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- 01 Sep 2017
- News
History’s Lessons
acted when the stakes were high; from his growing depth as a moral actor; and from his sheer will to get up each morning and do what he could in service to his mission. In early September, Union forces scored a critical military victory.... View Details
- 28 Aug 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
The Impact of Private Equity Ownership on Portfolio Firms’ Corporate Tax Planning
- March 2004 (Revised May 2005)
- Case
Shurgard Self-Storage: Expansion to Europe
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Indra Reinbergs
Shurgard, a U.S.-based firm that rents storage facilities to consumers and small businesses, is considering financing options for rapid expansion of its European operations. Five years after entering Europe, Shurgard Europe has opened 17 facilities in Belgium, France,... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Valuation; Business Model; Governing and Advisory Boards; Entrepreneurship; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Service Industry; Belgium; France; Sweden; United States; Europe
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Indra Reinbergs. "Shurgard Self-Storage: Expansion to Europe." Harvard Business School Case 804-112, March 2004. (Revised May 2005.)
- November 2005 (Revised November 2007)
- Case
Meisterchef.com
By: Henry B. Reiling
Two underperforming companies are seeking to combine on terms that will preserve the net operating loss of one for use against their combined future profits or at least against the future profits of the company that generated the losses. The questions are whether the... View Details
- 23 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Management’s Role in Reforming Health Care
are used to good service from other industries and expect higher performance than they see on the delivery sector. They obviously worry a lot about whether their insurance will cover the medical services... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Latest Model
was booming: The price of bitcoin had surged to nearly $20,000; governments were beginning to recognize the cryptocurrency as legal tender; and industries from fintech to pharma were launching blockchain-related projects. (Though best... View Details
- October 2009 (Revised April 2010)
- Supplement
Societe Generale (B): The Jerome Kerviel Affair
By: Francois Brochet
This case illustrates the tension/balance that firms with complex and risky business models must consider in designing their internal controls. It describes the environment in which a derivatives trader engaged in massive directional positions on major European stocks... View Details
Brochet, Francois. "Societe Generale (B): The Jerome Kerviel Affair." Harvard Business School Supplement 110-030, October 2009. (Revised April 2010.)
- 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 Feb 1997
- News
Herzlinger on Health Care: Revolution in Evolution
The Bulletin recently spoke with Regina E. Herzlinger, the School's Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration, about her new book, Market-Driven Health Care: Who Wins, Who Loses in the Transformation of America's Largest View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Third Force: Indispensable to Society, Nonprofits Should Redirect Oversight Efforts
Homelessness. Entrepreneurial services for the poor. The arts. Spirituality. Who — or what — in our society can best address these issues? Here's a hint: It's not business, and it's most definitely not government. "Nonprofits are the most... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 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
- October 2018
- Supplement
African Bank Investments Limited (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
Less than a year after joining the board of African Bank Investments Limited (ABIL), the newest director finds himself in difficult discussions with other directors about removing the struggling company’s CEO. The case is set in South Africa in mid-2014 as shares in... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Personal Finance; Corporate Accountability; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Crisis Management; Insurance; Leadership; Management; Risk Management; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Africa; South Africa
Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "African Bank Investments Limited (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 319-053, October 2018.
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Tickling the Ivories
producer (sex, lies, and videotape), and is a prolific author. Founder and chairman of the San Francisco–based Institute for Large Scale Innovation, he advises corporations and governments on innovation, organizational transformation, and... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Community Investment
service agencies. Employees who volunteer individually and through organized company programs bring renewed enthusiasm to the workplace. Scoon: Our company has benefited in three ways from social enterprise activity. First, we take pride... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: On the Fly
couple of years will see more experimentation with baggage pricing. The success of Emirates is due in part to the fact that airline, airport, and air traffic control work together under one “boss” shareholder—ultimately owned by the View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
goods and services — from a second or third vehicle to health clubs to text messaging — that their great-grandparents could hardly have dreamed of. At the same time, the underlying sources for all this consumption — our wealth and income... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Lerner Honored for Research
Lerner The most esteemed international prize in entrepreneurship research was awarded in February to HBS professor Josh Lerner, author or coauthor of five books, including most recently Boulevard of Broken Dreams, the first in-depth examination of the failed efforts of... View Details
- 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
- 28 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Minimum Wage Hikes Drive (Lousy) Restaurants Out of Business
restaurants awarded five stars on the popular Yelp review service managed to carry on business as usual, despite a $1 increase in the minimum wage. But restaurants with a mediocre 3.5-star rating didn’t fare as well; the same $1 wage... View Details