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- 10 Jul 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: It’s a Bad Idea to Ban Customers From Recording Videos
Consumers delight in using smartphones to record their experiences and surroundings, but for businesses, such devices present tricky challenges. Suppose a customer encounters a hair in her food, a spill in an aisle, or a rude clerk. Historically, these problems were... View Details
- 28 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Capital Rules: The Tensions of Global Finance
over the course of the 1980s and 1990s. Yet less than a decade after the financial crises that hit emerging markets in the 1990s, that orthodoxy is already in decline and its reign in question. As a matter of capital flows, global finance... View Details
Keywords: by Rawi Abdelal
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
Moreover, there is something resembling "intelligent design" in finance, whereby regulators and legislators act in a quasidivine capacity, putting dinosaurs on life support. The danger is that such interventions in the natural processes of the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- May 2001
- Supplement
Korea Stock Exchange
By: Tarun Khanna
Features a presentation by In-Kie Hong of Korea Stock Exchange discussing the depth of the crisis, its origin, and its possible resolution in the end. In-Kie Hong addresses a class of MBA students at the Harvard Business School. View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Financial Markets; Stocks; Financial Services Industry; Korean Peninsula
Khanna, Tarun. "Korea Stock Exchange." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 701-806, May 2001.
- 06 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 6
PublicationsDoes Foreign Direct Investment Promote Growth? Exploring the Role of Financial Markets on Linkages Authors:Laura Alfaro, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, Areendam Chanda, and Selin Sayek Publication:Journal of Development Economic... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 11
Invention of Data Privacy in the United States and France Author:J. Gunnar Trumbull Publication:In The Voice of the Citizen Consumer, edited by K. Bruckweh. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Lessons from the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile
history that year was Dr. Andrea Lluch, from Argentina. This was the origins of a research program and conference series which led to this collaborative volume, and the Creating Emerging Markets oral history project, which began with... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- February 2011 (Revised April 2011)
- Background Note
Note on the Reinsurance Industry
By: Robert C. Pozen and Henoch Senbetta
This note begins with an overview of reinsurance contacts - their mechanics, types and pricing. It then discusses the structure of the reinsurance industry and the impact of recent crises on this industry. View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Insurance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Industry Structures; Insurance Industry
Pozen, Robert C., and Henoch Senbetta. "Note on the Reinsurance Industry." Harvard Business School Background Note 311-102, February 2011. (Revised April 2011.)
- 20 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 20, 2018
forthcoming Review of Financial Studies Private Equity and Financial Fragility During the Crisis By: Bernstein, Shai, Josh Lerner, and Filippo Mezzanotti Abstract—Do private equity firms contribute to financial fragility during economic... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- April 1999 (Revised August 2004)
- Case
Tarnished Rings? Olympic Games Sponsorship Issues
By: John A. Clendenin and Stephen A. Greyser
Focuses on the impacts for Olympic sponsor companies of the bribery allegations related to the Salt Lake City Olympic Committee's successful bid for the 2002 Winter Games. The spread of the scandal to the International Olympic Committee board members and the recent... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Crisis Management; Marketing Channels; Consumer Behavior; Value Creation; Sports Industry
Clendenin, John A., and Stephen A. Greyser. "Tarnished Rings? Olympic Games Sponsorship Issues." Harvard Business School Case 599-107, April 1999. (Revised August 2004.)
- 30 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
Where Could More Regulation Help Small Businesses? Online Lending.
addressable market of $280 billion. That’s music to the ears of small businesses. Indeed, our research shows a sizeable credit gap exists for small businesses, particularly for loans under $100,000, which is the size that over 60 percent... View Details
- 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
Quelch, John A., and Katherine Jocz. "Google in China (A)." Harvard Business School Case 510-071, January 2010. (Revised April 2010.)
- 23 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 23
outperformance." This case provides an opportunity to evaluate Goldman's decision to raise capital, the cost to the firm of Buffett's investment, and the decision by Warren Buffett to make the investment, all in the context of a profound View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century
including emerging economies like China, India, and Brazil. This list will continue to grow. A by-product of the intertwining of globalization and technology enabled networks is that events are no longer isolated, the impact of which was on vivid display during the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
average, use unverifiable discretion to convey private information on future cash flows; in contrast, agency theory predicts managers, on average, use unverifiable discretion opportunistically. We test these alternative hypotheses using a sample of firms with View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 19
Publications August 2013 American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics Accounting for Crises By: Nagar, Venky, and Gwen Yu Abstract—We provide one of the first empirical evidence consistent with recent macro global-game crisis models, which... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
fund them in advance, there's trouble ahead. They will soon pay higher interest rates on their municipal bonds and ultimately may face a financial crisis like the current one in Detroit. That's not what the doctor ordered. The Long View... View Details
- 28 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World
Badaracco says. Furthermore, the "new invisible hand" of the markets is even more intense than the old one due to rapid global dissemination of information. Badaracco's vision suggests it's more difficult to be a responsible leader today... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 22 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms
to monitor TARP expenditures and recommend regulatory reforms. Led by Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Warren, the panel recruited Moss, an expert in risk management, to provide historical context to the financial crisis and a... View Details
- 30 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 30, 2007
exercise that helps them refine their elevator pitches and better understand several key marketing principles. Leads to an engaging and thought-provoking discussion. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne