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- 19 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 19, 2010
Southwest Airlines One Report, combing financial and nonfinancial performance information. This case examines Southwest's environmental and corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports produced in the two years preceding 2009 and follows... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2016
- News
Again in a Great City
opinionated time line of Detroit’s highs and lows. And there have been a lot of lows. Just a few years ago, Cummings was done with Detroit. The municipal government was in disarray, the auto industry was collapsing, the population was... View Details
Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly
- March 1998
- Teaching Note
Acme Investment Trust TN
By: Josh Lerner
Teaching Note for (9-296-042). View Details
Keywords: Financial Services Industry
- July 1997
- Teaching Note
Keller Fund's Option Investment Strategies, The (TN)
By: W. Carl Kester
Teaching Note for (9-295-096). View Details
Keywords: Financial Services Industry
- August 1994
- Case
Gartmore plc
By: Jay O. Light and Jon Headley
Keywords: Financial Services Industry
Light, Jay O., and Jon Headley. "Gartmore plc." Harvard Business School Case 295-022, August 1994.
- May 1994 (Revised December 1994)
- Case
Fidelity Investments: Spartan Florida Municipal Fund
By: Andre F. Perold and Sanjay Bhatnagar
Perold, Andre F., and Sanjay Bhatnagar. "Fidelity Investments: Spartan Florida Municipal Fund." Harvard Business School Case 294-116, May 1994. (Revised December 1994.)
- January 1994 (Revised August 1995)
- Case
Boston Company, The: Securities Lending
By: Andre F. Perold and Kuljot Singh
Keywords: Financial Services Industry
Perold, Andre F., and Kuljot Singh. "Boston Company, The: Securities Lending." Harvard Business School Case 294-024, January 1994. (Revised August 1995.)
- October 1992 (Revised December 1993)
- Case
Vanguard Group, Inc. (A)
By: Jay O. Light
Deals with the general mission and strategy of a large mutual fund complex. View Details
Light, Jay O. "Vanguard Group, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 293-064, October 1992. (Revised December 1993.)
- August 1990
- Case
Legacy Fund, Inc.
By: Jeffry A. Timmons and James Weber
Two young HBS graduates propose to create a new venture capital fund in 1989. The case focuses on: 1) evaluation of the venture capital industry; 2) whether there is an opportunity for a new specialized fund; 3) the structuring of risks and rewards in the fund; 4)... View Details
Timmons, Jeffry A., and James Weber. "Legacy Fund, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 291-010, August 1990.
- July 1990 (Revised September 1991)
- Case
Brinson Partners
By: Jay O. Light
Keywords: Financial Services Industry
Light, Jay O. "Brinson Partners." Harvard Business School Case 291-009, July 1990. (Revised September 1991.)
- 2025
- Working Paper
Centralized Governance in Decentralized Organizations
By: Lin William Cong, Daniel Rabetti, Charles C.Y. Wang and Yu Yan
We systematically document governance centralization in decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) and study its drivers and economic implications. Using multiple data sources and granular on-chain transactional data, we compare our findings to those in corporate... View Details
Cong, Lin William, Daniel Rabetti, Charles C.Y. Wang, and Yu Yan. "Centralized Governance in Decentralized Organizations." Working Paper, March 2025.
- 2024
- Working Paper
Hidden Risk
By: Daniel Barth, Phillip Monin, Emil Siriwardane and Adi Sunderam
Since 2013, large U.S. hedge fund advisers have been required to report risk exposures in their regulatory filings. Using these data, we first establish that managers’ perceptions of risk contain useful information that is not embedded in fund returns. Investor flows... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Disclosure; Investment Funds; Risk and Uncertainty; Investment Return; Communication Strategy; Financial Services Industry
Barth, Daniel, Phillip Monin, Emil Siriwardane, and Adi Sunderam. "Hidden Risk." Working Paper, November 2024.
- June 2023
- Supplement
Leading with Trust: Sarah Al-Suhaimi Video Supplement
By: Sandra J. Sucher, Sarah Livick-Moses and Dave Habeeb
This supplement features video interviews with Sarah Al Suhaimi, CEO of NCB Capital, the investment arm of Saudi's largest bank. View Details
Keywords: Leadership And Change Management; Women And Leadership; Women Executives; Stakeholder Management; Investment Banking; Growth and Development Strategy; Change Management; Strategy; Finance; Asset Management; Financial Services Industry; Saudi Arabia; Middle East
Sucher, Sandra J., Sarah Livick-Moses, and Dave Habeeb. "Leading with Trust: Sarah Al-Suhaimi Video Supplement." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 323-701, June 2023.
