Publications

07 Sep 2021
News

Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 2

almost resigned as CEO of GE. READ MORE Dan Morrell: I want to talk about an episode in 2009. This is in the wake of the financial crisis and you guys had just made a dramatic cut to the dividend. You were... View Details

27 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement

Published Papers Do the Right Firms Survive Bankruptcy? Journal of Financial Economics Samuel Antill “In United States, Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases, firms are either reorganized, acquired, or liquidated. I show that decisions to liquidate... View Details

October 2018
Case

African Bank Investments Limited (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz

Less than a year after joining the board of African Bank Investments Limited (ABIL), the newest director finds himself in difficult discussions with other directors about removing the struggling company’s CEO. The case is set in South Africa in mid-2014 as shares in... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Personal Finance; Corporate Accountability; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Crisis Management; Insurance; Leadership; Management; Risk Management; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Africa; South Africa

10 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Counting Up the Effects of Sarbanes-Oxley

Financial Executives Research Foundation found that 83 percent of large company CFOs agreed that SOX had increased investor confidence, with 33 percent agreeing that it had reduced fraud. And yet—the View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Accounting; Banking

01 Dec 2009
News

Noted & Quoted

“We simply can’t call it capitalism if the biggest financial institutions enjoy a guarantee from the taxpayer that if they go bust, or risk going bust, they’ll be bailed out. That has to change.” — Professor Niall Ferguson, responding to... View Details

Web

Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry - Course Catalog

and spawning compelling investment opportunities. Course Content Restaurant Economics. We will do a deep dive into the levers of financial management of restaurants – examining both revenue and cost strategies. Compensation and Workforce... View Details

Profile

Michael R. Bloomberg

City, a metropolis reeling from the shock of the horrible events of 9/11 and facing enormous economic and cultural challenges. Bloomberg led the city back to its feet and through the financial crisis that... View Details

09 Dec 2008
First Look

First Look: December 9, 2008

Business School Note 609-045 No abstract is available at this time. Purchase the note: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=609045 Financial Crisis in Asia:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

25 Aug 2022
News

Ready for Departure

included a graph of passenger volume over the years that charted a steady, skyward incline, dotted by a few fleeting blips along the way: the Asian financial crisis of 1997, the SARS outbreak of 2003, the... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustrations by Chris Gash; Air Transportation; Transportation

01 Dec 1996
News

Meditations on the Bottom Line

Massachusetts, the problem is just the opposite. Once an ashram - or religious community - for 350 practitioners of a yoga-based spiritual lifestyle, Kripalu has plenty of soul. What it needs now is a business plan that will help it survive a View Details

June 2010
Teaching Note

Australia: The Riches and Challenges of Commodities (TN)

By: Laura Alfaro and Renee Kim

Teaching Note for 709007. View Details

Keywords: Futures and Commodity Futures; Financial Crisis; Demand and Consumers; Trade; Natural Environment; Business and Government Relations; Policy; Growth and Development Strategy; Australia

December 2009 (Revised April 2012)
Case

Neoprene

By: Tom Nicholas and Felipe Tamega Fernandes

In 1931, during one of the worst economic crises in U.S. history, Du Pont announced the discovery of an innovative rubber synthetic product—neoprene. Yet at the time of the announcement, Du Pont did not have any neoprene to sell. Manufacturing facilities were still... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Business History; Innovation and Invention; Product Development; Risk and Uncertainty; Science-Based Business; Commercialization; Chemical Industry; United States

07 May 2013
First Look

First Look: May 7

Publications 2006 Review of Financial Studies Unstable Equity: Combining Banking with Private Equity Investing By: Fang, Lily H., Victoria Ivashina, and Josh Lerner Abstract—Bank-affiliated private equity groups account for 30% of all... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

05 Jan 2009
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles and Working Papers 2008

Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel Dean Jay Light and a group of Harvard Business School faculty explored the origins and possible outcomes of the U.S. financial... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

20 Jul 2010
First Look

First Look: July 20

long-term contracts based on negotiated "benchmark prices" to contracts based on spot prices, usually forcing mining companies to pay for shipping. Second, for Brazil's charismatic president, Lula, a former union leader, Vale's layoffs during the global View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

December 2003 (Revised October 2014)
Case

Alusaf Hillside Project

By: Kenneth S. Corts and John R. Wells

The aluminum industry has suffered from long periods of depressed prices and profits interspersed with relatively short-lived price and profit peaks. The case investigates why this has occured, focusing on the decision Alusaf must make on whether to invest in a major... View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Business Cycles; Financial Crisis; Metals and Minerals; Financial Strategy; Investment; Price; Profit; Demand and Consumers; Industry Structures