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  • January 2011
  • Case

A Slice of the Pie: Ruby Collins and Tenants in Common

By: John D. Macomber and Kristian Peterson
A securitized small real estate investment vehicle fails and the many individual owners have to decide how to manage or dispose of the asset. This case follows Ruby Collins, a small investor, through the logic of Section 1031 Like Kind Exchanges as well as the... View Details
Keywords: Financial Instruments; Investment; Risk Management; Ownership Stake; Partners and Partnerships; Valuation; Real Estate Industry
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    Lauren H. Cohen

    Lauren Cohen is the L.E. Simmons Professor in the Finance & Entrepreneurial Management Units at Harvard Business School and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is an Editor of the Review of Financial... View Details

    Keywords: asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management
    • June 2005 (Revised May 2006)
    • Case

    Covisint (A): The Evolution of a B2B Marketplace

    By: Lynda M. Applegate and Elizabeth Collins
    Ford Motor Co., General Motors, and DaimlerChrysler--the three original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) that dominated the automotive industry throughout the 20th century--launched Covisint in February 2000 as an industry supply chain exchange that would drive out cost... View Details
    Keywords: Business Model; Supply Chain Management; Business Startups; Management Teams; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; United States
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    • 2013
    • Working Paper

    Securities Litigation Risk for Foreign Companies Listed in the U.S.

    By: Beiting Cheng, Suraj Srinivasan and Gwen Yu
    We study securities litigation risk faced by foreign firms listed on U.S. exchanges. We take into account not only the propensity for foreign firms to commit violations of U.S. securities laws but also the costs that investors face when suing foreign firms. We find... View Details
    Keywords: Litigation Risk; Cross Listing; Bonding; 10b-5; Securities Litigation; U.S.Listing; Class Action; Risk and Uncertainty; Debt Securities; Globalized Firms and Management; Ethics; Lawsuits and Litigation; United States
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    • May 2016 (Revised April 2018)
    • Case

    Building the Digital Manufacturing Enterprise of the Future at Siemens

    By: Willy Shih
    This case describes the motivation for and the development of Siemens' digital manufacturing enterprise vision, which became the foundation for its implementation of Industrie 4.0. While the effort started with a purely defensive move by Anton Huber, head of the... View Details
    Keywords: Big Data; Internet Of Things; Internet Of Everything; Industrie 4.0; Digital Factory; Digital Enterprise; Digital Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Production Management; Production Planning; Computer Software; Germany; German Manufacturing; Machinery and Machining; Information Technology; Digital Platforms; Technological Innovation; Production; Supply Chain; Applications and Software; Information Infrastructure; Internet and the Web; Analytics and Data Science; Manufacturing Industry; Germany
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    • 08 Sep 2015
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Blinded by Experience: Prior Experience, Negative News and Belief Updating

    Keywords: by Bradley R. Staats, KC Diwas & Francesca Gino
    • 28 Feb 2018 - 1 Mar 2018
    • Other Presentation

    Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Africa—Part 1 & Part 2

    By: Euvin Naidoo
    Part 1: Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Africa with Euvin Naidoo (February 28)

    Part 2: Developing Capital Market:A Conversation with Mr. Bola “Koko” Onadele, Managing Director of FMDQ (March 1)
    We cordially invite you to an exciting discussion... View Details
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    • January 1994
    • Case

    China (B): Polaroid of Shanghai Ltd.

    By: Debora L. Spar
    Examines the experience of Polaroid of Shanghai Ltd. (PSL), a joint venture between the U.S.-based Polaroid Corp. and the Shanghai Motion Picture Industry Co., within the framework of China's foreign investment climate. Discusses the evolution of foreign investment in... View Details
    Keywords: Joint Ventures; Foreign Direct Investment; China; United States
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    • December 1980 (Revised January 1994)
    • Case

    International Foodstuffs

    By: David E. Bell
    Describes three fairly routine instances in which considerations of risk exposure in foreign exchange are necessary. The three are a delayed payment for a grain shipment, a foreign subsidiary facing devaluation of its domestic currency, and a foreign acquisition. The... View Details
    Keywords: Currency Exchange Rate; Risk and Uncertainty; International Relations; Mergers and Acquisitions; Money; International Finance; Financial Services Industry
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    • Forthcoming
    • Article

    Pricing of Climate Risk Insurance: Regulation and Cross-Subsidies

    By: Ishita Sen, Ana-Maria Tenekedjieva and Sangmin Oh
    We study the pricing of homeowners’ insurance, a $15 trillion market essential for hedging climate-related losses. We show that insurance premiums are subject to starkly different regulations across states, creating persistent cross-subsidies and price distortions. We... View Details
    Keywords: Climate Risk; Homeowners' Insurance; Price Controls; Financial Regulation; Cross-subsidization; Climate Change; Price; Risk and Uncertainty; Geographic Location; Insurance Industry; United States
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    • 06 Dec 2021
    • News

