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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. -
Crisis of Faith in the Financial System
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleWhat happens when there is a mass loss of confidence in the financial system? This very contemporary question was put in unexpected historical context... -
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... -
Is This an Analytics-Driven Financial Crisis?
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleThere is clearly some evidence that the current financial crisis was created-at least in part-by poor use of analytical approaches and techniques. If... -
Americans Haven't Saved Enough for Retirement. What Are We Going to Do About It?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleHow we got here - and one potential solution. -
Silicon Valley Bank’s Focus on Startups Was a Double-Edged Sword
Financial crisis Digital ArticleSector specialization comes with steep risks — and high upside. -
How Struggling Businesses Can Renegotiate Rent
Communication Digital ArticleIt's possible to find a win-win solution. -
How to Assess True Macroeconomic Risk
Economics Magazine ArticleModels and forecasts can be seductive, but it’s time for executives to reclaim their economic judgment. -
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. -
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 […] -
Why Businesses Should Lower Prices During Natural Disasters
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleIt helps your customers, which helps your brand. -
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 […] -
How To Measure Your Company's Risk in a Downturn
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleThe crisis in financial institutions and the imminent failure of the US-based automobile producers have raised the issue about whether use of the Balanced... -
The Surprising Winners in the Financial Crisis
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleThe comment that stuck with me the most vividly after a high-powered Harvard panel discussion (RealPlayer required) on the financial crisis yesterday... -
The Work of Leadership
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleMore and more companies today are facing adaptive challenges: Changes in societies, markets, and technologies around the globe constantly force businesses... -
Managing the Liquidity Crisis
Business and society Digital ArticleCompanies are scrambling for cash in the face of the pandemic. -
What Entrepreneurs Should Ask Themselves When an Economic Crisis Hits
Economics Digital ArticleThree questions can help you decide whether to keep your business going.
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Gilbert Lumber Company
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The Gilbert Lumber Co. is faced with a need for increased bank financing due to its rapid sales growth and low profitability. Students must determine... -
A Currency We Can Call Our Own: Populism, Banking Crises, and Exchange Rate Crises in Argentina, 1946-2002
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details The case describes Argentina's struggle to establish a credible monetary system under populist pressures and the recurrent use of exchange rate stabilization... -
Post-Crisis Compensation at Credit Suisse (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details On October 20, 2009 Brady Dougan, the CEO of Credit Suisse Group, announced a new compensation plan for the bank. The announcement had followed quickly... -
Post-Crisis Compensation at Credit Suisse (C)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details The (C) case describes the results of Credit Suisse's PIP I program, the value of PAF, shareholders' vote on the new compensation plan supported by management,... -
Citigroup-Wachovia-Wells Fargo
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The Rejuvenated International Monetary Fund
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details The International Monetary Fund was dismissed as almost irrelevant to the global economy, but during the 2008 financial crisis, it returned to center... -
Saginaw Parts Co. and the General Motors Corp. Credit Default Swap
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details This two-page case demonstrates how to unbundle the cost of credit extensions from product prices by observing the price of a credit default swap. It... -
Société Générale (A): The Rogue Trader
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In January 2008, Société Générale, revealed that trader Jerome Kerviel had exposed the bank to 50 billion euros in apparently unhedged and unauthorized... -
Fighting Financial Crises: Problems and Remedies
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This note reviews seven recurrent factors in financial crises (runnable debt, rising leverage, financial innovation, complexity, contagion, cognitive... -
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... -
Merging Esso Iceland and Bilanaust (F)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details By October 2008, the merger of Esso Iceland and Bilanaust into the new company N1 was considered a success. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation... -
Ping An's Overseas Expansion: Financial Uncertainties and Risk Management
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details By 2007, China's Ping An Insurance Co. ("Ping An") had grown into the second-largest life insurer in China. Its goal was to become a universal financial... -
The Beiteddine Festival: Bridging the Gap
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The Beiteddine Art Festival (BAF) is a non-profit organization that manages an art and musical festival in Lebanon with the aim of using cultural activity... -
Lyondell Chemical Company
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Hit with an industry recession and the global financial crisis of 2008, in January 2009 LyondellBasell Industries AF S.C.A., one of the world's largest... -
Australia: The Riches and Challenges of Commodities
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd faced a daunting task that he never imagined he would have to face when he was elected two years ago. Australia... -
Ford Motor Company: Strengthening the Dealer Network
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The case describes a five-year effort (2006-2011) of distribution rationalization and consolidation at Ford. The financial crisis in the second-half of... -
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... -
Great Depression: Causes and Impact (Abridged)
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Provides a vehicle for discussing the problems caused by the Great Depression. -
To Grexit or Not? Politics and Greece's Sovereign Debt Crisis
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In November 2012, the Greek economy was on the precipice of collapse. Antonis Samaras, Greece's newly elected Prime Minister, faced a difficult decision... -
Honeywell and the Great Recession: The Economic Recovery (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Five years after the Great Recession, Honeywell's CEO Dave Cote and his executive team reflect on the choices they made to manage costs and earnings forecasts...
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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. -
Gilbert Lumber Company
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The Gilbert Lumber Co. is faced with a need for increased bank financing due to its rapid sales growth and low profitability. Students must determine... -
A Currency We Can Call Our Own: Populism, Banking Crises, and Exchange Rate Crises in Argentina, 1946-2002
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details The case describes Argentina's struggle to establish a credible monetary system under populist pressures and the recurrent use of exchange rate stabilization... -
Post-Crisis Compensation at Credit Suisse (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details On October 20, 2009 Brady Dougan, the CEO of Credit Suisse Group, announced a new compensation plan for the bank. The announcement had followed quickly... -
Post-Crisis Compensation at Credit Suisse (C)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details The (C) case describes the results of Credit Suisse's PIP I program, the value of PAF, shareholders' vote on the new compensation plan supported by management,... -
Citigroup-Wachovia-Wells Fargo
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details -
The Rejuvenated International Monetary Fund
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details The International Monetary Fund was dismissed as almost irrelevant to the global economy, but during the 2008 financial crisis, it returned to center... -
Saginaw Parts Co. and the General Motors Corp. Credit Default Swap
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details This two-page case demonstrates how to unbundle the cost of credit extensions from product prices by observing the price of a credit default swap. It... -
Crisis of Faith in the Financial System
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleWhat happens when there is a mass loss of confidence in the financial system? This very contemporary question was put in unexpected historical context... -
Société Générale (A): The Rogue Trader
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In January 2008, Société Générale, revealed that trader Jerome Kerviel had exposed the bank to 50 billion euros in apparently unhedged and unauthorized...