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- 30 May 2019
- What Do You Think?
Is There a Distinctive West Coast Style of Management?
growth. It’s achieved by, among other things, concentrating on nonfinancial as well as financial outcomes, outsourcing and “renting” everything from assets to talent, using information and innovation from everywhere (not just internally)... View Details
- 31 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018
classical economic model and discussing extensions of the classical model and explanations grounded in behavioral economics that can account for the observed patterns. This part covers five topics: consumption and savings, borrowing, payments, View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Jan 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 23, 2018
transformation strategies that can be executed in the capital market. Over the period 1960–2016, we find that (1) unlevered bank assets underperform passive portfolios of maturity-matched U.S. Treasury bonds; (2) the cost of bank deposits... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jul 2017
- Research & Ideas
Are Stockbrokers Illegally Leaking Confidential Information to Favored Clients?
strategy, thus earning higher returns themselves—to the detriment of the rest of the market, which was not privy to the leak. “It’s a huge issue, because it hurts the investors who try to implement their investment ideas and puts the smaller View Details
- 13 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
How Government can Discourage Private Sector Reliance on Short-Term Debt
institutions instead, which the industry churned out en masse. One result: many financial institutions placed not only themselves, but the broader financial system, at risk. When a financial institution can no longer repay its debts, it may have to sell View Details
- 27 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 27
in preferred equity from the United States government via the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP). Yet, the stock had continued to slide in early 2009. In late February, the company announced that it would convert as much as $50 billion... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part Two
meaningful connections with consumers, one at a time. In doing this, they use a range of tools that Lauder herself developed, such as gift-with-purchase. But their most important assets are their understanding of what customers want,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 26 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
Evolving for Success [Part One]
Internet was a huge asset because it meant that I could work with global teams on the ground in many parts of the world. Then my team conducted over 300 interviews in about 80 companies, primarily in North America, Europe, and Asia. I... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 08 Nov 2024
- HBS Case
What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders
into summary statistics.” You Might Also Like: From P.T. Barnum to Mary Kay: Lessons From 5 Leaders Who Changed the World How Would Jack Welch’s Leadership Style Fare in Today’s World? How Would the Leadership Style of Girl Scouts' Frances Hesselbein Fare Today?... View Details
- 20 Aug 2024
- Book
Why Competing With Tech Giants Requires Finding Your Own Edge
Tech Giants Can’t Win by Feng Zhu and Bonnie Yining Cao. Copyright 2024 Feng Zhu and Bonnie Yining Cao. All rights reserved. You Might Also Like: Digital Strategy: A Handbook for Managing a Moving Target Can You Buy Creativity in the Gig Economy? Digital... View Details
- 09 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Are Management Consulting Firms Failing to Manage Themselves?
and Stay Flexible Checking Your Ethics: Would You Speak Up in These 3 Sticky Situations? The Best Person to Lead Your Company Doesn't Work There—Yet Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: Illustration created using View Details
- 30 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Market Makers Bid for Success
not work, because those parties will fight the market too much. We've now moved into upward and downward auctions and other kinds of exchange mechanisms for different economic situations. We have an asset marketplace for used View Details
- 10 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 10
liquidation value is not directly intuitive, since intangibles are highly illiquid assets and have uncertain future cash flows. Can banks reliably secure corporate loans by intellectual property, and how can they alleviate the challenges... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 12
Business School Case 111-082 The case describes the challenges that UBS faced as a result of the U.S. Department of Justice investigation for tax fraud, which claimed that UBS had helped some 52,000 U.S. residents hide billions of dollars in untaxed View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 18, 2007
the risk-adjusted balance sheet, which shows the sensitivity of the enterprise's assets and liabilities to external "shocks." At the national level, the sectors of an economy are viewed as interconnected portfolios of assets,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
From Tigers to Kaleidoscopes: Thinking About Future Leadership
deal an all-or-nothing proposition—also died by the sword, assert Ghoshal, Bartlett, and Moran. The authors' proposal for leaders of the future requires a simple yet profound shift in management philosophy. People can no longer be viewed as corporate View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 07 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 7
private-sector financial intermediaries to engage in excessive amounts of maturity transformation—i.e., to finance risky assets using dangerously large volumes of runnable short-term liabilities. Specifically, we make the case that the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 May 2016
- First Look
May 10, 2016
operators to recover their fixed costs. This results in stranded assets and cross-subsidies from poor to rich. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/716008-PDF-ENG View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2008
Abstract No abstract is available at this time. Cases & Course MaterialsBayesian Estimation & Black-Litterman Harvard Business School Note 208-085 Describes a practical method for asset allocation that is more robust to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 22
present a model in which fire sales propagate shocks across bank balance sheets. When a bank experiences a negative shock to its equity, a natural way to return to target leverage is to sell assets. If potential buyers are limited, then View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne