Financial Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2008
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Where Are They Now?

Glauber As the nation’s financial crisis unfolded in late September, Bob Glauber (DBA ’65) and his wife were exploring the old Silk Road in remote Central Asia. But that didn’t deter intrepid reporters from trying to track him down for... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

19 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

How Mercadona Fixes Retail’s ’Last 10 Yards’ Problem

about how poor operational decisions create unnecessary complications that lead to quality problems and lower labor productivity and, in general, make life hard for retail employees." Ton is interested in demonstrating how operations can be designed and View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail; Food & Beverage

June 2009
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F. William McNabb, Chairman, Vanguard Group, Interviewed by Professor John Quelch, April 2008

By: John A. Quelch

Professor John Quelch interviewed F. William McNabb, Chairman, Vanguard Group in April 2008 to review updates since the original case was published in 2004. View Details

Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Financial Services Industry; United States

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Tasneem Dohadwala is the Founding Partner of Excelestar Ventures, where she and her team are active investors in founders that exhibit compelling promise in medical technology, deep technology and beyond. Previously, her experience included working in View Details

Keywords: Healthcare

May 2001
Case

The Mexican Debt Crisis of 1982

By: Huw Pill

Describes Mexico's development strategy based on international borrowing and its culmination in the debt crisis of 1982. Discusses Mexico's approach to overcoming the crisis. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details

Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Financial Crisis; Growth and Development Strategy; Mexico

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20 Dec 2016
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December 20, 2016

how to build performance indicators to monitor financial goals, customer goals, internal process goals, and learning and growth goals. By focusing on these goals, the balanced scorecard gives managers a... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Kayode Ogunro

employer. How has HBS prepared you for your new job? My job will require a substantial amount of travel to Europe and Africa and more hands on management of deals and projects than I would face with a typical investment firm. My HBS... View Details

Keywords: Investment Management / Hedge Fund; Investment Management / Hedge Fund; Investment Management / Hedge Fund; Investment Management / Hedge Fund; Investment Management / Hedge Fund

12 Jan 2015
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Good Investments

here’s where the historical philanthropic paradigm gets turned upside down: Rodríguez wants IGNIA investors to get real financial returns on their money. Not just make their money back—money that can be reinvested—but maybe even beat the... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; impact investing; ideas; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

01 Mar 2023
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Family Matters

master’s in management through a dual-degree program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute before applying to HBS’s 2+2 Program, which admits college students to the MBA Program on a deferred basis, giving them time to gain professional... View Details

Keywords: April White

04 Sep 2019
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Accelerating Allston

Applied Sciences (SEAS) by creating an endowment for financial aid for students in the Schools’ joint MS/MBA program in Engineering Sciences. “The expansion of SEAS to Allston is a catalyst for collaboration that will propel and transform... View Details

18 Jun 2007
Op-Ed

Leveling the Executive Options Playing Field

managers at the expense of investors and tax authorities.” My comments below provide an overview of the financial and tax accounting systems and their treatment of incentive compensation. Independently, the... View Details

Keywords: by Mihir Desai

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Ann S. Moore

spinoffs, including InStyle, Real Simple, and People en Español. People questioned her when, on graduation from HBS, Moore accepted the lowest paying of 13 job offers she received, to pursue her passion—magazines. Over the next two decades, she rose from View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media; Entrepreneurship

March 2010
Teaching Note

New York Life and Immediate Annuities (TN)

By: Julio J. Rotemberg and John T. Gourville

Teaching Note for [510040]. View Details

Keywords: Retirement; Salesforce Management; Annuities; Insurance Industry

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April 2002 (Revised October 2003)
Case

Pension Plan of Bethlehem Steel, 2001, The

By: Peter Tufano

Bethlehem Steel's 2001 bankruptcy filing inspires an employee's daughter to evaluate her father's pension plan, weeks after September 11's tragedies exacerbated a weakening U.S. economy and just months before her father planned to retire. Battered equity markets and... View Details

Keywords: Asset Management; Financial Instruments; Retirement; Steel Industry; United States

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(including production systems on Amazon Web Services (AWS) for 10 of the top 20 Global financial institutions), managed over 200M hours of uptime in the public cloud and was recognized as one of AWS' top 22... View Details

01 May 2013
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Michael F. Cronin, MBA 1977

“I wish more alumni could get to know the students we meet at the annual fellowship dinners,” says Michael F. Cronin, a former HBS Fund Chair and longtime supporter of fellowships at HBS. “I’ve met idealists who are committed to social enterprise, line View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Building business for a better Brazil

Jorge Paulo Lemann (AB 1961) has built a career focused on strengthening the financial markets of Brazil. As a senior partner of Banco Garantia, he was the leading force for 25 years behind Brazil’s premier investment bank. Lemann... View Details

05 Apr 2004
What Do You Think?

Should We Brace Ourselves for Another Era of M&A Value Destruction?

mergers and acquisitions fail to achieve their objectives, suggesting possible remedies to this "flawed process." Kathryn Yates, for example, cited three primary reasons for M&A failure: "1) Forgetting to plan for the cost of integration… 2)... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Mark Hardie

earlier led new product innovation at Agero Inc., an automotive industry service provider. At Ipsos, Mark drove smartphone-based service innovation in the Futures Group. For six years at Nokia Inc., Mr. Hardie designed innovative mobile applications, co-led a... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services (All); Financial Services (All); Financial Services (All); Financial Services (All); Financial Services (All); Financial Services (All); Financial Services (All)

September 2009 (Revised April 2020)
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VIZIO, Inc.

By: Krishna G. Palepu and Elizabeth A. Kind

William Wang, CEO of VIZIO, Inc., was proud of his company's success in providing affordable flat screen TVs. Since its founding in 2002, VIZIO had grown to over $2 billion in revenue and was one of the top three flat panel TV brands, along with Samsung and Sony. Faced... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Financing and Loans; Price; Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Electronics Industry

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