Publications

September 2007
Case

Tetra Pak Argentina

By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Gustavo A. Herrero

Deals with the hands-on management of a difficult situation facing the subsidiary of a multinational corporation (Tetra Pak) in a developing country (Argentina). The situation arises from a major economic, social, and institutional breakdown that jeopardizes the... View Details

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Financial Crisis; Currency Exchange Rate; Sovereign Finance; Multinational Firms and Management; Crisis Management; Business and Government Relations; Argentina

12 Jun 2020
News

Zoom Apologizes For Blocking Accounts Of U.S.-Based Chinese Activists

Forthcoming
Book

Innovating in Healthcare: Creating Breakthrough Tech, Services, Drugs, Products, and Business Models

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Innovating in Healthcare offers effective approaches for designing, reworking, and implementing innovative healthcare services, products, and business models. It will help anyone working in healthcare service or product development, from hospitals to startups,... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Service Delivery; Product Development; Business Model; Innovation and Invention; Health Industry

April 1996 (Revised April 1998)
Case

Cleveland Turnaround (B), The: Building on Progress (1989-1996)

By: James E. Austin and Andrea L Strimling

Traces the Cleveland community's efforts to move the city from economic, social, and political crisis in the late 1970s into revitalization and progress in the 1980s and 1990s. Special attention is given to the role of business leaders and the public-private... View Details

Keywords: Leading Change; Economic Growth; Business and Community Relations; Financial Crisis; Cleveland

February 1997
Background Note

Savings and Loans and the Mortgage Markets

By: Robert C. Merton and Alberto Moel

Provides a brief overview of the history of the savings and loans, the savings and loans crisis of the 1980s and 1990s, and the creation of the mortgage markets in the United States. Also explains briefly the most common types of mortgage-backed securities available. View Details

Keywords: History; Debt Securities; Markets; Mortgages; United States

30 Apr 2025
News

Know Your HBS Staff: Denitza Stantcheva

02 Oct 2012
News

J&J CEO Amid Tylenol Scare

12 Feb 2015
Video

Ernest Shackleton: The Entrepreneur of Survival

November 2004 (Revised February 2009)
Case

Salomon Brothers (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine

Describes Salomon Brothers' recovery from the August 1991 Treasury auction scandal. Details the impact of the firm's disclosure of bidding improprieties and describes how the new management team, led by Warren Buffett and Deryck Maughan, guided the company through the... View Details

Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Ethics; Leadership; Crisis Management; Reputation; Financial Services Industry

20 Oct 2008
News

Management must become a profession

16 Feb 2010
News

Harvard Business School Faculty on Toyota Recall

12 Mar 2020
News

As Coronavirus Spreads, Should You Have More Cash—or Less?

January 2013 (Revised October 2014)
Teaching Note

Tombstones

By: Timothy A. Luehrman

This case consists primarily of excerpts from term sheets and prospectuses for six securities offerings made by US companies during 2009-2010, just after the financial crisis and recession of 2008-09. There are three issues of senior unsecured notes, one floating rate... View Details

Keywords: Debt Securities; Financial Crisis; United States