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  • 05 Jun 2013
  • News

The age of the 'recycled CEO'

  • September 2010
  • Case

Angola and the Resource Curse

By: Aldo Musacchio, Eric D. Werker and Jonathan Schlefer
Since emerging from decades of conflict in 2002, Angola has been growing at a scorching double-digit rate, led by its oil industry. But the nation remains beset with seemingly intractable problems: immense inequality, low life expectancy, a non-diversified economy, and... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Developing Countries and Economies; Financial Crisis; Borrowing and Debt; Financial Institutions; Globalized Economies and Regions; Policy; Government Administration; Emerging Markets; Natural Environment; Angola
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    Jonas Heese

    Jonas Heese is a Professor of Business Administration in the Accounting & Management (A&M) Unit at Harvard Business School.He serves as a course head of Financial Reporting and Control in the MBA core curriculum and teaches The Anatomy of... View Details

    • May 2010 (Revised September 2013)
    • Case

    Friend Bank: The Time for Hope

    By: Clayton S. Rose and Aldo Sesia
    In 2010, Friend Bank was entering the fifth year of Hope Harris Johnson's ambitious 20-year growth plan to transform her family's one branch community bank into an institution with a substantial presence in southeastern Alabama. Harris Johnson was pleased, so far, with... View Details
    Keywords: Family Business; Financial Crisis; Banks and Banking; Growth and Development Strategy; Risk Management; Family Ownership; Competitive Advantage; Banking Industry; Alabama
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    • January 2010 (Revised March 2011)
    • Case

    Ben Bernanke: Person of the Year?

    By: Lakshmi Iyer and Matthew C. Weinzierl
    In response to the economic and financial crisis of 2008–2009, the Federal Reserve greatly expanded the scale and scope of its activities. Though lauded by many experts for its actions, the Fed and its chairman, Ben Bernanke, faced harsh criticism from some public... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Crisis; Central Banking; Governance Controls; Policy; Crisis Management; Power and Influence; Public Administration Industry; United States
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    • December 2008 (Revised March 2009)
    • Case

    Rosetree Mortgage Opportunity Fund

    By: Victoria Ivashina and Andre F. Perold
    In December 2008, in the midst of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, Rosetree Capital Management was evaluating the purchase of a pool of U.S. residential mortgages. The firm had formed an investment vehicle to acquire troubled residential mortgages... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Crisis; Borrowing and Debt; Mortgages; Investment; Housing; Valuation; United States
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    • June 2023
    • Case

    Investing in the Climate Transition at Neuberger Berman

    By: George Serafeim and Benjamin Maletta
    By mid-2023, Neuberger Berman (NB), an active asset manager, had grown its assets under management to about half a trillion dollars and took pride in its client centricity and innovative spirit. Responding to client demand for investment products that integrated... View Details
    Keywords: Carbon Emissions; Sustainability; Decarbonization; Performance; Risk Assessment; Opportunities; Environmental Sustainability; Carbon Footprint; Business Analysis; Investing; Regulation; Asset Management; Investment Strategy; Climate Change; Transition; Analysis; Product Positioning; Strategy; Investment Portfolio; Financial Services Industry; Energy Industry
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    • November 2019 (Revised May 2020)
    • Case

    Collibra

    By: Lynda M. Applegate, Jeffrey F. Rayport and Julia Kelley
    Founded in 2008 at Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Collibra was a data intelligence company that found product-market fit in the years after the global financial crisis when many companies were under pressure from consumers and governments to improve their data management... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Governance; Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Markets; Information Technology; Applications and Software; Technology Adoption; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Expansion; Information Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Europe; Belgium; Brussels; North and Central America; United States; New York (city, NY); New York (state, US)
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    • October 2015 (Revised November 2024)
    • Case

    A Challenger's Strategy: Pinar Abay at ING Bank Turkey

    By: Paul Healy, Gautam Mukunda and Esel Çekin
    In 2013, Pinar Abay was appointed as the CEO of ING Bank Turkey. At 34, she was the youngest bank CEO in Turkey's history. Her appointment raised eyebrows because of her youth and because her career at McKinsey had given her no day-to-day bank management experience.... View Details
    Keywords: Challenger's Strategy; Culture; Innovation; Performance Management; Talent Acquisition; Differentiation; Growth; Emerging Country; Banking; Digital Banking; Alternative Channels; Leadership; Change Management; Talent and Talent Management; Organizational Culture; Emerging Markets; Transformation; Banks and Banking; Innovation and Invention; Growth and Development Strategy; Banking Industry; Turkey
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    • 01 Oct 2013
    • News

    Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?

    • 20 Aug 2012
    • News

    Can America Compete?

    • 04 Dec 2014
    • News

    Can we manage?

    • June 2013
    • Case

    Comprosa

    By: Jim Sharpe and Jose Luis Barbero
    A Spanish manufacturer of packaging films has successfully returned to break even and is considering options to attain sustainable profitability. View Details
    Keywords: Turnaround; Turnarounds; Distressed Debt; Private Equity; Cash Flow Analysis; Supplier Relationship; Supply Chain Management; Unions; Global Competitiveness; Leadership And Managing People; Sales Force Management; Sales Compensation; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Global Strategy; Salesforce Management; Cash Flow; Chemical Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Spain
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    • 14 Apr 2020
    • Video

    Perspectives on the COVID-19 Pandemic: Kayyem-Leonard (Session 3)

    • December 2014
    • Article

    Market Competition, Earnings Management, and Persistence in Accounting Profitability Around the World

    By: Paul M. Healy, George Serafeim, Suraj Srinivasan and Gwen Yu
    We examine how cross-country differences in product, capital, and labor market competition, and earnings management affect mean reversion in accounting return on assets. Using a sample of 48,465 unique firms from 49 countries, we find that accounting returns mean... View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Performance; Valuation; Equity Valuation; Persistence; Competitive Advantage; Institutions; Earnings Management; Labor Market; Capital Markets; Competition; Profit; Performance; Supply and Industry; Financial Statements; Government and Politics; Globalized Markets and Industries
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    • 23 May 2011
    • News

    Nearly Half of Americans Are 'Financially Fragile'

    • 24 May 2010
    • News

    Raise Your Prices!

    • 30 Apr 2019
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019

    prevent the deepest recession in postwar history. A Crisis of Beliefs makes us rethink the financial crisis and the nature of economic risk. In this authoritative and... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • May 2010 (Revised July 2010)
    • Case

    Bank of America Acquires Merrill Lynch (A)

    By: Robert C. Pozen and Charles E. Beresford
    On December 22, 2008, Bank of America (BofA) chairman and CEO Ken Lewis convened a special board of directors meeting to review his company's pending acquisition of investment bank Merrill Lynch. Negotiations for the acquisition had begun a few months earlier, during... View Details
    Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Crisis; Corporate Governance; Government Legislation; Crisis Management; Business and Government Relations; Banking Industry
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    • 21 Jun 2020
    • News

    Leading with purpose and humanity: A conversation with Hubert Joly