Publications

January 2010 (Revised April 2010)
Case

Google in China (A)

By: John A. Quelch

In January 2010, Google threatened in a public statement to stop censoring its search results on its google.cn website, as required by Chinese authorities. Should Google exit China? Or attempt a compromise with the Chinese government? View Details

Keywords: Crisis Management; Market Entry and Exit; Business and Government Relations; Internet and the Web; Information Technology Industry; China

September 2011 (Revised March 2012)
Case

KKR: Leveraging Sustainability

The case describes KKR's Green Portfolio Program, one of the firm's environmental initiatives, which has achieved $160 million in cost savings. While pleased with its progress in achieving greater energy efficiency and reduced carbon emissions, the firm is looking for... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Investment Portfolio; Energy Conservation; Cost Management; Supply Chain Management; Risk Management; Social Enterprise; Growth and Development; Performance Efficiency; Financial Services Industry

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Latin America; research; infrastructure; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

01 Oct 2002
News

Sam Hayes

musician, Hayes plays the pipe organ and cello, “but only with family” — a select group that consists of his wife, Barbara, and their three daughters and two grandchildren. What's behind the current crisis in U.S. View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Dec 2000
News

Latin America's Decade

only give us the necessary financial support but also its knowledge and experience." Carlos A. Sicupira (9th OPM) is a partner in São Paulo-based GP Investimentos, Ltda., an in-vestment firm with some $1.3 billion under View Details

01 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?

checks and balances to keep them accountable, including detailed financial reporting, private companies have no such thing. Because of that, the SEC currently allows only accredited investors—meaning those who can attest to a certain... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

August 2018 (Revised May 2019)
Case

Rev. Georgiette Morgan-Thomas & The American Hat Factory

By: Steven Rogers and Ariel Rogers

On a sunny Monday morning, Rev. Morgan-Thomas walked into her newly acquired hat factory thinking, “What have I gotten myself into? Things are worse than I imagined. Can I ever turn this company around given all of the known and unknown problems? Can I make it... View Details

December 2009 (Revised April 2012)
Case

Neoprene

By: Tom Nicholas and Felipe Tamega Fernandes

In 1931, during one of the worst economic crises in U.S. history, Du Pont announced the discovery of an innovative rubber synthetic product—neoprene. Yet at the time of the announcement, Du Pont did not have any neoprene to sell. Manufacturing facilities were still... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Business History; Innovation and Invention; Product Development; Risk and Uncertainty; Science-Based Business; Commercialization; Chemical Industry; United States

28 Apr 2020
Blog Post

A Crash Course in Saving a Family Business

brother, Jacob, immigrated to Queens in 2000. They later established Bean&Bean, located in Manhattan near the Wall Street subway station, right before the financial crisis hit in 2008. The family... View Details

25 Aug 2014
News

Sheila Lirio Marcelo, MBA 1998/JD 1999

general management tour of duty,” says Marcelo, who found enthusiastic mentors at the young company and was soon asked to join the management team. Also during this time, a frightening family incident helped... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Oct 1998
News

A Long and Winding Road

workload? The job market confronted us with a reality check during our second year - factors that weighed in were income, location, personal satisfaction, and professional growth, to name a few. Having grappled with these decisions, we graduated into a changing... View Details

Keywords: Wayne R. Vibert (MBA 1973)

01 Jun 2024
News

Conducting Business

family who knew more about money management than most money managers on Wall Street. Everyone looked confident and sophisticated. I felt like a complete dope—an ex-Naval officer with a degree in English.... View Details

Keywords: Michael Farmer (MBA 1971); illustration by Lucinda Rogers; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

August 2011
Teaching Note

Friend Bank: The Time for Hope (TN)

By: Clayton Rose and Sally Canter Ganzfried

Teaching Note for 310-070. View Details

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Planning; Transformation; Business Offices; Financial Crisis; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Goals and Objectives; Competitive Strategy; Opportunities; Banking Industry; Alabama

01 Jun 2003
News

Up Against The Firewall

handling, storage, and protection of data and infrastructure configurations. It’s also important to establish crisis management procedures, responses, and responsibilities in the event of an attack. Despite... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Robert Austin; Corporate Services; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

Scott D. Cook

century. The success of Quicken was just the beginning. Cook and Intuit went on to launch a full suite of financial applications from on-line bill payment for individuals to inventory and account receivables View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

16 Oct 2007
First Look

First Look: October 16, 2007

costs. Whether it encourages looting depends on other institutions, particularly those that create incentives to monitor directors. We examine Mexico's banking system, 1888-1913, in which there was widespread related lending. We find little evidence of credit... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

January 2008
Background Note

Equity Derivatives

By: Joshua Coval and Erik Stafford

The goal of these simulations is to understand the dynamic replication technique behind the Black-Scholes/Merton options model. The simulations focus on a single stock and a risk-free discount bond, which are used to replicate a contingent payoff. The underlying stock... View Details

Keywords: Equity; Bonds; Stocks; Price; Risk Management