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Globalization and Emerging Markets (Elective Course) The world order has changed significantly in the last two decades. The influence of western-style varieties of capitalism has been challenged by new forms of capitalism that rely less on private enterprise and on the... View Details
Keywords: Globalization; Strategy; Macroeconomics; State Capitalism; Political Economy; Emerging Markets; Multinational Firms and Management; Global Strategy; Economics; Energy Industry; Retail Industry; Mining Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Banking Industry; China; Africa; Dubai; Pakistan; India; Brazil; Russia; Cuba; Argentina
  • January 2009 (Revised April 2009)
  • Case

Disaster in April: The Obligations of Kelly Construction

By: John D. Macomber, Christopher M. Gordon and Ben Creo
A construction company experiences a crane accident with multiple fatalities. The CEO, a client, and an employee must make choices to meet the company's obligations. Set in 2006, the case looks at the choices faced by board members of a museum that is an important... View Details
Keywords: Business Exit or Shutdown; Family Business; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Governing and Advisory Boards; Compensation and Benefits; Contracts; Crisis Management; Construction Industry
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  • December 2018
  • Case

CIR Group: Passing Wealth through the Generations

By: Lauren Cohen, Christopher J. Malloy and Elena Corsi
Rodolfo, Marco, and Edoardo De Benedetti had received from their father his controlling shares in COFIDE, a publicly listed holding company that held 45.8% of CIR Group, another publicly listed holding. The latter held majority shares in GEDI, Italy’s largest print... View Details
Keywords: Succession Planning; Transferring Shares; Wealth Management; Holding Structures; Family Ownership; Ownership Stake; Management Succession; Governing and Advisory Boards; Policy; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Health Industry; Italy
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  • 17 May 2010
  • Research & Ideas

What Brazil Teaches About Investor Protection

The current debate in the United States about how to regulate Wall Street focuses on laws, regulations, and monitoring. But lawmakers may want to look to history for guidance, to Brazil 100 years ago, when transparent governance and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Banking; Financial Services
  • 10 Feb 2009
  • First Look

First Look: February 10, 2009

  Working PapersInflation Bets or Deflation Hedges? The Changing Risks of Nominal Bonds Authors:John Y. Campbell, Adi Sunderam, and Luis M. Viceira Abstract The covariance between U.S. Treasury bond returns... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

Calloway PepsiCo, 1986–1996 Asa G. Candler Coca-Cola Company, 1886–1916 Charles A. Cannon Cannon Mills Company, 1921–1971 James W. Cannon Cannon Mills Company, 1887–1921 Floyd L. Carlisle St. Regis Paper Company, 1916–1934 Curtis L. Carlson Gold View Details
  • 16 Oct 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Report from China: The New Entrepreneurs

is that it is impossible to comprehend the vibrancy, energy, and enthusiasm without experiencing it firsthand. Q: Although moving toward a more capitalist system, the government still plays a strong role in the economic environment of the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Finance - Faculty & Research

27, 2022, Padmesh Shukla, CIO of the Transport for London (TfL) Pension Fund, was keeping a careful eye on the turmoil in the U.K. sovereign bond (or gilt) market. When the new government announced the... View Details
  • 20 Dec 2011
  • First Look

First Look: December 20

the bonding hypothesis, we analyze markets' reaction to a sudden radical change in the law governing U.S.-listed foreign firms. In March 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court signaled its intention to geographically... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 14 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 14

money demand could explain up to approximately half the growth of ABCP in the mid-2000s. Publisher's link: http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/money_20140929_6871f5d1-2375-4716-a7c5-8b94d7541b54.pdf   Working Papers Government... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Impact Investments

2013, [1] it has experienced double digit growth and developed into a market with an estimated $502 billion AUM by the end of 2018. [2] Alongside the surge in impact investing, there has also been an increase in related but distinct practices, including Environmental... View Details
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Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Financial Sector More Info The Impact of Pensions and Insurance on Global Yield Curves By: Robin Greenwood & Annette Vissing-Jorgensen JUN 2018 In this NBER working paper, researchers from the Behavioral Finance and Financial Stability Initiative evaluate the demand... View Details
  • February 2015 (Revised December 2016)
  • Case

Poseidon Carlsbad: Desalination and the San Diego County Water Authority

By: John Macomber
Extreme drought conditions in California have significant impacts on the ability of the San Diego County Water Authority to provide adequate water for current users. Water shortfalls also could curtail the economic development of one of the fastest growing regions in... View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Partners and Partnerships; Resource Allocation; Public Sector; Private Sector; Environmental Sustainability; Policy; Infrastructure; Green Technology Industry; Utilities Industry; California
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Finance - Faculty & Research

mechanism that amplifies interest rate volatility. I find strong support for these predictions in the time series of US government bond returns. 2014 Working Paper Financial Repression in the European... View Details
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Senior Executive Leadership Program—China

brand equity Measure, monitor, and communicate corporate performance while driving critical change Lead authentically and ethically at all levels and nurture a culture of accountability Build confidence in yourself as a leader, decision-maker, and negotiator Develop... View Details
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Connect with Clubs - Recruiting

Tim Alpers talpers@mba2026.hbs.edu Julius Gruener jgruener@mba2026.hbs.edu Club Email gss@studentclubs.hbs.edu Global Business Club Co-Presidents Yilun (Bill) Ding bding@mba2024.hbs.edu Sophy Wang sowang@mba2024.hbs.edu Club Email... View Details
  • 10 Dec 2012
  • Working Paper Summaries

Vulnerable Banks

Keywords: by Robin Greenwood, Augustin Landier & David Thesmar; Banking; Financial Services
  • 14 Mar 2023
  • In Practice

What Does the Failure of Silicon Valley Bank Say About the State of Finance?

on SVB, and the subsequent run on other regional banks. Many observers postulate that the vulnerability was hiding in plain sight (an unsettling thought), a result of a combination of COVID government stimulus followed by a series of... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Banking
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Research - Global

on the turmoil in the U.K. sovereign bond (or gilt) market. When the new government announced the largest tax cuts the U.K. had seen in half a century,... June 2025 Teaching Material The Miccosukee Tribe and... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2023
  • News

Solving for Z

With nearly 20 years of experience as a senior human resources executive, Matthew Breitfelder (MBA 2002) has seen a lot of change in the corporate talent space. But what’s happening now looks like a tectonic generational shift. From his perch as global head of human... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Illustrations by Doug Chayka; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Government