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HBR Articles |
Bronwyn Fryer,
Vanessa Robinson,
Richard Hermon-Taylor,
Charu G. Raheja | Nov 01, 2009
When a UK insurance company is plagued with a securities fraud scandal that results in the ouster of the CEO, the head of human resources seizes the opportunity to shake up the culture with a bold rep...
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Cases |
Dwight M. Jaffee,
Michael Quigley | Nov 01, 2008
The implosion of the mortgage market during 2007-2008 raises fundamental questions about the American system of mortgage finance, insurance, and credit guarantees for housing. This article analyzes fe...
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Cases |
Cole Bolton,
David A. Moss | Dec 20, 2007
The New York State Legislature had come to a standstill in 1829 as lawmakers refused to charter any new banks or recharter any existing banks. Four of New York's forty banks had failed since 1825, and...
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Cases |
Luis M. Viceira | Jun 26, 2007
The Vanguard Group is one of the largest asset managers in the U.S., with over $1 trillion in assets, ninety percent of which are mutual fund assets, and more than 12,000 employees at year-end 2006. V...
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HBR Articles |
Gary Hamel | Feb 01, 2006
For organizations like GE, P&G, and Visa, management innovation is the secret to success. But what is management innovation? Why is it so important? And how can other companies learn to become managem...
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Cases |
Michael J. Roberts,
Howard H. Stevenson | Nov 07, 2005
Describes the general principles of crafting financial deals around the provision of capital to entrepreneurial ventures. Discusses in more detail some of the specific aspects of venture capital term ...
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Cases |
Garth Saloner,
Victoria Chang | Dec 17, 2004
Capital One CEO and founder, Rich Fairbank, had much to be proud of both in terms of his and co-founder Nigel Morris' accomplishments and the accomplishments of Capital One. However, he and Morris did...
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Cases |
Frances X. Frei,
Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar | May 08, 2002
Consumer auto insurance is a price-sensitive industry in which customers rarely pay a premium to a provider even for additional service features. Progressive spends more on additional service features...
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Cases |
F. Warren McFarlan,
Melissa Dailey | Aug 22, 1997
A major trust company attempts to implement a major software system while simultaneously reengineering business processes. Providian Trust, a previously non-IT intensive organization, must completely ...
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Cases |
Jeffrey F. Rayport | Jul 07, 1993
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the first supranational financial institution of the post-Cold War era, is planning its debut in the international capital markets through a bond ...