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  • November 2010 (Revised October 2011)
  • Case

Oriflame S.A. (A)

By: David F. Hawkins, Karol Misztal and Daniela Beyersdorfer
A direct-selling cosmetics company involved in emerging markets exhibits significant foreign exchange risk exposure and profitability swings in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Students must review the company's use of derivative instruments and other hedging... View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Financial Crisis; Currency Exchange Rate; Financial Strategy; Investment; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Risk Management; Emerging Markets; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
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    John A. Deighton

    John Deighton is The Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration Emeritus at Harvard Business School. He is an authority on consumer behavior and marketing, with a focus on digital and direct marketing. He teaches in the area of Big Data in Marketing,... View Details

    Keywords: financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services
    • October 2023
    • Case

    Leading Transformation at IHCL

    By: Krishna G. Palepu, V.G. Narayanan and Malini Sen
    In November 2017, Puneet Chhatwal, took charge as MD and CEO of IHCL, popularly referred to as the Taj Hotels. Despite being India’s largest hospitality company by market capitalization and respected for its values and service, IHCL had made losses for the last seven... View Details
    Keywords: Turn Around Management; Hospitality Industry; Brand Management; Financial Strategy; Business Model; Restructuring; Asset Management; Leadership Style; Crisis Management; Brands and Branding; Product Positioning; Segmentation; Asia; India
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      Moving Forward: The Future of Consumer Credit and Mortgage Finance

      The recent collapse of the mortgage market revealed fractures in the credit... View Details

      • December 2010
      • Article

      Implications for GAAP from an Analysis of Positive Research in Accounting

      By: S.P. Kothari, Karthik Ramanna and Douglas J. Skinner
      Based on extant literature, we review the positive theory of GAAP. The theory predicts that GAAP's principal focus is on control (performance measurement and stewardship) and that verifiability and conservatism are critical features of a GAAP shaped by market forces.... View Details
      Keywords: Fair Value Accounting; Standards; International Accounting; Financial Markets; Financial Reporting
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      • TeachingInterests

      Executive Education: Leading Growth through Customer Centricity — India

      By: Rajiv Lal

      Establishing a strategic advantage in India's highly competitive marketplace requires a systemic shift in focus—away from selling products and toward meeting the needs of customers. But how many companies are prepared to carry out such fundamental change? By... View Details

      • October 1991 (Revised June 1996)
      • Case

      Lotus MarketPlace: Households

      By: Lynn S. Paine
      Managers at Lotus and Equifax must decide what to do about their new jointly developed database and software product Lotus MarketPlace which has been criticized as a threat to individual privacy. The Product, which would allow small businesses to buy targeting mail... View Details
      Keywords: Information; Business or Company Management; Rights; Ethics; Marketing Communications; Applications and Software; Product Marketing; Information Technology Industry
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      • March 2025
      • Case

      The Changing Climate on Wall Street

      By: Clayton S. Rose, Maxim Pike Harrell and Michael Norris
      Increasing and conflicting regulatory requirements and political pressures regarding climate change tested the leaders of U.S. financial institutions, as they struggled to determine how best to comply while managing their business and its risks.
      In October 2024,... View Details
      Keywords: Competency and Skills; Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits; Ethics; Corporate Accountability; Leadership; Management; Risk Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Adaptation; Risk and Uncertainty; Insurance; Climate Change; Change Management; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States; Europe
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      • 12 Dec 2012
      • Research & Ideas

      Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions

      environmentalists, consumer activists, women's organizations, health-care advocates, and farmers—wield great influence in areas of regulation including trade, product safety, and labor. Read an excerpt from the book. "It's important to... View Details
      Keywords: by Kim Girard
      • 2011
      • Report

      Nordic Globalization Barometer 2011

      By: Christian H.M. Ketels
      The Nordic Globalization Barometer 2011, the fourth in its series, builds on the methodology established in previous editions: The first part provides a short overview of the macroeconomic climate in the Nordic countries. The second part tracks the changes in economic... View Details
      Keywords: Economic Growth; Financial Crisis; Macroeconomics; Trade; Globalized Economies and Regions; Policy; Competitive Strategy; Scandinavia
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        American Fair Trade: Proprietary Capitalism, Corporatism, and the 'New Competition,' 1890-1940

        American Fair Trade explores the contested political and legal meanings of the term fair trade from the late nineteenth century through the New Deal era. This history of American capitalism argues that business associations partnered with... View Details

        • 02 Jan 2020
        • News

        British invasion: The UK fintechs taking on the US

        • October 2003 (Revised January 2004)
        • Background Note

        Online Securities Trading in Japan

        By: Lynda M. Applegate, Jamie Ladge, Haruki Umezawa and Masako Egawa
        Provides an overview of the Japanese securities industry and discusses how the online trading/brokerage industry grew as a result of deregulation of financial markets and penetration of the Internet in Japan. Describes major players in the online industry--Matsui... View Details
        Keywords: Internet and the Web; Competitive Strategy; Emerging Markets; Financial Markets; Business Strategy; Financial Instruments; Globalized Markets and Industries; Internet and the Web; Japan
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        • July 2020
        • Case

        Amanda and Kristen: Mented Cosmetics

        By: Steven Rogers, Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Alterrell Mills
        The co-founders (Black HBS alumnae) of an e-commerce beauty startup explore the unmet needs within the beauty industry. This case study examines the entrepreneurial opportunities that come from identifying an underserved market, specifically within the Black community... View Details
        Keywords: Brands and Branding; Competition; Customers; Disruption; Disruptive Innovation; Distribution Channels; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Macroeconomics; Marketing; Marketing Channels; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Product Design; Product Development; Product Positioning; Sales; Social Issues; Social Marketing; Business Startups; Strategic Planning; Strategy; Supply Chain Management; Venture Capital; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Advertising Industry; Public Relations Industry; Chemical Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Retail Industry; North and Central America; United States; New York (city, NY); New York (state, US)
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        • 07 Apr 2009
        • News

        Why Obama and Geithner Should Find a Bank Czar

        • 2017
        • Working Paper

        Private and Public Disclosures in Countries with Weak Institutional Environments: Evidence from Shanghai-Hong Kong Connect

        By: Aaron Yoon
        I study firms’ use of disclosure to build investor confidence when they operate in a market where the institutions that support the supply of credible information are weak. Using the announcement of a regulation that allowed foreigners to invest in select Shanghai... View Details
        Keywords: Corporate Disclosure; Reputation; Institutional Investing; Trust
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        • September 2011
        • Case

        AXA Private Equity: The Diana Investment

        By: Michael J. Roberts and William A. Sahlman
        The case focuses on an investment made by AXA Private Equity, a French manufacturer of food ingredients. The investment is made at the height of the financial markets, and financed with significant debt. Soon thereafter, the financial crisis impacted the company's... View Details
        Keywords: Private Equity; Ethics; Investment; Financial Crisis
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          Wenxin Du

          Wenxin Du is a Professor of Finance and the Sylvan C. Coleman Professor of Financial Management at the Harvard Business School. She studies global currency and fixed income markets, central banking, financial... View Details

            Pedro Tarak

            Keywords: B Corporation
            • 08 Aug 2016
            • Working Paper Summaries

            The Unintended Consequences of the Zero Lower Bound Policy

            Keywords: by Marco Di Maggio and Marcin Kacperczyk; Banking