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08 Apr 2010
News

New Venture Finalists Announced

Keywords: HBS Clubs

October 2015
Case

Transpower New Zealand: Evaluating Board Performance

By: Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy and Sarah L. Abbott

Mark Verbiest, Chairman of Transpower New Zealand, initiated a performance review of Transpower's board of directors. The review, which took four months to complete, provided board members with individualized feedback on their performance, as well as information on how... View Details

Keywords: Board Of Directors; Performance Evaluation; Governance; Leadership; Performance; Organizations; Human Resources; Decision Making; New Zealand

16 Jul 2010
News

A new America through broadband

15 Dec 2020
Video

New Founder Series: Fundraising Essentials

February 2020
Case

Fake News at DER SPIEGEL (A)

By: Aiyesha Dey, Jonas Heese and Tonia Labruyere

The case discusses the strategy of DER SPIEGEL, the leading news magazine in Germany, in the aftermath of the discovery of a fake reporting scandal. It had come to light that one of DER SPIEGEL’s own reporters had falsified and made up entire articles for years,... View Details

Keywords: Scandal; Management Control Systems; Corporate Governance; Crisis Management; Communication Strategy; Journalism and News Industry; Germany

11 May 2011
News

A New Era of Entrepreneurship

01 Dec 2020
News

Invest in the New Abnormal

July 1989 (Revised August 1990)
Background Note

New Theories of International Trade

By: David B. Yoffie and Heather A. Hazard

Explores the "new" theories of international trade--also called strategic trade policy--which were developed in the 1980s. Examines why economists and policy makers thought new approaches were necessary to explain international trade, the contributions of industrial... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Theory; Policy; Trade

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jul 2012
News

Winning friends in new places

01 Mar 2004
News

He Loves New York

Why, observers puzzled, would Wall Street dealmaker Bruce Wasserstein (MBA 1971, JD 1970) pony up $55 million to buy New York magazine? Once the standard-setter of the city-magazine genre, the publication no longer seems to be the... View Details

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Emerging markets: news sources

Where can I find news sources with an emerging markets focus? EMIS (multilingual) Enter search terms into the main search box. Filter results by expanding Regions & Countries, click Clear selections, then add countries of... View Details

03 Nov 2023
News

Weekend Sprints: A New HBS Signature Event?

25 Jan 2018
News

A Whole New Game

After leading a group of investors to purchase the Sacramento Kings in 2013, Vivek Ranadivé (MBA 1983) partnered with local government in California’s capital to open a new arena and 1-million-square-foot mixed-use development in the... View Details

01 Jun 2009
News

The New “In” Crowd

Student Interest in Social Enterprise Is on the Rise As I sat in Burden Auditorium on a dreary Sunday back in March, surrounded by upwards of 1,100 students, I wondered whether I was witness to the arrival of a new zeitgeist. The occasion... View Details

18 Aug 2015
News

New HBS Fund Chairs

Garrett are based in New York City, where he is a Managing Director and Head of Global Private Equity at Morgan Stanley and she is a professional photographer. Both are active with a range of civic, cultural, and educational... View Details

01 Jun 2004
News

New MBA Leadership Course

Paine: “We want students to realize their full potential as business leaders.” Courtesy HBS Communications When Andy Mulkerin (HBS ’05), a chemical engineer by training, came to HBS he knew that his class would be the first to take Leadership and Corporate... View Details

Keywords: HBS; LCA; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

March 2007 (Revised October 2008)
Case

The New York Times Co.

The Sulzberger family owns 20% of the New York Times Co. (NYT) but controls 70% of the board through a dual-class share structure. At the company's April 2006 annual shareholder meeting, Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) and other investors, holding 28% of... View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Investment Activism; Corporate Governance; Governance Controls; Governing and Advisory Boards; Business and Shareholder Relations; Publishing Industry; New York (city, NY)