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    Clayton S. Rose

    Clayton Rose is Baker Foundation Professor of Management Practice. He currently teaches the course Accountability in the Advanced Management Program. His research is focused on the how leaders can manage the challenges created by the intense, varied and often... View Details

    Keywords: financial services
    • 20 Jan 2009
    • Research & Ideas

    Risky Business with Structured Finance

    the value of the assets." In their paper, the authors recount how, over the past decade, risks have been repackaged to create triple-A-rated securities. By mid-2007, they write, 37,000 structured finance issues in the United States... View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Financial Services
    • Research Summary

    Mastering Strategy Execution

    By: Robert Simons

    Professor Robert Simons’ research encompasses three areas of management accountability that are the foundation for successful strategy execution: organization design, performance measurement and control, and risk management. In addition, Simons is interested in the... View Details

    • March 2023
    • Teaching Note

    Sustainability Reporting at Dollar Tree, Inc.

    By: Suraj Srinivasan and Li-Kuan Ni
    Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 122-044. The case discusses the ESG strategy of Dollar Tree Inc., a U.S. Fortune 500 company in the deep discount retail industry and the shareholder pressure faced by the company. In 2022, the company faced a shareholder resolution from... View Details
    Keywords: ESG; Sustainability; Shareholder Activism; Dollar Tree; Sustainability Reporting; ESG Reporting; Board Of Directors; Shareholder Engagement; GHG; Environmental Accounting; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Trends; Communication; Announcements; Voting; Environmental Management; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Disclosure; Corporate Governance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Reports; Business or Company Management; Risk Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Outcome or Result; Strategic Planning; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Situation or Environment; Opportunities; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Public Opinion; Strategy; Adaptation; Alignment; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Value Creation; Retail Industry; United States; Virginia
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    • Forthcoming
    • Article

    The Evolution of Financial Services in the United States

    By: Robin Greenwood, Robert Ialenti and David Scharfstein
    This article surveys the literature on the historical growth and transformation of the U.S. financial sector. The sector expanded rapidly between 1980 until 2006, when its contribution to GDP rose from 4.8% to 7.6%. After the Global Financial Crisis, the size of the... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Crisis; Financial Institutions; Financial Markets; Growth and Development; Economic Sectors
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    • 2023
    • Book

    The State and Capitalism in China

    By: Meg Rithmire, Margaret M. Pearson and Kellee S. Tsai
    This element explains China's political economic evolution from state socialist economy to a reform era state capitalism model to a more politicized, risk management approach we call "party-state capitalism." We emphasize the internal and external sources of perceived... View Details
    Keywords: China's Political Economy; State Capitalism; State-business Relations; State Ownership; Economic Systems; Government and Politics; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Government Relations; China
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    • 31 Oct 2018
    • News

    Decline of Book is a Fake News

    • 2006
    • Article

    Capital Budgeting: The Role of Cost Allocations

    By: Ian D. Gow and Stefan Reichelstein
    A common issue for firms is how to allocate capital resources to various investment alternatives. An extensive and long-standing literature in finance has examined various aspects of capital budgeting, including capital constraints, the determination of discount rates,... View Details
    Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Resource Allocation; Performance Evaluation; Cost Management; Research; Investment; Cash Flow; Risk Management; Performance Capacity
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    • January 1996 (Revised October 1999)
    • Background Note

    Sources of Joint Gains in Negotiations

    Presents two basic principles that underlie the creation of joint gains. Four sources of joint gains--differences in interests, opinion, risk preference, and time preference--are discussed, and simple examples are provided to illustrate the basic concepts. View Details
    Keywords: Management; Negotiation; Decision Making
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    • 11 Apr 2011
    • Lessons from the Classroom

    Teaching a ‘Lean Startup’ Strategy

    doing that, and waste a lot of money on sales and marketing trying to sell that wrong product," says Tom Eisenmann, a professor in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School. "It takes a lot of time, time... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Computer
    • 2021
    • Case

    Walmart's Blockchain Quest: Integrating New Technology into a Complex Supply Chain

