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  • 10 Nov 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Globalization: The Strategy of Differences

Ten years ago, globalization seemed unstoppable. Today, the picture looks very different. Even Coca-Cola, widely seen as a standard-bearer of global business, has had its doubts about an idea it once took... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
  • 2020
  • Working Paper

Corporate Leadership and Creditor Recovery Rates: Evidence from Executive Gender

By: Clarissa Hauptmann, Syrena Shirley and Anywhere Sikochi
We examine the relationship between the gender of executives and corporate creditor recovery rates. Using 2,288 defaulted debt instruments, we find that female executives are associated with higher creditor recovery rates. Our findings are robust to tests that correct... View Details
Keywords: Executive Gender; Default; Recovery Rates; Debt; Corporate Bonds; Conservatism; Leadership; Gender; Borrowing and Debt; Bonds; Risk Management
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  • January 2024 (Revised May 2024)
  • Case

Generation Investment Management

By: Vikram S. Gandhi, Michael Norris and David Allen
In September 2021, the sustainable investment firm Generation Investment Management (Generation) considered whether to add Schneider Electric to the focus list of companies in which it was prepared to invest. Dedicated to promoting a sustainable world through its... View Details
Keywords: Sustainable Investing; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Governance; Private Equity; Public Equity; Financial Markets; Investment Return; Investment Activism; Investment Funds; Investment Portfolio; Institutional Investing; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Financial Services Industry; United Kingdom; England; London
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    Lauren H. Cohen

    Lauren Cohen is the L.E. Simmons Professor in the Finance & Entrepreneurial Management Units at Harvard Business School and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is an Editor of the Review of Financial... View Details

    Keywords: financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services

      Charlotte L. Robertson

      Charlotte Robertson is an Assistant Professor in the Business, Government, and the International Economy Unit at Harvard Business School. She teaches BGIE in the MBA required curriculum.

      Professor Robertson conducts research on the history of financial... View Details

      • March 2000 (Revised April 2003)
      • Case

      Iridium LLC

      By: Benjamin C. Esty, Fuaad Qureshi and William J Olson
      This case involves part of a module on financing large projects in the elective curriculum course entitled "Large-Scale Investment." It is set in August 1999, just after Iridium, a global communications firm, declared bankruptcy. Although the case describes Iridium's... View Details
      Keywords: Project Finance; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financial Strategy; Communications Industry; Technology Industry
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      • 26 Oct 2021
      • Research & Ideas

      What Companies Want Most in a CEO: A Good Listener

      high demand, particularly at large, multinational, and information-intensive organizations, the research suggests. Those companies see social skills in the C-suite as more important than more traditional operational and administrative abilities, such as monitoring the... View Details
      Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
      • 09 Jan 2024
      • Research & Ideas

      Could Clean Hydrogen Become Affordable at Scale by 2030?

      Hydrogen is poised to move from the sidelines of global clean energy as the industry learns to produce it more efficiently and at lower cost, according to newly published research led by Gunther Glenk, a climate fellow with Harvard Business School's Institute for the... View Details
      Keywords: by Desmond Dodd; Energy; Green Technology

        Laura Alfaro

        Laura Alfaro is the Warren Alpert Professor of Business Administration. At Harvard since 1999, she served as Minister of National Planning and Economic Policy in Costa Rica from 2010-2012, taking a leave from HBS. She is Co-Editor of the Journal of International... View Details

        • August 2018
        • Case

        Christine Lagarde (B): Being a Public Servant

        By: Julie Battilana and Carin-Isabel Knoop
        This case covers the career of Christine Lagarde from 2005 to 2011 after she joins the French Government. After serving several grueling years as Finance Minister during the financial crisis that started in 2007/2008, she is being considered as the next Managing... View Details
        Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Government and Politics; Financial Crisis; Power and Influence
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        • August 2020 (Revised November 2022)
        • Case

