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Lead Your Business Through the Coronavirus Crisis
Global Business Digital ArticleTwelve lessons on analyzing data, communicating information, and protecting your employees. -
What We’ve Learned from the Financial Crisis
Economics Magazine ArticleFive years later, how has theory adjusted? -
Managing the Liquidity Crisis
Global Business Digital ArticleCompanies are scrambling for cash in the face of the pandemic. -
Adapting Your Sales Approach in a Downturn
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleThe right process can help you boost revenue, expand margins, and successfully launch new products - even in challenging economic times. -
Creating Value in an Economic Crisis
Corporate communications Magazine ArticleIn the wake of some recent stock market rallies, consumer confidence is slowly rebounding from its lowest depths in decades. But it will take much more than a few good days on Wall Street to restore people’s faith in the positive forces of the free market and globalization. A recent Harris Poll shows that nine […] -
It's Time to Rethink Your Global Logistics
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleThe pandemic has overloaded companies' usual shipping networks. -
In a Crisis, Ecosystem Businesses Have a Competitive Advantage
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleHow China's biggest insurance company adapted to meet consumer needs. -
What Silicon Valley Bank Did Right
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleIt became a fixture among startups because it understood their needs better than other banks. -
Europe's Financial Crisis: No Time for Dithering
Leadership & Managing People Digital Article"This is no time for a novice," declared Prime Minister Gordon Brown at his party conference two weeks ago. What the British people wanted, he said, was... -
The UK Economic Crisis Might Not Be a One-Off
Global Business Digital ArticleBritain's travails are part of a wider set of political and economic problems in Europe. -
Silicon Valley Bank’s Focus on Startups Was a Double-Edged Sword
Financial crisis Digital ArticleSector specialization comes with steep risks — and high upside. -
What Coronavirus Could Mean for the Global Economy
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleIs a recession inevitable? -
Big Data and Machine Learning Won’t Save Us from Another Financial Crisis
Analytics and data science Digital ArticleHuman judgment still matters deeply. -
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Needs a Real Website
Brand management Digital ArticleReally? This is the online face of the of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission? The commission that’s tasked with restoring the public’s trust in our banking sector by bringing to light the misdeeds and malfeasance that caused the Great Recession? The Commission whose leader, Phil Angelides, as The New York Times‘ Frank Rich points out, […] -
What Will It Take to Solve the Student Loan Crisis?
Economics Digital ArticleReform needs to come from outside of higher ed. -
Eurasia Group's Ian Bremmer: Biggest Threat to World Is Rogue Actors - From Putin to Musk
Global Business Digital ArticleUnchecked power is dangerous in anyone's hands. -
How Banks Can Avoid a Repeat of the 2008 Foreclosure Crisis
Business law Digital ArticleMitigate, don’t litigate. -
A Financial Crisis Fifty Years in the Making?
Financial crisis Digital ArticleOver the past few weeks, I grew sick of listening to “big picture” stories on the financial crisis that only covered the last 5 to 10 years. That’s not the big picture. If anything, that’s the small-to-medium picture. So I called Walter Kiechel, the former managing editor of Fortune magazine and former editorial director of […] -
What Has the Eurozone Learned from the Financial Crisis?