    By: Andrew J. Hoffman
    Blockchain is a digital, distributed, immutable ledger designed to build trust among parties without requiring an independent, third-party arbitrator or intermediary. The technology has potential to improve a variety of industries, including the complex, fragmented,... View Details
    Keywords: Blockchain; Supply Chain Management; Technology Adoption
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    • July 2022 (Revised November 2022)
    • Case

    Building a Mishap-Free U.S. Navy

    By: Amy C. Edmondson, Herman B. Leonard, Michael W. Toffel and Michael Norris
    In 2021, Kevin “Bud” Couch, a retired Navy captain who was now working as a civilian employee of the Navy Safety Center, was trying to determine how best to reduce the risk of Navy mishaps. The Navy had experienced a series of major mishaps in 2017 that had led to a... View Details
    Keywords: National Security; Safety; War; Ship Transportation; Risk Management; Operations; Singapore; Tokyo; San Diego
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    • 23 Oct 2007
    • First Look

    First Look: October 23, 2007

    http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=706442 Central Bank: The ChexSystems(SM) QualiFile(R) Decision Harvard Business School Case 208-029 The "Central Bank" series analyzes the use of information and product design for View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • March 2006 (Revised June 2010)
    • Case

    Eldeco: Playing in the Big League

    By: Arthur I Segel, Nicolas P. Retsinas and Siddarth Yog
    In 2001, Pankaj Bajaj is considering whether to go forward with a residential development outside New Delhi. Facing an uncooperative local authority, he must determine how to evaluate the risks of proceeding against the potential loss of a golden opportunity to bring... View Details
    Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Construction; Government and Politics; Risk Management; Emerging Markets; Business and Government Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Real Estate Industry; New Delhi
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    • November 2000 (Revised December 2000)
    • Background Note

    Online Content Providers

    By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Alastair Brown
    Describes the business model for online content providers, companies that distribute copyright content via the Internet. Focuses on their revenue and cost drivers and on the ways that online content providers create value for consumers. Also investigates the benefits... View Details
    Keywords: Internet and the Web; Customers; Value Creation; Business Model; Internet and the Web; Cash Flow; Risk and Uncertainty; Growth and Development Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Decision Making; Profit; Information Industry
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    • 2000
    • Book

    Competitive Environmental Strategy: A Guide to the Changing Business Landscape

    By: Andrew J. Hoffman
    Environmental concerns can greatly affect business success, regardless of whether a business person or corporation shares those concerns. Today's corporate managers must understand the power of environmental issues, and shift their mindset from one focused on... View Details
    Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Environmental Management; Social Issues; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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      Paul W. Marshall

      MBA Class of 1960 Professor of Management, Paul W. Marshall, is affiliated with the Entrepreneurial Management Unit and teaches The Entrepreneurial Manager in the Turnaround Environment. This Elective Curriculum course focuses on the role of... View Details

      Keywords: management consulting; management consulting; management consulting; management consulting; management consulting; management consulting; management consulting; management consulting; management consulting; management consulting; management consulting; management consulting; management consulting
      • 04 Feb 2002
      • Research & Ideas

      How a Juicy Brand Came Back to Life

      marketing plan that sought to minimize or eliminate risk. As it happened, though, Quaker's very risk aversion turned out to be the greatest risk of all. ... When Brand And View Details
      Keywords: by John Deighton; Food & Beverage
      • 09 Dec 2013
      • Research & Ideas

      Cultural Disharmony Undermines Workplace Creativity

      Conflicts in Social Environment Undermine Creativity, a paper published this month in the Academy of Management Journal. Multicultural teams may need managerial nurturing to overcome frictions. Photo: iStockPhoto "A lot of times when we... View Details
      Keywords: by Michael Blanding
      • 2012
      • Chapter

      Integrated Reporting Requires Integrated Assurance

      By: Robert G. Eccles, Michael P. Krzus and Liv A. Watson
      In the wake of the recent financial crisis, increasing the effectiveness of auditing has weighed heavily on the minds of those responsible for governance. When a business is profitable and paying healthy dividends to its stockholders, fraudulent activities and... View Details
      Keywords: Risk Management; Crime and Corruption; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Governance Compliance; Organizational Culture; Management Systems; Laws and Statutes; Information Management; Accounting Audits; Financial Crisis
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