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- 13 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
How Government can Discourage Private Sector Reliance on Short-Term Debt
that financial institutions in the past ten years have relied excessively on short-term financing. The investment bank Lehman Brothers, for example, collapsed because it could not roll over its short-term financing. More broadly, if we... View Details
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
SEC Commissioner Sees “Healing and Reform”
through," he said, noting that the drive for investment banking revenues on Wall Street led to conflicts of interest between those sectors. "Self-governing, particularly in the auditing process, was a disaster." Out of... View Details
Keywords: by Catherine Walsh
- January 2000 (Revised February 2000)
- Case
Hambrecht & Quist (B)
By: Thomas J. DeLong and Nicole Tempest
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
DeLong, Thomas J., and Nicole Tempest. "Hambrecht & Quist (B)." Harvard Business School Case 800-214, January 2000. (Revised February 2000.)
- 07 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Forgotten Book that Helped Shape the Modern Economy
best nurture and encourage their industries against foreign competitors." We asked Reinert to discuss his book and some of its central ideas. Sean Silverthorne: How did you get the idea for this book? I'm especially interested in how... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 30
hypothesis that the happiness gains they have experienced from the past 45 years of growth have been the same as the gains that they experienced from growth prior to the 1960s. Central Banks Maximize... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Nov 2016
- News
The Competitiveness of Lost Causes
(photos by Jennifer Heffner) As lead private-sector specialist at the World Bank Group’s Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice, Emiliano Duch (MBA 1991) draws on 25 years of experience in helping countries and regions to develop... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 13 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
5 Weight Loss Tips From Behavioral Economists
double-or-nothing on a diet bet. A group of obese hospital patients agreed to a "deposit contract," banking a small amount of their own money into a pot each day during a 32-week weight-loss trial. The research team agreed to match the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- April 1990 (Revised May 1990)
- Case
BankAmerica Corp. (A)
Vietor, Richard H.K. "BankAmerica Corp. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 390-176, April 1990. (Revised May 1990.)
- 15 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Valuing an MBA: Beyond Dollars and “Sense"
evolution from an individual who creates change through independent effort to a leader who inspires and drives change through coordinated action. Collective reasoning is inherent in the pedagogy at HBS; the case method demands thoughtful... View Details
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Work & Life - Race, Gender & Equity
at home [1] 51 Women with children under 18 at home 54 Men with no children at home 54 Men with children under 18 at home Top 5 Industries Hours/Week Women Men Consulting / Professional Services 52 55 Educational Services / Academics 49 53 Finance / View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
After decades of decline, despair, and neglect, the last ten years have brought some preliminary signs of revitalization to a number of inner-city neighborhoods in the United States. Blighted areas such as Chicago's North Side, New York's South Bronx, South View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019
So you feel good, lose the baby weight, and are more present, while raising thriving children—in an entirely do-able, time-saving, with-you-in-the-trenches way. Confessions of a Christian by Art Hilsinger (MBA 1952) Independently... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Books
“but they are impeded in this effort by working to a model that does not adequately recognize their central limitation — time and knowledge.” Much of the book’s content is drawn from the authors’ extensive experience working with and... View Details
- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
drive HNA's continued growth. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=309029 Maggie Lena Walker and the Independent Order of St. Luke Harvard Business School Case 409-057 As... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Jan 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
A Brief Postwar History of US Consumer Finance
- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
base of Frequent Independent Travelers. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/312092-PDF-ENG China Development Bank Li Jin, Matthew Preble, and Aldo SesiaHarvard Business School Case... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Are Management Consulting Firms Failing to Manage Themselves?
distributed, independent partners with the centralized oversight needed to manage growth, ensure risk compliance, and maintain firm cultures. Embrace the return to meritocracy while (re)building internal... View Details
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
PublicationsThe Future of Organization Design Authors:Baldwin, Carliss Y. Publication:Journal of Organization Design Abstract The modern corporation has long been the central focus of the field of organization design. Such firms can be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- April 2018
- Case
Bretton Woods and the Liberal World Order
By: Sophus A. Reinert and Jonathan Schlefer
Reinert, Sophus A., and Jonathan Schlefer. "Bretton Woods and the Liberal World Order." Harvard Business School Case 718-037, April 2018.
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion
wealth. By the end of 2007, sovereign wealth funds had around $2.6 trillion under management, more than all the world’s hedge funds, and not far behind government pension funds and central bank reserves.... View Details