Financial Decisions - Publications - Faculty & Research

April 1991 (Revised October 1993)
Case

Cat Fight in the Pet Food Industry (A)

By: David J. Collis

Describes the pet food industry in the mid-eighties prior to the breakout of a major competitive battle as manufacturers fight for share. Illustrates how when there are benefits to play in multiple markets, competitors will take action in one market to preserve their... View Details

Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Forecasting and Prediction; Financial Markets; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Ownership Stake; Competition; Corporate Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry

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08 Jun 2021
News

New Funding for Female Founders

someone wakes up after falling asleep,” the Wall Street Journal reports. This can help inform decisions on how to shape a study—but ultimately the company’s goal is to make health care more preventive, Coravos says. View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

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Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy - Course Catalog

globalization entails. All managers now face a business environment where international, macroeconomic, and political phenomena matter. Understanding the genesis of financial and currency crises, stock market booms and busts, social and... View Details

22 Dec 2015
News

Bain Capital Managing Director to Retire

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

Profile

Mark Gundersen

experience absolutely made me come alive. I spent most of the summer analyzing financials and modeling loans. Then one afternoon, I got a chance to meet the people we were making loans to. A farmer wearing a 'World's Best Dad' T-shirt... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Removing Barriers

Anita Venkiteswaran (MBA 2012) Anita Venkiteswaran (MBA 2012), a principal at Focus Financial Partners in New York City, believes everyone qualified to attend HBS should have that ability, regardless of where they come from or their View Details

01 Oct 1999
News

Finance Conference Explores Research Methodologies

While HBS scholars have long appreciated the value of field-based research, the broader academic community in the field of finance has been slower to accept this method of inquiry. Field-based research, which closely studies the actions and View Details

01 Dec 2016
News

HBS Alumni On Leading Their Alma Mater

says her classmates’ queries about her work at HBS had a distinct progression. Initially intrigued by her decision to stay on campus and join the admissions office, every five-year reunion saw that intrigue increasingly yield to a new... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Sep 2016
Blog Post

Reflecting on the HKS/HBS Joint Degree Program

public and private sectors. I chose to pursue this joint degree because I hope to one day work for the government of Mexico, spearheading programs that create more competitive manufacturing and financial sectors in my home country. As a... View Details

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Entrepreneurial Finance (Q3) - Course Catalog

capital and receivables financing. Course Content and Educational Objectives The goal of Entrepreneurial Finance is to help managers make better investment and financing decisions in entrepreneurial settings. The course covers all stages... View Details

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Private Equity Finance - Course Catalog

many of the decisions taken by PE firms have a direct parallel to the strategic and financial decisions taken by companies more broadly and by other types of investors. The... View Details

13 Jul 2016
Blog Post

How To Hire A Millennial

work arrangements, meaningful mentorship programs, and sense of mission. General Electric isn’t moving to Boston’s waterfront for the views, however breathtaking they may be. In the increasingly fierce battle for millennial talent, GE’s View Details

Keywords: All Industries

August 2009 (Revised September 2009)
Case

Tenova: Mining for Growth in an Economic Crisis

By: Gary P. Pisano, Elena Corsi and Elisa Farri

In December 2008, Gianluigi Nova, CEO of Tenova SpA, a technology and equipment supplier to the metals and mining industry, had to choose between two options. The first was to continue growing in the company's core business: equipment for the steel production. The... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Crisis; Leadership; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Diversification; Industrial Products Industry; Mining Industry

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16 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Private Meetings of Public Companies Thwart Disclosure Rules

informed trading decisions about various firms. (Nonetheless, he was convicted of securities fraud and conspiracy in May 2011.) Soltes also hopes that the study will shed light on the fact that executives at publicly traded companies... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

Career Coach

Phil Wong

cross-sector and cross-asset class team focused on data-driven decision making, and launching an internal portfolio analytics platform. Phil’s journey to becoming a HBS career coach included work with Professor Perlow’s Crafting Your Life... View Details

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20 Jul 2010
First Look

First Look: July 20

contained in the mandatory transitional documents required by International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 1 (2005). We find significant negative abnormal returns for firms reporting negative earnings reconciliation. Although the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2006
News

Jay Light Named New HBS Dean

initiatives. He also was chair of the Finance unit (1986–88) and senior associate dean, director of Faculty Planning (1988–94). He took a leave of absence in 1977–79 to serve as director of investment and financial policies for the Ford... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

Profile

Maren Quezada

“It was a big setback. I couldn’t get financial aid, I couldn't finish school or get a job. When I went to adult school to learn English, I was looking for next steps, not big dreams.” But night school quickly turned into coursework at a... View Details

24 Apr 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

Harvard Business Review Managing Political Misfits By: Bermiss, Y. Sekou, and Rory McDonald Abstract—Not all employees agree with your politics. That's OK. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54406 forthcoming Management Science The ABCs... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Nov 2018
What Do You Think?

What’s the Best Administrative Approach to Climate Change?

Summing Up: Should a 'Montreal Protocol' for Administering Global Warming Be Pursued? Climate change and how to manage it is a daunting subject. Nevertheless, several readers of this month’s column were willing to venture a model or two for administering a system... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Energy

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