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July 2003 (Revised April 2005)
Case

Branding Citigroup's Consumer Business

By: Rohit Deshpande and Carin-Isabel Knoop

In Spring 1998, Citicorp and Travelers merged to create a financial powerhouse that united the bank with Travelers' consumer finance and brokerage businesses, including Salomon Smith Barney and Primerica. It was the first U.S. financial services company to combine... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Relationship Management; Decisions; Asset Management; Investment Banking; Management Teams; Brands and Branding; Relationships; Business and Shareholder Relations; Banking Industry; United States

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29 Jan 2015
Op-Ed

The Fall of Greece

the liability side of the economy by pressuring to restructure the debt etc.. I am incredibly worried that it will cause significant damage on the asset side of the economy by destroying any emerging effort to create a competitive... View Details

Keywords: by George Serafeim

13 May 2014
Op-Ed

The Alibaba Effect

both raise and burn cash. Its only asset was Mr. Ma, its charismatic and dynamic founder. After we wrote our first case study about the company in 2000, we were afraid it would go bankrupt before we could teach the case for the first... View Details

Keywords: by Bill Kirby & Warren McFarlan; Retail

18 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

Getting It Done: Improving Nonprofit Performance

the nation's 54,000 foundations, whose combined assets total approximately $370 billion. If these foundations are willing to embrace this concept as an important priority and "to dedicate substantial resources to developing new market... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner

25 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

How Chapter 11 Saved the US Economy

and 2009, $1.8 trillion worth of public company assets entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection— almost 20 times more than during the prior two years." A significant portion of the private equity industry, he says, was "widely... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Financial Services

15 Aug 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017

ubiquitous by the 2010s; (3) asset lockups, which disappeared from the landscape for thirty years, have reemerged, though in a "new economy" variation; and (4) practitioners have begun implementing side agreements to the deal... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

September 2006
Tutorial

Internal Control Process - Online Tutorial

By: David F. Hawkins

Introduces the Internal Control Process by detailing its five components: 1) the internal control environment, 2) risk assessment, 3) internal control activities, 4) information and communications, and 5) monitoring. Includes multiple review exercises throughout the... View Details

Keywords: Accounting; Communication; Assets; Governance Compliance; Governance Controls; Policy; Information; Code Law; Risk Management; System; Online Technology

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May 2004
Teaching Note

Seagate Technology Buyout (TN)

By: Stuart C. Gilson

Teaching Note to (9-201-063). View Details

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Negotiation Deal; Negotiation Participants; Equity; Value; Volatility; Assets; Capital; Computer Industry

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November 1989 (Revised March 1995)
Case

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.--1988

By: Timothy A. Luehrman

Set two years after a takeover attempt forced the company to restructure by leveraging up, selling assets, and repurchasing stock. The case affords an opportunity to analyze what effect the restructuring had on: 1) the cost of capital, 2) investment decisions, and 3)... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Restructuring; Assets; Cost of Capital; Investment; Competition; Rubber Industry

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14 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

How Can Start Ups Grow?

Agencies then often stumble when the founder leaves. I was interested in understanding how firms, whose chief competitive assets are their founders' talents or skills, scale their operations and grow. Heavy dependence on individuals'... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Advertising

24 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 24, 2009

effects of partner-specific experience. We suggest that the effect of partner-specific experience on value creation in alliances is moderated by the extent to which the assets of the new partner differ from those of the firm's prior... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Where Main Street Meets Wall Street

single, highly value-added package: the marketability of its instantly redeemable shares, affordability, oversight by professional investors, asset diversification, and diminished risk. With these consumer-oriented advantages, with the... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Financial Services

12 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

The New Real Estate

2001, real estate has become a legitimate asset class and a good diversifier from stocks and bonds. Second, with graying populations in the West and Japan, real estate is particularly appreciated because it is a strong generator of... View Details

Keywords: by Arthur I. Segel; Construction; Real Estate

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Professors Introduce Valuation Software

key performance variables (sales growth, profit margins, working capital turnover and long-term asset turnover) as well as financial leverage and cost of capital. Users can judge whether their forecasts are reasonable by comparing them... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

14 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Are You Managing To a ‘T’? Time To Break With Tradition

Despite their best efforts, most companies continue to squander what may be their greatest asset in today's knowledge economy: the wealth of expertise, ideas, and latent insights that lies scattered across or deeply embedded in their... View Details

Keywords: by Morten T. Hansen & Bolko Von Oetinger

30 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

COVID Not Slowing VC Investment

equity managers from firms overseeing more than $1.9 trillion in assets during July and early August. They found that 92 percent of private-equity managers were interacting with portfolio companies every week during the pandemic, compared... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services; Banking

23 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Forgiving Medical Debt Won't Make Everyone Happier

Bundle’ of Health Insurance Cure Coverage Gaps and Spur Innovation? Can Insurance Technology Solve the Uninsured Driver Problem? Why Cutting Jobless Aid Isn't the Answer to Worker Shortages Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu.... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health

15 Mar 2021
Office Hours

Readers Ask: What's the Next 'Big Thing' in Finance?

“Office Hours” series. During “Office Hours,” HBS experts field questions from Instagram users, responding through short videos. Cohen studies finance and innovation, producing research and courses about topics including fintech, asset... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Financial Services

September 1995
Case

Ares-Serono

By: Michael Y. Yoshino, Jean-Pierre Jeannet and Carin-Isabel Knoop

Ares Serono, a medium-size Swiss pharmaceutical company, is the global leader in the field of fertility drugs. The company has successfully transformed into one of the very few biotech firms in Europe. The case treats a set of major strategic and organizational... View Details