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    David E. Bell

    David E. Bell is a Baker Foundation Professor at HBS. He has taught marketing many times in the MBA program including as course head.

    During his career at HBS, David has taught a variety of other courses to both MBAs and executives, including risk... View Details

    Keywords: agribusiness; agriculture; apparel; e-commerce industry; fashion; food; food processing; grocery; insurance industry; marketing industry; retailing

      Managing Risks: A New Framework

      In this article, we present a new categorization of risk that allows executives to tell which risks can be managed through a rules-based model and which require alternative approaches. We examine the individual and organizational challenges inherent in generating open,... View Details
      • 2023
      • Working Paper

      Contagious Anomalies

      By: Angela Ma and Miles Zheng
      This paper shows that anomaly strategy contagion contributes a key component of risks induced by arbitrageur trading. We present three main findings: (1) Contagion deteriorates the market liquidity of the contaminated strategy. (2) Increased contagion risk predicts... View Details
      Keywords: Contagion; Anomalies; Non-bank Intermediaries; Arbitrage; Intermediary Asset Pricing
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      Ma, Angela, and Miles Zheng. "Contagious Anomalies." Working Paper, 2023.
      • November 2010 (Revised October 2011)
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      Oriflame S.A. (A)

      By: David F. Hawkins, Karol Misztal and Daniela Beyersdorfer
      A direct-selling cosmetics company involved in emerging markets exhibits significant foreign exchange risk exposure and profitability swings in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Students must review the company's use of derivative instruments and other hedging... View Details
      Keywords: Accounting; Financial Crisis; Currency Exchange Rate; Financial Strategy; Investment; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Risk Management; Emerging Markets; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
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      Hawkins, David F., Karol Misztal, and Daniela Beyersdorfer. "Oriflame S.A. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 111-050, November 2010. (Revised October 2011.)
      • October 2019
      • Case

      Regtech at HSBC

      By: Aiyesha Dey, Jonas Heese and James Weber
      Mark Cooke, Global Head of Operational Risk, needed to decide between a traditional regulatory control system and a new regtech system to manage non-financial risks. Non-financial risks failures such as money laundering and tax evasion had cost HSBC billions of... View Details
      Keywords: Risk Management; Banks and Banking; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Banking Industry; Information Technology Industry; United Kingdom; United States
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      Dey, Aiyesha, Jonas Heese, and James Weber. "Regtech at HSBC." Harvard Business School Case 120-046, October 2019.
      • December 1970 (Revised August 1992)
      • Case

      Marsh & McLennan (A)

      By: Paul A. Vatter
      Comparison of alternative hull insurance policies. Risk analysis. Simulation suggested as solution procedures. View Details
      Keywords: Risk Management; Insurance; Insurance Industry
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      Vatter, Paul A. "Marsh & McLennan (A)." Harvard Business School Case 171-303, December 1970. (Revised August 1992.)
      • July–August 2013
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      How Experts Gain Influence

      By: Anette Mikes, Matthew Hall and Yuval Millo
      In theory, the risk management groups of two British banks—Saxon and Anglo—had the same influence in their organizations. But in practice, they did not: Saxon's was engaged in critical work throughout the bank, while Anglo's had little visibility outside its areas of... View Details
      Keywords: Risk Management; Banking Industry
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      Mikes, Anette, Matthew Hall, and Yuval Millo. "How Experts Gain Influence." Harvard Business Review 91, nos. 7/8 (July–August 2013): 70–74.
      • Forthcoming
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      Bank Risk-Taking and the Real Economy: Evidence from the Housing Boom and Its Aftermath

      By: Antonio Falato, Giovanni Favara and David Scharfstein
      We present evidence that pressure to maximize short-term stock prices and earnings leads banks to increase risk. We start by showing that banks increase risk when they transition from private to public ownership through a public listing or an acquisition. The increase... View Details
      Keywords: Ownership Type; Risk and Uncertainty; Financial Markets; Banks and Banking; Transition; Price
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      Falato, Antonio, Giovanni Favara, and David Scharfstein. "Bank Risk-Taking and the Real Economy: Evidence from the Housing Boom and Its Aftermath." Review of Financial Studies (forthcoming).
      • November 2023 (Revised June 2025)
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      Aviva plc: Examining Net Zero

      By: Peter Tufano, Brian Trelstad and Matteo Gasparini
      The board of Aviva Plc, one of the world’s largest insurers, must review its climate risk exposures and evaluate next steps. Risk experts at the firm have conducted a robust set of analyses prepared for its regulator, the Bank of England, simulating how various climate... View Details
      Keywords: Analysis; Climate Change; Insurance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Risk Management; Adaptation; Financial Services Industry; Insurance Industry; Europe; United Kingdom
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      Tufano, Peter, Brian Trelstad, and Matteo Gasparini. "Aviva plc: Examining Net Zero." Harvard Business School Case 324-008, November 2023. (Revised June 2025.)
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      Risk, Trust and Escalation Behavior of Owner Managers

      By: Cynthia A. Montgomery
      Professor Montgomery and Professor Deepak Malhotra (HBS), together with scientists from Harvard's Program on Evolutionary Dynamics, are studying risk-related decision making of owner managers in newly-founded and established companies.  This experimental... View Details
      • 12 Nov 2015
      • News

      Airbnb Pledges to Work With Cities and Pay ‘Fair Share’ of Taxes

      • November 1994
      • Case

      Dow Corning and the Breast Implant Controversy (A)

