Financial Engineering - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Jan 2021
News

Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”

and financial base before they scale. Morrell: For example, with no suitable last-mile infrastructure to rely on in the region, BulkWhiz had to build its own. It was costly and time-consuming—and not a decision Amira would have made if... View Details

24 Nov 2014
Research & Ideas

Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes

for the company. It was about keeping the business unit alive and not jeopardizing thousands of jobs overnight." A financial analysis of the return on such contracts called those beliefs into question. "After completing a thorough audit... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

04 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

Don’t Lose Money With Customers

Investors diligently manage financial portfolios to maximize returns on their assets; yet corporate managers who invariably proclaim their business customers to be "valuable assets" rarely manage their relationships with them... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs

18 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Identify Emerging Market Opportunities

did not allow trade unions to operate freely. Similarly, openness affects the development of markets. If a country's capital markets are open to foreign investors, financial intermediaries will become more sophisticated. That has happened... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu & Jayant Sinha

19 Aug 2021
News

A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues

were rare. The Better Chance program that offered students in poor neighborhoods a chance to attend public schools in more wealthy suburbs. There were real financial investments in these programs that were required to do the hard work of... View Details

October 2023 (Revised January 2024)
Case

Ball: EVA Driving the World's Leading Can Manufacturer (A)

By: Jonas Heese and Susan Pinckney

The case describes Ball’s multi decade history of using Economic Value Added to drive decision making and workforce compensation. In 2016, the company acquired Rexam PLC and became the world’s leading metal beverage container company. Consumer demand for varied... View Details

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14 Feb 2019
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Plotting a Path Forward on Climate Change

for change, but is not particularly optimistic. “It is the number one social, economic, and financial crisis facing the world, and you’d never know it ,” he said, noting that it is the obligation of these prominent universities to make... View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

them. Ellis draws on his long distinguished career in client services in the financial markets to provide common-sense and accessible advice to anyone with an interest in maximizing their investment returns over the long haul. Inside... View Details

13 Sep 2019
News

Hollywood Ending

had committed to the board at Hewlett-Packard. When she joined in 2011, the third CEO in as many years, the company had lost its edge. Whitman engineered a massive corporate split in an effort to return the tech giant to the forefront of... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photo by Christina Gandolfo

19 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Alfred Chandler on the Electronic Century

its new product, the mainframe computer, to capture close to 80 percent of the world's markets. On the basis of the continuing learning and high financial returns, IBM developed its System 360, which in terms of prices charged and... View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler, Takashi Hikino & Andrew Von Nordenflycht; Computer; Consumer Products; Electronics; Manufacturing; Technology

06 Jun 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017

architecture. In particular, we draw from modular systems theory to develop a series of hypotheses about how different types of coupling impact the ability to update, remove, or replace the software applications in a firm’s portfolio. We test our hypotheses using... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Sep 2012
First Look

First Look: September 11

level of commitment varies among PWCs. The result is a high employee turnover rate, and departing employees take an average of 35% of their client base with them when they go. Now, with financials for the spa's second year completed, the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?

men led during terrific growth phases are similar in some ways, but very different in others. With $30 billion in revenue, The Koç Group is the largest conglomerate in Turkey, with more than 100 companies and 73,000 employees operating in the consumer products, View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

09 May 2021
Blog Post

Meet the MoMBAs – Persisting Through a Difficult Year

I think it's a healthy, positive family environment for everybody. *** Name: Adriana Cruz Martins Child: Sophie Maria (2 weeks) Student Status: RC Where are you from? Brazil, Portugal Professional pathway pre-HBS: Civil engineer in the... View Details

07 Sep 2021
News

Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 1

so one of the advantages of being in a conglomerate is you can see trends earlier, right? So if you go back to 2004 and 2005, I could see, like, energy efficiency in our appliance business. I could see fuel efficiency in our jet engine... View Details

04 Mar 2013
Lessons from the Classroom

Lessons from Running GM’s OnStar

point there was financial pressure from Wall Street," Huber says. "Why did we own these things?" According to Huber, he was chosen for the initiative because, as a locomotive guy, he had no preconceived notions about EDS,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Auto

01 Jun 2008
News

A Binary Formula

engine of its economy,” says HBS professor Kent Bowen, organizer of the colloquium. “One way to do that is through science and technology, but we need to know how to get those discoveries into the economy.” To achieve that goal, Bowen and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; science; research; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management

27 Jul 2017
News

Seeing a Way Forward

are enormous obstacles, with cataract surgery costing between 18,000 to 30,000 pesos (about $1,000–$1,500 USD) in private institutions. Founded in 2011 by engineers Javier Okhuysen and Carlos Orellana, salauno helped more than 150,000... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

01 Mar 2007
News

Security Chief

executing the company’s core strategy: using technology to differentiate GE’s products in the marketplace. At an estimated $30 billion globally for high-tech security products, it’s a market with plenty of room for growth. Parker is counting on the company’s deep bench... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; technology-based security business; Management; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

19 Aug 2024
News

Quantum Leap

this weird kind of intuition about it,” he says. That intuition has served him well: Over the past three decades, Levy has founded and led several tech companies and played a role as an investor and board member at dozens more. Now he and his team of scientists and... View Details

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