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  • 17 Jan 2019
  • News

Shutdown Shock May Endure for Federal Workers

  • July 2009 (Revised June 2010)
  • Supplement

Executive Pay and the Credit Crisis of 2008 (B)

By: V.G. Narayanan and Lisa Brem
As the recession lingered on into 2009, the U.S. government sought to limit executive pay and excessive risk. The debate raged over what constituted excessive risk and how best to mitigate it. This case describes the government restrictions on executive pay for TARP... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government Legislation; Executive Compensation; Risk Management; Business and Government Relations; Motivation and Incentives; United States
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  • 2018
  • Working Paper

The Impact of Pensions and Insurance on Global Yield Curves

By: Robin Greenwood and Annette Vissing-Jorgensen
We document a strong effect of pension and insurance company (P&I) assets on the long end of the yield curve. Using data from 26 countries, the yield spread between 30-year and 10-year government bond yields is negatively related to the ratio of pension assets (in... View Details
Keywords: Pension Funds; Investment Funds; Insurance; Assets; Interest Rates; Bonds
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  • 21 May 2012
  • Research & Ideas

OSHA Inspections: Protecting Employees or Killing Jobs?

With an election looming and the economy continuing to struggle, the effectiveness of government regulation has become a political football. While advocates hold regulations up as necessary to protect public health and safety, critics see... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • December 2008 (Revised October 2012)
  • Case

Special Economic Zones in India: Public Purpose and Private Property (A)

By: Laura Alfaro and Lakshmi Iyer
In 2005, the government of India enacted the Special Economic Zones (SEZ) Act in order to attract investment, generate export revenues, and create manufacturing jobs. However, several planned projects faced difficulties in acquiring land for setting up the SEZ. In... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Development Economics; Economic Growth; Policy; Government Legislation; Property; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; India
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  • October 2017 (Revised October 2022)
  • Case

JetBlue: Relevant Sustainability Leadership

By: George Serafeim
In 2017, JetBlue, the airline founded on the mission to “bring humanity back to air travel,” was considering becoming one of the first companies to report its sustainability performance according to the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) standards. SASB... View Details
Keywords: Sustainability; Metrics; Leadership And Change Management; Airlines; Innovation; Purpose; ESG; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; Sustainability Reporting; Change Management; Leadership; Financial Reporting; Environmental Sustainability; Mission and Purpose; Reports; Competitive Strategy; Measurement and Metrics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Air Transportation Industry; United States
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  • 24 Feb 2012
  • News

Long-term investments in Facebook could be a bad bet, experts warn

    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: federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government
    • 19 Oct 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy

    Academic business research typically travels one-way. From government agencies, scholars gather and process data—say on workplace safety or environmental pollution—perform analysis, and publish the results. Rarely, however, do they take... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding
    • October 2007
    • Case

    The AtekPC Project Management Office

    By: F. Warren McFarlan, Mark Keil and John Hupp
    Presents one company's efforts to implement a project management organization, or PMO, and the challenges they faced in doing so. Issues brought out in the case include defining the PMO's purpose and mission, the structure and governance of the PMO, and how to... View Details
    Keywords: Projects; Goals and Objectives; Technological Innovation; Information Technology; Business Strategy; Mathematical Methods; Consulting Industry
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    • 2010
    • Working Paper

    Reversing the Null: Regulation, Deregulation, and the Power of Ideas

    By: David Moss
    It has been said that deregulation was an important source of the recent financial crisis. It may be more accurate, however, to say that a deregulatory mindset was an important source of the crisis—a mindset that, to a very significant extent, grew out of profound... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Crisis; Financial Markets; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government and Politics; Failure; Business and Government Relations; Financial Services Industry; United States
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    • June 2011 (Revised January 2013)
    • Case

    Oddo Securities―ESG Integration

    By: Paul M. Healy
    The case describes the process of integrating environmental, social, and governance issues into valuation models and research analyst recommendations. View Details
    Keywords: Financial Strategy; Mathematical Methods; Integration; Valuation; Environmental Sustainability; Social Issues; Governance Controls; Investment
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    • 13 Apr 2015
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Implied Materiality and Material Disclosures of Credit Ratings

    Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & Tim Youmans; Financial Services; Accounting
    • February 2022
    • Case

    Toto Wolff and the Mercedes Formula One Team

    By: Anita Elberse and David Moreno Vicente
    In December 2021, Toto Wolff, team principal and chief executive officer of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One team (the ‘Mercedes team’) is preparing for the start of the 2021 Formula One (‘F1’) season’s last Grand Prix, in the United Arab Emirates. Everything the... View Details
    Keywords: Leadership; Team Management; Culture; Organizational Culture; Sports; Entertainment; Media; Superstars; General Management; Engineers; Competition; Problems and Challenges; Sports Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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    • 07 Sep 2010
    • News

    FHA launches new refi program

    • December 2005 (Revised March 2010)
    • Case

    William Levitt, Levittown and the Creation of American Suburbia

    By: Nitin Nohria, Anthony Mayo and Mark Benson
    Demand for low-cost housing after World War II far exceeded supply. Was this a profitable new market? New York developer William Levitt had to decide. During World War II, Levitt was eager to build basic housing for the working class—otherwise, Levitt & Sons would have... View Details
    Keywords: Demographics; Construction; Business History; Housing; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Development; Business and Government Relations; Construction Industry; Real Estate Industry; United States; New York (state, US)
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    • August 2008 (Revised May 2009)
    • Background Note

    U.S. and EU Trademark Protection

    By: Robert C. Pozen and Jordan Hirsch
    Rules governing trademark protection in the U.S. and EU differ substantially. This note describes the primary differences and their implications. View Details
    Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Trademarks; European Union; United States
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      Joshua Lev Krieger

      Josh Krieger is an Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit.  Josh’s research focuses on R&D strategy and the economics of innovation.  His work examines project selection, R&D competition, and... View Details

      • February 1993 (Revised May 1997)
      • Supplement

      India (B)

      By: Richard H.K. Vietor, Waleed J. Iskandar and Max L. Weston
      Outlines the changes implemented by the new government led by Prime Minister Rao. View Details
      Keywords: Government and Politics; Change Management; India
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      • August 2022
      • Case

      In-Q-Tel: Innovation On A Mission

      By: Joshua Lev Krieger and Josh Lerner
      In 2022, the leaders of In-Q-Tel (IQT) considered what was next for the unique mission-driven organization. Since 1999, IQT had one mission: to be the most sophisticated source of strategic technical knowledge and capabilities to the U.S. government and its allies. IQT... View Details
      Keywords: Mission and Purpose; National Security; Technological Innovation; Research; Geopolitical Units; Risk Management; Recruitment; Growth and Development Strategy; Venture Capital; Knowledge Management; Information Industry; Banking Industry
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