      By: Willis M. Emmons III, Monica Brand and Greg Keller
      In early 1994, Dow Corning Corp. debates whether to participate in a proposed $4.2 billion product liability settlement. Specifically, the firm must decide whether to contribute $2 billion to end a class action suit filed by women suffering from connective tissue... View Details
      Keywords: Safety; Ethics; Health Disorders; Government Legislation; Crime and Corruption; Legal Liability; Risk and Uncertainty; Business Strategy; Communication Strategy; Lawsuits and Litigation; Health Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
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      Emmons, Willis M., III, Monica Brand, and Greg Keller. "Dow Corning and the Breast Implant Controversy (A)." Harvard Business School Case 795-047, November 1994.
      • December 1997 (Revised March 1998)
      • Case

      Mid Ocean Limited: Trading Catastrophe Index Options

      By: Kenneth A. Froot and Markus Mullarkey
      An insurance industry executive must evaluate the potential of a set of newly-offered catastrophe insurance derivatives. The background addresses the roles of traditional reinsurance and securitization efforts in providing risk transfer and risk financing in the "cat"... View Details
      Keywords: Commodity Market; Derivatives; Insurance; Capital Markets; Natural Disasters; Risk Management; Financial Management; Financial Strategy; Performance Evaluation; Insurance Industry; Bermuda
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      Froot, Kenneth A., and Markus Mullarkey. "Mid Ocean Limited: Trading Catastrophe Index Options." Harvard Business School Case 298-073, December 1997. (Revised March 1998.)
      • March 1981 (Revised October 1984)
      • Case

      Corning Glass Works: Indonesia

      By: Michael Y. Yoshino
      Evaluates the market opportunities and risks by Corning and International Finance Corporation in Indonesia. View Details
      Keywords: Globalized Markets and Industries; Risk and Uncertainty; Opportunities; Financial Services Industry; Indonesia
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      Yoshino, Michael Y. "Corning Glass Works: Indonesia." Harvard Business School Case 381-119, March 1981. (Revised October 1984.)
      • December 2006 (Revised December 2007)
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      The Vanderbilt University Endowment (2006)

      By: Andre F. Perold and William T. Spitz
      As with many modern-day large pools of capital, the Vanderbilt University endowment is significantly invested in alternative assets such as hedge funds, private equity, real estate, and natural resources. The endowment's investment committee chair is attempting to... View Details
      Keywords: Higher Education; Asset Management; Financial Management; Financial Strategy; Investment Portfolio; Risk Management
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      Perold, Andre F., and William T. Spitz. "The Vanderbilt University Endowment (2006)." Harvard Business School Case 207-062, December 2006. (Revised December 2007.)
      • May 2004 (Revised August 2004)
      • Case

      Enron Odyssey (A), The: The Special Purpose of "SPEs"

      The board has asked Ron Tolbert, an employee in the Risk Assessment and Control Group, to analyze three SPE transactions executed by Enron executives: the Destec, Rhythms, and Fishtail/Bacchus transactions, which were prominently featured in the Examiner's Report in... View Details
      Keywords: Financial Management; Financial Instruments; Analysis; Accounting; Financial Strategy; Energy Industry
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      Chacko, George C., Bala Dharan, and Eli Strick. Enron Odyssey (A), The: The Special Purpose of "SPEs". Harvard Business School Case 204-009, May 2004. (Revised August 2004.)
      • September 2024 (Revised January 2025)
      • Teaching Note

      Leading Culture Change at SEB

      By: Amy Edmondson and Cat Huang
      Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 621-074. The Risk organization at SEB, a leading Nordic financial services group founded in 1856, undertook a culture change program focused on psychological safety, empathic listening, and strategic framing. The program enabled risk... View Details
      Keywords: Risk Management; Leading Change; Organizational Culture; Decision Making; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Sweden
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      Edmondson, Amy, and Cat Huang. "Leading Culture Change at SEB." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 625-023, September 2024. (Revised January 2025.)
      • January 2008 (Revised August 2008)
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      The Time Warner Center: Mixed-Use Development

      By: A. Eugene Kohn, Arthur I Segel and David Lane
      Despite the failure of other attempts to bring mixed use development in New York City, Related Companies in 2004 opened Time Warner Center, a huge complex incorporating offices, shops, restaurants, music auditoriums, a hotel, and luxury apartments on Columbus Circle in... View Details
      Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Marketing; Buildings and Facilities; Construction; Development Economics; New York (city, NY)
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      Kohn, A. Eugene, Arthur I Segel, and David Lane. "The Time Warner Center: Mixed-Use Development." Harvard Business School Case 208-081, January 2008. (Revised August 2008.)
      • 21 May 2019
      • Working Paper Summaries

      rTSR: When Do Relative Performance Metrics Capture Relative Performance?

      Keywords: by Paul Ma, Jee-Eun Shin, and Charles C. Y. Wang; Financial Services
      • December 2003 (Revised October 2006)
      • Case

      Globalizing the Cost of Capital and Capital Budgeting at AES

      By: Mihir A. Desai and Douglas Kurt Schillinger
      With electricity generating businesses around the world, AES Corp. is seeking a methodology for calculating the cost of capital for its various businesses and potential projects. In the past, AES used the same cost of capital for all of its capital budgeting, but the... View Details
      Keywords: International Finance; Risk Management; Globalized Firms and Management; Cost of Capital; Valuation; Emerging Markets; Foreign Direct Investment; Capital Budgeting; Energy Industry; South America
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      Desai, Mihir A., and Douglas Kurt Schillinger. "Globalizing the Cost of Capital and Capital Budgeting at AES." Harvard Business School Case 204-109, December 2003. (Revised October 2006.)
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