Financial System - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2017
News

Removing Barriers

Anita Venkiteswaran (MBA 2012) Anita Venkiteswaran (MBA 2012), a principal at Focus Financial Partners in New York City, believes everyone qualified to attend HBS should have that ability, regardless of where they come from or their View Details

30 Jun 2020
Book

Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

financial system The state of trade Inequality and populism Migration Environmental degradation Failure of the rule of law The state of public health and general education The rise of state capitalism... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

15 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

The Lessons of New-Market Disruption

Teradyne and HP forced their organizations to focus on these new technologies. The CEOs of both companies got involved, creating separate, financially autonomous divisions for the projects to ensure that the technological breakthroughs... View Details

Keywords: by Clark Gilbert; Technology

01 Jun 2022
News

Vision: Into the Breach

perform automated scans of its clients’ systems for the duration of their policies, finding and plugging security holes as they appear. With approximately 14,000 customers and 2,000 more signing up each month, the company performs roughly... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand

03 Sep 2020
Op-Ed

Why American Health Care Needs Its Own SEC

see which clinicians, hospitals, insurers, and others provide the best value." Even if the Trump rules hold up, they cannot provide the full accounting of prices and outcomes the health care system needs. For that, the United States... View Details

Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger; Health

15 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 15, 2008

Guide to Changes 10 Years after the 1995 Bank Crisis Authors:Gustavo A. Del Angel, Stephen Haber, and Aldo Musacchio Abstract After the 1995 crisis, the Mexican banking system experienced significant changes in bank accounting standards.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Feb 1999
News

Q&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office

[see sidebar] further reflects the wide range of issues covered by our faculty. What can we learn from this region? The Asia Pacific, where 2,000 languages are spoken, is home to 60 percent of the world's population. The region's diverse economic, cultural, legal, and... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Jun 1998
News

Short Takes

authors. "They use motivation [merely] as the rhetoric to justify their actions." Moreover, the authors found that only two variables in their survey were associated with corporate financial performance: the presence of a strong... View Details

Keywords: Orna Feldman and Caroline Chauncey

10 Apr 2025
Blog Post

IFC India 2025: SELCO - Decentralized Renewable Energy to Develop While Decarbonizing

hydroponic system helps farmers maximize nutritional value from limited land resources, while solar-powered spraying drones save time, water, and pesticide use on small farms. The drone is an example of View Details

20 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways

Business Administration and author of Creating Value through Corporate Restructuring: Case Studies in Bankruptcies, Buyouts, and Breakups As United States equity markets and corporate balance sheets continue their remarkable comeback from the View Details

Keywords: Re: Rosabeth M. Kanter & Stuart C. Gilson; Air Transportation

15 Jun 2021
News

Diversifying HBS's Case Collection

Group (CRG) has helped faculty members source case leads beyond traditional networks. With the support of the Global Initiative and Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, the CRG has created a new case tracking system to help match faculty... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

Web

Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy - Course Catalog

globalization entails. All managers now face a business environment where international, macroeconomic, and political phenomena matter. Understanding the genesis of financial and currency crises, stock market booms and busts, social and... View Details

01 Sep 2013
News

Passion & Purpose

Thomas A. James “As an undergrad at Harvard, I majored in economics and minored in philosophy. There are a lot of connections between the two.” During 40 years as CEO of Raymond James Financial, James, a Baker Scholar, transformed the family firm into a global View Details

Keywords: awards; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Computer Systems Design and Related Services

December 2001
Exercise

Exercise on Employee Stock Option Dilution

By: Brian J. Hall

Discusses the effects of option dilution on stock prices and shareholder value. To simplify the example and isolate the complexity of option dilution, we make a number of simplifying assumptions. View Details

Keywords: Stocks; Price; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Business and Shareholder Relations; Complexity; Value

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01 Apr 2025
Blog Post

Alumni in Climate Networking Series: Miami

revolutionizing school bus systems across the country. By converting regularly scheduled school buses to electric vehicles, Highland has created a dual-purpose solution – these buses not only transport children safely but also return to... View Details

01 Mar 2013
News

Sizing Up Social Impact

profit-making; unlike financial performance, there is no common currency of measurement and aggregation," Ebrahim explains. "The value created by social-sector organizations accrues to society rather than to a set of owners or... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems

01 Mar 2003
News

Naina Lal Kidwai

Chartered Bank) in India in 1982, rising through the ranks in a variety of merchant, retail, and investment banking assignments before moving to Morgan Stanley’s India operation in 1994. Through a joint venture with the investment bank JM View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

18 Jul 2006
First Look

First Look: July 18, 2006

than $100 million. These transactions are large enough to require the help of a financial adviser and attract both strategic and financial bidders. The sale process described is that of a private auction,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 May 2024
Blog Post

Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - How to Build a Culture of Intrapreneurship

in recent interviews from the HBS Creating Emerging Markets project. Below, we feature the approaches to building this culture as presented by two prominent executives from Uruguay and Kenya, María Michelena in financial consulting, and... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Pencils Up: Taking Note of New Courses

sustainability, values alignment, and impact, creating a market that has grown almost 25 percent since 2014; it now represents $23 trillion in assets globally. “The potential to deploy capital to obtain financial returns while also doing... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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