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  • 01 Oct 2000
  • News

Internet Tsunami

Hiroshi Mikitani (MBA '93) is the founder, president, and CEO of Rakuten, Japan's leading online shopping destination. He believes that because the Internet allows merchants to circumvent the many intermediaries who jack up prices in... View Details
Keywords: Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade
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Baker Library Collections | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Introduction 1840s – 1880s General Merchants to Commodities Brokers 1880s – 1920s Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting 1920s – 1960s Investing in Emerging Industries 1850–1968 Lehman Brothers Family Partners 1960s – 2000s... View Details
  • March 1998
  • Teaching Note

Incident at Waco Manufacturing, The TN

By: Kenneth A. Merchant and Krishna G. Palepu
Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Manufacturing Industry
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  • November 1997
  • Teaching Note

Rohm and Haas (A), Teaching Note

By: Krishna G. Palepu and Kenneth A. Merchant
Keywords: Teaching; Information
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  • April 2010 (Revised June 2010)
  • Background Note

The U.S. Life Insurance Industry

By: Robert C. Pozen and McCall Ann Merchant
This note provides a background on the US life insurance regimes for the life insurance industry, including descriptions of different types of insurance, annuities, and regulation. View Details
Keywords: Insurance; Insurance Industry; United States
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  • March 1990 (Revised May 1996)
  • Teaching Note

Kansas City Zephyrs Baseball Club, Inc., Teaching Note

By: Kenneth A. Merchant and Krishna G. Palepu
Teaching Note for (9-187-088). View Details
Keywords: Sports Industry
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Lehman Brothers - Introduction | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Introduction 1840s – 1880s General Merchants to Commodities Brokers 1880s – 1920s Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting 1920s – 1960s Investing in Emerging Industries 1850–1968 Lehman Brothers Family Partners 1960s – 2000s... View Details

    John Wanamaker

    Wanamaker stores were the first to have a restaurant, electricity, an elevator, and a discount “downstairs” store. Wanamaker was also the first merchant to take out full-page newspaper ads that were written from the consumer’s point of... View Details
    Keywords: Retail
    • 19 Dec 2016
    • Blog Post

    The Making of An Internship: Impact

    an API for merchants and fulfillers. All three stories represent examples of how organizations and HBS students can work together to create a lasting impact in a short period of time. View Video View Details
    Keywords: All Industries
    • November 1997
    • Teaching Note

    Graves Industries, Inc. TN

    By: Kenneth A. Merchant and Krishna G. Palepu
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    • January 1996 (Revised July 1996)
    • Case

    Rabobank Nederland

    By: Kenneth A. Merchant and Robert S. Kaplan
    Describes the account manager's role and the history of one credit application. The purpose is to evaluate various methods the bank uses to influence account managers' behaviors. Also describes some alternatives being considered to improve the information systems used... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Management; Managerial Roles; Accounting; Information Management; Banks and Banking; Power and Influence; Banking Industry; Netherlands
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    Four Options for Measuring Value Creation

    By: K. Merchant and Tatiana Sandino
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    • 1986
    • Article

    Research and Control in Complex Organizations: An Overview

    By: R. Simons and Kenneth A. Merchant
    Keywords: Research; Organizations; Information
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    • 2003
    • Casebook

    Accounting: Text and Cases

    By: Robert N. Anthony, David Hawkins and Kenneth Merchant
    Keywords: Accounting; Cases
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    • 19 Jan 2024
    • News

    Blockchain for Good

    After immigrating to the United Kingdom in the late 1960s to escape the Nigeria-Biafra civil war, Stella Dyer (MBA 1994) and her family lived in public housing and had very little money. “But we still had more than our friends and relatives back home,” she recalls. “My... View Details
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    Lehman Brothers Deal Books | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

    Introduction 1840s – 1880s General Merchants to Commodities Brokers 1880s – 1920s Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting 1920s – 1960s Investing in Emerging Industries 1850–1968 Lehman Brothers Family Partners 1960s – 2000s... View Details
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    R. G. Dun & Co. Credit Reports | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

    Introduction 1840s – 1880s General Merchants to Commodities Brokers 1880s – 1920s Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting 1920s – 1960s Investing in Emerging Industries 1850–1968 Lehman Brothers Family Partners 1960s – 2000s... View Details
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    Related Archival Collections | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

    Introduction 1840s – 1880s General Merchants to Commodities Brokers 1880s – 1920s Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting 1920s – 1960s Investing in Emerging Industries 1850–1968 Lehman Brothers Family Partners 1960s – 2000s... View Details
    • 01 May 2013
    • News

    Deborah A. Farrington, MBA 1976

    working as a securities analyst for Merrill Lynch in Asia, running a private equity firm, and serving as managing director of a Hong Kong merchant bank. In 1998, she founded StarVest Partners, a New York City–based venture capital firm... View Details
    • 25 Apr 2014
    • News

    King of his castle

    and Renaissance fairs into a successful business that has delighted the thousands who visit his Sherwood Forest Faire near Austin, Texas. Appling's recreation of a late 12th-century village on 23 acres comprises more than a hundred permanent buildings, including View Details