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  • July 2013 (Revised September 2013)
  • Case

New York City: Bloomberg's Strategy for Economic Development

By: Michael E. Porter, Christian H.M. Ketels and Jorge Ramirez-Vallejo
Traces the economic development of New York City from its founding in the 17th century through 2012. Focuses on the decisions made by New York City officials, past and present, highlighting the challenges of economic development at the city level. Enables deep... View Details
Keywords: History; Development Economics; Industry Clusters; Policy; Government Administration; Financial Crisis; Growth and Development Strategy
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  • 19 Apr 2016
  • First Look

April 19, 2016

century's most dynamic and important economies. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/516052-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 216-015 Clare College: Seeking Investment Opportunity in a Financial View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • March 2006 (Revised November 2006)
  • Case

The Market and the Mountain Kingdom: Change in Lesotho's Textile Industry

By: Rawi E. Abdelal, Regina M. Abrami, Noel Maurer and Aldo Musacchio
In Maseru, the capital of the Kingdom of Lesotho, the stirrings of industrialization and modernization were promising, and more than 50,000 workers, mostly women, were employed in the textile sector; the figure reflected more than a threefold increase in just a few... View Details
Keywords: History; Labor Unions; Trade; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Financial Crisis; Globalized Markets and Industries; Business and Government Relations; Decision Choices and Conditions; Foreign Direct Investment; Developing Countries and Economies; Fashion Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Lesotho
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  • 31 Oct 2014
  • Op-Ed

Ebola’s Call To Arms About Disaster Preparedness

lesson in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. The risk-management tools and safety margins needed to manage normal disruptions in the market were completely inadequate to handle a major catastrophe. We got rid of the buffers against... View Details
Keywords: by Gautam Mukunda; Health
  • 05 Apr 2011
  • First Look

First Look: April 5

multiple ways and installing reward and recognition programs. It also establishes new programs to align the extensive networks of suppliers and dealers to the strategy. But after a sharp decline in sales triggered by the global financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Feb 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018

American tradition of a well-regulated society with the legacy of Gilded Age laissez-faire capitalism produced the modern American regulatory state. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=48304 forthcoming Review of Finance View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Aug 2015
  • First Look

First Look Tuesday

Abstract—U.S. money market mutual funds (MMFs) are an important source of dollar funding for global financial institutions, particularly those headquartered outside the United States. MMFs proved to be a source of considerable instability... View Details
  • 19 Jan 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 18

speculation was helping or hurting the exchange or its participants. In addition, the financial crisis of 2007 and 2008 was driving new regulation in the industry, which brought new challenges and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018

contrast, we don’t find evidence of a secular shift in the cross-country correlations of stock market volatility shocks, which have remained fairly low through time except during the financial crisis of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 11 Aug 2020
  • Blog Post

Supporting Independent Workers During COVID-19: One Phone Call at a Time

financially underserved. Chrys and his parents in Aldrich early in the spring semester At the start of their first spring semester at HBS, Shrey and Chrys would meet almost daily after class to chat with HBS alumni and professors,... View Details
  • 24 Aug 2009
  • Research & Ideas

SuperCorp: Values as Guidance System

Many people today are focused on the global economic crisis, but Harvard Business School professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter sees also a global crisis of business. The model of American capitalism that worked so well to raise the fortunes of... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
  • 13 Dec 2016
  • First Look

December 13, 2016

its structuring stage in 2007, through the adverse periods of the global financial crisis and Arab Spring, until 2012. At this time, Hisham El-Khazindar, co-founder and managing director, had to decide on... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 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
  • 01 Dec 2000
  • News

Latin America's Decade

Posadas was "my number one choice," despite the region's difficulties. "Because of the financial crisis in 1982, we had the 'lost' decade — and the '90s were probably as lost as the '80s. It's been an uphill... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Latin America; research; infrastructure; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments
  • 16 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 16

banking" experience. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/110049-PDF-ENG Ben Bernanke: Person of the Year? Lakshmi Iyer and Matthew C. WeinzierlHarvard Business School Case 710-051 In response to the economic and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Nov 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

leverage and financial fragility for emerging market firms following the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Corporate debt vulnerability indicators during the Asian View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 26 May 2016
  • News

W. James McNerney Jr., MBA 1975

consistently producing strong financial results. “I believe you have to approach things positively. It’s all about the attitude you bring. If you obsess on obstacles, you’ll find obstacles.” “I believe you have to approach things... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; Air Transportation; Transportation
  • 17 Apr 2012
  • First Look

First Look: April 17

Case 112-095 The CEO of a financial services organization must decide how to maintain the company's "customer-first" values in the face of significant performance pressures after the economic View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Mar 2013
  • News

Sizing Up Social Impact

challenges in creative ways: "The Robin Hood Foundation" (with Catherine Ross). Created by hedge fund and investment managers, the Robin Hood Foundation fights poverty through grants to nonprofit organizations in New York City. As the global View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Crop Production; Agriculture; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities
  • 10 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 10, 2009

assistance. There was hope that the Bear rescue would help avert the far-reaching spread of damage into the larger financial world that many policymakers viewed as likely to follow the failure of a major investment bank. This case... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace