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  • 14 Nov 2011
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Impact of Corporate Sustainability on Organizational Process and Performance

Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles, Ioannis Ioannou & George Serafeim; Accounting
  • 2007
  • Article

Business Methods Patents as Real Options: Value and Disclosure as Drivers of Litigation

By: Atul Nerkar, Srikanth Paruchuri and Mukti Khaire
This paper proposes that patents are real options that allow holders of patents the right but not the obligation to sue others. We suggest that the likelihood of a patent's being litigated is positively associated with the value of the patent and the extent of... View Details
Keywords: Value; Corporate Disclosure; Lawsuits and Litigation; Patents; Rights; Business Processes
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  • 03 Apr 2009
  • Working Paper Summaries

Applying the Care Delivery Value Chain: HIV/AIDS Care in Resource Poor Settings

Keywords: by Joseph Rhatigan, Sachin Jain, Joia S. Mukherjee & Michael E. Porter; Health
  • 22 Apr 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Profits and Prophets: The Role of Values in Investment

"Profits and Prophets: The Role of Values in Investment," at the Harvard Business School Möbius Leadership Forum on April 12. Hayes holds the Jacob H. Schiff Chair in Investment Banking at Harvard Business School, Emeritus.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Nov 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success

Corporate-sponsored venture funds first appeared in the 1960s, about two decades after the first flowering of the venture capital industry. Ever since, they have mirrored the cyclic nature of the industry as a whole. But there are important differences, write Gompers... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
  • 2020
  • Working Paper

Measuring the Cost of Corporate Water Usage

By: DG Park, George Serafeim and T. Robert Zochowski
We develop a methodology that calculates the impact that organizations have on the environment through their water consumption relating to water stress risk. Using the methodology, we derive estimates for four companies that show how assumptions on the geographic... View Details
Keywords: Water; Water Management; Environment; Sustainability; Environmental Impact; Impact-Weighted Accounts; IWAI; Organizations; Environmental Sustainability; Valuation
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  • February 2005
  • Article

European Integration and Corporate Restructuring: The Strategy of Unilever c1957-c1990

By: Geoffrey Jones and Peter Miskell
This article examines the role of the large Anglo-Dutch consumer products company in promoting European integration. It shows that Unilever contributed financially to campaigns to support the creation of the European Union, and its subsequent expansion, despite a... View Details
Keywords: Horizontal Integration; Organizations; Policy; Expansion; Market Transactions; Geographic Location; Restructuring; Competition; Brands and Branding; Production; Capital Structure; Value; Consumer Products Industry; European Union; United States
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  • December 2021 (Revised February 2022)
  • Case

Bed Bath & Beyond: The New Strategy to Drive Shareholder Value

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel W. Fisher
At one time, Bed Bath & Beyond was one of the most successful specialty retailers in the United States—its growth and profit margins far exceeded both peer retailers in the home goods market as well as many other discount retailers. But in 2014, its stock price peaked,... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Value Creation; Diversification; Corporate Governance; Leading Change; Performance Evaluation; Valuation; Investment Activism; Retail Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States
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  • 2010
  • Working Paper

Does Diversification Create Value in the Presence of External Financing Constraints? Evidence from the 2007-2009 Financial Crisis

We show that the value of corporate diversification increased during the 2007-2009 financial crisis. Diversification gave firms both financing and investment advantages. First, conglomerates became significantly more leveraged relative to comparable focused firms.... View Details
Keywords: Diversification; Financial Crisis; Resource Allocation; Investment; Financing and Loans; Business Conglomerates; Capital Markets
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    Manufacturing Morals: The Values of Silence in Business School Education (book)

    Corporate accountability is never far from the front page and Harvard Business School trains many future business leaders. But how does HBS formally and informally ensure its members embrace proper business standards? Relying on his first-hand faculty... View Details

    • 16 Jun 2010
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Does Diversification Create Value in the Presence of External Financing Constraints? Evidence from the 2008-2009 Financial Crisis

    Keywords: by Venkat Kuppuswamy & Belén Villalonga
    • January 2023 (Revised August 2023)
    • Case

    Veeva Systems and the Transformation to a Public Benefit Corporation

    By: Ranjay Gulati and Allison M. Ciechanover
    Peter Gassner, the co-founder and CEO of Veeva Systems, steered the company through rapid scaling from its launch in 2007 to 2022. Year after year, the company had exceeded expectations, with its market capitalization reaching $50 billion at its peak. By 2022, the... View Details
    Keywords: Transformation; Corporate Governance; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Information Technology Industry; Technology Industry; United States; California
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    • 14 Oct 2002
    • Research & Ideas

    The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society

    Society is evolving and it is leaving business behind, say HBS professor Shoshana Zuboff and James Maxmin. In their new book, The Support Economy: Why Corporations are Failing Individuals and the Next Episode of Capitalism, they address... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace
    • 2011
    • Case

    The Haidilao Company

    By: F. Warren McFarlan, Zheng Xiaoming and Ziqian Zhao
    Haidilao Hot Pot brings customers delightful dining experiences. Like most restaurants, its workforce is mostly composed of young employees born in underdeveloped suburban areas. Instilled with the founder's unique entrepreneurial values, they are enthused and... View Details
    Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Customer Service; Employee Empowerment; Global Corporate Cultures; Organizational Values; Transformations; China; Restaurants; China
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    Strategies for Value Creation - Abridged (SVC-S) - Course Catalog

    course Corporate Finance: Corporate Financial Operations (CFO, course #1416), students can only take one of the three. SVC-S is an abridged version of the spring course Strategies for View Details
    • September 2024
    • Article

    Standing on the Shoulders of Science

    By: Joshua Lev Krieger, Monika Schnitzer and Martin Watzinger
    Today’s innovations rely on scientific discoveries of the past, yet only some corporate R&D builds directly on scientific output. In this paper, we analyze U.S. patents to investigate how firms generate value by building on prior art “closer” to science. We show... View Details
    Keywords: Patent Novelty; Value Capture; Science; Patents; Valuation; Research and Development
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    • Web

    Redefining Productivity in the Value Chain - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

    activities within the value chain. Building on Michael Porter’s decades of work in corporate strategy, the framework for Creating Shared Value analyzes the View Details
    • December 2012 (Revised August 2013)
    • Case

    Nestlé: Agricultural Material Sourcing Within the Concept of Creating Shared Value (CSV)

    By: Ray A. Goldberg and Lorin A. Fries
    Corporate Head of Agriculture Hans Jöhr's mind raced in anticipation of the executive board meeting that afternoon. Jöhr recognized the meeting as a key opportunity to strategize far into the future, reexamining how his team's efforts in sustainable agricultural... View Details
    Keywords: Agribusiness; Value Creation; Quality; Supply Chain Management; Social Issues; Environmental Sustainability; Problems and Challenges; Growth and Development Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Health Industry
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    • 2009
    • Working Paper

    International Differences in the Size and Roles of Corporate Headquarters: An Empirical Examination

    By: David J. Collis, David Young and Michael Goold
    This paper examines differences in the size and roles of corporate headquarters around the world. Based on a survey of over 600 multibusiness corporations in seven countries (France, Germany, Holland, UK, Japan, US, and Chile) the paper describes the differences among... View Details
    Keywords: Business Headquarters; Size; Organizational Structure; Culture; Japan; France; Germany; Netherlands; United Kingdom; United States; Chile
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    • 16 Mar 2003
    • Research & Ideas

    At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?

    Harvard Business School Dean Kim B. Clark made these remarks to the National Press Club on February 26.What I'd like to do is talk about a topic that I think touches the very heart of our society: the issue of corporate misconduct and the... View Details
    Keywords: by Kim B. Clark