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleThe European Central Bank isn't ready for the next one. -
Post-Financial Crisis, a New Generation’s Views on Money
Age and generational issues Digital ArticleIn 2008, adult conversations shifted. After nearly a decade of headlines on terrorism and the resultant wars, suddenly signs of financial trouble demanded top attention. Within months, the global financial crisis, considered by many economists to be the worst financial downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s, settled in around the world. Typical American […]
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Tombstones
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details This case consists primarily of excerpts from term sheets and prospectuses for six securities offerings made by US companies during 2009-2010, just after... -
1933: Germany's Economic Crises (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details In January 1933, German president Paul von Hindenburg confronted the dilemma of whom to appoint as chancellor in the midst of the Great Depression, polarization... -
1930-1933: The Great Depression and the End of "Orthodoxy" (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In February 1933, President Herbert Hoover reviewed the past four years of his administration. He had met a stock market crash and a recession that worsened... -
Merging Esso Iceland and Bilanaust (C)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details By December 2006, Hermann Gudmundsson (the chief executive officer of both Esso Iceland and Bilanaust) had spent the past 10 months evaluating the strengths... -
Necessity and Invention: Monetary Policy Innovation and the Subprime Crisis
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details This case describes the efforts of Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, to improve liquidity in money markets during the subprime crisis. The... -
Microfinance at Credit Suisse: Linking the TOP with the BOP
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details "Microfinance investment opportunities have been well received by Credit Suisse clients seeking socially responsible investments. They provide a ""double... -
The South Sea Bubble and the Rise of the Bank of England (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In October 1720, John Hanger, governor of the Bank of England (BoE), and his fellow directors confronted the imminent collapse of the South Sea Company... -
Altius Golf and the Fighter Brand
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Altius Golf is the clear leader in the golf ball market despite a long-term decline in the number of golfers and a drop in sales following the financial... -
Hillary Clinton & Partners: Leading Global Social Change from the US State Department
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details As U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton acted on a long-standing interest in public-private partnerships to elevate and activate an Office... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing in a Downturn, Expanded Edition (with bonus article "Preparing Your Business for a Post-Pandemic World' by Carsten Lund Pedersen and Thomas Ritter)
24.95View Details How do the most resilient companies survive--and even thrive--during a slowdown? If you read nothing else on surviving a tough economy and coming back... -
High Wire Act: Credit Suisse and Contingent Capital (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details The B case describes the process and terms of the very successful offerings of contingent capital in February 2011, as well as The Basel Committee's preliminary... -
JP Morgan Private Bank: Risk Management during the Financial Crisis 2008-2009
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Mary Erdoes, the CEO of JP Morgan's Asset Management business, and three colleagues provide insights into risk management issues faced by the firm's Private... -
1990 USSR: Reform, Revolution, or Retrenchment (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details In August 1990, Mikhail Gorbachev, president of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist... -
KBC Bank and Insurance Holding Company (KBC) (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case LBS109. This is part of a case series. The case describes the turnaround of the Belgian bank KBC under the leadership of Johan Thijs... -
Mexico (C): Reform and Crisis--1987-95
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details Describes the evolution of the Mexican economy and its relation with the international capital markets in the period leading up to the Peso crisis of... -
Merging Esso Iceland and Bilanaust (D)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details In December 2006, Hermann Gudmundsson (the chief executive officer of both Esso Iceland and Bilanaust) announced to employees of both companies that a... -
Robert K. Steel at Wachovia (B)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case 418055. In September 2008, Robert Steel presided over the sale of Wachovia, a top U.S. bank, less than three months after becoming... -
The Case of Sovereign Wealth Funds: A New (Old) Force in the Capital Markets
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In mid-January 2008, Merrill Lynch announced a $6.6 billion mandatory convertible-preferred share issuance, much of which was placed privately with the... -
TowneBank: Of David and Goliaths
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details During the summer of 1998, Bob Aston and his partners, all bankers, spent many days discussing their plans to start a bank in the south-eastern region... -
Malaysia: The Economic Transformation Program (B)
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details This case presents the Economic Transformation Program (ETP) designed by the Malaysian government meant to revamp productivity growth after a decade of...
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Lead Your Business Through the Coronavirus Crisis
Global Business Digital ArticleTwelve lessons on analyzing data, communicating information, and protecting your employees. -
Tombstones
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details This case consists primarily of excerpts from term sheets and prospectuses for six securities offerings made by US companies during 2009-2010, just after... -
1933: Germany's Economic Crises (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details In January 1933, German president Paul von Hindenburg confronted the dilemma of whom to appoint as chancellor in the midst of the Great Depression, polarization... -
What We’ve Learned from the Financial Crisis
Economics Magazine ArticleFive years later, how has theory adjusted? -
1930-1933: The Great Depression and the End of "Orthodoxy" (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In February 1933, President Herbert Hoover reviewed the past four years of his administration. He had met a stock market crash and a recession that worsened... -
Managing the Liquidity Crisis
Global Business Digital ArticleCompanies are scrambling for cash in the face of the pandemic. -
Merging Esso Iceland and Bilanaust (C)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details By December 2006, Hermann Gudmundsson (the chief executive officer of both Esso Iceland and Bilanaust) had spent the past 10 months evaluating the strengths... -
Adapting Your Sales Approach in a Downturn
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleThe right process can help you boost revenue, expand margins, and successfully launch new products - even in challenging economic times. -
Necessity and Invention: Monetary Policy Innovation and the Subprime Crisis
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details This case describes the efforts of Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, to improve liquidity in money markets during the subprime crisis. The... -
Microfinance at Credit Suisse: Linking the TOP with the BOP
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details "Microfinance investment opportunities have been well received by Credit Suisse clients seeking socially responsible investments. They provide a ""double...