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- 18 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 18
http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/310025-PDF-ENG Note on Capital in the U.S. Financial Industry Harvard Business School Note 310-005 This note was created to supplement classroom discussion in the EC... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Activating a Legion of People | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
a corporate philanthropy objective and the work a nonprofit can carry out locally, nationally, and internationally. I worked on translating social service programs into an investment product such that a sophisticated funder can look at it... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Disaster Master
photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images News “Fast” and “unexpected” are two words Adrian Beer (OPM 31, 2002) uses to describe his work as CEO of GrupoBeer, a Madrid-based corporation providing post-disaster services such as building... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
Hall of Fame. I hope that you are among the growing number of alumni who have discovered the latest HBS tool: HBS Working Knowledge is a dynamic Web portal that offers the latest in timely business topics, interviews with faculty and View Details
Keywords: Edmund A. Hajim (MBA 1964)
- Article
The Information Content of Litigation Participation Securities: The Case of CalFed Bancorp
By: B. C. Esty
Esty, B. C. "The Information Content of Litigation Participation Securities: The Case of CalFed Bancorp." Journal of Financial Economics 60, nos. 2-3 (May 2001): 371–399.
- 1994
- Article
Cross-Investments in Transnational Banking: Britain, Germany and the United States in the Twentieth Century
By: G. Jones
Keywords: Investment; Banks and Banking; Business History; Banking Industry; United Kingdom; Germany; United States
Jones, G. "Cross-Investments in Transnational Banking: Britain, Germany and the United States in the Twentieth Century." Zeitschrift für Unternehmensgeschichte 39 (1994).
- April 2004 (Revised May 2005)
- Case
Telecomunicacoes de Sao Paulo SA (Telesp)
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Elizabeth Collins and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho
Set in Brazil during the period of telecommunication's privatization, CEO Manoel Amorim must define a sustainable strategy and build capabilities in his organization. View Details
Keywords: Strategic Planning; Emerging Markets; Privatization; Financial Crisis; Telecommunications Industry; Brazil
Applegate, Lynda M., Elizabeth Collins, and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho. "Telecomunicacoes de Sao Paulo SA (Telesp)." Harvard Business School Case 804-149, April 2004. (Revised May 2005.)
- August 2000 (Revised November 2001)
- Background Note
Liability Reporting
By: Paul M. Healy and Preeti Choudhary
By examining key criteria for recognizing a liability, this case explores liability recognition in straightforward situations and then examines the most difficult reporting issues in recording liabilities. These often arise when: 1) uncertainty arises about whether an... View Details
Keywords: Financial Reporting; Legal Liability; Valuation; Problems and Challenges; Accounting Industry
Healy, Paul M., and Preeti Choudhary. "Liability Reporting." Harvard Business School Background Note 101-016, August 2000. (Revised November 2001.)
- March 1996 (Revised January 1997)
- Case
America Online: Using Information Technology to Better Serve the Customer
By: James I. Cash Jr. and Judy E. Stahl
Mike Connors, president of AOL Technologies, examines several efforts to correct operational problems inhibiting the company's growth. What will need to be done to support growth and counter competition from Prodigy, Compuserv, and Internet-related services? View Details
Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Service Operations; Problems and Challenges; Competitive Strategy; Information Technology; Technology Industry
Cash, James I., Jr., and Judy E. Stahl. "America Online: Using Information Technology to Better Serve the Customer." Harvard Business School Case 396-290, March 1996. (Revised January 1997.)
- 25 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 25
implications are discussed. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51617 forthcoming Management Science Discretionary Task Ordering: Queue Management in Radiological Services By: Ibanez, Maria, Jonathan R. Clark,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard
actually built by these firms? Many would argue that answers to these questions are irrelevant. As long as services are performed and products manufactured, they say, such organizational configurations are beneficial. They allow companies... View Details
- 29 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: JSW Steel and Cement and the Quest to Capture Carbon in Hard to Abate Sectors
is economically unviable, and it would require a lot of process innovation to make financial sense and for them to scale it. Despite the potential here, Mr. Acharya doesn’t “see it happening in the next 20 years”. However, regulation... View Details
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Board Diversity Network: 2024 Fall Events Recap - Blog: RGE Report
It’s good to bring the core financial skills but boards these days are also looking for expertise on how to navigate economic uncertainty, capital allocation, cybersecurity, digital transformation and AI, and all things talent and human... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
BOOK: The Money of Invention
the United States. That trend will continue, they contend. Despite many of the recent excesses in the venture industry and the slide in the economy — and more specifically in the venture-drenched tech sector — Gompers and Lerner assert... View Details
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Greed, Fear, and The System Hinder Corporate Reform
governance. According to Grace Hinchman, senior vice president for public affairs at Financial Executives International, chief financial officers need to become more responsive to a smarter audit committee,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Nov 2024
- News
Driving Change
Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued progress. “Today, we face a fresh... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Faculty Research Online
HBS Working Knowledge is an online forum for innovation in business practice, offering a first look at new thinking from HBS faculty. Read the complete articles summarized below by visiting their Web links. Broadband: Remaking the Advertising View Details
Keywords: Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services
- Profile
Jeremy King
As an undergraduate, Jeremy King pursued a degree in biology, studying ecology, genetics and animal behavior. Though he considered medicine a career, he found himself working with a very different animal. "I interned in the more interesting parts of View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Deals For Sale
pharmaceuticals. "There are lots of industries with imbalances between supply and demand, and FairMarket can help them turn that liability into a financial asset," he says. View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- February 2018
- Article
Maintaining Beliefs in the Face of Negative News: The Moderating Role of Experience
By: Bradley R. Staats, Diwas S. KC and F. Gino
Many models in operations management involve dynamic decision making that assumes optimal updating in response to information revelation. However, behavioral theory suggests that rather than updating their beliefs, individuals may persevere in their prior beliefs. In... View Details
Keywords: Information; Announcements; Service Operations; Decision Making; Medical Specialties; Experience and Expertise; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Staats, Bradley R., Diwas S. KC, and F. Gino. "Maintaining Beliefs in the Face of Negative News: The Moderating Role of Experience." Management Science 64, no. 2 (February 2018): 804–824.