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- September 2005 (Revised January 2006)
- Supplement
Restating Revenues and Earnings at INVESTools, Inc. (D)
By: Michael D. Kimbrough and F. Warren McFarlan
Kimbrough, Michael D., and F. Warren McFarlan. "Restating Revenues and Earnings at INVESTools, Inc. (D)." Harvard Business School Supplement 106-013, September 2005. (Revised January 2006.)
- January 2017
- Teaching Note
SOHO China: Transformation in Progress
By: Charles F. Wu and Alexander W. Schultz
In 2016 against the backdrop of a challenging Chinese macroeconomic environment, SOHO China, the largest owner and developer of Class-A real estate in Beijing and Shanghai, was struggling to convince analysts of the merits of their new “build-to-hold” strategy. Founded... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Sustaining HBS’s Unique Economic Model
of the School’s intellectual capital. “HBS strives to be a living example of a well-run organization, embodying the skills, tools, and frameworks taught in its educational programs,” says HBS chief financial officer Richard Melnick (MBA... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
New Releases
in the financial management field. Over the last fifteen years, they have developed and described key concepts, such as activity-based costing (ABC), activity-based management, operational systems for... View Details
- Career Coach
Mo Fong
Mo Fong (HBS ‘02, Stanford ‘95 ChemE, ‘96 MA Education ) Mo is currently the Executive Director at Stanford Technology Ventures Program in the School of Management and Engineering focusing on entrepreneurship research, programs and... View Details
- Profile
Jan Petzel
climb, I gave away most of my gear to the porters," says Petzel, who has climbed all of the "Seven Summits"—the tallest mountain on each of Earth's seven continents. He now occupies himself at a more manageable altitude in... View Details
Keywords: Other Financial Services
- 16 Jun 2017
- Blog Post
What is the HBS Leadership Fellows Program?
graduates can experience high-impact management positions in nonprofit and public sector organizations (for one year) at a competitive salary. We checked in with the Social Enterprise Initiative’s Director of Programs, Margot Dushin, to... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- January 1999 (Revised December 2020)
- Case
The U.S. Banking Panic of 1933 and Federal Deposit Insurance
By: Julio J. Rotemberg and Sabina M. Ciminero
After highlighting some key developments in the banking history of the United States, the case illustrates the Banking Panic of 1933 and the way in which Franklin D. Roosevelt dealt with it at the beginning of his presidency. Describes the main components of banking... View Details
Keywords: Government Legislation; Insurance; Crisis Management; Financial Crisis; Banks and Banking; History; Business and Government Relations; Banking Industry; United States
Rotemberg, Julio J., and Sabina M. Ciminero. "The U.S. Banking Panic of 1933 and Federal Deposit Insurance." Harvard Business School Case 799-077, January 1999. (Revised December 2020.)
- Web
FAQs - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
also value in applying TDABC to low-volume care conditions. Since TDABC facilitates comparisons of costs with outcomes managers will be better able to make decisions about whether to expand or limit resources allocated to those low-volume... View Details
- January 2008
- Background Note
Measuring Investment Performance
By: Andre F. Perold and Kenneth A. Froot
Examines various approaches to measuring investment performance. The approaches include the use of risk exposure and the Sharpe and Information Ratios. Applies the approaches to a variety of mutual funds to demonstrate the effect of using different metrics to measure... View Details
Keywords: Financial Management; Investment; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Measurement and Metrics; Performance; Risk and Uncertainty
Perold, Andre F., and Kenneth A. Froot. "Measuring Investment Performance." Harvard Business School Background Note 208-110, January 2008.
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Faculty Research Online
But Professor Robert Merton believes today’s plans are not sustainable. So what’s next? A new way to look at the problem. See http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5911.html. Innovation Corrupted: How Managers Can Avoid Another Enron The train wreck... View Details
- Web
Transportation - Business & Environment
multitude of biking, transit, and micromobility options.” Chris Dempsey HBS MBA 2012 Director, Transportation for Massachusetts Juan Enriquez HBS MBA 1986 Managing Director, Excel Venture Management “I'm... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Cynthia Carroll, MBA 1989
company representatives, the first of its type in Peru. Meeting with Anglo American executives. While Carroll is proud of the progress Anglo American has made within its mining communities, her reputation has also been built on strong View Details
- March 2010 (Revised December 2010)
- Case
Danatbank
By: David A. Moss, Cole Bolton and Andrew Novo
In the summer of 1931, Germany was struggling with a deepening economic crisis. Production had fallen, unemployment was high, and bank deposits and gold were being withdrawn from the country at a rapid pace, threatening the value of the German mark. The country's third... View Details
Keywords: History; Risk Management; Business History; Capital Markets; Financial Crisis; Banks and Banking; Business and Government Relations; Banking Industry; Germany
Moss, David A., Cole Bolton, and Andrew Novo. "Danatbank." Harvard Business School Case 710-059, March 2010. (Revised December 2010.)
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
governments rely on honest reporting. Proof of honest intent is typically provided through signature at the end of the document, e.g., tax returns or insurance policy forms. Still, people sometimes cheat to advance their financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- May 2020
- Teaching Note
Edward Jones: Implementing the Solutions Approach
By: David J. Collis
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 719-411.Updates the classic Edward Jones strategy case as the firm shifts to a new "Solutions" business model from its previous "product" model in response to changes in the brokerage industry, technology and demographics, and its own... View Details
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Donaldson Room | About
influential Harvard Business School professor, mentor, researcher, and administrator from 1955 to 1993. An expert in corporate financial management, Donaldson held the Willard Prescott Smith Professorship of Corporate Finance. Donaldson’s... View Details
- 27 Mar 2020
- News
CPD Taps Alumni Network to Help Students Navigate Crisis
pandemic. During the current crisis, CPD Managing Director Kristen Fitzpatrick (MBA 2003) notes, most larger companies are honoring their internship commitments to first-year students, but many smaller firms and startups either need to... View Details
- 06 Feb 2006
- What Do You Think?
Should CEOs of Public Companies Offer Earnings Guidance?
it may become part of a larger debate in 2006 about added pressures on managers to produce short-term earnings regardless of the impact on the long-term health of the business. In his annual year-end letter to directors, Martin Lipton, a... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
2018, the organization announced a new ethics policy, so Culver Humphrey came forward with her story once again. Leadership rebuffed her a second time, so she met with the Oregonian. Team members were stunned by what they read. For many, including the NGO’s View Details