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- 17 May 2016
- First Look
May 17, 2016
2016 New York: Oxford University Press Consumers, Corporations, and Public Health: A Case-Based Approach to Sustainable Business By: John A. Quelch. Abstract—The public health footprint associated with corporate behavior has come under...
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Sean Silverthorne
- October 2019
- Case
A Conversation with Ellen J. Kullman, Chairman & CEO of DuPont, 2009-2015
By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
Ellen J. Kullman, the retired Chairman and CEO of DuPont, describes how she guided the storied science and technology company through a contentious proxy battle with activist investor Trian Partners, which acquired DuPont shares in 2013 and sought to break up the...
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Agribusiness;
Capital Structure;
Corporate Accountability;
Corporate Governance;
Institutional Investing;
Leadership;
Leadership Style;
Management;
Transformation;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Chemical Industry;
United States
Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "A Conversation with Ellen J. Kullman, Chairman & CEO of DuPont, 2009-2015." Harvard Business School Case 320-017, October 2019.
- 01 Nov 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Long Does It Take to Improve an Organization’s Culture?
University (completed before the outset of the pandemic) concluded that a strong corporate culture fosters better execution, reduction in agency cost, and therefore, higher productivity and creativity. Of the many executives surveyed, 92...
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by James Heskett
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Dean Srikant Datar | About
worked with many corporations on consulting and field-based projects. He was honored by the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) as the Public Company Director...
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- November 2008 (Revised March 2009)
- Case
South Pole Carbon Asset Management-Going for Gold?
By: Forest L. Reinhardt, Jost Hamschmidt and Mikell Hyman
In late 2008, Christoph Sutter, CEO of South Pole Carbon Asset Management, reflects on his firm's early success at originating carbon credits in developing nations and selling them to governments and firms that seek to offset their greenhouse gas emissions voluntarily...
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Developing Countries and Economies;
Non-Renewable Energy;
Entrepreneurship;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Environmental Sustainability;
Corporate Strategy
Reinhardt, Forest L., Jost Hamschmidt, and Mikell Hyman. "South Pole Carbon Asset Management-Going for Gold?" Harvard Business School Case 709-030, November 2008. (Revised March 2009.)
- Web
Lehman Brothers Timeline | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Skip to Main Content Lehman Brothers Collection Resources Baker Library Collections Corporate Reports Collection R. G. Dun & Co. Credit Reports HBS Cases Baker Old Class Collection Related Archival Collections Bibliography Site Credits...
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- September 20, 2004
- Comment
How Consumers Value Global Brands
By: Douglas Holt, John A. Quelch and Earl L. Taylor
In 2002, we carried out a two-stage research project in partnership with the market research company Research International/USA to find out how consumers in different countries value global brands. First, we conducted a qualitative study in forty-one countries to...
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Global Brands;
Brand Value;
Multi-national Brands;
Social Responsibility;
Global Range;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Brands and Branding;
Social Marketing;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact
Holt, Douglas, John A. Quelch, and Earl L. Taylor. "How Consumers Value Global Brands." Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (September 20, 2004).
- 27 Feb 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
In Strange Company: The Puzzle of Private Investment in State-Controlled Firms
- October 2020
- Case
HOPE and Transformational Lending: Netflix Invests in Black Led Banks
By: John D. Macomber and Janice Broome Brooks
Following the killing of George Floyd on Memorial Day in 2020, the large US corporation Netflix elected to make a "transformational deposit" of $10 million into Hope Credit Union (HCU), a small Black led community development finance institution (CDFI) based in...
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- 05 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Developing Black Talent for Leadership
Give your money and your talents: Link to donate to any of the following organizations below (will continue to update)- https://tinyurl.com/ya4e2qzm MLT, National Black MBA Association, LEAD Business, View Details
- 09 Oct 2020
- HBS Seminar
Jeffrey L. Furman, BU, Questrom Sch of Business
- 10 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 10
Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/international_comparison_6f4a5ffb-82d4-471e-991f-90744f72e677.pdf February 2015 Business Model Innovation: The Organizational Dimension A View Details
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Carmen Nobel
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Founders & Investors - Entrepreneurship
Smith Drugstore.com MBA 1995 Sir Martin S. Sorrell WPP MBA 1968 James L. Southern, III Pacific Lake Partners MBA 1983 Joseph S. Steinberg Leucadia National Corporation MBA 1970 Thomas G. Stemberg Staples MBA...
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Strategy - Faculty & Research
landscape. Key issues include: the development and effectiveness of firm strategy at both a business and corporate level; the analysis of the competitive environment; and the sustainability of strategy over time. Our research, course...
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Finance - Faculty & Research
backward integrating this trading company into sugar growing and refining on the continent and/or becoming an independent power producer and selling electricity to the national grid. Based on an HBS field case, anonymized for HBR....
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- 30 Jul 2008
- Op-Ed
Why the U.S. Should Encourage FDI
are. They appear to systematically earn low returns on their investments in American corporate assets. “The singular fact about foreign direct investors in the United States is just how unsuccessful they are.” The returns on American...
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by Mihir A. Desai
- May 2008 (Revised July 2009)
- Case
Sovereign Wealth Funds: For Profits or Politics?
By: Laura Alfaro and Renee Kim
On March 21, 2008, the U.S. government secured an agreement from two leading sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) to adopt a new set of investment principles to govern the Funds' activities. SWFs, broadly defined as an investment fund owned by a national or a government, were...
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Foreign Direct Investment;
Investment Funds;
Sovereign Finance;
Corporate Disclosure;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
International Relations;
State Ownership;
United States
Alfaro, Laura, and Renee Kim. "Sovereign Wealth Funds: For Profits or Politics?" Harvard Business School Case 708-053, May 2008. (Revised July 2009.)
- 22 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 22
Working PapersInternational Differences in the Size and Roles of Corporate Headquarters: An Empirical Examination Authors:David Collis, David Young, and Michael Goold Abstract This paper examines differences in the size and roles of...
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Martha Lagace
- 07 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 7
managing the operations of companies whose activities stretch across national boundaries. The purpose of this book is to provide a conceptual framework showing the interplay between the multinational corporation, the countries in which it...
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Sean Silverthorne
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Fellowships - Business History
qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and...
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