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  • October 2013 (Revised November 2013)
  • Case

Blackstone and the Sale of Citigroup's Loan Portfolio

By: Victoria Ivashina and David Scharfstein
The credit boom that preceded the 2007-2009 financial crisis led to several lending practices that exposed banks to large risks. In particular, when the financial crisis unraveled, there were several billion dollars' worth of leveraged buyout (LBO) loans that were... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Private Equity; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Financial Markets; Investment; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry
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  • 2020
  • Working Paper

Cutting the Gordian Knot of Employee Health Care Benefits and Costs: A Corporate Model Built on Employee Choice

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Barak D. Richman
The U.S. employer-based health insurance tax exclusion created a system of employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) with limited insurance choices and transparency that may lock employed households into health plans that are costlier or different from those they prefer to... View Details
Keywords: After-tax Income; Consumer-driven Health Care; Health Care Costs; Health Insurance; Income Inequality; Tax Policy; Health Care and Treatment; Cost; Insurance; Employees; Income; Taxation; Policy; United States
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  • 16 May 2013
  • HBS Seminar

Robert Gierkink, Chairman, Datalogix

  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

Rounding the Bend

which collects used garments in Europe. “And as long as that’s the case, we have a problem.” It’s one of several, perhaps. The World Economic Forum estimates that the $1.5 trillion apparel industry is responsible for a 2 percent share of... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade; Retail Trade

    The Big Ditch

    On August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal officially opened for business, forever changing the face of global trade and military power, as well as the role of the United States on the world stage. The Canal's creation is often seen as an example of U.S. triumphalism, but... View Details

    • Fast Answer

    Bloomberg: futures

    How can I locate futures information in Bloomberg? Use Bloomberg for access to futures information. Type CTM and hit GO for the Contract Table menu. For stock index futures click the radio button next to Exchange. Select the exchange and... View Details
    • 12 Nov 2018
    • Blog Post

    Student Portraits - Armed Forces Alumni Association

    for well-educated, successful people to work in the public sector. Especially when it comes to the military, the alternative is a risk of increased insularity and a schism between those who serve and those who don’t. Personally, I... View Details
    • 03 Jul 2013
    • What Do You Think?

    What Are the Limits of Transparency?

    apparently includes transparency. The question of course is, "How much is too much?" There were those who would set what might be regarded as relatively narrow limits on the practice. For example, Traci Li said, "Transparency should be limited View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • Web

    Historical Data & Sources - Business History

    of State Population United States Census Bureau, Decennial Census, various years Download Data Set in Excel GATT Membership World Trade Organization, “Members and Observers” Download Data Set View Details
    • Web

    Student Research - Doctoral

    Insights Is There Too Little Antitrust Enforcement in the U.S. Hospital Sector? By: Zarek Brot-Goldberg, Zack Cooper, Stuart Craig and Lev Klarnet From 2002 to 2020, there were over 1,000 mergers of U.S. hospitals. During this period, the... View Details
    • 2024
    • Working Paper

    Scaling Core Earnings Measurement with Large Language Models

    By: Matthew Shaffer and Charles CY Wang
    We study the application of large language models (LLMs) to the estimation of core earnings, i.e., a firm's persistent profitability from its core business activities. This construct is central to investors' assessments of economic performance and valuations. However,... View Details
    Keywords: Large Language Models; AI and Machine Learning; Accounting; Profit; Corporate Disclosure; Analytics and Data Science; Measurement and Metrics
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    • 26 Oct 2018
    • Blog Post

    Making the Switch from Finance to Fitness

    “Fitness is your hobby. Finance is your career.” - Words so false that they changed my life.  Finance After graduating from Yale University, I joined the fast-paced world of Foreign Exchange (FX) at a large US-based investment bank in New... View Details
    • Web

    Business, Government & the International Economy Curriculum - Faculty & Research

    Q3Q4 3.0 IFC: Italy; Tradition and Innovation Sophus A. Reinert , Dante Roscini January 2026 J 3.0 Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy Vincent Pons Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Managing International Trade and Investment Meg... View Details
    • April 2011 (Revised February 2016)
    • Case

    Jamaica's Anemic Growth: The IMF, China and the Debt(th) Trap

    By: Rafael Di Tella and Natalie Kindred
    This case describes the economic development problems faced by the small Caribbean-island country of Jamaica over most of the past half-century. The Jamaican economy showed relatively strong growth in the 1960s but stagnated in the 1970s. By the end of that decade,... View Details
    Keywords: Government Administration; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; International Finance; Crime and Corruption; Poverty; Private Sector; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Economy; Developing Countries and Economies; Borrowing and Debt; Jamaica
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    • 12 Dec 2005
    • Research & Ideas

    Using the Law to Strategic Advantage

    Intel has avoided antitrust run-ins in large part because it effectively trained its marketers about what were and were not permissible trade practices. The goal is not to train managers to be lawyers or to... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Legal Services
    • Web

    Faculty & Research - Business History

    Faculty & Research Faculty & Research Harvard Business School faculty members have made notable contributions to the history of business. Faculty research is diverse, based in several of the School’s units, and reflects disciplinary... View Details
    • 04 Apr 2023
    • Book

    Two Centuries of Business Leaders Who Took a Stand on Social Issues

    While shareholders still reign supreme at many companies, a widespread shift toward more responsible business practices is driving more leaders to take a stand on social and environmental issues today, says Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones. Jones... View Details
    Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Consumer Products; Fashion; Retail; Green Technology
    • 12 May 2023
    • News

    Alabama's Yella Fella

    Photo credit: Auburn University Photo credit: Auburn University In 1970, Jimmy Rane (OPM 11, 1986) took over a tiny treated-lumber business in Abbeville, Alabama, that was hovering near bankruptcy. Its... View Details
    Keywords: Wholesale Trade; Wholesale Trade
    • 21 Sep 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    Are You Sabotaging Your Own Company?

    that you can’t make progress.” This cloud of inefficiency that hangs over many companies can be tough for business leaders to see. When a company is struggling, the first instinct is often to blame external factors, Thomke says. When the LEGO Group, for example, was on... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
    • Web

    Accounting & Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

    Anticorruption Efforts" (with Paul Healy, Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12–077, 2012). George Serafeim : Runner-up for the 2013 Whitebox Grant for Research in the Behavioral Sciences for the paper with Mozaffar Khan and... View Details