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  • August 2019 (Revised November 2019)
  • Case

Sustainable Investing at J.P. Morgan Private Bank

By: Sara Fleiss and Luis Viceira
This case features Monica Issar, then Global Head of J.P. Morgan Endowments & Foundations Group in the Private Bank. In just five years, she and J.P. Morgan have grown the Outsourced Chief Investment Officer (OCIO) business from $5 billion in AUM from primarily family... View Details
Keywords: Sustainability; Investment; Management; Strategy; Social Issues; Environmental Sustainability; Banking Industry
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Fleiss, Sara, and Luis Viceira. "Sustainable Investing at J.P. Morgan Private Bank." Harvard Business School Case 220-016, August 2019. (Revised November 2019.)
  • 2016
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Controlling Versus Enabling

By: Andrei Hagiu and Julian Wright
Revenue sharing between principals and agents is commonly used to balance double-sided moral hazard. We provide a theory of how, when such revenue-sharing is optimal, a principal allocates control rights over decisions that either party could make. We show that the... View Details
Keywords: Control Rights; Decision Authority; Employment; Independent Contractors; Organizational Theory; Digital Platforms; Governance Controls; Ethics; Vertical Integration
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Hagiu, Andrei, and Julian Wright. "Controlling Versus Enabling." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-002, July 2015. (Revised July 2016.)
  • 2022
  • Working Paper

House Prices, Home Equity and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from U.S. Census Micro Data

By: Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda
During 1992-2007, house price growth is strongly correlated with local entrepreneurship. We show with Census Bureau data that most of this entry is related to construction and real estate; these entrants tend to be small and short-lived. Using a 1998 Texas reform that... View Details
Keywords: House Prices; Collateral Channel; Entry; Demography; Mortgages; Entrepreneurship
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Kerr, Sari Pekkala, William R. Kerr, and Ramana Nanda. "House Prices, Home Equity and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from U.S. Census Micro Data." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-069, February 2015. (Revised June 2022.)
  • September 2006 (Revised June 2007)
  • Case

3i Group plc: May 2006

By: G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
Since 2004, Philip Yea, the first outsider ever to lead 3i Group, one of Europe's largest publicly listed private equity firms, has been trying to help the far flung organization become more of a streamlined partnership even as it functions around the globe. As he... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Globalized Firms and Management; Alignment; Partners and Partnerships; Public Ownership; Employees; Goals and Objectives; Financial Services Industry
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Hardymon, G. Felda, and Ann Leamon. "3i Group plc: May 2006." Harvard Business School Case 807-006, September 2006. (Revised June 2007.)
  • 06 Oct 2020
  • News

Covid-19 Is Rewriting the Rules of Corporate Governance

  • 02 Apr 2020
  • News

What policy makers are missing from coronavirus — data

    How Is Foreign Aid Spent?

    We use oil price fluctuations to test the impact of transfers from wealthy OPEC nations to their poorer Muslim allies. The instrument identifies plausibly exogenous variation in foreign aid. We investigate how aid is spent by tracking its short-run effect on... View Details

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    Authentic Leader Development

    confidence in your own capabilities Recognize and address your blind spots as a leader Learn from feedback and the challenges you encounter daily Lead an integrated life that enables you to balance work, home, and other pursuits Learn to... View Details
    • January 2023 (Revised August 2023)
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    Veeva Systems and the Transformation to a Public Benefit Corporation

    By: Ranjay Gulati and Allison M. Ciechanover
    Peter Gassner, the co-founder and CEO of Veeva Systems, steered the company through rapid scaling from its launch in 2007 to 2022. Year after year, the company had exceeded expectations, with its market capitalization reaching $50 billion at its peak. By 2022, the... View Details
    Keywords: Transformation; Corporate Governance; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Information Technology Industry; Technology Industry; United States; California
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    Gulati, Ranjay, and Allison M. Ciechanover. "Veeva Systems and the Transformation to a Public Benefit Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 423-045, January 2023. (Revised August 2023.)
    • June 1997 (Revised May 1998)
    • Case

    Mobil USM&R (A2)

    By: Robert S. Kaplan
    Second of a two-part case on the development and use of a Balanced Scorecard (BSC) at Mobil's US Marketing and Refining Division. This case describes the completed BSC, and how this was linked to the BSCs of the independent business units and the internal service... View Details
    Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Performance Evaluation; Management Teams; Management Practices and Processes; Executive Compensation; Motivation and Incentives; Corporate Strategy; Energy Industry; Mining Industry; United States
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    Kaplan, Robert S. "Mobil USM&R (A2)." Harvard Business School Case 197-121, June 1997. (Revised May 1998.)
    • 02 Jan 2024
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    10 Trends to Watch in 2024

    The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne
    • 28 Aug 2023
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    The Clock Is Ticking: 3 Ways to Manage Your Time Better