        George Soros: The Stateless Statesman

        By: Geoffrey Jones and Wendy Ying
        This case traces the business career and philanthropic activities of George Soros. The Hungarian-born Soros made a fortune as a hedge fund investor after establishing Quantum Fund on the tax haven island of Curaçao in the Netherlands Antilles in 1973 where he was... View Details
        Keywords: Hedge Fund; Philanthropy; Populism; Finance; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Political Elections; Personal Development and Career; Leadership Style; Financial Services Industry; Europe; Hungary; United Kingdom; North and Central America; United States
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        • October 2013 (Revised March 2015)
        • Case

        Cyprus (A)

        By: Eric Werker, Sebastian Berardi, Stelios Elia, Omar Muakkassa and James Zumberge
        Cyprus is a small Mediterranean island located at the cross-roads of Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Since its 1974 split, Cyprus has grown real GDP more than fivefold—in large part because of its development as an "international business" center. The country... View Details
        Keywords: Tax Havens; Taxation; Financial Crisis; Business and Government Relations; Cyprus
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        • December 2016
        • Case

        Public Mission, Private Funding: The University of California, Berkeley

        By: William C. Kirby and Joycelyn W. Eby
        UC Berkley, long known as one of the leading public universities in both the U.S. and the world, has seen turbulent times recently. While student enrollment and costs have increased steadily in recent years, the school, which has been fiercely proud of its public... View Details
        Keywords: Public University; University Administration; Conflict Management; State Funding; Competition; Faculty Governance; University Of California Berkeley; Change Management; Volatility; Diversity; Residency; Higher Education; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Globalization; Policy; Leading Change; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Design; Privatization; Problems and Challenges; Education Industry; United States
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        • November 2019 (Revised December 2019)
        • Case

        Marcus by Goldman Sachs

        By: Rory McDonald, Samir Junnarkar and David Lane
        Five years on from the 2008 financial crisis, Goldman Sachs remained wounded. Revenues at the global investment bank had stagnated below pre-crisis levels, and the firm had yet to rebound from a substantial decline in securities-trading revenues. Marcus by Goldman... View Details
        Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Banks and Banking; Innovation Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Organizational Culture; Financial Services Industry; United Kingdom
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        • October 2007 (Revised January 2009)
        • Case

        The Hertz Corporation (A)

        By: Timothy A. Luehrman and Douglas Scott
        Examines the leveraged buyout of Hertz in 2005, a complex, high-profile deal and a good example of cutting-edge practice in private equity. The first of a two-part series on the Hertz LBO, adopts the perspective of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, the leader of a private... View Details
        Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Private Equity; Bids and Bidding; Negotiation Deal; Valuation; Value Creation; Financial Services Industry; United States
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        • October 2005 (Revised February 2006)
        • Case

        ICEX: Making a Market in Iceland

        Examines the impact of increased performance on the international visibility and positioning of the Icelandic Stock Exchange. Allows consideration of various options for stock exchange growth that are created by Iceland's strong economic performance in recent years.... View Details
        Keywords: International Finance; Stocks; Financial Markets; Globalization; Economy; Iceland
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        • January 2016 (Revised November 2019)
        • Case

        Blackstone at Age 30

        By: Josh Lerner, John D. Dionne and Amram Migdal
        Since its IPO in 2007 and following the global financial crisis, Blackstone largely outpaced its alternative investment firm peers in assets under management, new business launches, profitability, and market capitalization. Under the leadership of Stephen A.... View Details
        Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Asset Management; Private Equity; Financial Services Industry; New York (city, NY)
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          The Founders and Finance

          In 1776 the United States government started out on a shoestring and quickly went bankrupt fighting its War of Independence against Britain. At the war’s end, the national government owed tremendous sums to foreign creditors and its own citizens. But lacking... View Details

          • TeachingInterests

          Exec Ed: Real Estate Executive Seminar: Capital, Partnerships, and Portfolios

          By: John D. Macomber
          With both a quest for yield and new opportunities emerging across the real estate supply chain, business leaders must have the financial capabilities, analytical tools, and strategic skills to ensure the long-term profitability of their development projects and... View Details
          • 17 Jun 2022
          • News

          Another Shortage? Here’s What Is Happening to Supply Chains