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- 15 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 15, 2016
modified to incorporate quasi-hyperbolic preferences. For reasons of political economy or aggregation of citizens’ preferences, government preferences are present biased, resulting in an over-accumulation of debt. Calibrating this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- November 2003 (Revised July 2014)
- Case
'Walking on a Tightrope': Maintaining London as a Financial Center
By: Geoffrey Jones and Meghan Gallagher-Kernstine
Focuses on the development of London as a leading international financial center and the difficulties it faces maintaining its status. Examines London's history as a financial center from Roman times to the present day. London's position in the 19th century rested on... View Details
Keywords: International Finance; Geographic Location; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business History; Status and Position; Financial Services Industry; Europe; London
Jones, Geoffrey, and Meghan Gallagher-Kernstine. "'Walking on a Tightrope': Maintaining London as a Financial Center." Harvard Business School Case 804-081, November 2003. (Revised July 2014.)
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
South Africa's Lucille Meyer: Shaping a Practical Presidency
aware that combining career, family, and school may be too much. In addition to working in several other government positions, Meyer previously served as chief director of management and executive services... View Details
Keywords: Morgan Baker
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Reimagining the MBA
Elective Curriculum (Second Year) Authentic Leadership Development Leading Professional Service Firms Leading Teams Leading and Governing High Performing Nonprofit Organizations Managing Human Capital Power... View Details
- 29 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Decoding Insider Information and Other Secrets of Old School Chums
An old adage says that it's not what you know, it's whom you know. But outsiders can take heart: even for those who don't belong to a high-power social network, there's power in simply keeping track of who went to school with whom. Associate Professors Lauren H. Cohen... View Details
- July 2010
- Supplement
Post-Crisis Compensation at Credit Suisse (B)
By: Clayton S. Rose and Aldo Sesia
The (B) case describes how Credit Suisse management allocated the cost of the 25% U.K. banker's tax among shareholders, U.K. managing directors, and the other employees globally. View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Cost; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Taxation; Compensation and Benefits; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Switzerland; United Kingdom
Rose, Clayton S., and Aldo Sesia. "Post-Crisis Compensation at Credit Suisse (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 311-006, July 2010.
- 05 Jan 2022
- News
Untapped Potential
technologies and providing services that are designed to improve water management worldwide. Already, the fund has invested more than $9 million in 12 companies that address such pressing problems as flood tracking, water waste and reuse,... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Funding His Purpose
says Letelier. About a quarter of nonprofits offer some revenue-creating programs, Letelier observes. For instance, a nonprofit offering free medical assistance in remote Brazilian communities would be eligible for government... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Generation Next
such as the life cycles of the family business, dilemmas inherent in working with relatives, grooming the next generation of company leadership, governance of the firm, and managing the impact of wealth on the family. "We spend much of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
the local level, and typically filled rural niches for consumer goods. At their peak in the early 1990s, an estimated 19 million TVEs operated across the country. By contrast, the SOEs were controlled by various government ministries at... View Details
- 13 Dec 2022
- News
The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith
never watch a baseball game the same way! My favorite cases were in Professor Ryan Buell's Managing Service Operations class, and informed my work improving government service... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Ronald P. Mitchell
Ron Mitchell says his most valuable learning experience at HBS did not take place in the classroom. Rather, it emerged from his work as student government president. "That's where I learned about working with people in a political and... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Health Care: Telemedicine Has Arrived
telemedicine services available next year to employees in states that allow it. We’re going to see a lot more investment in this area, from both established health care companies and startups. What’s next in health care? “More constraints... View Details
- 04 Jan 2016
- News
Making Things Right for Those Who’ve Been Done Wrong
Ariel Zwang (MBA 1990) is CEO of Safe Horizon, a New York–based organization that provides services to victims of violent crime and abuse. “I went to work at BCG right after I graduated. After a couple years, I realized that I did not... View Details
- March 2020 (Revised March 2024)
- Case
CIAM: Home-Grown Shareholder Activism in France
By: Charles C.Y. Wang, Tonia Labruyere and Vincent Dessain
The case discusses the strategy of CIAM, a French activist investment firm, involved in a case of a buy-out of minority shareholders in the telecommunications sector. Altice NV, an international telecommunications company based in the Netherlands that owned more than... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Private Equity; Strategy; Valuation; Investment Activism; Financial Services Industry; France
Wang, Charles C.Y., Tonia Labruyere, and Vincent Dessain. "CIAM: Home-Grown Shareholder Activism in France." Harvard Business School Case 120-072, March 2020. (Revised March 2024.)
- 1995
- Chapter
Financial Infrastructure and Public Policy: A Functional Perspective
By: Robert C. Merton and Zvi Bodie
Keywords: Financial Markets; Financial Institutions; Policy; Government and Politics; Business and Government Relations; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry
Merton, Robert C., and Zvi Bodie. "Financial Infrastructure and Public Policy: A Functional Perspective." Chap. 8 in The Global Financial System: A Functional Perspective, by D. B. Crane, K. A. Froot, Scott P. Mason, André Perold, R. C. Merton, Z. Bodie, E. R. Sirri, and P. Tufano, 263–282. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1995.
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Alumni Books
measured? How does India’s accountability rank against other countries? Does accountability affect economic and social performance? He examines the mechanisms that hold governance institutions accountable, explains why many View Details
- October 2011 (Revised March 2015)
- Case
SKS and the AP Microfinance Crisis
By: Shawn Cole and Yannick Saleman
SKS, India's leading microfinance firm, is challenged when politicians declaim microfinance as exploitation of the poor and severely restrict business practices. View Details
Keywords: Microfinance; Government Administration; Policy; Capital Markets; Crisis Management; Poverty; Financial Services Industry; India
Cole, Shawn, and Yannick Saleman. "SKS and the AP Microfinance Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 212-018, October 2011. (Revised March 2015.)
- 16 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 16, 2016
Marketing Studies Build It, Buy It, or Both? Rethinking the Sourcing of Advertising Services By: Silk, Alvin J., and Marta M. Stiglin Abstract—This paper provides an update on the current state of in-house agencies. Whereas traditional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne