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- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
variability than was the case historically. Under the new policy, dividends would be tied to the company's underwriting results, its performance relative to predetermined goals, and a target payout ratio. Progressive's new policy was... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Jul 2016
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July 26, 2016
Moody’s downgrading the bank’s debt due to rising nonperforming assets. She embarks on a mission to improve the bank’s risk taking and management abilities, ensure uniform... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 12
PublicationsCapitalism at Risk: Rethinking the Role of Business Authors:Joseph Bower, Herman B. Leonard, and Lynn S. Paine Publication:Harvard Business Review Press, 2011 Abstract The spread of capitalism... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
COVID Not Slowing VC Investment
capital firms will need to deploy near-record amounts of capital, the due diligence process will take significantly more time, Gompers says. Potentially less favorable terms. As the pandemic grinds on and... View Details
- 05 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 5
marketing and branding, and the management of business and political risk. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/513045-PDF-ENG Grantham,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
of the most successful and insightful leaders of our time, the CEOs from companies as diverse as Standard Chartered Bank, Infosys, Nokia, Cummins, IKEA, Tata, and Campbell's Soup. The authors reveal how... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Aug 2014
- Op-Ed
Why Small-Business Lending Is Not Recovering
because of a perfect storm of their falling sales and weakened collateral, and growing risk aversion among lenders. Those days are not over. While lingering cyclical factors... View Details
- 25 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 25
throughout their day and when inspections risk prolonging their typical workday. We also find that inspectors cite more violations after inspecting establishments that exhibited worse compliance or greater... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 28
principles, and skills of three of the most successful and influential figures in business-Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs-offering lessons for all View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Economic Clusters Drive Globalization
Giacomin says. “If I’m an organic wine producer with available resources and people, where is the best place to set up production? Where will the political risk be lowest in terms of regulations for that... View Details
- 27 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 27
a firm's innovative model reinforce each other and what happens when the environment changes. Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/410056-PDF-ENG The Risk View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- October 1991 (Revised November 1993)
- Case
Play Time Toy Co.
By: Thomas R. Piper
The president of a toy company is considering the adoption of level production in a business characterized by highly seasonal sales. The issues include balancing the cost savings and the inventory risk, estimating the seasonal financing need, and determining the... View Details
Keywords: Production; Cost Management; Banks and Banking; Sales; Goods and Commodities; Financial Management; Risk Management; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Piper, Thomas R. "Play Time Toy Co." Harvard Business School Case 292-003, October 1991. (Revised November 1993.)
- 11 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 11, 2006
international business in the nineteenth century was not easily fitted into national categories. The place of registration, the nationality of shareholders, and the nationality of management often pointed in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 27
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/312029-PDF-ENG Willy Jacobsohn and Beiersdorf: Managing Expropriation and Anti-Semitism Geoffrey G. Jones View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 3
Institutions Authors:Matthew Hall, Anette Mikes, and Yuval Millo Abstract In this study, we examine transformations in the influence of risk managers in two large U.K. View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 26
opened to cover the secondary health-care needs of the health department's inhabitants. In 2003, the model was extended to also cover primary care. The health department received a capitation fee for each registered inhabitant of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Brazil Teaches About Investor Protection
net importer of capital during the period 1870 to 1915, and firms were competing to attract shareholders or bondholders. After 1915, things changed rather rapidly. In a couple of decades the main source of... View Details
- 12 Sep 2007
- Op-Ed
Building Sandcastles: The Subprime Adventure
subprime market, that "somebody else" was the lender. If a borrower defaulted, the bank recouped its investment by foreclosing on the home. The house represented collateral that, ideally, would reimburse the lender. Thanks to... View Details
- 10 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017
yet had the second largest market capitalization behind Blackstone. Why? PG had differing management practices: (i) compensation practices, (ii) corporate governance structure, (iii) accounting policies,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 6
http://hbr.org/2011/12/the-ordinary-heroes-of-the-taj/ar/1 Taking Gender into Account: Theory and Design for Women's Leadership Development Programs Authors:Robin J. Ely, Herminia Ibarra, and Deborah Kolb... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne