Publications

12 Oct 2017
Working Paper Summaries

The Decline of Big-Bank Lending to Small Business: Dynamic Impacts on Local Credit and Labor Markets

Keywords: by Brian S. Chen, Samuel G. Hanson, and Jeremy C. Stein; Banking

February 2007
Background Note

BASIX Simulation Model

By: Peter Tufano and Shawn A. Cole

Explains how to use Crystal Ball to simulate the insurance decision in the BASIX case. View Details

Keywords: Insurance; Business Model; Valuation; Decisions; Finance; Insurance Industry

January 2023
Teaching Note

Bankruptcy in the City of Detroit

By: Kristin Mugford and Annelena Lobb

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 215-070. View Details

Keywords: Finance; Restructuring

20 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways

filed for bankruptcy protection in November 2011. For the smaller US Airways, it was a chance to bulk up to compete on an equal footing with the big domestic carriers on the tarmac, United and Delta. In their articles below, Harvard View Details

Keywords: Re: Rosabeth M. Kanter & Stuart C. Gilson; Air Transportation

August 1976
Case

Norman Machinery Products, Inc. (C)

Presents the estate plan worked out by the son to deal with an estate planning issue. The plan involves the use of deferred compensation employment contract with the family business, a key-man life insurance policy, and a split-dollar life insurance policy. View Details

Keywords: Machinery and Machining; Family Business; Personal Finance; Corporate Finance; Manufacturing Industry

19 Apr 2018
Blog Post

Policy, Practice, Leadership & Impact: Making a Difference with the HBS/HKS Joint Degree

and quantitative methods with an emphasis on policy and practice. When combined with Harvard Business School’s Masters in Business Administration (MBA), students will demonstrate exceptional aptitude in the... View Details

30 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds

M. Viceira, the George E. Bates Professor and senior associate dean for International Development at Harvard Business School. “That raises the question, who is exercising control in these corporations?” In traditional mutual funds,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

12 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs

Beyond the basics: It’s never too soon to get “budget religion,” especially if you have a capital-intensive business where you need to figure out working capital, financing with manufacturing, etc. Ask for... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

15 Apr 2025
News

Mothers of Invention

four-person business and her responsibilities to investors. “There was no playbook for that,” recalls Marrone, now an investor at Pivotal Ventures. “I wasn't quite sure who to turn to.” Amelia Lin (MBA 2016) and Nicole Wee (MBA 2018)... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

26 Oct 2017
News

Can Farming Save the Planet?

if I actually knew what I was doing; you guys should let me in.’ “Having never had a math or a business course before, the first year was interesting, but I clearly had a lot to learn and HBS delivered,” he adds. Once he graduated,... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Organic farming; Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry; Agriculture

07 Sep 2021
News

Building New Connections

DAS’S DEEP IMPACT Outgoing Senior Associate Dean for External Relations Das Narayandas leaves a legacy of notable accomplishments after five years in the role. Narayandas, the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration and... View Details

18 Jan 2017
News

HBS Gains New Insight Into Africa

Building Cities, spent two weeks in Ethiopia and Tanzania exploring ways the private sector could help finance and operate public infrastructure to achieve better outcomes. In August 2016, in partnership with the Gordon Institute of View Details

May 1990 (Revised July 1991)
Case

Workbench Pricing Strategy

An abridged version of Workbench, most notably the results of two customer surveys, given in their complete form in Workbench. Focuses on the pricing decision for a small contemporary furniture retailer. Should Workbench continue its highly promotional pricing policy... View Details

Keywords: Price; Business Strategy; Consumer Products Industry