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October 30, 2023
Article

How Susan Tynan Disrupted a Dusty Old Industry

By: Ranjay Gulati

Keywords: Leadership; Management Skills; Entrepreneurship; Risk and Uncertainty; Disruptive Innovation

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01 Mar 2011
First Look

First Look: March 1

direct-selling cosmetics company involved in emerging markets exhibits significant foreign exchange risk exposure and profitability swings in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Students must review the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Aug 2024
Book

Why Competing With Tech Giants Requires Finding Your Own Edge

significantly reduce their downside risks and quickly begin to benefit from the ecosystem. Ping An’s ecosystems. Ping An started as a thirteen-person small property and... View Details

Keywords: by Feng Zhu; Technology; Information Technology

July 1983 (Revised July 1991)
Case

Hintz-Kessels-Kohl A.G.

By: Thomas R. Piper

A truck manufacturer must decide whether to bid on the sale of 120 trucks to a private firm in Costa Rica. If a bid is submitted, a decision must be made on whether to protect against the credit, exchange rate, and sovereign risks. View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Currency Exchange Rate; Truck Transportation; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; Germany; Costa Rica

21 Aug 2006
Research & Ideas

How Europe Wrote the Rules of Global Finance

financial crises of 1997 and 1998. Today, the IMF is very cautious about encouraging countries to liberalize, and indeed generally IMF officials offer developing countries warnings about the serious View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

28 May 2012
Research & Ideas

A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy

frequently entails short-terms risks in order to create societal value. "Our analysis suggests that most companies rarely coordinate among the three theatres, let alone recognize the contributions of each to societal well-being," write... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

August 2003 (Revised May 2009)
Background Note

Basic Venture Capital Formula, The

By: William A. Sahlman and Matthew Willis

Briefly summarizes the process that venture capitalists use to analyze high-risk, long-term investments. Contains information on methods that can be used to calculate valuation, share price, percent ownership, implied valuation, dilution, and option pools. View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Risk Management; Mathematical Methods; Valuation

16 May 2016
Blog Post

Career Resources for International Students

H-1B visa sponsorship has very little to do with company size and is more closely tied to industry and/or a specific company’s policies. We have observed that smaller, earlier stage companies are increasingly willing to pursue visa... View Details

2005
Class Lecture

Organizational Learning in the Face of Ambiguous Threats

By: Amy C. Edmondson, Michael A. Roberto and Richard M.J. Bohmer

Keywords: Learning; Risk and Uncertainty; Crisis Management; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Groups and Teams

March 1980 (Revised July 1985)
Case

Parker Brothers (A)

Focuses on the decision required of Parker Brothers regarding the necessity and advisability of recalling a new product that may have been related to the death of two children. View Details

Keywords: Safety; Risk Management; Product; Consumer Products Industry