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  • April 2019 (Revised December 2019)
  • Case

Turnaround at Mattel, 2017

By: Ted Berk
Just nine months into her new role as chief executive of Mattel, the world's leading toy maker, Margo Georgiadis faces a set of unexpected, inter-related decisions in the fall of 2017. Mattel's performance had been lagging for a number of years, and Georgiadis had been... View Details
Keywords: Turnarounds; Takeover; Leading Change; Financial Condition; Decision Making; Transformation
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  • 30 May 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Health Care Under a Research Microscope

says, "will kill us financially and medically it will ruin our economy, deny us the health care services we need, and undermine the important genomic research that can fundamentally improve the practice of medicine and control its... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health; Biotechnology
  • 07 Jun 2021
  • Book

9 Tips from an Expert Fundraiser: Help Donors 'Invest in Their Passion'

Others don’t do it very well.” The cruel reality, however, for many social enterprises, up to 50 percent of the CEO’s time can be devoted to securing financial resources. Without the resources, even the most exciting mission will fall... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 27 Oct 2009
  • First Look

First Look: October 27

Working Papers Money or Knowledge? What Drives Demand for Financial Services in Emerging Markets? (revised) Authors: Shawn Cole, Thomas Sampson, and Bilal Zia Abstract Why is demand for formal financial... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online

strategies Gain insights into the climate risk inherent in investment opportunities Discover how to integrate risks into financial models Think critically about how and where to add value while avoiding “impact washing” Who Will Benefit... View Details
  • May 2025
  • Background Note

Social Enterprise in Latin America

By: Brian L. Trelstad and Karina Souza
This research note provides an overview of the social enterprise ecosystem in Latin America, exploring current dynamics across key markets, including country-specific insights on Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, and Central America. In a region characterized... View Details
Keywords: Latin America; Brazil; Mexico; Argentina; Colombia; Chile; Impact Investing; Developing Countries and Economies; Social Entrepreneurship; Emerging Markets; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Ownership; Social Enterprise; Business Strategy; Equality and Inequality; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Latin America; Brazil; Mexico; Argentina; Colombia; Chile; Guatemala; Central America
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  • 04 Oct 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Diversity Boosts Profits in Venture Capital Firms

recent research in a new article in Harvard Business Review, “The Other Diversity Dividend,” co-written with HBS research associate Silpa Kovvali. They focused on the venture capital industry, which provided a unique laboratory for investigating View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services; Financial Services
  • 19 Jun 2007
  • First Look

First Look: June 19, 2007

ratings are not optimally using publicly available data. We discuss the implications of our findings for advocates and opponents of corporate social responsibility as well as for studies that relate social responsibility ratings to View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Beth Clark | About

member for Quintrix, a workforce development company dedicated to increasing diversification in IT organizations, and the MA Chapter of the National Financial Educators Council (NFEC), an organization... View Details
  • 27 Jun 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Recovering from the Need to Achieve

real sense of purpose and a "flatness"—in career and in life. They often go through patches of life without creating or enhancing meaningful relationships, and even lack strength to deal with life's failures. A former chief View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
  • Web

Faculty - U.S. Competitiveness

Faculty Project Co-chair Michael E. Porter Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, Emeritus Project Co-chair Jan W. Rivkin C. Roland Christensen Professor of Business Administration Mihir A. Desai Mizuho Financial Group Professor of... View Details
  • 05 Aug 2015
  • Research & Ideas

How Hormones Foretell Whether People Will Cheat

ethics study? For profit-based businesses, the researchers suggest a compensation system that includes more than just individual financial results. Past studies on the role of testosterone in competition have shown that it's possible to... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 2012
  • Working Paper

The International Politics of IFRS Harmonization

By: Karthik Ramanna
The globalization of accounting standards as seen through the proliferation of IFRS worldwide is one of the most important developments in corporate governance over the last decade. I offer an analysis of some international political dynamics of countries' IFRS... View Details
Keywords: Accounting Standards; Globalization; IASB; IFRS; Politics; Financial Reporting; International Accounting; Global Strategy; Corporate Governance; Policy; Government and Politics; Standards; China; India; Canada
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  • 06 Oct 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Problem with Hedge Funds

particularly tough time. During the 1990s small investors lost out to professional financial firms that manipulated the market; this time they're likely to lose out—if they're not careful—to other sophisticated investors as well. The Next... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
  • June 2020 (Revised September 2020)
  • Case

Shellye Archambeau: Becoming a CEO (A)

By: Tsedal Neeley and John Masko
With the economy in a freefall, MetricStream is losing customers, hemorrhaging cash and struggling to make payroll. Several board members are threatening to quit. Others are pressing to sell the company even at dismally low valuations. It’s 2008 and lightning has... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Race; Gender; Leadership Style; Risk and Uncertainty; Change; Prejudice and Bias; Decision Making; Personal Development and Career; Technology Industry; California
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Documenting the Wartime Effort | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

into World War II gave the steel industry a financial boost from the depths of the Great Depression as well as an opportunity for image burnishing. Large corporations and government worked together on the joint goal of supplying steel for... View Details
  • 01 Oct 1997
  • News

Donald J. Chiofaro

twelve-year marathon involving negotiations with some 150 citizens groups and government agencies as well as countless legal and financial hurdles. More than once, the entire venture appeared doomed. Of the experience, Chiofaro observes,... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
  • 09 Jun 2016
  • Cold Call Podcast

Hold on to Your Complexity: Bringing Multiple Identities to Work

Keywords: Re: Lakshmi Ramarajan; Financial Services
  • 22 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 22

Authors:Marcelo de Paiva Abreu and Felipe Tâmega Fernandes Abstract This paper surveys the formation and development of the insurance business in Brazil. It describes its origins, from colonial times and the imperial era to recent events.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 May 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Fixing the Marketing-CEO Disconnect

susceptibility to competition. How to repair the rift? Two HBS faculty developed a CD-based program called Measuring Marketing Performance targeted at senior executives—namely CEOs, COOs, and CMOs. The tutorial helps execs understand how... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne