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  • 25 Apr 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 25

entrepreneurs from the investor can create frictions that might inhibit the funding of good projects. It has largely abstracted away from the fact that a startup typically does not have just one investor but rather several VCs that come together in a syndicate to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Dec 2010
  • First Look

First Look: December 21

article reviews recent research conducted by the authors that finds that intellectual property rights reform increases technology transfers, foreign direct investment inflows, and industrial development. It also places the findings of... View Details
  • 08 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 8

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-102.pdf Does Diversification Create Value in the Presence of External Financing Constraints? Evidence from the 2008-2009 Financial Crisis Authors:Venkat Kuppuswamy and Belén Villalonga Abstract We... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Sep 2017
  • News

City of Dreams

the Maldives, Bhutan, and Thailand. “As I worked in development, I realized I didn’t understand enough about finance and commerce,” he says, explaining why he applied to HBS. “It was also a bit about taking a step back to understand what... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Alice Carfrae; Sri Lanka; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government
  • 19 Oct 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy

money spent on outreach and education campaigns leads to fewer workplace violations. Berkowitz says she experienced firsthand the power that an academic study can have with a 2012 influential research paper co-written by Toffel, UC... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • March 2009
  • Article

Risk Management and Calculative Cultures

By: Anette Mikes
Enterprise risk management (ERM) has recently emerged as a widespread practice in financial institutions. It has been increasingly codified and encrypted into regulatory, corporate governance and organisational management blueprints. A burgeoning literature of... View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Practice; Banks and Banking; Corporate Governance; Value; Business and Shareholder Relations; Managerial Roles; Culture; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business or Company Management; Financial Services Industry
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  • October 1991 (Revised October 1996)
  • Case

Hawkeye Bancorporation

By: Krishna G. Palepu
Hawkeye, a small bank holding company in Iowa, faces difficulties in the mid 1980s as the local Iowa farm economy is in recession. This case provides an opportunity for students to become familiar with bank financial statements, and introduces some issues in market... View Details
Keywords: Financial Statements; Financial Reporting; Financial Crisis; Economic Growth; Market Participation; Banks and Banking; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Private Ownership; Banking Industry
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  • 17 Jun 2010
  • News

The Most Emerging of Emerging Markets

Keywords: Professor Tarun Khanna; Corporate Services; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • September 2009
  • Teaching Note

Odyssey Healthcare (TN)

By: Robert F. Higgins
Teaching Note for [809052]. View Details
Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Initial Public Offering; Mergers and Acquisitions; Growth and Development; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Service Operations; Revenue; Business Exit or Shutdown; Health Industry
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  • 25 Sep 2012
  • First Look

First Look: September 25

financing from leading venture capital (VC) firms and by 2012 had been cash flow positive for the past six quarters. Its founder, Bryan Mistele, was looking to pivot into high growth and faced several intriguing options. However,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 1, 2008

lays policies that have been proposed to deal with either the consequences or the causes of the crisis. These include policies for reforming the supervision of the financial system, changing bankruptcy rules and regulating mortgage... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • June 2020 (Revised February 2021)
  • Supplement

Accounting for Leases at American Airlines (B)

By: Jonas Heese, Gerardo Pérez Cavazos and Julia Kelley
This is a supplement to the “Accounting for Leases at American Airlines (A)” case. The (B) case describes American Airlines’ financial results for the first quarter of 2020, as well as the continuing effects of coronavirus on the airline industry. View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Financial Reporting; Financial Statements; Finance; Governance; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Governing and Advisory Boards; Leasing; Health Pandemics; Accounting Industry; Air Transportation Industry; North and Central America; United States
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  • September 2010 (Revised January 2012)
  • Case

BP's Macondo: Spill and Response

By: Julio J. Rotemberg
This case starts by reporting various factors that may have contributed to the massive Macondo oil spill, noting that BP, its partners and the government all made decisions that helped cause the accident. It then discusses the response to this spill by BP and the... View Details
Keywords: Safety; Metals and Minerals; Crisis Management; Infrastructure; Trade; Pollutants; Risk and Uncertainty; Business and Government Relations; Finance; Multinational Firms and Management; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Technology Adoption; Energy Industry; Mining Industry; United Kingdom; United States
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  • 03 Apr 2007
  • First Look

First Look: April 3, 2007

"decouple" payments to European farmers. Explores the logic behind agricultural supports, with a focus on the economic, political, and cultural context of French farming. Discusses efforts to reform the CAP in the context of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 Oct 2008
  • First Look

First Look: October 28, 2008

off if platforms were compatible, the quest for market dominance by competing platform providers prevents them from agreeing to a common standard. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-058.pdf The Economics of Structured View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • January 2002
  • Case

Noranda Inc.: Mining, Smelting, and Sustainability?

By: Richard H.K. Vietor
Noranda is a $7 billion international mining and smelting company headquartered in Canada. It has been cited for its fine environmental record. This case explores the issue of sustainability--in this case, for a mining company. Over time, and under nongovernmental... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Mining; Cost Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Environmental Sustainability; Mining Industry
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  • 12 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 12

generally takes one of two approaches. The market timing and catering approach views managerial financing and investment decisions as rational managerial responses to securities mispricing. The managerial biases approach studies the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jan 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 18

compensation, and nominating committees. All the firms evaluated their internal controls yearly, and, in 2007, their external auditors' reports showed no material weaknesses. Neither did the reviews by the quasi-governmental board. So why were the SOX View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Jan 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration

professor in the Finance Unit: As an academic, my main reaction to the executive order is that this decision is absolutely not grounded in the facts. I spend a lot of energy teaching my students to look at the facts to educate their... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 01 Mar 2016
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016

throne. Enemies plot horrific evils against the hero, even as two passionate women seek him for their own, in a tale of intrigue, revenge, power, and the unquenchable, all-consuming passions of love. Last Bell: Breaking the Gridlock in Education View Details