Publications

October 2018
Case

African Bank Investments Limited (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz

Less than a year after joining the board of African Bank Investments Limited (ABIL), the newest director finds himself in difficult discussions with other directors about removing the struggling company’s CEO. The case is set in South Africa in mid-2014 as shares in... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Personal Finance; Corporate Accountability; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Crisis Management; Insurance; Leadership; Management; Risk Management; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Africa; South Africa

26 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019

use biometric identification technology to improve the reliability of administrative information and deliver social services more efficiently. This paper exploits the random placement of biometric devices in tuberculosis (TB) treatment... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Jan 2003
News

Charles O. Rossotti, MBA 1964

Cofounder, Former Chairman & Chief Executive Officer American Management Systems, Inc. Former Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service Senior Advisor, The Carlyle Group Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page ©2003 www.RockyThies.com... View Details

01 Dec 2010
News

Chaotic Funding Derails Research

of 1955 Professor of Business Administration and senior associate dean for External Relations. He also serves as chairman of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute’s advisory board. This article appeared in the Boston Globe on September 19,... View Details

Keywords: William Sahlman; Science funding; stem cell research; Educational Services; Educational Services

28 Aug 2012
First Look

First Look: August 28

ability to benefit from private information. Consistent with these expectations, we find that abnormal returns to insider purchases-used to proxy for private information-are reduced following IFRS adoption. Similar results are derived... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

March 2004 (Revised May 2005)
Case

Shurgard Self-Storage: Expansion to Europe

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Indra Reinbergs

Shurgard, a U.S.-based firm that rents storage facilities to consumers and small businesses, is considering financing options for rapid expansion of its European operations. Five years after entering Europe, Shurgard Europe has opened 17 facilities in Belgium, France,... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Valuation; Business Model; Governing and Advisory Boards; Entrepreneurship; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Service Industry; Belgium; France; Sweden; United States; Europe

17 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 17

Janisse Publication:Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management (2012). Abstract We examine the internal supply chains at two service organizations to discover the source of disruptions that erode employees' efficiency. Through... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

15 Sep 2015
Blog Post

On the Road: HBS in Israel

apply and attend HBS. Students from Israel are a diverse group, but there are some things they tend to have in common including excellent military service records, strong entrepreneurial sense, and a meaningful commitment to social... View Details

09 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

Education, Technology, and Business: What’s the Catch?

Sector? MacCormack opened the session by asking why, of all business sectors, the panelists chose this one. Kosmas Kalliarekos (HBS MBA '91), founding member and senior partner of The Parthenon Group, a strategic advisory company, and... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler; Education

01 Jan 2005
News

Nancy M. Barry, MBA 1975

communities." Today, the WWB network provides financial services in more than forty countries in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. At the same time, this global organization helps microfinance... View Details

01 Jun 2007
News

Mission Possible

Illustration by Dave Cutler At the peak of his career as CEO of Bain & Company, Tom Tierney (MBA ’80) quit his job to form a nonprofit professional services organization. Frustrated by the plodding pace of Alzheimer’s research,... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Margie Kelley; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services

July 1999 (Revised October 2001)
Case

Quickturn Design Systems, Inc. (D)

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Katharina Pick

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Patents; Governing and Advisory Boards; Behavior; Lawsuits and Litigation; Organizations; Acquisition; Corporate Governance; Service Industry

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01 Mar 2004
News

Chinese Premier Speaks at HBS

475baf4874c54b74d6872cb82ffdcb34 Amid the backdrop of U.S.-Chinese relations — tension over trade issues and Taiwan’s independence on the one hand, cooperation on terrorism and North Korea on the other — Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao spoke at HBS during a four-day trip to... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services

January 2006 (Revised February 2006)
Case

Deutsche Borse and the European Markets

By: Dwight B. Crane and Monika Stachowiak

In December 2004, Deutsche Borse proposed an offer for the London Stock Exchange. Some shareholders opposed the acquisition, leading to the offer's withdrawal and replacement of management, including the CEO and board members. Written from the viewpoint of Deutsche... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Strategy; Governing and Advisory Boards; Capital Structure; Stocks; Valuation; Corporate Governance; Price; Change Management; Commercialization; Financial Services Industry; Europe

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09 Feb 2017
News

Turning Disorder into Opportunity

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Australia (HPE), launched the Dandelion program in 2015, introducing people with autism spectrum disorders into the IT workforce. Dandelion—an innovative collaboration between HPE and the Department of Human View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

March 2001 (Revised February 2005)
Case

Venture Capital Vignettes

By: G. Felda Hardymon

Presents three fictionalized but realistic situations in which a venture capitalist may find himself. One situation requires crisis intervention to quell a dispute between a vice president of sales and a CEO; another poses the problem of working out the composition of... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Crisis Management; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Teams; Executive Compensation; Situation or Environment; Employee Relationship Management; Problems and Challenges; Financial Services Industry