epic fail’ of launching checking accounts

Yiwei Li

Yiwei Li is a Doctoral student of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He concentrates on managerial accounting research, with interest in topics like incentive scheme and management control system. He pursues the goal of applying research output into... View Details

August 2000
Case

Belmont Industries, Inc. (A)

By: Joseph L. Bower

A new general manager has to propose a salary structure for the top 20 managers. His task is complicated as he learns about past performance, ambitions, interpersonal relations, and market conditions. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details

Keywords: Executive Compensation; Goals and Objectives; Performance Evaluation; Compensation and Benefits

21 Jun 2018
News

When Will The Tariff Battle With China Start To Affect Us?

05 Jul 2012
News

Unilever Wants Short, Soapy Showers and Long-Term Investors

November 2000 (Revised December 2000)
Case

Loewen Group Inc., The

By: Stuart C. Gilson and Jose Camacho

A publiclytraded funeral home and cemetery consolidator faces imminent financial distress. The company has aggressively grown through use of debt. Restructuring the debt is potentially very costly to creditors, shareholders, suppliers, and other corporate stakeholders.... View Details

Keywords: International Accounting; Restructuring; Capital Structure; Cost of Capital; Debt Securities; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Crisis Management; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Service Industry

22 Sep 2012
News

IPhone 5 defines Apple success, Tim Cook-style

20 May 2016
News

The Real Lessons From Kodak’s Decline

14 Jul 2015
News

CVS: Your One-Stop Shop For Potato Chips, Makeup, And A UTI Screening

19 May 2023
News

Innovating, Funding, and Scaling Climate Solutions at Harvard Business School: Day Three of Harvard Climate Action Week

17 Apr 2014
News

What Harvard learned by studying India's lunchbox delivery system

2010
Working Paper

Who Selected Adjustable-Rate Mortgages? Evidence from the 1989-2007 Surveys of Consumer Finances

We find evidence that households selecting adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) during the recent decade were disproportionately those who were less suspicious or who may have had difficulty understanding complicated ARM features that became commonplace prior to the... View Details

Keywords: Household; Financial Crisis; Mortgages; Personal Finance

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August 1996 (Revised October 1996)
Case

Howard, Shea & Chan Asset Management (A)

By: Benson P. Shapiro

A medium-sized investment management firm is attempting to decide whether to try to grow, and if so, how. It is a complicated decision because the managing partner and her colleagues have significantly different views. This case provides the background on the industry,... View Details

Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Decision Making; Sales; Growth and Development Strategy; Financial Services Industry

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13 Apr 2021
News

Chip Shortage Will Last Beyond 2022 as Demand Far Outstrips Supply, Intel Chief Says

March 1995
Case

Donald Salter Communications, Inc.

By: Stuart C. Gilson and Jeremy Cott

A new CEO is hired to manage the turnaround of a family-owned newspaper publisher. In a departure from previous management, he implements a new compensation scheme that explicitly ties executive pay to market-value-based measures of firm performance. Because the... View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Transformation; Asset Management; Wages; Balanced Scorecard; Family Ownership; Motivation and Incentives; Valuation; Journalism and News Industry