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01 Mar 2012
News

Philippines Outreach

his mark in the Philippines, where he spent time as a Fulbright scholar after graduating from HBS. Of his several nonprofit endeavors there, the most prominent is the Children Protection Network Foundation, whose shelters provide a menu of View Details

Keywords: Personal Services; Personal Services; Personal Services; Personal Services

01 Sep 2004
News

Promise & Perils

a variety of measures, including tolls, to shelter local enterprises from competition. They are motivated by the need to protect the local tax base. Without it, local officials stand to lose a major source of revenue needed to pay their own salaries and fund local... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Educational Services; Educational Services

October 2012 (Revised September 2013)
Case

Creating the First Public Law Firm: The IPO of Slater & Gordon Limited

By: Benjamin C. Esty and E. Scott Mayfield

Slater & Gordon (S&G), a midsized Australian law firm with a high-growth consolidation strategy, had an initial public offering (IPO) scheduled for May 2007. Due to a series of regulatory changes in Australia in recent years, the IPO provided an opportunity for S&G to... View Details

Keywords: IPO; Mergers ＆ Acquisitions; Law Firm; Value Drivers; Growth Strategy; Revenue Recognition; Roll-up; Consolidator; Initial Public Offering; Valuation; Consolidation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Strategy; Growth Management; Corporate Governance; Business Strategy; Legal Services Industry; Legal Services Industry; Australia

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Educators

Purchase

August 2002
Case

eBay (C): PayPal Merger

By: Frances X. Frei and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Internet; Web Services Industry; Web Services Industry

Citation

Educators

Purchase

26 Jun 2013
News

Upstarts Raise Money for Startups

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Support Services; Educational Support Services

01 Dec 2012
News

50 Years & Counting

initiatives. Recently, McGinn has taken a nuanced look at evidence that women in professional service organizations are more likely to be promoted when the firm's leadership includes significant numbers of women. Her analysis of five... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Educational Services; Educational Services

21 Sep 2013
News

Harvard Kicks Off Fundraising Effort

Keywords: The Harvard Campaign; research; Bill Gates; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services

01 Dec 1999
News

Christensen and Vernon Remembered

and books, including Teaching and the Case Method. The recipient of numerous honors, Christensen received the HBS Distinguished Service Award in 1993. The Harvard MBA Class of 1963 paid tribute to Christensen by establishing a... View Details

19 Jun 2012
First Look

First Look: June 19

312-002 McKesson, a large, diversified drug distribution and health care IT company, is considering development of new business offerings to help private practice physicians remain independent. The company, with $122 billion in 2010 revenues, just made its first foray... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

How an Order Views Your Company

reasons, there's considerably less differentiation across products and services than in the past. One way the companies can compete in this harsh environment is to provide better customer service by... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston

06 Apr 2021
Working Paper Summaries

Currency Hedging in Emerging Markets: Managing Cash Flow Exposure

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro, Mauricio Calani, and Liliana Varela; Financial Services

08 Feb 2021
Working Paper Summaries

In the Red: Overdrafts, Payday Lending, and the Underbanked

Keywords: by Marco Di Maggio, Angela Ma, and Emily Williams; Financial Services

26 Jan 2021
Research & Ideas

A New Way to Cut Credit Card Debt: Pay Off One Purchase at a Time

A novel approach to repaying debt could help consumers free themselves from crushing credit card balances faster, according to new research. Rather than asking borrowers to make payments toward their total balances, Harvard Business School Professor Michael I. Norton... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Financial Services

24 Nov 2020
Working Paper Summaries

Accounting for Product Impact in the Consumer Finance Industry

Keywords: by George Serafeim and Katie Trinh; Financial Services

04 Feb 2020
Cold Call Podcast

Why Backstage Capital Invests in ‘Underestimated’ Entrepreneurs

Keywords: Financial Services

15 Oct 2019
Cold Call Podcast

Goldman Sachs’ $500 Million Bet on Small Businesses

Keywords: Re: Leonard A. Schlesinger; Financial Services

08 Nov 2018
Working Paper Summaries

When Harry Fired Sally: The Double Standard in Punishing Misconduct

Keywords: by Mark Egan, Gregor Matvos, and Amit Seru; Financial Services

08 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

The Startling Percentage of Financial Advisors with Misconduct Records

iStock Even as President Donald Trump and Republican leaders seem set on a course to weaken Obama-administration consumer protection regulations, a soon-to-be-published study reports that 7.3 percent of financial advisors in the United States have been cited for... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

05 Jul 2017
Research & Ideas

Are Stockbrokers Illegally Leaking Confidential Information to Favored Clients?

Source: Raw Pixel Stockbrokers are taking advantage of their privileged position to increase profits for favored investors and hedge funds, all at the expense of their other customers, new research suggests. A team of economists has found evidence that brokers... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

14 Dec 2016
Working Paper Summaries

The State of Small Business Lending: Innovation and Technology and the Implications for Regulation

Keywords: by Karen Gordon Mills and Brayden McCarthy; Financial Services

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