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  • 2010
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Corporate Governance at the World Bank and the Dilemma of Global Governance

By: Ashwin Kaja and Eric Werker
Most major decisions at the World Bank are made by its Board of Executive Directors. While some countries enjoy the opportunity to serve on this powerful body, most countries rarely, if ever, get that chance. This gives rise to the question: does board membership lead... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Decisions; Governing and Advisory Boards; Banks and Banking; Financing and Loans; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Voting; Globalized Economies and Regions
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Kaja, Ashwin, and Eric Werker. "Corporate Governance at the World Bank and the Dilemma of Global Governance." World Bank Economic Review 24, no. 2 (2010).
  • April 2011 (Revised February 2016)
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Jamaica's Anemic Growth: The IMF, China and the Debt(th) Trap

By: Rafael Di Tella and Natalie Kindred
This case describes the economic development problems faced by the small Caribbean-island country of Jamaica over most of the past half-century. The Jamaican economy showed relatively strong growth in the 1960s but stagnated in the 1970s. By the end of that decade,... View Details
Keywords: Government Administration; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; International Finance; Crime and Corruption; Poverty; Private Sector; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Economy; Developing Countries and Economies; Borrowing and Debt; Jamaica
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Di Tella, Rafael, and Natalie Kindred. "Jamaica's Anemic Growth: The IMF, China and the Debt(th) Trap." Harvard Business School Case 711-031, April 2011. (Revised February 2016.)
  • 2023
  • Working Paper

Achieving Universal Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: Addressing Market Failures or Providing a Social Floor?

By: Katherine Baicker, Amitabh Chandra and Mark Shepard
The United States spends substantially more on health care than most developed countries, yet leaves a greater share of the population uninsured. We suggest that incremental insurance expansions focused on addressing market failures will propagate inefficiencies and... View Details
Keywords: Public Sector; Insurance; Health Care and Treatment; Policy; Innovation and Invention
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Baicker, Katherine, Amitabh Chandra, and Mark Shepard. "Achieving Universal Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: Addressing Market Failures or Providing a Social Floor?" NBER Working Paper Series, No. 30854, January 2023.
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Overview

By: Benjamin C. Esty
I created and teach a course called Strategies for Value Creation (SVC). It is designed to be a capstone course in the Elective Curriculum (EC or second year of the MBA program) that integrates and further develops concepts developed in several Required Curriculum (RC... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Corporate Finance; Value Creation; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Financial Management
  • March 2006
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Geeli (CW)

By: Kenneth A. Froot and Li Jin
A well-performing Chinese manufacturer faces major impediments raising funding to grow. Highlights various imperfections that shape the financing decision. View Details
Keywords: Capital Costs; Diversification; Cost of Capital; Financing and Loans; Financial Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; China
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Froot, Kenneth A., and Li Jin. "Geeli (CW)." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 206-710, March 2006.

    Building Climate-Resilient Cities and Infrastructure

    This episode in our climate adaptation series features HBS Professor John Macomber. John discusses how companies and governments need to incorporate climate resilience as they develop and finance real estate and infrastructure to address the risks of flooding,... View Details
    • January 1973 (Revised September 1990)
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    Carrefour S.A.

    By: William E. Fruhan Jr.
    Involves a very rapidly growing retail chain that is financing itself in an unusual (and at first glance) risky fashion. View Details
    Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Financing and Loans; Risk and Uncertainty; Retail Industry
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    Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Carrefour S.A." Harvard Business School Case 273-099, January 1973. (Revised September 1990.)
    • December 2012
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    Jefferson County (A): An EPA Mandate

    By: Daniel Bergstresser and Randolph B. Cohen
    Jefferson County, Alabama, faces an EPA mandate requiring sewer system upgrades. How will they finance the upgrades? What consequences will follow? View Details
    Keywords: Local Government; Debt Management; Bankruptcy; Political Process; Financial Planning; Urban Development; Financing and Loans; Infrastructure; Government and Politics; Public Administration Industry; Alabama
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    Bergstresser, Daniel, and Randolph B. Cohen. "Jefferson County (A): An EPA Mandate ." Harvard Business School Case 213-056, December 2012.
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    Equity Valuation

    By: Charles C.Y. Wang

    Professor Wang’s research utilizes valuation theory to explain how firm fundamentals are related to the expected rates of equity returns and their term structures. His research provides strong evidence that valuation-based proxies of expected returns outperform the... View Details

    • 28 Apr 2021
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    Liberty Mutual Insurance Elects George Serafeim of Harvard Business School to the Company's Board of Directors

    • March 2010 (Revised May 2013)
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    Chile's Copper Surplus: The Road Not Taken (B)

    By: Laura Alfaro, Dante Roscini and Renee Kim
    In 2009, Chile's Finance Minister Andres Velasco's fortunes had been reversed. His fiscal policy that had come under attack just a year ago had been used to finance a $4 billion fiscal stimulus package amid the global economic downturn. Velasco was now Chile's most... View Details
    Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Financial Crisis; Financial Strategy; Financing and Loans; Policy; Government and Politics; Chile
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    Alfaro, Laura, Dante Roscini, and Renee Kim. "Chile's Copper Surplus: The Road Not Taken (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 710-020, March 2010. (Revised May 2013.)
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    Okan Okutgen

    start-ups, Okan enjoys helping students and alumni discover and navigate work/life/family balance. Work Experience: Head of Global Sales Operations & Strategy, Head of APAC, Head of Finance @ Formlabs Inc, Consultant @ Bain &... View Details
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    Sovereigns, Upstream Capital Flows and Global Imbalances

    By: Laura Alfaro

    We construct measures of net private and public capital flows for a large cross-section of developing countries considering both creditor and debtor side of the international debt transactions. Using these measures, we demonstrate that sovereign-to-sovereign... View Details

    • January 1985 (Revised November 1985)
    • Background Note

    Note on the Microcomputer Software Industry--January 1982

    By: William A. Sahlman
    Contains a history of the microcomputer software industry from the mid-1970s through early 1982. During that period growth was explosive. Many new companies were formed. However, the eventual structure of the industry was not yet clear. No truly dominant firms had... View Details
    Keywords: Industry Growth; Business Strategy; Software; Computer Industry
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    Sahlman, William A. "Note on the Microcomputer Software Industry--January 1982." Harvard Business School Background Note 285-095, January 1985. (Revised November 1985.)
    • February 2014 (Revised August 2015)
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    Mission Produce

    By: Jose B. Alvarez and Mary Shelman
    As the leading distributor of fresh avocados in the U.S., Mission Produce was at a crossroads in late 2013. Avocado consumption was booming and CEO Steve Barnard wanted to acquire additional land in Peru and develop new avocado farms to help fill a projected supply... View Details
    Keywords: Fresh Produce; Food; Peru; Vertical Integration; Supply Chain; Agriculture; Agribusiness; Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; United States; Peru
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    Alvarez, Jose B., and Mary Shelman. "Mission Produce." Harvard Business School Case 514-023, February 2014. (Revised August 2015.)
    • October 1991 (Revised September 1998)
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    Maxwell Appliance Controls

    By: Robert S. Kaplan
    A profitable manufacturing division of a large company is looking for new ways to identify sources of productivity improvements. Led by its senior finance officer, an activity-based cost system is developed to identify activities performed for its highly varied product... View Details
    Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Management Teams; Quality; Performance Improvement; Organizational Culture; Problems and Challenges; Production; Manufacturing Industry
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    Kaplan, Robert S. "Maxwell Appliance Controls." Harvard Business School Case 192-058, October 1991. (Revised September 1998.)
    • 14 Nov 2007
    • First Look

    First Look: November 14, 2007

    protection that investors need for financial markets to develop? This paper contributes to the literature that studies the connection between law and finance by looking at the relationship between legal origin and the View Details
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    • November 2013
    • Teaching Note

    8 Spruce Street

    By: Arthur I Segel
    The case begins in March 2009 during the depths of the recession with Forest City Ratner (FCR) Companies, a New York City based developer, facing the decision to halt construction half-way on 8 Spruce Street, the tallest residential tower in the Western Hemisphere, or... View Details
    Keywords: Real Estate; Investment; Real Estate Industry; Japan
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    Segel, Arthur I. "8 Spruce Street." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 214-051, November 2013.
    • 21 Jan 2021
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    How I Used the HBS Community to Hone My Professional Goals

    development rotational program. My time at Cardinal Health exposed me to the health care world and gave me the chance to work functionally in Corporate Finance and Corporate Strategy. The rotational program... View Details
    • December 2012 (Revised January 2013)
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    Jefferson County (E): Postscript

    By: Daniel Bergstresser and Randolph B. Cohen
    Jefferson County, Alabama, faces an EPA mandate requiring sewer system upgrades. How will they finance the upgrades? What consequences will follow? View Details
    Keywords: Local Government; Political Process; Bankruptcy; Debt Management; Financial Planning; Urban Development; Infrastructure; Borrowing and Debt; Government and Politics; Public Administration Industry; Alabama
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    Bergstresser, Daniel, and Randolph B. Cohen. "Jefferson County (E): Postscript." Harvard Business School Supplement 213-060, December 2012. (Revised January 2013.)
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