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March 1997 (Revised January 1999)
Case

SureCut Shears, Inc.

By: W. Carl Kester

A bank loan officer must determine whether to waive convenants and extend terms on a line of credit granted to SureCut Shears. At issue is whether the inability of SureCut to pay down its line of credit is due to a temporary cyclical downturn or other long-term... View Details

Keywords: Business Cycles; Finance; Performance; Problems and Challenges

01 Dec 2003
News

Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?

than ever. The Bulletin spoke to a sampling of alumni to get a view from the factory floor of how they plan to meet the challenges ahead. While the companies vary in size and make a diverse range of products, these owners, chairmen, and CEOs present a snapshot of a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Manufacturing

2003
Chapter

Short-Term America Revisited? Boom and Bust in the Venture Capital Industry and the Impact on Innovation

By: Josh Lerner and Paul A. Gompers

This chapter seeks to understand the implications of the recent decline in venture activity for innovation. It argues that the situation may not be as grim as it initially appears. While there are many reasons for believing that on average venture capital has a... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Innovation and Invention; Business Cycles; Financial Services Industry; United States

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February 2011
Background Note

GUIDESlines: Benchmark Values for the GUIDES Framework

By: Matthew C. Weinzierl, Jacob Kuipers and Jonathan Schlefer

GUIDESlines provides benchmark values of the key economic indicators identified in the GUIDES framework for both developed countries (the OECD) and fast-growing emerging markets (the BRINCS countries). View Details

Keywords: Economics; Business Cycles; Macroeconomics; Framework; Business and Government Relations

01 Sep 2014
News

The Changing Nature of Research

The problems facing business and society are increasingly complex. Developing solutions to global challenges requires a faculty adept at field work, cross-sector collaboration, complex data analysis, and intensive laboratory work, as well... View Details

01 Mar 2011
News

Fiscal Year Ends on Upbeat Note

according to the Annual Report 2010. Revenue for fiscal 2010 — July 1, 2009, to June 30, 2010 — exceeded the budget by nearly 8 percent, totaling $467 million, only 1 percent lower than actual revenues for the previous year. Two of the School’s View Details

Keywords: alumni; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

January 2009 (Revised March 2012)
Case

Spain: Can the House Resist the Storm?

By: Diego A. Comin

On September 16, 2008, President Rodriguez Zapatero recognized the severity of Spain's macroeconomic situation and clearly pointed to the culprit in front of the Spanish Congress: "Let nobody doubt it; there is already a wide consensus about the origin of the crisis:... View Details

Keywords: Business Cycles; Economy; Financial Crisis; Macroeconomics; System Shocks; Spain

01 Mar 2007
News

HBS Issues Upbeat 2006 Annual Report

generated by units that operate in competitive, customer-driven markets: Executive Education and Harvard Business School Publishing (HBSP). Another 22 percent of operating revenue was derived from current-use gifts and endowment... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Feb 1999
News

All in the Family

fact," says Davis, "more than two-thirds of all business enterprises worldwide are owned or managed by families, and 30 percent of the Fortune 500 companies are family owned or controlled." In Generation to Generation: Life View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

01 Feb 2002
News

Top Ten Cases: Research from Around The World

Computers and e-commerce, cars and corporate titans — these themes are at the core of Harvard Business School Publishing’s latest compilation of best-selling cases. Written wholly or in part by current or former members of the HBS... View Details

01 Sep 2018
News

Case Study: A Good Fit

apps allow, the team discovered a way to guide people through behavior changes with results that stick. Individuals using Gain Life’s weight loss apps achieve results that double the one-year benchmark for other methods, Eldridge says. The startup has built a nice book... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

09 Aug 2011
News

A Toast to Macchu Pisco

Business Plan Contest, I did a marketing independent study on how to launch a premium pisco brand in the United States. We entered a plan in the contest and were semi-finalists. The alumni I contacted during my second year were extremely... View Details

Keywords: Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

10 Jan 2008
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Operations Management

Sharpening Your Skills dives into the HBS Working Knowledge archives to bring together articles on ways to improve your business skills. Questions to be answered: Can "lean" productions methods improve service industries? How can a... View Details

November 1981 (Revised June 1998)
Case

A Keynesian Cure for the Depression

Keynes, in excerpts from a 1933 pamphlet, outlines his recommendations for recovery from the Depression. He emphasizes the need for public works expenditures financed by government borrowing and discusses the "multiplier" effect of deficit spending on gross national... View Details

Keywords: History; Business Cycles; Theory; Microeconomics; Government Administration

April 2015
Tutorial

Introduction to International Macroeconomics

By: Laura Alfaro and Elizabeth A. Meyer

This tutorial is a web-based, interactive program which will provide students with an introduction to the basic principles of macroeconomics and international macroeconomics. View Details

Keywords: International Macroeconomics; International Economy; Current Account; Unemployment; Inflation; Monetary Policy; Fiscal Policy; Gdp; Macroeconomics; Money; Business Cycles; Inflation and Deflation; Trade

01 Sep 2013
News

Faculty Books

Manufacturing Morals: The Values of Silence in Business School Education by Michel Anteby (University of Chicago Press) How does HBS try to ensure that its faculty and students embrace proper business... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

04 Feb 2022
News

Hour by Hour

Courtesy Rahkeem Morris Rahkeem Morris (MBA 2018) spent the first 10 years of his work life as an hourly wage earner, moving from one minimum wage job to the next, often without transferable skills or training. The cycle wasn’t good for... View Details

April 2015
Teaching Note

International Macroeconomics — An Online Tutorial

By: Laura Alfaro and Elizabeth A. Meyer

This is the Teaching Note to accompany "International Macroeconomics", HBS Tutorial 715-702. View Details

Keywords: International Macroeconomics; International Economy; Current Account; Unemployment; Inflation; Monetary Policy; Fiscal Policy; Gdp; Macroeconomics; Money; Business Cycles; Inflation and Deflation; Trade