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Movies: statistics
href="https://www.library.hbs.edu/Services/Industry-Highlights-Newsletters" target="_blank">Highlights newsletter: Entertainment & Media: Sign up for the bi-weekly industry focused newsletter published by Baker Library staff. ... View Details
Milton Bradley
history. In addition to games, Bradley designed jigsaw puzzles, wrote and published children’s books, and created model houses and other components for toy railroads. He was also an early prominent advocate for the establishment and... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
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Core Body of Knowledge - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
HBS Quick Links HBS Home MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions A Concrete Symbol The Exhibition Introduction Educating Business Administrators Core... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
25th Annual African-American Student Union Career/Alumni Conference
African-American HBS graduates, and a distinguished roster of speakers, including Earl G. Graves, Sr., founder and publisher of Black Enterprise magazine. Dennis F. Hightower (MBA '74), former president of Walt Disney Television &... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
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Passion Projects
Understanding the Utah War William P. MacKinnon (MBA 1962) has been researching the often-overlooked Utah War of 1857–1858 for more than 50 years. “I wanted to get this story out,” he says. “It altered forever the course of western, Mormon, and American history.” This... View Details
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Corporate giving, foundations and grants
information about the missions, programs, and finances of more than 1.7 million IRS-recognized organizations. A free version of GuideStar is available remotely through Candid. Chronicle of Philanthropy: Covers foundation and corporate giving. Philanthropy News... View Details
- 06 Sep 2017
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Bridgewater’s Ray Dalio on the ‘Principles’ of Tough Love
In 2011, Ray Dalio (MBA 1973), chairman of Bridgewater Associates, published his “principles” for business online. The document distilled Dalio’s belief in the power of “radical transparency” into 210 actionable items. (For example:... View Details
- 19 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2016
leader? Bill George, the creator of the "authentic leadership" approach to management, answers critics and outlines the path for executives to be more effective. Plus: The year’s most downloaded working papers In addition to stories, columns, and op-eds,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 30 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Do Mergers Hurt Product Quality?
numbers, obviously, and therefore easy to quantify. But product quality tends to be, well, qualitative. For this study, Sheen faced the unique challenge of trying to quantify the idea of quality. He found what he needed in back issues of Consumer Reports, a monthly... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
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Portraits from the Class of 2003
Laurent Chenot “I want to raise my kids for whoever they are, not for what I want them to be.” First Novel: Angel, written, looking for publisher Born: Sainte-Adresse, France First Trip to United States: summer 1994, intern at Michelin in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019
Alumni Books So You Think You Can Teach: From Expert Practitioner to Successful Instructor by Bill Cockrum (MBA 1961) Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Cockrum provides a guide for presenting or teaching a class to an adult audience,... View Details
- April 2015 (Revised October 2017)
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Buffett's Bid for Media General's Newspapers
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Annelena Lobb
On May 12, 2012, BH Media Group, a subsidiary of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, announced an offer to buy Media General's (MEG) newspaper division for $142 million in cash and provide debt financing to the struggling firm. Reactions from investors and industry... View Details
Keywords: Mergers ＆ Acquisitions; Bankruptcy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Valuation; Capital Structure; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financial Strategy; Risk Management; Executive Compensation; Cash Flow; Business Exit or Shutdown; Media; Advertising; Restructuring; Publishing Industry; Publishing Industry; United States
- June 2013 (Revised April 2015)
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Buffett's Bid for Media General's Newspapers
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Aldo Sesia
On May 12, 2012, BH Media Group, a subsidiary of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, announced an offer to buy Media General's (MEG) newspaper division for $142 million in cash and provide debt financing to the struggling firm. Reactions from investors and industry... View Details
Keywords: Mergers ＆ Acquisitions; Bankruptcy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Valuation; Capital Structure; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financial Strategy; Risk Management; Executive Compensation; Cash Flow; Business Exit or Shutdown; Media; Advertising; Restructuring; Publishing Industry; Publishing Industry; United States
Esty, Benjamin C., and Aldo Sesia. "Buffett's Bid for Media General's Newspapers." Harvard Business School Case 213-142, June 2013. (Revised April 2015.)
- November 2004 (Revised November 2004)
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Martha Stewart (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Christopher Bruner
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Paine, Lynn S., and Christopher Bruner. "Martha Stewart (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 305-035, November 2004. (Revised November 2004.)
- September 1991 (Revised December 1991)
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USA Today Decision, The: Making Headlines Across the Nation (A)
This two-part case series describes how the option of launching USA Today was defined and evaluated by the Gannett Corp. This case supports a broad discussion of whether the concept of a national, general interest daily fits with the changing external environment and... View Details
Keywords: Strategic Planning; Decision Making; Product Launch; Product Development; Publishing Industry; Publishing Industry; United States
Ghemawat, Pankaj. "USA Today Decision, The: Making Headlines Across the Nation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 792-030, September 1991. (Revised December 1991.)
- 01 Sep 2011
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Capitalism’s False Mantra
Related Links Martin discussing his book One of the most influential papers defining the role of business, “Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure,” was coauthored in 1976 by Michael Jensen, the Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
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Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion
Beijing is America’s largest foreign creditor. But how long will the Chinese continue to finance U.S. deficit spending? Illustration by Stuart Bradford In his new book, The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World, HBS professor and economic historian Niall... View Details
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Private companies: fast growing
financials you can also add % Revenue Growth YoY to your screening criteria.
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HBS - Financials | Statement of Activity & Cash Flows
Publishing 274 262 262 Endowment Distribution 184 173 162 Unrestricted, Current Use Gifts 41 37 40 Restricted, Current Use Gifts 19 23 28 Housing, Rents, Interests Income & Other 17 26 28 Total Revenues $805 $861 $925 Expenses 2021 2020... View Details
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Statement of Activity & Cash Flows - Annual Report 2014
Education Tuition 163 146 142 Publishing 194 180 165 Endowment Distribution 120 117 109 Unrestricted Current Use Gifts 28 22 19 Housing, Rents, & Other 15 14 11 Interest Income – 1 1 total revenues $ 633 m. $ 587 m. $ 546 m. Expenses IN... View Details