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- January 2006 (Revised February 2006)
- Case
Deutsche Borse and the European Markets
By: Dwight B. Crane and Monika Stachowiak
In December 2004, Deutsche Borse proposed an offer for the London Stock Exchange. Some shareholders opposed the acquisition, leading to the offer's withdrawal and replacement of management, including the CEO and board members. Written from the viewpoint of Deutsche... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Strategy; Governing and Advisory Boards; Capital Structure; Stocks; Valuation; Corporate Governance; Price; Change Management; Commercialization; Financial Services Industry; Europe
Crane, Dwight B., and Monika Stachowiak. "Deutsche Borse and the European Markets." Harvard Business School Case 206-082, January 2006. (Revised February 2006.)
- 07 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Need to Do To Restore Investor Confidence
conflicts of interest. For example, the change in the commission structure in 1974 created a whole new dynamic that influenced the role of research by investment banks. And the growing importance of consulting at public accounting firms... View Details
Keywords: by Harvard Management Update
- 17 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Reserve Bank Governor Discusses India’s Financial Opportunities
estimate how fast we were growing," he said. When an audience member asked about the future of the nation's banking system, Rajan listed five potential areas for improvement: the banking structure ("We're creating more... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 17 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 17, 2018
deep conviction that Islamism could not provide an effective model of governance in the twentieth century and therefore would collapse of its own accord within months after the Islamists seized power. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
life as a trained assassin, working directly for the South African government to take down prominent political players when requested to maintain national security and apparent order. Join the Dots by Patrick Moffett (AMP 111) Vanguard... View Details
- 25 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 25, 2006
pursued flexible business strategies beyond its "core" business, even distributing condoms. It maintained a high standard of corporate ethics. It was effective at building contacts with local business and government elites,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 27
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=972044 Corporate Governance at the World Bank and the Dilemma of Global Governance Authors:Ashwin Kaja and Eric Werker Publication:The World Bank Economic... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
The new industrial state? | Institute for Business in Global Society
(IIJA), the CHIPS and Science Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Representatives from key government departments—Treasury, Commerce, Energy, and the White House—joined forces with leaders from finance, manufacturing, and... View Details
- 05 Jan 2022
- News
Untapped Potential
and wastewater systems of varying size, the majority of which are extremely small. Those systems—some investor owned, others government operated—have a variety of governance View Details
- 07 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Personalized Entrepreneurial Finance and Other VC Trends
should the government play in subsidizing or regulating access to capital for startups? A: I wrote a book about five years ago called Boulevard of Broken Dreams around government efforts to promote venture... View Details
- March 2010
- Case
Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2007
By: Jan W. Rivkin, Michael Roberto and Ranjay Gulati
In the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Robert Mueller, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), sought to transform the storied Bureau. The FBI had long served as both the chief law enforcement agency and the main domestic intelligence wing of the... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Organizational Structure; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Government Administration; National Security; Corporate Strategy; Knowledge Acquisition; Law Enforcement; Public Administration Industry; United States
Rivkin, Jan W., Michael Roberto, and Ranjay Gulati. "Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2007." Harvard Business School Case 710-451, March 2010.
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Forestalling Terror
Michael Roberto and published this year, is “Managing National Intelligence (A): Before 9/11.” The case plumbs the background of what will likely be remembered as one of the most tragic organizational failings in American history: the inability of the country’s View Details
- 22 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
High-Tech Immigrant Workers Don’t Cost US Jobs
the older worker is shown to the door," said Harvard Business School Associate Professor William R. Kerr, who recently cowrote a working paper called Skilled Immigration and the Employment Structures of US Firms with Sari Pekkala Kerr of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Finding a Balance
would otherwise be unable to afford treatment. Authored in 2003 by HBS professor Rohit Deshpandé, the case began as a straight pricing study. “The pharmaceutical industry is unlike any other,” Deshpandé explains. “Although the prices vary from country to country, we... View Details
- 25 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 25
Publications 2006 pub Leviathan Evolving: New Varieties of State Capitalism in Brazil and Beyond By: Musacchio, Aldo, and Sergio G. Lazzarini Abstract—In this book we describe the transformation of state capitalism from a model in which View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 03 Mar 2010
- What Do You Think?
To What Degree Does “Identity” Affect Economic Performance?
the commitment and loyalty of employees who perceive themselves as the most disposable of corporate assets ." What will it take to turn around negative trends in "identity"? Ajay Kumar Gupta suggests that "creation of View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 24 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why the Internet Doesn’t Change Everything
Rangoon and e-mailing it to thousands of supporters around the world. There are bootleg copies of academic papers and Snoop Doggy Dogg's latest hits. In cyberspace, even solemn corporations indulge their rebel side, slipping around the real-world laws that View Details
Keywords: by Debora L. Spar
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
“Where can we find such a person?”
whole technology landscape is going, how related firms are progressing, and how its work fits into that context.” He also cites public policy issues and government involvement; intellectual property questions; longer time horizons; and... View Details
- 17 May 2018
- News
Creating Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs
Harsh Bhargava (MBA 1977) was visiting his hometown of Jaipur, India, in 1999 when tragedy struck. In the midst of an unemployment crisis during the Kargil War, the government advertised for 120 open positions in the nearby town of... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 21 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Faculty Research Looks to Latin America
discuss research possibilities in more depth. Below are snapshot summaries of their presentations. Globalization And Fdi A native of Costa Rica, Professor Laura Alfaro teaches the Business, Government and the International Economy... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace