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Strategic Financial Analysis Online Course | HBS Online

This course is part of the Finance & Accounting track. Introduction to Strategic Financial Analysis ENROLL NOW No application needed for our certificate programs. Start your journey today! New Strategic View Details

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HBS - Financials | From the CFO

Activity & Cash Flows Consolidated Balance Sheet Supplemental Financial Information From the CFO In fiscal 2021, Harvard Business School navigated the operational and financial challenges of the View Details

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Israel - Global Activities 2020

the bank’s entry into online banking under Russak-Aminoach’s dynamic leadership. In 2017, five years into her tenure as CEO, she took a characteristically bold step and launched Pepper, Israel’s first completely mobile bank, as a stand-alone business with View Details

April 2013
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Barclays and the LIBOR Scandal

By: Clayton S. Rose and Aldo Sesia

In the summer of 2012, Barclays plc, one of the largest banks in the world, agreed to settle with authorities and acknowledged that the firm had manipulated LIBOR (London Inter-Bank Offered Rate)—a benchmark reference rate that was fundamental to the operation of... View Details

Keywords: Financial Systems; Financial Services; Corruption; Regulation; General Management; Management; Leadership; Economic Systems; Crime and Corruption; Ethics; Culture; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; United Kingdom

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01 Jun 2009
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Dispatches from the Global Classroom

cross-cultural learning aspect to it that you can’t duplicate in the classroom, which is very much a part of being a global business school. That doesn’t mean putting a U.S.-born student in the Paris office of Goldman Sachs. It’s... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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information - Financial and bank information - Other personal information volunteered by alumni and donors - Photos - Coaching notes Data may be shared with the following parties for the purposes stated above: Offices of Harvard... View Details

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Supplemental Financial Information | Annual Report 2024

Supplemental Financial Information Financial Overview Harvard Business School’s economic model is designed to support the School’s mission of educating leaders who make a difference in the world. Prudent... View Details

March 2013
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NovaStar Financial: A Short Seller's Battle

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Amy Kaser

The NovaStar case describes the challenges faced by short seller Marc Cohodes of hedge fund Rocker Partners as he tried to expose what he thought was widespread fraud in mortgage lender NovaStar Financial. The case is set in the time period from 2001 to 2007 and tracks... View Details

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01 Jun 2006
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HBS Annual Report Details Strong Financial Growth

HBS closed the books on fiscal 2005 with more revenue and lower expenses than expected. Total revenues reached a new high of $331 million, $9 million more than forecast, and operating expenses totaled $307 million, $5 million less than forecast. A robust View Details

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2009
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The Pecora Hearings

By: David Moss, Cole Bolton and Eugene Kintgen

In 1932, in the depths of the Great Depression, the Senate Banking Committee began a much-publicized investigation of the nation's financial sector. The hearings, which came to be known as the Pecora hearings after the Banking Committee's lead counsel Ferdinand... View Details

Keywords: Financial History; Financial Crisis; Financial Markets; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government Legislation; Laws and Statutes; Business and Government Relations; Financial Services Industry

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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni

Careers Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA Careers Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA Supporting recent HBS graduates making a difference working in Africa. Thanks to generous alumni support, the... View Details

03 Apr 2006
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The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance

common mistakes made by international managers, and the development of his book for readers interested in "the opportunities of managing in a global setting." Sean Silverthorne: International Finance and its case studies explore... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

15 May 2009
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Money or Knowledge? What Drives Demand for Financial Services in Emerging Markets?

Keywords: by Shawn Cole, Thomas Sampson & Bilal Zia; Financial Services

23 Jul 2020
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How Countries Use Financial Policy to Fight COVID-19

around the world could improve responses to the next global financial catastrophe. Work done recently by dozens of Harvard Business School students under Alberto Cavallo, the Edgerley Family Associate... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

01 Mar 2006
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HBS Global Forum Set for June

THE BUILDING MUSEUM: Site of a GLF "State Dinner" Upcoming midterm elections and ongoing political scandals provide a timely backdrop to the 2006 HBS Global Leadership Forum, titled The Private Sector and the Public Interest, slated for... View Details

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October 2012
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Global Diversity and Inclusion at Royal Dutch Shell (A)

By: Sandra J. Sucher and Elena Corsi

Royal Dutch Shell has been among the early players to implement diversity and inclusion policies in the 1990s, first in the U.S. and then globally. In May 2009, Peter Voser, CFO and soon-to-be CEO, wants to adjust the company's business, headcount, and cost levels to... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Managerial Roles; Restructuring; Resignation and Termination; Diversity; Financial Crisis; Energy Industry; Netherlands

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February 2007 (Revised March 2007)
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Navigating Turbulent Waters: Glitnir Bank's Communication Challenge during a Macroeconomic Crisis

By: Michael D. Kimbrough, Gregory S. Miller, Vincent Marie Dessain and Ane Damgaard Jensen

Glitnir Bank is an Icelandic company following an aggressive growth strategy that relies heavily on foreign debt. Access to such debt is suddenly curtailed when there is a downturn in market sentiment regarding the Icelandic economy as a whole. Students will reflect on... View Details

Keywords: International Finance; Banks and Banking; Macroeconomics; Communication Strategy; Banking Industry; Iceland

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