North and Central America - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2017
News

A Summit Higher Than Everest

system goes broke, by ‘cogwheeling’ in a publishing house, or if they all go broke, by being a trapper in the north woods.” But Moore had promised Hincks again and again that this expedition would be his... View Details

Keywords: April White; mountain; climb; climbing; adventure

November 1988
Teaching Note

American Bank, Teaching Note

By: Robert S. Kaplan

Teaching Note for (9-187-194). View Details

Keywords: Banking Industry; North and Central America; United States

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December 2000
Supplement

Harmonized Savings Plan at BPAmoco

By: Luis M. Viceira

Spreadsheet to (9-201-052). Download only. View Details

Keywords: Financial Services Industry; United States; North and Central America

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August 2003
Teaching Note

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (TN)

By: Paul M. Healy

Teaching Note for (9-103-018). View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry; New York (city, NY)

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February 2008 (Revised May 2012)
Supplement

The Big Easy, Not So Easy: The Letter

By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Ben Creo

A short, supplemental case to "The Big Easy, Not So Easy" (208-068). Doris Koo must respond to new challenges at Lafitte in New Orleans. View Details

Keywords: Natural Disasters; Housing; Projects; Risk Management; Urban Development; Reputation; New Orleans

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April 2010
Teaching Note

The DiagnoFirst Opportunity (TN)

By: Robert C. Pozen

Teaching Note for [309112]. View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Investment; Risk and Uncertainty; Patents; Cash Flow; Venture Capital; Negotiation Deal; Health Care and Treatment; Opportunities; Law; Health Industry; Biotechnology Industry; United States; Europe

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December 2012
Teaching Note

Shouldice Hospital Limited (Abridged) (TN)

By: James Heskett

Keywords: Hospital; Hernia; Toronto; Business Ventures; Health Industry; North and Central America

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09 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Excerpt: ’Fortune Tellers’

early twentieth century. It is a story, in part, about how fortune telling was professionalized. Unlike Adams, whose insights into the future rested on her purported ability to read the stars, the entrepreneurs profiled here were statisticians View Details

Keywords: by Walter A. Friedman

22 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business

always been alternative forms of loan capital available, including credit unions, Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), merchant cash advances, equipment leasing and factoring products. “Alternative players have the... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills; Banking; Financial Services

May 1998
Teaching Note

FAG Kugelfischer- A German Restructuring (TN)

By: Stuart C. Gilson

Teaching Note for (9-298-046). View Details

Keywords: Germany; United States; Europe

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April 2010
Teaching Note

The Globalization of East Asian Pop Music (TN)

By: Jordan I. Siegel

Teaching Note for 708479. View Details

Keywords: Music Entertainment; Business Strategy; Profit; Expansion; Globalization; Culture; East Asia; United States

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January 2004
Teaching Note

Large-scale Change at the WSSC (TN)

By: Amy C. Edmondson

Teaching Note to (9-603-056). View Details

Keywords: Washington (state, US)

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30 Dec 2013
HBS Case

HBS Cases: What Warren Buffett Saw in Newspapers

Buffett's offer and wondered what he saw in the declining industry that others did not," notes Roy and Elizabeth Simmons Professor Benjamin C. Esty, the author, with senior case researcher Aldo Sesia,... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Journalism & News; Publishing

08 Jan 2014
What Do You Think?

Do Productivity Increases Contribute to Social Inequality?

Summing Up Does Social Equality Improve Productivity? Inequality in our society is an important and growing issue. It prompted a debate among respondents to this month's column about the causes, specifically the role played by innovation... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

18 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Penn State Lesson: Today’s Cover-Up was Yesterday’s Opportunity

they wanted "to avoid the consequences of bad publicity." “No longer can leaders be chosen strictly for their abilities” In so doing, these officials—including legendary head football coach Joe Paterno and President Graham... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Education

29 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Super Bowl Ads for Multitaskers

looking at. Increasingly, viewers are doubling up on entertainment with a second media device in their hand or on their lap to complement—and compete—with the television. In 2012, Nielsen found that close to 40 percent of smartphone and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising; Sports

September 1991 (Revised April 1994)
Case

First National Bank Corp. (A)

First National Bank Corp., a major regional bank in the Northeast, must decide how large a provision for credit losses to accrue in its 1990 financial statements. The recession in New England has caused serious problems in its loan portfolio. View Details

Keywords: Financing and Loans; Financial Statements; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; Northeastern United States

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