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  • October 1994
  • Case

Bankers Trust: Global Investment Bank

By: Andre F. Perold and Kuljot Singh
In October 1992, Eugene Shanks, president of Bankers Trust New York Corp., and Brian Walsh, head of the Global Investment Bank (GIB) business unit, are considering a proposal for a large and complex financing involving the North Sea Oil Co. (NSOC). The financing... View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Risk Management; Value Creation; Business History; Capital Markets; Financing and Loans; Financial Markets; Corporate Finance; Banking Industry; Energy Industry
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  • Web

The Art of American Advertising: 1865 - 1910

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details
  • Fall 2020
  • Article

Christo and Jeanne‐Claude: The Negotiation of Art and Vice Versa

By: Michael A. Wheeler
Over the past two decades the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School (PON) has named thirteen people as Great Negotiators. The project, directed by my colleague Jim Sebenius, has given us the opportunity to commend our honorees’ outstanding work and to learn from... View Details
Keywords: Art; Negotiation; Arts
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Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Golden Age of Black Business

Herndon returned to Atlanta to oversee the growth of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company (today the Atlanta Life Financial Group), founded by his father Alonzo. Herndon continued his family's tradition of philanthropy with major financial... View Details
  • Web

After the Opium War: Treaty Ports and Compradors - A Chronicle of the China Trade

Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership Networked Business... View Details
  • 24 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017

inference about an individual but provides population estimates. The veiled method increased self-reports of anti-gay sentiment, particularly in the workplace: respondents were 67% more likely to disapprove of an openly gay manager when... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • June 2002 (Revised March 2003)
  • Case

Bolivia: Globalization, Sovereignty, or Democracy?

By: Rafael M. Di Tella, Huw Pill, Miguel Lopez de Silanes Gomez, Cinthia Fernholz Violand and Ingrid Vogel
Describes the economic stabilization program implemented by the Bolivian government in 1985 to 1986 and its impact on the development process in Bolivia. View Details
Keywords: History; Programs; Development Economics; Inflation and Deflation; Globalization; Government and Politics; Bolivia
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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Reinhart, Reinhart, and Trebesch explore the rich history of booms and busts in capital flow by uncovering data from sources going back to 1815. The pattern uncovered by the... View Details
  • July 2018 (Revised July 2018)
  • Teaching Note

Argentina Power—Don’t Cry for Me Argentina

By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Sayiddah Fatima McCree
Teaching Note for HBS No. 218-041. This case concerns a complex potential energy infrastructure investment in Argentina by a global conglomerate shortly after Mauricio Macri (“Macri”) became President of Argentina in 2015. The central issues are (i) why was a country... View Details
Keywords: Argentina; Argentine Exceptionalism; Infrastructure Finance; Investing; Finance; Inflation and Deflation; Government and Politics; Energy Generation; Infrastructure; Utilities Industry; Energy Industry; Financial Services Industry; Argentina; South America
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  • 2020
  • Working Paper

Of Learning and Forgetting: Centrism, Populism, and the Legitimacy Crisis of Globalization

By: Rawi Abdelal
Every order is a bargain with disappointments and trade-offs. Thus is every order an unstable equilibrium. The first era of globalization, circa 1870–1914, created both international prosperity and domestic instability. That instability was fully realized during the... View Details
Keywords: Centrism; Populism; Globalization; History; Balance and Stability; Economic Systems; Government and Politics; Learning
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  • December 2008
  • Article

The Political Economy of 'Natural' Disasters

By: Charles Cohen and Eric D. Werker
Natural disasters occur in a political space. Although events beyond our control may trigger a disaster, the level of government preparedness and response greatly determines the extent of suffering incurred by the affected population. We use a political economy model... View Details
Keywords: History; Demographics; Natural Disasters; Policy; Economy; Government and Politics
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  • June 2021
  • Case

One Family Textiles: Stepping Back to Move Forward?

By: V.G. Narayanan, Alpana Thapar and Fares Khrais
This case explores how a family business builds a board that includes independent directors that helps to professionalize and strengthen governance in the company. The case relates to One Family Textiles, an Abu Dhabi-headquartered manufacturer of garments. The company... View Details
Keywords: Governance; Growth and Development Strategy; Operations; Governing and Advisory Boards; Business History; Decision Making; Accounting
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  • 07 Nov 2022
  • News

Victoria’s Secret Buys Alumni-Founded Adore Me

Morgan Hermand Waiche Morgan Hermand Waiche The Wall Street Journal reported last week that startup lingerie retailer Adore Me was bought by Victoria’s Secret for $400 million. Launched soon after Hermand Waiche graduated, Adore Me aimed... View Details
Keywords: Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade
  • 01 Oct 1997
  • News

W. Hall Wendel, Jr.

life-threatening situations, he had reached the top of Mt. Everest, the earth's highest point. By doing so, he became only the 24th person in history to "summit" the tallest mountain on each of the seven... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner; mountain; adventure; climbing
  • March – April 2008
  • Article

Customer Preference Discontinuities: A Trigger for Radical Technological Change

By: Mary Tripsas
What factors cause a mature industry to re-enter a period of technological turbulence? This paper addresses this question by developing a model of technological evolution that incorporates both technological trajectories and a new concept: preference trajectories, ... View Details
Keywords: History; Technology; Transition; Consumer Behavior; Industry Structures; Product Development
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  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

A Continuum of Innovation

As senior associate dean and chair of the MBA Program, Matt Weinzierl has a running list of questions that he and Jana P. Kierstead, the executive director of MBA and Doctoral programs, always keep in mind. They range from the curricular (How can we ensure that the MBA... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
  • Research Summary

The Value of Family Ownership, Control, and Management

In collaboration with Professor Raphael Amit of Wharton, Belén Villalonga is investigating how family ownership, control, and management affect firm value. Their forthcoming Journal of Financial... View Details

  • 26 Jul 2017
  • Cold Call Podcast

The Revolution in Advertising: From Don Draper to Big Data

Keywords: Re: John A. Deighton; Advertising
  • 17 May 2016
  • First Look

May 17, 2016

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/consumers-corporations-and-public-health-9780190235123?facet_narrowbytype_facet=Books%20for%20Courses&lang=3n&cc=us# 2016 Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance Antonio Serra and the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 May 2023
  • Blog Post

Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS (part 1)

might bring Lunchables to school one day and leftover fried rice the next. I felt that I was first and foremost an American, but also had bit “extra” because I was connected to a culture and people with thousands of years of rich history... View Details