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  • March 2024 (Revised May 2024)
  • Case

Masterpiece for the Masses: The First Art Exchange ARTEX

By: Lauren Cohen, Anastasiya Siroochenko (Siro) and Sophia Pan
Yassir Benjelloun-Touimi, CEO of ARTEX, aspired to marry the world of art and finance. Hoping to promote transparent, fractionalized ownership of renowned artwork, the founder had spent years contemplating the birth of an art stock market. This exchange would allow... View Details
Keywords: Trading; Art Market; Art Fair; Tokenization; Democratization; Exchange Traded Fund; Price Monitoring; Trends And Opportunities; Financial Liquidity; Financial Markets; Arts; Financial Strategy; Initial Public Offering; Investment Return; Technological Innovation; Business Model; Trends; Stocks; Assets; Diversification; Trade; Financial Services Industry; Fine Arts Industry; Paris; France
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  • 08 Sep 2008
  • HBS Case

The Value of Environmental Activists

There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities
  • 01 Mar 2023
  • News

Step Change

reach out to the EAEF. “Amal was really instrumental in closing that deal,” explains Habib, now CEO of Dawi, “and it was a milestone, because the EAEF was Dawi’s first institutional investor and helped us grow from 4 clinics to 16 today.”... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Abdelrahman Gabr – Koree; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
  • January 2002 (Revised January 2003)
  • Case

Finova Group, Inc. (A), The

By: Stuart C. Gilson and Perry Fagan
Finova Group, a $14 billion commercial finance company, filed for Chapter 11 in early March 2001, in what was one of the largest U.S. bankruptcy filings of all time and the largest corporate bond default since the Great Depression. While in Chapter 11, Finova became... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Business Startups; Borrowing and Debt; Equity; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Debt Securities; Price; Crisis Management; Bids and Bidding; Partners and Partnerships; Strategy; Valuation; Financial Services Industry; United States
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  • March 2005 (Revised March 2006)
  • Case

Foreign Exchange Hedging Strategies at General Motors: Competitive Exposures

By: Mihir A. Desai and Mark Veblen
How can a multinational firm analyze and manage currency risks that arise from competitive exposures? General Motors has a substantial competitive exposure to the Japanese yen. Although the risks GM faces from the depreciating yen are widely acknowledged, the company's... View Details
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Currency Exchange Rate; Competition; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; International Finance; Financial Management; Investment Funds; Risk and Uncertainty; Auto Industry
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My focus is empirical financial accounting research, with particular interests in governance, valuation, M&A, and short-sellers. All three of my papers to date fall under the broad heading of “alternative governance mechanisms”—studies of how accounting information is... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Governance; Valuation; Law
  • Research Summary

Overview

My focus is empirical financial accounting research, with particular interests in governance, valuation, M&A, and short-sellers. All three of my papers to date fall under the broad heading of “alternative governance mechanisms”—studies of how accounting information is... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Governance; Valuation; Law
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By: Karim R. Lakhani

Can America Invent Its Way Back?

BusinessWeek, by Michael Mandel, 12 Sept. 2008

Today, researchers are focusing on ways to make those... View Details

    Arnold O. Beckman

    Beckman is considered one of America’s foremost inventors. Starting with the invention of the pH meter (the first accurate test for acidity) in 1935, Beckman went on to secure 14 patents and produce dozens of scientific instruments that... View Details
    Keywords: Healthcare
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    Creating the Modern Financial System - Course Catalog

    system by exploring the historical development of key financial instruments and institutions worldwide. The premise of the course is that students will gain a richer and more intuitive understanding of modern financial markets and... View Details

      Steven P. Jobs

      Jobs was a pioneer in the personal computer industry. He was instrumental in bringing computers to the masses – spawning a multi-million dollar industry. Apple’s attractive, small and inexpensive computers were an instant success. View Details
      Keywords: Computers & Electronics

        Alonzo B. Hepburn

        Hepburn was instrumental in building Chase’s global finance presence. After three years of his tenure, the Bank declared a 400% dividend. A strong proponent of the gold standard, Hepburn became a prominent figure in international banking... View Details
        Keywords: Finance

          Morse G. Dial

          Dial was instrumental in the growth and diversification of Union Carbide. He strongly supported research and development, and it was with this foresight that Union Carbide was able to become a leading producer of chemicals and plastics. View Details
          Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

            Joseph P. Spang, Jr.

            Spang is credited with rejuvenating Gillette after the depression. He was a pioneer in sports marketing and endorsements and was instrumental in leading Gillette into diversified product lines, most notably with the acquisition of the... View Details
            Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products

              Philip B. Hofmann

              Hofmann served as Johnson and Johnson’s first non-family member CEO. He was instrumental in the success of the Ortho Pharmaceutical affiliate and during his tenure as CEO, he doubled sales – reaching the $1 billion mark by 1970. View Details
              Keywords: Healthcare

                Herbert W. Hoover

                Hoover was instrumental in introducing vacuum cleaners to the market and creating the world’s most famous vacuum cleaners’ trademark. By the mid-20th century, Hoover’s international corporation was operating in 107 nations, employing... View Details
                Keywords: Fabricated Goods
                • 26 Jun 2018
                • Working Paper Summaries

                The Impact of Pensions and Insurance on Global Yield Curves

                Keywords: by Robin Greenwood and Annette Vissing-Jorgensen; Insurance; Financial Services

                  Sigfried Weis

                  Weis was instrumental in managing the growth of Weis Markets, often noted as the most profitable supermarket chain in the United States. Weis took the company public in 1965 and went on to produce over 25 consecutive years of successful... View Details
                  Keywords: Retail

                    Patrick E. Haggerty

                    Haggerty led Texas Instruments into the manufacture of transistors - the first to make them cheaply enough to be commercially viable. During Haggerty’s tenure, the company expanded its overseas market (47 manufacturing plants in 19... View Details
                    Keywords: Computers & Electronics

                      Arthur D. Little

                      Little founded the largest unendowed commercial industrial research laboratory in the United States. Little, who was initially interested in chemistry of cellulose and its application in production, gradually expanded his interest to include other fields of applied... View Details
                      Keywords: Services