Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

It was one of the world’s highest-grossing IPOs in a year when the market was otherwise in chaos due to the mortgage lending crisis. In 2010, in India, the microfinance institution SKS also went through an IPO that generated millions in profits — along with an impressive amount of scandal and intrigue.

Microfinance 8

Microfinance IPO Real Estate Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Two years have now passed, GM has repaid part of the bailout, and it just executed a successful IPO. Post-IPO, GM isn't seen as spending taxpayer money on advertising. The parent company gets the bailout, faces and overcomes the crisis, and expresses gratitude. Running it on Thanksgiving Day was appropriate.

IPO 13

IPO Advertising Brand Banking 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

is generating plenty of high-potential startups, they argued, yet there is a problem: These companies don’t seem to be scaling or reaching an exit, such as an IPO or an acquisition. Companies that on paper look likely to grow are not growing as quickly as they have in the past.

Venture Funding 9

Venture Funding IPO Finance Constraint 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2014

Mason decided to pitch a total rebranding — a new logo, new tagline, and new copy and photography for ads and communications — to the new executive team brought in to prep the company for an IPO. And in short order, the company achieved consistent double-digit sales growth — and a successful IPO. The price tag?

IPO 9

IPO Audience Chief Information Officer Case Study 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

The reasoning, backed by several respected scholars, is that leverage was a leading cause of the financial crisis. Leverage ratios might be the O-rings of the financial crisis. Before the IPO in 1999, partners of Goldman Sachs owned equity in a private partnership. Over the summer, U.S. banks can use in their business.

Incentives 8

Incentives Banking Ethics IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Since the crisis, banks have reconsidered their overreliance on personal credit scores in small business lending. In August, OnDeck announced an IPO valued at $1.5 What seems novel and niche in small business credit scoring today has the potential to be ubiquitous tomorrow.

Credit Scoring 10

Credit Scoring Banking Dunning Metrics 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

For example, as it grew, Facebook found that its early “move fast and break things” culture had to be funneled into focused technical teams and product groups to make its product development process faster and less erratic, and for it to have a chance of meeting the demands of its new public shareholders following its IPO.

Banking 14

Banking Strategy Film Operations 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Another week, another potentially destabilizing global mini-crisis. This time, it's (yet another) global food crisis: food prices are set to skyrocket and the FAO's food price index is already spiking. Should we raise interest rates so there's less hot money sloshing around to fuel the bubble, bringing down food prices?

Globalization 15

Globalization IPO Decentralization Price 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Since the crisis, banks have reconsidered their overreliance on personal credit scores in small business lending. In August, OnDeck announced an IPO valued at $1.5 What seems novel and niche in small business credit scoring today has the potential to be ubiquitous tomorrow.

Credit Scoring 8

Credit Scoring Banking Dunning Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2010

That's why the traditional understanding of everything from GDP to " jobs " to " profit " to " IPO " is limited. And the systemic result of that is crisis, stagnation, and decline. And the result of an undersupply of disclosure is toxic, perverse incentives.

GDP 16

GDP Hypercompetition IPO Information 16

Tim Milburn

MAY 8, 2014

And do you remember Facebook’s disastrous IPO? And because you’re in a crisis, you’ll find that people will tend to be straight with you. Much of the advice you get during this crisis might seem simplistic. Billionaire Michael Bloomberg, three-time mayor of New York City, was fired from Salomon Brothers.

Gilbert 130

Gilbert Public Relations IPO Handbook 130

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2016

That’s because overload is a surmountable crisis—under the right leadership. In early 2013, Norwegian went public and became one of the most successful IPOs of the year, closing the year 87% above its IPO price. Having successfully survived the crisis of overload, Norwegian is a leader again.

Company 10

Company IPO Price Loyalty 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

But must employees, investors, and other constituents accept harmful employment cultures in fast-growth organizations until a crisis occurs? But this focus on a single element of the HR value proposition can perpetuate a crisis. This is a laudable response. Are these acceptable growing pains? In one word: No.

Compliance 12

Compliance Hedge Human Capital Finance 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2015

Since the last financial crisis, many new regulations have been implemented to protect shareholders, increasing the pressure on management to meet earnings expectations by prioritizing short-term over long-term. For many consumer tech companies, this post-IPO pressure on financial returns is too high.

IPO 8

IPO Company Maturity Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2012

And Goldman's behavior before and during the financial crisis just wasn't what any neutral observer could call client-centric. But Goldman succeeded in managing its risks before and during the financial crisis better than almost any other financial firm.

Hedge 14

Hedge Long-term Banking Short-term 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Seven years after that infamous day in 2008, we are a post-IPO company with a market cap of over $1 billion dollars. From the perspective of talent availability, the HubSpot sales team benefited immensely from the 2008 financial crisis. To my surprise, things did not slow down. We were able to secure our next round of funding.

Crisis 8

Crisis IPO Marketing Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2015

You may have heard that Europe is in a state of crisis. The crisis we speak of has even more severe consequences for Europe’s global competitiveness. Europe is experiencing an entirely separate crisis in dealing with the influx of illegal immigrants and political refugees. billion) of that of the United States ($ 37.9

Crisis 8

Crisis McKinsey Policies Globalization 8