- August 2022
- Supplement
Broadway Angels (2022)
By: Jo Tango and Alys Ferragamo
In late June of 2022, Sonja Perkins, co-founder of Broadway Angels, contemplated the group’s future. She and her co-founders, Jennifer Fonstad, and Magdalena Yesil, started the group to gather together the most successful and powerful women in venture capital and... View Details
Keywords: Gender Equity; Impact; Business Startups; Venture Capital; Social and Collaborative Networks; Entrepreneurship; Gender; Mission and Purpose; Groups and Teams; Financial Services Industry
Tango, Jo, and Alys Ferragamo. "Broadway Angels (2022)." Harvard Business School Supplement 823-001, August 2022.
- September 1983 (Revised October 1985)
- Case
Lehman Management Co., Inc.
By: Andre F. Perold
Perold, Andre F. "Lehman Management Co., Inc." Harvard Business School Case 284-027, September 1983. (Revised October 1985.)
- January 2020 (Revised May 2021)
- Case
Salary Finance US
By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In October 2019, Dan Macklin, the newly-appointed chief executive of Salary Finance Inc., was weighing his options for the future of the business. The company’s value proposition was quite simple: partner with employers to offer employees affordable loans that were... View Details
Keywords: Employees; Credit; Financing and Loans; Wages; Innovation and Invention; Expansion; Growth Management; Decision Making; Financial Services Industry; United States
Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "Salary Finance US." Harvard Business School Case 720-421, January 2020. (Revised May 2021.)
- March 2019
- Case
Mahindra Finance
By: V.G. Narayanan and Tanvi Deshpande
Mahindra Finance is a non-banking lender operating mainly in the rural and semi-urban areas of India. Set up in 1991, the company had grown to become a market leader with assets of $8.5 billion and a presence in 3,30,000 villages across India. Since most of Mahindra's... View Details
- August 2018 (Revised April 2019)
- Case
Fair Value Accounting at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (A)
By: Jonas Heese, Suraj Srinivasan, Francois Brochet and Christine Johnson
In May 2018, Berkshire Hathaway announced an unprecedented loss of more than $1 billion for the first quarter of 2018. Warren Buffett blamed this loss on the new accounting rules for equity securities which he criticized. In the case ‘Fair Value Accounting at Berkshire... View Details
Keywords: Equity Securities; FASB; Fair Value Accounting; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Financial Services Industry
Heese, Jonas, Suraj Srinivasan, Francois Brochet, and Christine Johnson. "Fair Value Accounting at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 119-030, August 2018. (Revised April 2019.)
- March 2017
- Supplement
Microfinance in India 2010-2016: Crisis and Recovery
By: Shawn Cole, Vikram Gandhi, Caitlin Reimers and Yannick Saleman
SKS, India's leading microfinance firm, is challenged when politicians declaim microfinance as exploitation of the poor and severely restrict business practices. View Details
Keywords: Microfinance; Government Administration; Policy; Capital Markets; Crisis Management; Poverty; Financial Services Industry; India
Cole, Shawn, Vikram Gandhi, Caitlin Reimers, and Yannick Saleman. "Microfinance in India 2010-2016: Crisis and Recovery." Harvard Business School Supplement 217-070, March 2017.
- January 2017
- Supplement
Q&A: Ghislain de Charentenay, Sanford C. Bernstein Director of Research, Asia
By: Linda A. Hill and Allison J. Wigen
In this video supplement to the HBS case series "Sanford C. Bernstein Goes to Asia," case protagonist Ghislain de Charentenay recalls his leadership priorities and challenges upon being appointed director of research in Asia. View Details
Keywords: Talent Management; Sell-side Analysts; Organizational Behavior; Leadership And Managing People; Leadership, Personal Strategy ＆ Style; Leadership Style; Asia; Hong Kong; Collaboration; Leadership; Organizational Culture; Talent and Talent Management; Financial Services Industry; Asia; Hong Kong
Hill, Linda A., and Allison J. Wigen. "Q&A: Ghislain de Charentenay, Sanford C. Bernstein Director of Research, Asia." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 417-707, January 2017.