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  • 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
  • 03 Sep 2009
  • What Do You Think?

Are Retention Bonuses Worth the Investment?

Summing Up What is the time and place for retention bonuses? Retention bonuses have their time and place but have to be used sparingly, according to many respondents to this month's column. Others were not... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 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
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  • 09 Apr 2014
  • Research & Ideas

A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation

better assess risk and make more accurate lending decisions. "One of the reasons that lending to small businesses is so costly is that it's very difficult to assess credit risk," Mills says.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking; Financial Services
  • 18 Nov 2008
  • First Look

First Look: November 18, 2008

concentration of control was significantly lower before 1910 than it is today. Observing Other's Behavior and Risk Taking in Decisions from Experience Authors:Eldad Yechiam, Meir Druyan, View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Sep 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Long-Tail Economics? Give Me Blockbusters!

also worries that a company is at risk if sales depend too much on one or two megabrands that could run into lawsuits from generic competitors or regulatory challenges. On the other hand, the president of Warner Bros. (think Batman) aims... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch; Entertainment & Recreation; Pharmaceutical
  • 26 Apr 2022
  • Blog Post

How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Vasilis Mornto

wanted to be able to experiment and take career risks and HBS seemed to allow me to do that through the 2+2 program. The second reason I applied to HBS is because it felt like... View Details
  • 06 Feb 2006
  • What Do You Think?

Should CEOs of Public Companies Offer Earnings Guidance?

amounts of internal energy go to 'making the quarter return' rather than serving the customer and building the future. Why did quarter returns develop in the first place?" Bill Hubbell added, "The market has many mechanisms to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services
  • November 2002 (Revised February 2009)
  • Teaching Note

Value Retail (TN)

By: Arthur I Segel and Ani M Vartanian
Teaching Note for (9-803-008). View Details
Keywords: Investment; Risk and Uncertainty; Performance Effectiveness; Brands and Branding; Planning; Strategy; Luxury; Milan
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  • 21 Feb 2007
  • Op-Ed

What a U.N. Partnership with Big Business Could Accomplish

mechanism to do well with minimum risk and maximum efficiency. In its early stages, a typical project would have to be commercially oriented and driven by private funds, though... View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge & Craig Wilson
  • 31 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/817059-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 817-040 Elon Musk: Balancing Purpose and Risk No abstract available. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • December 2013 (Revised August 2015)
  • Case

Viva Macau (A)

By: Dante Roscini and G. A. Donovan
A fast-growing Macau-based airline backed by private US investors faces a dramatic expropriation in the wake of the first change of head of government since the former Portuguese colony became a Special Administrative Region of China. The case allows students to... View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Air Transportation; Ownership; Foreign Direct Investment; Government and Politics; Emerging Markets; Venture Capital; China; Macau
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  • 30 Jan 2018
  • First Look

January 30, 2018

sales for the retailer. We refer to this phenomenon as the value of concealment. A negative value of concealment is possible and represents the event that rationally acting consumers respond to the additional View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Mar 2016
  • Blog Post

6 Discoveries I Made About HBS

wasted a lot of time feeling like I was behind. 2. Second year is a great time to take some risks Make EC year work for you, and take the risks you want to take. There are tons... View Details
  • June 1995
  • Teaching Note

Basic Industries TN

By: Joseph L. Bower
Teaching Note for (9-313-121). View Details
Keywords: Policy; Capital Budgeting; Risk and Uncertainty; Organizations; Business Conglomerates; Technology; Construction Industry
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  • 25 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 25

on those less familiar with the reporting standards. Publisher's link: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1430589   Working Papers Monetary Policy Drivers of Bond and Equity Risks By:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 29

Competing platforms are affected negatively because more information intensifies price competition. Publisher's link: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2360263   Working Papers Monetary Policy Drivers of Bond and Equity View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 May 2017
  • Blog Post

Why We Recruit: Microsoft

the willingness to take risks and continue to learn from any of your growth opportunities. Your opportunity for success is only limited by your own drive to achieve more. Regardless of whether your role is... View Details
Keywords: Technology
  • 21 Jun 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Music Downloads: Pirates—or Customers?

Internet music piracy not only doesn't hurt legitimate CD sales, it may even boost sales of some types of music. Those were the counterintuitive findings released in March by Harvard Business School professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee and his... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation; Music
  • 19 Jan 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 18

sufficient to fuel international expansion. The author presents advice on overcoming the paradox but warns it can be a lengthy process. Read the article: http://hbr.org/2010/12/why-you-arent-buying-venezuelan-chocolate/ar/1# Bringing Ethics into Focus: How Regulatory... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne