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20 Mar 2019
News

Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire

would gradually replace fossil fuels, and consumers might begin to refuse to buy them. However, the trouble lies with huge fossil fuel assets that aren’t fully depreciated and that we need to stop operating,” she said. Therefore, it is... View Details

Keywords: Allison Webster; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation

20 Dec 2016
First Look

December 20, 2016

instant availability of funds invested in liquid assets overseas, thereby limiting firms’ ability to rapidly and/or aggressively respond to competitive market conditions. More specifically, we show that the effects of cash holdings on... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

18 Dec 2014
Blog Post

Turnaround & Restructuring Club Conference Recap

panelists, including Joel Biran (Managing Principal, DWIM; Former Managing Director, Versa Capital Management), David Levenson (Co-founder and Partner, Goldbridge Capital Partners; Former Investment Professional, BlueBay Asset... View Details

01 Dec 2020
News

Up Your Time Affluence

here, Whillans offers straightforward strategies for gaining control over that most precious asset of all. Beware of time confetti. Our near-constant connection to technology leads to social media and email disruptions and “time... View Details

22 Jun 2009
Research & Ideas

“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms

read in Washington since it was submitted to Congress in January by a Congressional Oversight Panel. Congress created the five-member panel last October when it enacted the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to rescue... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services

11 Jul 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11

July–August 2017 Harvard Business Review Managing Climate Change: Lessons from the U.S. Navy By: Reinhardt, Forest, and Michael W. Toffel Abstract—The U.S. Navy operates on the front lines of climate change. It manages tens of billions of dollars in View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds

Group, Inc. in 2015: Celebrating 40. Co-written with HBS finance professor Adi Sunderam along with Allison M. Ciechanover (HBS MBA 2002), director of the HBS California Research Center, the case looks at the current state of Vanguard, which has a 78 percent share of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

16 Jun 2009
First Look

First Look: June 16

assets in its home base, it also opened up many opportunities abroad, including in Russia, one of the largest electricity markets in the world. The case outlines Enel's internationalization strategy and then focuses on one piece of the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2007
News

Mead Treadwell

installations and continuing today as America’s primary missile-defense site. Which of these issues worries you most? That’s a tough question. As someone who was trained at HBS and has made my living trying to take assets that most people... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Transportation

Fast Answer

Social Entrepreneurship & Systems Change

that provides funding to social entrepreneurs; offers a fellowship program that provides seed funding to emerging social entrepreneurs J.M. Kaplan Fund - a not-for-profit foundation with $146 million assets under... View Details

Fast Answer

Resources for Harvard Economics Students

provides asset sizes, fund flows, performance and holdings analysis, particularly in regards to open-end mutual funds. Also Includes data on closed-end funds, equity ownership, exchange traded funds, hedge funds, market indexes, money... View Details

01 Apr 2002
News

University Elections

Nashville, TN. Angela K. Dorn, AB ’87, JD ’90. Managing Director and General Counsel, Fletcher Asset Management, Inc. New York, NY. Melita M. Garza, AB ’81. Journalist, Chicago Tribune. Chicago, IL. John F. Irving, AB ’83, MBA ’89. Vice... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Government

2009
Article

India Transformed: Insights from the Firm Level 1988–2007

By: Laura Alfaro and Anusha Chari

Using firm-level data, this paper analyzes the transformation of India's economic structure following the implementation of economic reforms. The focus of the study is on publicly listed and unlisted firms from across a wide spectrum of manufacturing and services... View Details

Keywords: Financial Statements; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Transformation; Economics; Ownership; Assets; Sales; Profit; Stock Shares; Private Sector; Investment Return; Manufacturing Industry; Service Industry; India

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01 Dec 1996
News

Victory Lap: Frazier, Olympics COO, Reviews the Games

A.D. Frazier, Jr. (85th AMP), COO of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG), was featured in a June 1996 Bulletin article about the Olympics. Now a partner at Invesco, an Atlanta-based investment management firm that manages some $90 billion in View Details

01 Dec 1998
News

Short Takes

explains, "the 1980s were very challenging times for the U.S. textile industry. They enabled us to see clearly which companies did smart things in response to adverse conditions and which did not." Coding this information for ownership type and gauging performance by... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Oct 2001
News

HBS Press Books in Brief

Chris Lederer, argues that marketers and CEOs urgently need tools to manage vast groups of brands — not as individual elements or collections under one corporate roof but as complex systems that transcend corporate boundaries. The Infinite View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Management; Finance

01 Jun 2010
News

Green Dreams: Eco-Friendly Countertops

have been a huge mistake. Two years earlier, she and her partner, Peter Strugatz, had purchased the assets of Great Harbor Design at public auction for $26,000. The former owner had invested $4 million in perfecting a durable building... View Details

Keywords: Sarah Auerbach; Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

January 1983 (Revised February 1988)
Case

Hospital Corp. of America (B)

By: W. Carl Kester

Focuses on HCAs financing options for reaching its target capital structure. The options include new equity conversion of convertible debentures, a debt-for-equity swap, the sale of assets, and fixed-rate debt. Students must address the problem of market timing and... View Details

Keywords: Assets; Capital Structure; Cash Flow; Equity; Debt Securities; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Health Industry; United States