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- November 2009 (Revised June 2012)
- Case
Crisis and Reform in Japan's Banking System (A)
By: Thierry Porte, Rawi E. Abdelal, Laura Alfaro and Jonathan Schlefer
In 1997, amidst Japan's ongoing financial problems, Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto sought to restructure the financial sector to make it more transparent and globally competitive. He hoped that this effort, dubbed the "Big Bang" after the British financial...
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Keywords:
Financial Crisis;
Capital;
Banks and Banking;
Crisis Management;
Business and Government Relations;
Banking Industry;
Japan
Porte, Thierry, Rawi E. Abdelal, Laura Alfaro, and Jonathan Schlefer. "Crisis and Reform in Japan's Banking System (A)." Harvard Business School Case 710-036, November 2009. (Revised June 2012.)
- November 2009 (Revised June 2012)
- Supplement
Crisis and Reform in Japan's Banking System (B)
By: Thierry Porte, Rawi E. Abdelal, Laura Alfaro and Jonathan Schlefer
In 1997, amidst Japan's ongoing financial problems, Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto sought to restructure the financial sector to make it more transparent and globally competitive. He hoped that this effort, dubbed the "Big Bang" after the British financial...
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Keywords:
History;
Adaptation;
Policy;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Financial Crisis;
Business and Government Relations;
Macroeconomics;
Restructuring;
Global Strategy;
Banks and Banking;
Banking Industry;
Japan
Porte, Thierry, Rawi E. Abdelal, Laura Alfaro, and Jonathan Schlefer. "Crisis and Reform in Japan's Banking System (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 710-037, November 2009. (Revised June 2012.)
- November 2009 (Revised March 2011)
- Case
New York Life and Immediate Annuities
By: Julio J. Rotemberg and John T. Gourville
By positioning Immediate Annuities as "guaranteed lifetime income," New York Life has built itself a $1.4 billion per year business by 2009. However, to make Immediate Annuities a mainstream financial product for retirees, New York Life must understand why many...
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Keywords:
Insurance;
Personal Finance;
Product Marketing;
Consumer Behavior;
Retirement;
Salesforce Management;
Insurance Industry
Rotemberg, Julio J., and John T. Gourville. "New York Life and Immediate Annuities." Harvard Business School Case 510-040, November 2009. (Revised March 2011.)
- October 2009 (Revised August 2014)
- Case
Tengion: Bringing Regenerative Medicine to Life
By: Elie Ofek and Polly Ross Ribatt
Tengion is a young biotech company that is at the frontier of regenerative medicine—a nascent field that seeks to promote the creation of new cells and tissue to repair or replace tissue or organ function lost due to age, disease, damage, or congenital defects. In late...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Financial Crisis;
Entrepreneurship;
Health Care and Treatment;
Technological Innovation;
Product Launch;
Product Development;
Research and Development;
Biotechnology Industry;
United States
Ofek, Elie, and Polly Ross Ribatt. "Tengion: Bringing Regenerative Medicine to Life." Harvard Business School Case 510-031, October 2009. (Revised August 2014.)
- October 2009 (Revised February 2010)
- Case
Merger of Equals: The Integration of Mellon Financial and The Bank of New York (A)
By: Ryan D. Taliaferro, Clayton S. Rose and David Lane
Less than a month after the close of the merger between The Bank of New York and Mellon Financial, managers at the two firms realized that plans for combining their asset servicing businesses—and realizing the $180 million of annual cost savings that they had promised...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Asset Management;
Financial Institutions;
Risk Management;
Integration;
Information Technology;
Financial Services Industry
Taliaferro, Ryan D., Clayton S. Rose, and David Lane. "Merger of Equals: The Integration of Mellon Financial and The Bank of New York (A)." Harvard Business School Case 210-016, October 2009. (Revised February 2010.)
- October 2009 (Revised February 2010)
- Supplement
Merger of Equals: The Integration of Mellon Financial and The Bank of New York (B)
By: Ryan D. Taliaferro, Clayton S. Rose and David Lane
[Continuation of "A" case.] Less than a month after the close of the merger between The Bank of New York and Mellon Financial, managers at the two firms realized that plans for combining their asset servicing businesses – and realizing the $180 million of annual cost...
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Taliaferro, Ryan D., Clayton S. Rose, and David Lane. "Merger of Equals: The Integration of Mellon Financial and The Bank of New York (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 210-025, October 2009. (Revised February 2010.)
- October 2009
- Supplement
Merger of Equals: The Integration of Mellon Financial and The Bank of New York (C)
By: Ryan D. Taliaferro, Clayton S. Rose and David Lane
[Continuation of "A" and "B" cases.] Less than a month after the close of the merger between The Bank of New York and Mellon Financial, managers at the two firms realized that plans for combining their asset servicing businesses – and realizing the $180 million of...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Horizontal Integration;
Financial Institutions;
Business Processes;
Risk Management;
Strategy;
Market Transactions;
Assets;
System;
Saving;
Banking Industry;
New York (state, US)
Taliaferro, Ryan D., Clayton S. Rose, and David Lane. "Merger of Equals: The Integration of Mellon Financial and The Bank of New York (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 210-028, October 2009.
- October 2009 (Revised April 2021)
- Case
Ingrid Johnson and Nedbank Business Banking
By: Michael Tushman and David Kiron
This case discusses the issue of leading change at the business banking division of Nedbank, a prominent South African bank, between 2005 and 2009. (This timeframe, beginning just 11 years after Apartheid's end, covers Ingrid Johnson's leadership of this division...
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Keywords:
Leadership And Change Management;
Leadership;
Leading Change;
Banks and Banking;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Structure;
Change Management;
Leadership Style;
Banking Industry;
South Africa
Tushman, Michael, and David Kiron. "Ingrid Johnson and Nedbank Business Banking." Harvard Business School Case 410-003, October 2009. (Revised April 2021.)
- October 2009 (Revised June 2011)
- Case
Zappos.com 2009: Clothing, Customer Service, and Company Culture
By: Frances X. Frei, Robin J. Ely and Laura Winig
On July 17, 2009, Zappos.com, a privately held online retailer of shoes, clothing, and other soft line retail categories, learned that Amazon.com, a $19 billion multinational online retailer, had won its board of directors' approval to offer to merge the two companies....
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Service Delivery;
Organizational Culture;
Internet and the Web;
Valuation;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Apparel and Accessories Industry
Frei, Frances X., Robin J. Ely, and Laura Winig. "Zappos.com 2009: Clothing, Customer Service, and Company Culture." Harvard Business School Case 610-015, October 2009. (Revised June 2011.)
- October 2009 (Revised December 2010)
- Case
GE Money Bank: The M-Budget Card Initiative
By: Michael L. Tushman, Sebastian Raisch and Christian Welling
The M-Budget Card case study is about mastering the challenges of an exploratory strategic initiative in a context marked by time pressure and frequent change. M-Budget was the first of a series of highly successful projects that established GE Money Bank as a leader...
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Keywords:
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Credit Cards;
Leading Change;
Product Launch;
Product Development;
Groups and Teams;
Banking Industry;
Switzerland
Tushman, Michael L., Sebastian Raisch, and Christian Welling. "GE Money Bank: The M-Budget Card Initiative." Harvard Business School Case 410-052, October 2009. (Revised December 2010.)
- October 2009
- Teaching Note
GE Money Bank: The M-Budget Card Initiative (TN)
By: Michael L. Tushman, Sebastian Raisch and Christian Welling
Teaching Note for [410052].
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- October 2009 (Revised January 2010)
- Case
The University of Notre Dame Endowment
By: Andre F. Perold and Paul Michael Buser
The Endowment Model of Investing, which was based on creating high risk-adjusted performance through diversification, a long time horizon, top-notch outside managers, and illiquid investments, had served Notre Dame and other large universities well over the past...
