Publications

August 2010 (Revised February 2012)
Supplement

Cosmeticos de Espana, S.A. (D)

By: David F. Hawkins

The fourth case in the Cosmeticos de Espana case series. What should management's accounting response be to the imposition of foreign currency controls? View Details

Keywords: Financial Statements; Decision Choices and Conditions; Inflation and Deflation; Currency Exchange Rate; Governance Controls; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Spain; Venezuela

January 2004 (Revised March 2004)
Case

Redesigning Sovereign Debt Restructuring Mechanisms

By: Mihir A. Desai, Christina Pham, Julia Stevens and Kathleen Luchs

How should the debt of sovereign countries be restructured when countries approach default? Anne O. Krueger of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is proposing a new approach to sovereign defaults: the Sovereign Debt Restructuring Mechanism (SDRM). The SDRM would... View Details

Keywords: Sovereign Finance; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Globalized Economies and Regions; International Finance; Laws and Statutes; Latin America; Asia; Mexico

10 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 10, 2009

Combining supermarket scanner data with firm-level financial data, we find evidence that differs from prior literature. Instead of reducing expenditures to boost earnings, soup manufacturers roughly double the frequency of marketing... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Web

Professor Claudia Goldin on "Why Women Won" - Blog: RGE Report

conditions. In November, at the 2024 HBS Women’s Leadership Summit, Professor Goldin presented her research on how the women’s movement in the United States led to today’s economic and financial freedoms (pdf) (i.e. what women “won” and... View Details

Web

Program Policies - HBS Online

learnings of the program. Some programs also have assignments that must be completed as part of your experience. Business Analytics , Economics for Managers , and Financial Accounting contain required quizzes, and an average score of 50%... View Details

September 2024
Supplement

National Public Broadcasting (B)

By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff

Pre-abstract: Instructors should consider the timing of making videos available to students, as they may reveal key case details.
Abstract: This (B) case supplement is designed for use by faculty only to support classroom instruction in conjunction with... View Details

Keywords: Financial Strategy; Financial Management; Media; Ownership; Strategy; Advertising; Decision Choices and Conditions; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Equity; Journalism and News Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States

01 Sep 2008
News

Is Market Capitalism Headed for Trouble?

might create conditions harmful to its progress. In addition, we wondered what forces, largely or completely unrelated to capitalism, might challenge it from the outside. And if capitalism is threatened, what can be done to protect it,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

22 Feb 2022
News

Savings and Loam

finding brands in every aisle that align with their values. An entire generation of these consumers expects their purchasing power to be deployed as a force for good, whether that means supporting humane working conditions or social or... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

17 Jun 2008
First Look

First Look: June 17, 2008

loans to small firms and those with more "soft information"—particularly in states with weak legal enforcement of financial contracts. However, decentralized banks are also more responsive to the competitive environment when... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Green-tech Entrepreneurship in India

rounds of funding. This financial backing underscores the confidence and belief in Log 9's strategic vision, which is steadfastly aligned with creating a future where mobility and energy consumption are clean, efficient, and sustainable.... View Details

26 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019

to financial results, to behave according to the organization’s long term values and goals. Surprisingly, we find that the intervention drove even higher effort on performance associated with pre-existing monetary incentives but, on... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

09 Dec 2014
First Look

First Look: December 9

distinct groups while creating "spaces of negotiation"-areas of interaction that allow members of each group to discuss the trade-offs they face. We conclude by highlighting the conditions under which spaces of negotiation can... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Aug 2016
First Look

August 23, 2016

Kotsantonis, Sakis, Christopher Pinney, and George Serafeim Abstract—The authors’ aim in this article is to set the record straight on the financial performance of sustainable investing while also correcting a number of other widespread... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2014
News

Insight: Yenball

and found a number of broadly applicable factors that allowed clubs to amplify their investments. SIDENOTE: Tanaka's former team is the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, established in 2004 by the Rakuten Group—a company founded by Hiroshi Mikitani (MBA 1993). A few of the... View Details

Keywords: Morrell, Daniel; Masahiro Tanaka; Hideki Matsui; Isao Okada; business of sports; Arts, Entertainment

December 2012 (Revised November 2014)
Case

W.R. Grace & Co.: Dealing with Asbestos Torts

By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah L. Abbott

A manufacturer of building products and specialty chemicals, W. R. Grace & Co. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2001 in response to a flood of lawsuits alleging that its products contained asbestos, and had caused hundreds of thousands of people to contract... View Details

Keywords: Bankruptcy Reorganization; Business Failures; Environmental Regulations; Class Action Lawsuits; Natural Environment; Valuation; Health Disorders; Capital Structure; Restructuring; Lawsuits and Litigation; Chemicals; Crisis Management; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Legal Liability; Construction Industry; Chemical Industry; United States

November 2003 (Revised November 2004)
Case

Ottawa Devices, Inc. (B)

By: Henry B. Reiling and Harry Clegg Midgley IV

The Rollins family assembly was meeting to discuss and decide which one or combination from among an estate freeze, installment sale of stock, ESOP (employee stock ownership plan), leveraged capitalization, annual gifts of stock, one-time outright gift of stock, or... View Details

Keywords: Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Property; Mergers and Acquisitions; Decision Choices and Conditions; Stocks; Business Exit or Shutdown; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Family Business; Human Needs; Financial Strategy; Manufacturing Industry

December 2010
Compilation

VCPE Strategy Vignettes II

By: Josh Lerner, G. Felda Hardymon, Matthew Rhodes-Kropf, Ann Leamon and Lisa Strope

These three vignettes present various issues around the strategy and management of venture capital and private equity firms. In one, a senior partner must decide how to manage an over-extended colleague and how to reduce the risk of the firm's portfolio; the second... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Private Equity; Cost vs Benefits; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Investment Portfolio; Ownership; Partners and Partnerships; Risk Management; Stocks; Problems and Challenges; United States