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- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
tasks, so too should we remedy financial turmoil.” First, stabilize the patient, in this case the markets. That’s what the $700 billion rescue plan (signed into law by President Bush MBA ’75 on October 3) aimed to accomplish: stabilize the View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Faculty Books
Mortgage Finance edited by Nicolas P. Retsinas and Eric S. Belsky (Brookings Institution Press) This book explores what caused the mortgage crisis and focuses on the future. The challenge remains the same: protect consumers, ensure... View Details
- 24 Aug 2017
- News
Unlocking Potential
Vocational and academic education programs in US correctional institutions have been around for more than a century. They have also achieved some success. In fact, a 2013 study by the Rand Corporation found that prison education helped... View Details
- September 2001 (Revised July 2002)
- Case
Fraud Prevention at Omni Bank
By: Frances X. Frei and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar
Omni Bank is undergoing a merger and has two important decisions ahead. First, should it enforce the use of its model-driven approach to interacting with customers at the recently acquired Friends Savings and Loan branches. Friends has a culture of personal touch with... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Model; Crime and Corruption; Customer Relationship Management; Decisions; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry
Frei, Frances X., and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar. "Fraud Prevention at Omni Bank." Harvard Business School Case 602-068, September 2001. (Revised July 2002.)
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
The Exchange: Lessons from the Edge
risky, unpredictable direction—and here is a bunch of people who built successful businesses and were highly impactful in just those kinds of institutional conditions. “The world is becoming emerging market-like ... technologically and... View Details
- 28 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?
for the whole industry. We are unlikely to see progress in cases where collaboration is unprofitable in both the short and the long term. Second, large institutional investors must have significant ownership of a sizeable part of the key... View Details
- 23 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2007
ethical analysis of management decisions, policies, and plans of action. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=307059 Infosys in India: Building a Software Giant in a Corrupt Environment... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Jul 2015
- Op-Ed
The Future of the Greek Economy
Government Needs To Reach An Agreement With Creditors Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is right that the old political establishment corrupted Greek institutions and left the country bankrupt, and that the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Private Sector and Public Interest Meet at Global Leadership Forum
taking on the public interest as an essential part of its agenda,” said HBS professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter in one of the many sessions led by the School’s faculty. Kanter explained that several trends are causing the private sector to get more involved: the perceived... View Details
- 16 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 16
PublicationsEnterprise Analytics: Optimize Performance, Process, and Decisions Through Big Data Author:Thomas H. Davenport Publication:FT Press, 2012 Abstract This book, an edited collection of research papers from the International View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- November 2006
- Case
Selling Biovail Short
By: Malcolm P. Baker, Chris Lombardi and Aldo Sesia
Hedge fund SAC Capital and analysts from Gradient Analytics and Banc of America face charges of stock price manipulation from Biovail, a Canadian pharmaceutical company. Gradient and BofA produced negative reports on Biovail's earnings quality. At the same time, SAC... View Details
Keywords: Stock Shares; Investment Banking; Asset Pricing; Financial Strategy; Crime and Corruption; Pharmaceutical Industry; Financial Services Industry; Canada
Baker, Malcolm P., Chris Lombardi, and Aldo Sesia. "Selling Biovail Short." Harvard Business School Case 207-071, November 2006.
- 19 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 19, 2016
involvement of nonbank institutions and, in particular, the rise of mutual fund participation in the leveraged loan market after the financial crisis. Based on the wider syndication, (narrower) skills, and diverse incentives of nonbank... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Business Competition Harms Society
Competition Corrupts Business Practices, suggests that many organizations in highly competitive markets are likely to bend the rules if doing so will keep their customers from leaving for a rival firm. "Competition is generally... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Student Conferences, at a Glance
Bhusri, general partner, Greylock “After 9/11, do we want or need an ID card? From a technology stand-point, that’s a no-brainer. We need to get our act together first on policy and cultural issues.” — Mark Cleverley, senior consultant, IBM’s View Details
- 06 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 6
Brookings Institution Press, 2011 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/asunderam/Economics_of_Housing_Finance_Reform_Brookings.pdf Negotiating with Iran: Cultural and Historical Insights... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Faculty Research Looks to Latin America
network, the contacts, the knowledge of tropical medicines and the knowledge of many countries where this disease was." Terrorism And Crime Professor Rafael Di Tella teaches the Business, Government and the International Economy required course, and researches... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 Feb 2009
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t We Figure Out How to Select Leaders?
trying to achieve as an organization?" Adrian Grigoriu commented that "... it shouldn't be so hard. But business leader stereotypes corrupt the selection process ...." Several others questioned the capabilities of the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- September 8, 2009
- Article
The New Governance Paradigm
By: Nathaniel Foote and Michael Beer
Boards members of failed banks in 2008 or of the many companies like Enron who were caught up in scandals are by and large honorable, well intentioned, and competent people. So what went wrong and what can be done about it. This article argues that the problem lies in... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Competency and Skills; Banks and Banking; Failure; Goals and Objectives; Leadership; Management Practices and Processes; Ethics; Performance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Crime and Corruption
Foote, Nathaniel, and Michael Beer. "The New Governance Paradigm." Directorship (September 8, 2009).
- 12 Aug 2002
- Op-Ed
Using Big Business to Fight Poverty
will require a new institution that can harness the capabilities of global corporations and, helped by loans from development agencies, directly attack the root causes of poverty. The need for corporate involvement in the fight against... View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Navigating the Populism Phenomenon
challenge the way things have traditionally worked. Vincent Pons: In populist discourse you often have this idea that a country has been governed by a political and economic elite hurting the interests of the people. If you systematically oppose a View Details
Keywords: April White