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Keywords:
Financial Crisis;
Higher Education;
Asset Management;
Private Equity;
Financial Liquidity;
Investment;
Risk Management;
Performance Evaluation;
Education Industry;
Education Industry
Perold, Andre F., and Paul Michael Buser. "The University of Notre Dame Endowment." Harvard Business School Case 210-007, October 2009. (Revised January 2010.)
- October 2009 (Revised July 2014)
- Teaching Note
New Century Financial Corporation
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Krishna G. Palepu
Teaching Note for [109034] and [113-002].
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- October 2009
- Teaching Note
China Merchants Bank: Here Just For You (TN)
Teaching Note for [307081] and [307057].
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- October 2009 (Revised January 2010)
- Case
The Joslin Diabetes Center
By: Michael E. Porter, Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg and Scott Wallace
The Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, Massachusetts is a leading center for diabetes care, clinician training, and research. The incidence of diabetes is rising precipitously worldwide, challenging quality of life with its complications and rapidly accelerating health...
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Keywords:
Integration;
Service Delivery;
Medical Specialties;
Health Care and Treatment;
Outcome or Result;
Corporate Finance;
Health Industry;
Boston
Porter, Michael E., Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg, and Scott Wallace. "The Joslin Diabetes Center." Harvard Business School Case 710-424, October 2009. (Revised January 2010.)
- October 2009 (Revised July 2010)
- Case
Roshan: Light at the end of the tunnel in Afghanistan
By: Herman B. Leonard and Qahir Dhanani
Roshan is a highly successful telecommunications company founded by the Aga Khan fund for economic development in Afghanistan during an ongoing civil conflict. Company leaders must now decide financial and market strategy for the next phase of development of the...
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Keywords:
Developing Countries and Economies;
Financial Strategy;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Marketing Strategy;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
War;
Telecommunications Industry;
Afghanistan
Leonard, Herman B., and Qahir Dhanani. "Roshan: Light at the end of the tunnel in Afghanistan." Harvard Business School Case 310-041, October 2009. (Revised July 2010.)
- October 2009 (Revised November 2011)
- Case
Citigroup-Wachovia-Wells Fargo
By: Guhan Subramanian and Nithyasri Sharma
In late September 2008, amidst the spiraling financial crisis, many firms on Wall Street were in a precarious position. One such institution was Wachovia, which entered acquisition talks with Citigroup and Wells Fargo. This case describes the development of these...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Financial Crisis;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Managerial Roles;
Banking Industry;
United States
Subramanian, Guhan, and Nithyasri Sharma. "Citigroup-Wachovia-Wells Fargo." Harvard Business School Case 910-006, October 2009. (Revised November 2011.)
- October 2009
- Teaching Note
Citigroup-Wachovia-Wells Fargo (TN)
By: Guhan Subramanian and Nithyasri Sharma
Teaching Note for [910006].
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- October 2009
- Article
Attracting Flows by Attracting Big Clients
By: Lauren Cohen and Breno Schmidt
We explore a new channel for attracting inflows using a unique dataset of corporate 401(k) retirement plans and their mutual fund family trustees. Families secure substantial inflows by being named the trustee of a 401(k) plan. We find that family trustees...
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Cohen, Lauren, and Breno Schmidt. "Attracting Flows by Attracting Big Clients." Journal of Finance 64, no. 5 (October 2009): 2125–2151. (Winner of the Barclays Global Investors Best Paper Prize, Asset Allocation Symposium, European Finance Association 2006. Winner of the Society of Quantitative Analysts Award, Best Paper in Quantitative Investments, Western Finance Association 2007.)
- October 2009
- Article
Managing Risk in the New World
Five experts gathered recently to discuss the future of enterprise risk management: Kaplan, the Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School, who with his colleague David Norton developed the balanced scorecard; Mikes, an assistant professor at HBS who studies...
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Keywords:
Forecasting and Prediction;
Financial Crisis;
Capital Structure;
Job Cuts and Outsourcing;
Risk Management
Kaplan, Robert S., Anette Mikes, Robert Simons, Peter Tufano, and Michael Hofmann Jr. "Managing Risk in the New World." Harvard Business Review 87, no. 10 (October 2009): 68–75.