    Should you be reading this article? Or are you wasting time that would be better spent on something else? Time pressure—the struggle to get everything done within the limited hours we have—seems to have become more acute for many people since the onset of the COVID-19... View Details
    Keywords: by Kristen Senz
    • October 2024
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    Tonik

    By: Andy Wu, Maliha Malek Quadir and Aticus Peterson
    This case study examines Tonik, the first digital bank in the Philippines, as it navigates the challenges of scaling its lending operations and achieving profitability in an evolving fintech landscape. It explores Tonik's journey from its launch in 2018 to early 2024,... View Details
    Keywords: Business Startups; Financing and Loans; Profit; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Growth and Development Strategy; Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; Product; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Technology Industry; Philippines
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    Wu, Andy, Maliha Malek Quadir, and Aticus Peterson. "Tonik." Harvard Business School Case 725-404, October 2024.
    • March 1986 (Revised July 1986)
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    Applications for Financial Futures

    Consists of a series of four brief descriptions of the use of financial futures as hedging vehicles: a savings and loan hedging the rollover of three-month money market certificates with T-bill futures, a corporate debt issuer hedging the cost of a future debt issue... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Instruments
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    Mason, Scott P. "Applications for Financial Futures." Harvard Business School Case 286-109, March 1986. (Revised July 1986.)
    • January 2023
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    The END Fund: To Eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases

    By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Courtney Han
    Founded in 2012, the END fund focused on eliminating five Neglected Tropical Diseases that accounted for 80% of the tropical diseases affecting nearly 1.5 billion people worldwide. Its roughly $25 million/year annual budget was fully committed when it got news that the... View Details
    Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Health Disorders; Health Care and Treatment; Resource Allocation; Global Range; Decisions; Investment Funds
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    Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Courtney Han. "The END Fund: To Eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases." Harvard Business School Case 523-063, January 2023.
    • 2016
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    Bias in Official Fiscal Forecasts: Can Private Forecasts Help?

    By: Jeffrey A. Frankel and Jesse Schreger
    Government forecasts of GDP growth and budget balances are generally more over optimistic than private sector forecasts. When official forecasts are especially optimistic relative to private forecasts ex ante, they are more likely also to be over optimistic relative to... View Details
    Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Macroeconomics
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    Frankel, Jeffrey A., and Jesse Schreger. "Bias in Official Fiscal Forecasts: Can Private Forecasts Help?" NBER Working Paper Series, No. 22349, June 2016.
    • May 2016
    • Article

    How the Affordable Care Act Has Affected Cancer Care in the United States: Has Value for Cancer Patients Improved?

    By: Stephen M. Schleicher, Nancy M. Wood, Seohyun Lee and Thomas W. Feeley
    The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), passed in 2010, contained a number of provisions with potential to directly or indirectly affect cancer care. Value for patients was widely discussed throughout the bill, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid... View Details
    Keywords: Value; Laws and Statutes; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; United States
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    Schleicher, Stephen M., Nancy M. Wood, Seohyun Lee, and Thomas W. Feeley. "How the Affordable Care Act Has Affected Cancer Care in the United States: Has Value for Cancer Patients Improved?" Oncology 30, no. 5 (May 2016): 468–474.
    • Fall 2013
    • Article

    The Role of Performance Measures in the Intertemporal Decisions of Business Unit Managers

    Accounting performance measures are often argued to lead to short-sighted behavior by managers facing intertemporal decisions. We assess the association between different types of performance measures and the time horizon of business unit managers who have profit... View Details
    Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Performance Evaluation
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    Bouwens, Jan, Margaret A. Abernethy, and Laurence van Lent. "The Role of Performance Measures in the Intertemporal Decisions of Business Unit Managers." Contemporary Accounting Research 30, no. 3 (Fall 2013): 925–961.
    • 2011
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    What Do Private Firms Look Like?

    By: John Asker, Joan Farre-Mensa and Alexander Ljungqvist
    Private firms in the U.S. are not subject to public reporting requirements, so relatively little is known about their characteristics and behavior—until now. This Data Appendix describes a new database on private U.S. firms, created by Sageworks Inc. in cooperation... View Details
    Keywords: Data and Data Sets; Behavior; Public Sector; Corporate Disclosure; Private Sector; Financial Statements; United States
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    Asker, John, Joan Farre-Mensa, and Alexander Ljungqvist. "What Do Private Firms Look Like?" 2011.
    • September 2004 (Revised January 2006)
    • Case

    Catastrophe Bonds at Swiss Re

    In 2002, Swiss Re, the world's second--largest insurance company, is considering securitizing parts of its risk portfolio in the capital markets. This would be a first for the company that, until then, had never transferred risk off its balance sheet. Peter Giessmann,... View Details
    Keywords: Risk Management; Bonds; Natural Disasters; Insurance; Capital Markets; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; Insurance Industry; Switzerland
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    Chacko, George C., Peter A. Hecht, Vincent Dessain, and Anders Sjoman. "Catastrophe Bonds at Swiss Re." Harvard Business School Case 205-006, September 2004. (Revised January 2006.)
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