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- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
On October 3, 2005, Washington Mutual acquired Providian Financial Corporation, the ninth-largest credit card issuer in the U.S., for $6.5 billion. At the time, Providian had approximately 10 million customer relationships and a View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 18
(whether Wellfleet should accept it or not). At the same time, students will learn that gray-area risk decisions and, in particular, risk-adjusted performance measurement can rarely be automated. Risk governance requires executives to strike a View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why Online Retailers Should Hide Their Best Discounts
you say you can choose from anything in the store and the bargain bin, then people saw more of an assortment, including more items that appealed to them.” Of course, the devil is in the details. Each retailer has to find the proper View Details
- 09 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
Who Sways the USDA on GMO Approvals?
regulatory capture cannot be used the same on agencies," contends Shon R. Hiatt, an assistant professor at Harvard Business School. "There are a lot of checks and balances View Details
- 22 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 22
other banks with common exposures. We show how this contagion effect adds up across the banking sector and how it can be estimated empirically using balance sheet data. We compute bank exposures to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 7
fairness within the industry. Coordinating conflicting programs requires a careful balance between equity and efficiency. In our work, we first develop a fairness metric to measure deviation from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 16
the severity of pension plan underfunding, state budget deficits, and the use of high discount rates. Further we find opposing states are subject to more stringent balanced budget requirements View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 3, 2007
around the globe. As he considers 3i's performance through the first quarter of 2006 (3i's fiscal year 2006), he must balance his satisfaction at the firm's results and progress in the recent buoyant market... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2013
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Remember Nelson Mandela
environment often demands a team approach to problem solving. This requires a leader who, among other things, is comfortable sharing power and generous in doing so, is able to see extraordinary potential in ordinary people, View Details
- 24 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 24
214-028 The Case of the Unidentified Industries-2013 This case helps students to understand how the characteristics of a business are reflected in its financial statements. This case consists of an exercise in which students are given View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 27 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 27, 2009
industry and services. Although each Mubadala investment is supposed to earn large returns, the strategy balances financial against "strategic" returns. ADIA and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Apr 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: The Trouble with Tariffs
strategy has been very successful, and its positive balance of trade with the United States reflects the progress it has made. But balance of trade is a lagging indicator of... View Details
Keywords: by Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing; Auto; Steel; Air Transportation; Technology; Telecommunications
- 12 Nov 2024
- HBS Case
Inside One Startup's Journey to Break Down Hiring (and Funding) Barriers
inclusion goals and seek to make an impact beyond the balance sheet. He encourages investors to ask: “How do we make startups more accessible, both geographically and among... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Building Bridges: New Dimensions in Negotiation
Europe. Initially, Kennecott's BATNA was akin to a divorce negotiation that risked the loss of its Chilean holdings. But the company gained leverage by transforming a dicey two-party political situation into a multilateral business deal involving a number of players... View Details
Keywords: by Anita M. Harris
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
financial standpoint, such an investment would be very difficult for VNHS to justify. The irony was that with the new regulatory pressures and increased focus on preventative healthcare, telemonitoring pointed to an effective tool in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/313016-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 614-004 Exploration vs. Exploitation This module note introduces James March's concept of exploration and exploitation, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 23
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/514122-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 315-016 Teckentrup: A Door to Managing Difference For Kai Teckentrup, the owner and co-CEO of the German "Mittelstand" door manufacturer... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 06 Sep 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Prepare for a World Without Cheap Oil?
Summing Up Is the end of cheap oil a challenge to the world? Yes. Will it affect our standard of living adversely? Not likely. At least that is the verdict of most of the large number of respondents to this month's column who rely on assumed human ingenuity combined... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
when the ratio of government debt to total debt is higher; and ii) by firms with stronger balance sheets. Our theory provides a new perspective on the apparent ability of firms to exploit bond-market return... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 8, 2008
guidance. Meanwhile, the pressure to meet quarterly expectations intensifies. Directors need to do a better job of balancing compliance with forward thinking. Boardroom effectiveness hinges most on the quality of directors View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace