Publications

June 2023
Case

Block: Creating an Ecosystem of Ecosystems

By: Lauren Cohen, Richard Ryffel, Grace Headinger and Ruoshi Qi

At Investor Day 2022, Block announced a new vision for its businesses: creating an ecosystem of ecosystems. Outside the norm for many public growth companies, Block had recently acquired a variety of new business streams in the creator economy and Bitcoin despite a... View Details

30 Oct 2007
First Look

First Look: October 30, 2007

world in a way that fits the new realities of the global economy, fosters leadership, and uses citizen-diplomats to befriend moderates in troubled regions and business networks to ensure success in the major emerging economies; and (6) building View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Feb 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

‘UpTick’ Brings Wall Street Pressure to Students

situations in classroom discussion. It's not a bad way to learn, but Coval and colleague Erik Stafford felt the need for a classroom tool that would more effectively communicate the dynamic nature of their subject. The theory predicts the... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services; Financial Services

29 May 2013
Research & Ideas

Faculty Symposium Showcases Breadth of Research

trying to see how this new form of organizing people is disrupting business” He shared some of the team's startling findings in his presentation, Crowdsourcing to Stimulate Innovation: Using Contests and Communities to Solve Innovation... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

15 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

Funding the Design of Livable Cities

four primary trends driving the development of innovative solutions: The first is the world's population growth, forecast by the United Nations to reach roughly 9 billion by 2050, and the mass migration from the countryside and agrarian View Details

Keywords: by Lisa Chase; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

May 1994
Teaching Note

BayBank Boston TN

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Jerry Useem

Teaching Note for (9-393-095). View Details

Keywords: Mortgages; Problems and Challenges; Programs; Business and Community Relations; Financial Services Industry; Boston

01 Jun 2010
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Social Reporting

describe, simply and clearly, management's view of the relationships between financial and nonfinancial metrics. Companies like Philips, Novo Nordisk, Natura, and United Technologies are leaders in conducting and communicating integrated... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

January 2005 (Revised October 2005)
Case

Private Capital and Public Policy: Standard & Poor's Sovereign Credit Ratings

By: Rawi E. Abdelal and Christopher Bruner

Describes Standard & Poor's sovereign credit ratings business. Provides background on the history of credit ratings agencies, the meaning of credit ratings, the expansion of the sovereign ratings business over recent decades, and the market for credit ratings. Also,... View Details

Keywords: Sovereign Finance; History; Policy; Business and Government Relations; International Finance; Country; Globalized Economies and Regions; Decision Choices and Conditions; Capital Markets; Debates; Financial Services Industry; United States

02 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Why Good Deeds Invite Bad Publicity

exactly like fire insurance. On any given day, you won't see any benefit. In fact, you could go years shelling out money for a service you aren't using. But on the day that, heaven forbid, your house does burn down, then you will... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy

22 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist

state pharmaceutical licensing exam, opened a drugstore with her husband in Stockton in 1915. Following his death, she became the sole proprietor and later opened two additional drugstores in town. Gleason emerged as a stalwart defender of traditional pharmaceutical... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Legal Services; Legal Services; Legal Services

30 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Market Makers Bid for Success

of FairMarket, which provides online auction services for a variety of merchant and community sites. Meakem is the founder and CEO of FreeMarkets, which creates business-to-business online auctions for... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Web Services; Web Services

May 2008 (Revised September 2014)
Teaching Note

TD Canada Trust (A), (B), and (C)

By: Dennis Campbell

Keywords: Performance Evaluation; Banks and Banking; Mergers and Acquisitions; Customer Focus and Relationships; Profit; Balanced Scorecard; Service Delivery; Announcements; Compensation and Benefits; Canada

May 2021 (Revised June 2021)
Supplement

'GEnron'? Markopolos versus General Electric (B)

By: Jonas Heese and David Lane

Supplement to the (A) case that offers an assessment of the August 2019 Markopolos report on General Electric. View Details

Keywords: Financial Statements; Communication; Energy; Financial Condition; Insurance; Performance; Planning; Business and Shareholder Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Value; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Entering the Age of Alliances

community service projects such as serving as classroom aides in inner-city schools or assisting staff at neighborhood Boys and Girls Clubs. Expansion of the relationship over the ensuing decade found... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin

August 2024
Case

The Walt Disney Company: Management Guidance

By: Joseph Pacelli and James Weber

In November 2023, financial analyst Aurora Fee was forecasting The Walt Disney Company’s earnings and stock price, with the goal of providing an investment recommendation to her clients. Disney, one of the world’s largest media and entertainment companies, had just... View Details

Keywords: Valuation; Accounting; Investment; Communication; Forecasting and Prediction; Business Earnings; Growth and Development Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States