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  • 08 Feb 2018
  • News

Insider trading has been rife on Wall Street, academics conclude

  • July 2012 (Revised August 2012)
  • Case

Friend Bank: The Time for Hope (Abridged)

By: Clayton Rose and Aldo Sesia
In 2010, Friend Bank was entering the fifth year of Hope Harris Johnson's ambitious 20-year growth plan to transform her family's one-branch community bank into an institution with a substantial presence in southeastern Alabama. Harris Johnson was pleased, so far, with... View Details
Keywords: Banking; Family Business; Strategy And Execution; Banks and Banking; Family Ownership; Financial Institutions; Strategy; Banking Industry; United States; Alabama
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    Robert C. Merton

    Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

    Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

    Keywords: financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services
    • April 2013
    • Case

    Europe: An Ever Closer Union?

    By: Gunnar Trumbull, Jonathan Schlefer and Diane Choi
    In 2010, the European Union faces the challenges of the global financial crisis. With 27 member states, each facing different challenges, can new EU institutions respond effectively? Will its new currency, the euro, survive? View Details
    Keywords: Financial Crisis; Money; Trade; Currency; Policy; Government and Politics; European Union
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    • January 2009
    • Supplement

    The Tip of the Iceberg: JP Morgan Chase and Bear Stearns (B2)

    By: Clayton S. Rose, Daniel Baird Bergstresser and David Lane
    Bear Stearns & Co burned through nearly all of its $18 billion in cash reserves during the week of March 10, 2008, and an unprecedented provision of liquidity support from the Federal Reserve on Friday March 13 was insufficient to reverse the decline in Bear's... View Details
    Keywords: Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Capital; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financial Liquidity; Banks and Banking; Governance; Crisis Management; Goals and Objectives; System; Valuation; New York (state, US)
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    • August 2016
    • Teaching Note

    Songy 2011: Restructuring to Survive (Or, Surviving to Restructure?)

    By: Charles F. Wu and Alexander W. Schultz
    In 2011, Songy Partners, an Atlanta based real estate developer, was facing three distressed investments within their portfolio each with distinct sets of challenges. Having weathered a myriad of issues during the Global Financial Crisis which included operational... View Details
    Keywords: Distressed Debt; Real Estate; Limited Partners; Cap Rates; Partners and Partnerships; Valuation; Investment; Property; Borrowing and Debt; Real Estate Industry; Atlanta
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    • April 2010
    • Article

    Managed Globalization: Doctrine, Practice, and Promise

    By: Rawi Abdelal and Sophie Meunier
    Two alternate visions for shaping and explaining the governance of economic globalization have been in competition for the past 20 years: an ad hoc, laissez-faire vision promoted by the United States versus a managed vision relying on multilateral rules and... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Crisis; Trade; Globalized Economies and Regions; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Competition; European Union; United States
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    • May 2001
    • Supplement

    Mike Levett, CEO Old Mutual

    By: Tarun Khanna
    Discusses issues related to the transformation of Old Mutual from a mutual company to a stock corporation, and from a South African insurer to a global financial institution. Emphasis is on understanding effects of South African institutional context. View Details
    Keywords: Financial Institutions; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Globalized Firms and Management; Financial Services Industry; South Africa
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    • February 2021
    • Article

    Do Household Wealth Shocks Affect Productivity? Evidence from Innovative Workers During the Great Recession

    By: S. Bernstein, T. McQuade and R. Townsend
    We investigate how the deterioration of household balance sheets affects worker productivity, and, in turn, economic downturns. Specifically, we compare the output of innovative workers who experienced differential declines in housing wealth during the financial crisis... View Details
    Keywords: Great Recession; Household; Financial Condition; System Shocks; Employees; Performance Productivity
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    • May 2016 (Revised April 2019)
    • Case

    Olivia Lum: Wanting to Save the World

    By: Geoffrey Jones and Essie Alamsyah
    This case considers the entrepreneurial career of Olivia Lum, who founded the Singaporean water company Hyflux in 1989. An orphan born in Malaysia, Lum provides a rare case of an entrepreneurial success in a country whose economic success has primarily rested on... View Details
    Keywords: Industrial Organization; Chinitz; Agglomeration; Clusters; Cities; Mine; Environmental Management; Operations Management; Sustainable Operations; Environmental Regulation; Entrepreneurship; Globalization; History; Operations; Management; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology Industry; Utilities Industry; China; Singapore
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    • 09 Apr 2020
    • News

    Managing Through Crisis: Who Needs Capitalism Anyway?

    • June 2013
    • Supplement

    Parmalat Uruguay (A) & (B) (Video Supplement)

    By: Jim Sharpe
    This is the Video Supplement for Parmalat Uruguay (A) & (B) (HBS Cases #807103 and 807119). View Details
    Keywords: Global Business; Turnaround; Distressed Debt; Bank Loans; Bank Debt; Search; Acquisitions; Cash Flow Analysis; Liquidation; Careers; Unions; Government And Business; Acquisition; Borrowing and Debt; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Operations; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Uruguay
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      C. Fritz Foley

      C. Fritz Foley is the Andre R. Jakurski Professor of Business Administration and Senior Associate Dean (SAD) for External Relations. As SAD, Foley works with ER to enhance alumni engagement, expand opportunities for lifelong learning, and develop fundraising... View Details

      • 13 Oct 2008
      • News

      Bill George: Where Were the Boards?

      • March 2014
      • Teaching Note

      Barclays Bank and Contingent Capital Notes, 2012

      By: Lucy White
      In 2012, regulatory changes following the financial crisis mean that Barclays Bank is faced with the need to raise large amounts of capital in order to comply with increased capital requirements, tightening rules as to the "quality of capital," and increased risk... View Details
      Keywords: Capital; Financial Crisis; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry
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      • 10 Feb 2009
      • First Look

      First Look: February 10, 2009

      magnitude of the current financial crisis reflects the failure of an economic and regulatory philosophy that had proved increasingly influential in policy circles over the past three decades. This paper... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • July 2014
      • Supplement

      Barclays Bank and Contingent Capital Notes, 2012 (CW)

      By: Lucy White and Trent Kim
      In 2012, regulatory changes following the financial crisis mean that Barclays Bank is faced with the need to raise large amounts of capital in order to comply with increased capital requirements, tightening rules as to the "quality of capital," and increased risk... View Details
      Keywords: Capital; Financial Crisis; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry
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      • October 2005
      • Case

      Tad Piper and Piper Jaffray

      By: William W. George and Andrew N. McLean
      In 2005, Tad Piper reflects on the successful spin-off from US Bancorp of Piper Jaffray, the investment bank founded by his grandfather. Profiles the development of Piper Jaffray from a Midwestern brokerage house to a national, diversified financial services firm. In... View Details
      Keywords: Crisis Management; Leadership Style; Management Style; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Financial Services Industry
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      • January 1994 (Revised April 1994)
      • Background Note

      Intangible Assets Other Than Goodwill

      By: David F. Hawkins
      Discusses global accounting policies for intangible assets other than goodwill. How financial analysts deal with the diversity in these practices is also covered. View Details
      Keywords: Assets
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      • March 2006
      • Course Overview Note

      International Finance: A Course Overview Note

      By: Mihir A. Desai
      Describes the International Finance course at Harvard Business School, which argues that the forces of globalization have fundamentally changed the scope and activities of firms, thereby altering the practice of finance within these firms. As a consequence of an... View Details
      Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Business Ventures; Integration; Change Management; Decision Choices and Conditions; Investment; Risk Management; Competitive Advantage; Motivation and Incentives; International Finance; Capital Markets
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