Financial Market Regulation - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

Creating Value Across Borders

With many of today's entrepreneurs starting ventures simultaneously in several countries, it is critical for the global businessperson to understand the financial and business environments in different countries and to accurately assess... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Dec 2011
News

Happening Fast

global markets recently. “It’s just nonstop trying to piece all this stuff together, and the hardest thing is there’s no road map,” she explained. “It’s oddly exhilarating because so many things are happening so fast.” View Details

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

01 Apr 1996
News

Stewards of the Seventh Generation

advantage. In today's world, in my industry," he continues, "if we are not considered environmentally progressive, no one will buy our product, particularly in Europe and North America." In Lorentzen's view, this market pressure, combined... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso, Garry Emmons, Linda Goodspeed, and Elaine Gottlieb

01 Dec 1998
News

Scott P. Mason Remembered

Scott Mason, an expert in capital markets, valuation, and financial systems and an HBS faculty member for seventeen years, died of cancer in September. He was 50 years old. "Scott was a good friend, valued colleague, and mentor to many of... View Details

07 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”

By the end of the second spin-off regime, Xerox's position in the copier market had begun to improve. While its share of the market would never return to 80 percent levels, Xerox was able to regain more than... View Details

Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough

01 Jun 2010
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Social Reporting

to investors and other stakeholders during a financial crisis? How do I drive CSR through my organization? What's The Best Way To Report Nonfinancial Metrics? One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting Stakeholders expect... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Jun 2000
News

Capturing Human Capital

simultaneously," commented HBS professor Christopher A. Bartlett in a recent interview with writer Peter K. Jacobs. Bartlett, faculty chair of the School's Executive Education Program for Global Leadership, identified the globalization of View Details

01 Sep 2015
News

Research Brief: Bankruptcy as a Better—Not Bitter—End

some have suggested. “For one out of five of these sales, the process is really just about transferring ownership of an ongoing, operating enterprise to another owner,” says Gilson. “That’s exactly what happens in the market for mergers... View Details

Keywords: Erin Peterson

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

Keywords: Private Equity; Bids and Bidding; Negotiation Deal; Valuation; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry

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01 Dec 2010
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Iron Lady

Development Bank, Oteh is now the director-general of Nigeria’s SEC and the country’s chief financial regulator. At a conference in London in September, Oteh revealed her intention to strengthen the country’s capital View Details

Keywords: Finance

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makes it challenging to work in Executive Education Cyclical business with intense peak periods characterized by long hours and weekend work (not a typical 9-5 business). Being responsible for generating a significant financial... View Details

29 May 2006
What Do You Think?

How Important Is the “Service Sector Effect” on Productivity?

in productivity in the U.S. in recent years. In fact, a recent report by the McKinsey Global Institute has found that five of the top seven industries that have led productivity growth in the period of 2000 to 2003 are service industries like retailing and View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Service

21 Jul 2015
First Look

First Look: July 21, 2015

Lal, Rajiv, and Ishan Sachdev Abstract—Mobile money services are being deployed rapidly across emerging markets as a key tool to further the goal of financial inclusion. View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2014
News

Research Brief: Capitol Gains

issue of the Journal of Financial Economics. "It might seem obvious that legislation that either supports or challenges an industry would have predictable financial fallout for a state's firms engaged in... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

November 1999 (Revised July 2003)
Case

Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc.

By: Paul M. Healy and Jacob Cohen

Pre-Paid Legal Services' business model reveals two key issues--managing the sales force and sales growth and managing claims. Students analyze the economics of the business and consider how to measure firm performance, how to evaluate and reward the sales force, and... View Details

Keywords: Financial Management; Financial Strategy; Salesforce Management; Marketing Strategy; Accrual Accounting; Business Cycles; Forecasting and Prediction; Insurance; Business Growth and Maturation; Insurance Industry

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01 Sep 2018
News

Ask the Expert: Delivering the Goods

limits innovation and efficiency. Stay tuned to the political debate to see whether the USPS will be allowed to improve. What complementary businesses need to be built? Let the market drive the answer to that question, whether it’s new... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

18 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Time to Rethink the Corporate Tax System?

compliance function to being a profit center. The ratio of corporate taxes to GDP declined through the late 1990s even during an economic expansion. There has been a growing disconnect between the income reports to capital markets and tax... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

05 Oct 2010
First Look

First Look: October 5, 2010

Financial Crisis Robert C. Pozen and Melissa HammerleHarvard Business School Note 311-014 This note will examine the regulatory framework for hedge funds in the United Kingdom (UK) before and after the View Details