    Truth Be Told

    Image by John Ritter In 2018, HBS associate professors Aiyesha Dey and Jonas Heese wrote a case about a whistleblower at a multi-national gambling company who exposed financial misstatements, first to his manager and later to the US Securities and Exchange Commission.... View Details
    Keywords: April White; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management
    • 05 Oct 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: October 5, 2010

    tenure on the board and a prior career in investment banking/investment management are associated with proposing standards perceived as decreasing accounting "reliability"; while contributions to the Democratic Party are... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • Working Paper

    Benchmarking Against the Performance of High Profile 'Scandal' Firms

    By: Emre Karaoglu, Tatiana Sandino and Randy Beatty
    In recent years, several high profile firms engaged in accounting fraud that resulted in severe investor losses and erosion of trust in the capital markets. We examine high profile accounting "scandals" prosecuted by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Unlike most... View Details
    Keywords: Earnings Management; Ethics; Executive Compensation; Performance Evaluation; Financial Services Industry; United States
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    • March 2021 (Revised April 2021)
    • Case

    Wirecard: The Downfall of a German Fintech Star

    By: Jonas Heese, Charles C.Y. Wang and Tonia Labruyere
    Wirecard was a German fintech company, member of the DAX30, that provided payment processing and related services. Wirecard had enjoyed large growth rates over the years and most investors and analysts were enthusiastic about the company's prospects. Wirecard's... View Details
    Keywords: Accounting Fraud; Scandal; Accounting Audits; Accounting; Financial Reporting; Financial Institutions; Financial Markets; Corporate Governance; Governance Compliance; Corporate Accountability; Governance Controls; Financial Services Industry; Germany; Singapore; Dubai
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    • 2020
    • Working Paper

    Paying It Backward and Forward: Expanding Access to Convalescent Plasma Therapy Through Market Design

    By: Scott Duke Kominers, Parag A. Pathak, Tayfun Sönmez and M. Utku Ünver
    COVID-19 convalescent plasma (CCP) therapy is currently a leading treatment for COVID-19. At present, there is a shortage of CCP relative to demand. We develop and analyze a model of centralized CCP allocation that incorporates both donation and distribution. In order... View Details
    Keywords: COVID-19; Convalescent Plasma; Vouchers; Health Pandemics; Health Care and Treatment; Resource Allocation; Market Design
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    • 24 Nov 2010
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Valuation When Cash Flow Forecasts Are Biased

    Keywords: by Richard S. Ruback
    • August 2003
    • Case

    SEC Proposal for Nomination of Directors by Shareholders

    By: Jay W. Lorsch and Ashley Robertson
    Describes the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's 2003 proposal to allow shareholders to nominate a "short slate" of directors for the board of listed companies. Includes comment letters for and against the proposal. View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Governance; Management Teams; Business and Shareholder Relations; United States
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    • June 2012
    • Article

    Leadership Is a Conversation

    By: Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind
    Globalization and new technologies have sharply reduced the efficacy of command-and-control management and its accompanying forms of corporate communication. In the course of a recent research project, the authors concluded that by talking with employees, rather than... View Details
    Keywords: Employees; Management Style; Interpersonal Communication; Leadership; Cooperation; Partners and Partnerships
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    • March 2023
    • Case

    Ransomware Attack at Colonial Pipeline Company

    By: Suraj Srinivasan and Li-Kuan Ni
    On the morning of May 7, 2021, Colonial Pipeline Company became aware that the company had been the victim of a malicious ransomware attack that had stolen and locked up company data. The extortionists demanded 75 bitcoins (worth about $4.4 million at the time) in... View Details
    Keywords: Disruption; Communication; Communication Strategy; Decision Making; Decision Choices and Conditions; Judgments; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Disclosure; Corporate Governance; Governance Controls; Policy; Employees; News; Cybersecurity; Digital Strategy; Information Infrastructure; Information Management; Internet and the Web; Crisis Management; Business or Company Management; Resource Allocation; Risk Management; Negotiation Tactics; Failure; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Attitudes; Behavior; Perception; Reputation; Trust; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Infrastructure; Distribution Industry; United States; Alabama
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    • 17 Aug 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    What the Stockdale Paradox Tells Us About Crisis Leadership

    [This is the fourth installment in a monthly series on management issues in the time of COVID-19.] “You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end—which you can never afford to lose—with the discipline to confront the most... View Details
    Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams