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- 31 Oct 2023
- Research & Ideas
Beyond the 'Business Case' in DEI: 6 Steps Toward Meaningful Change
Williams. 6. Move from transactional to transformational messaging. The most critical part of this process is rethinking your motivations and messaging, Williams says. Move away from justifying diversity programs View Details
- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
academics talk a good game about the need for interdisciplinary thinking, but we usually fall back on the strengths (or prejudices) of our primary discipline. Chandler was heavily influenced by sociologists such as Max Weber and Talcott...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- July 2003 (Revised February 2004)
- Background Note
M&A Legal Context: Hostile Takeovers
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin, Constance E. Bagley and James Quinn
Introduces students to the main tactical maneuvers used by hostile bidders, including bear hugs, proxy fights, tender offers, and toeholds. Also describes how, in the United States, tender offers are regulated by the federal government via the Williams Act.
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Acquisition;
Cash;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Code Law;
Bids and Bidding;
United States
Baldwin, Carliss Y., Constance E. Bagley, and James Quinn. "M&A Legal Context: Hostile Takeovers." Harvard Business School Background Note 904-005, July 2003. (Revised February 2004.)
- Book Review
Leaning in Without Falling Over
By: Debora L. Spar
Deborah L. Spar reviews "What Works for Women at Work: Four Patterns Working Women Need to Know," by Joan C. Williams and Rachel Dempsey, who explore workplace sociology as it pertains to the needs, goals and difficulties faced by women in the workforce.
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Spar, Debora L. "Leaning in Without Falling Over." New York Times Book Review (April 13, 2014).
- 12 Jul 2010
- News
Is Venture Capital an Academic Pursuit?
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Supply Chain Risk: Deal With It
Back in the early 1990s, managers of U.S. companies were justifiably proud of the well-oiled machines they'd made of their supply chains. Over the previous fifteen to twenty years, they'd wrung costs from the mechanisms and processes by...
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by David Stauffer
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Wide Horizon
earlier in the week. The father initially wondered if this was just the “fever effect,” a phenomenon of behavioral improvements noted by some parents of children with ASD when their kids have fevers, which he had previously observed in...
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Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
chapter on consumption, for example, is by the late columnist William Safire, who wrote about how he came to own 38 shirts. His column is grouped with a reader's response and a set of stories about...
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- 13 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm
trip to Bermuda, and we're coming off a great summer in Colorado with our two sons, daughters-in-law, and two grandchildren, who live in Munich and San Francisco. There is nothing more fun or rewarding than the time we spend together. Excerpt: 7 Lessons for Leading in...
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by Martha Lagace
- July 2023 (Revised February 2024)
- Case
'Bugs' Burger Bug Killers
By: Ryan W. Buell and William Fulmer
In the height of its success, Bugs Burger Bug Killers (BBBK; Burger has a soft 'g' - it rhymes with merger) was the largest independent extermination company in America, growing at more than 20% per year. BBBK built its business on the promise of pest eradication,...
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- September 2024
- Supplement
National Public Broadcasting (B)
By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
Pre-abstract: Instructors should consider the timing of making videos available to students, as they may reveal key case details.
Abstract: This (B) case supplement is designed for use by faculty only to support classroom instruction in conjunction with "National...
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Financial Strategy;
Financial Management;
Media;
Ownership;
Strategy;
Advertising;
Decision Making;
Entrepreneurship;
Financing and Loans;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Private Equity;
Journalism and News Industry;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
United States
Ruback, Richard S., and Royce Yudkoff. "National Public Broadcasting (B)." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 225-706, September 2024.
- 30 Jun 2010
- News
The VC Shakeout
- 22 Jun 2011
- News
Measurement: Tracking social impact catches up with resource issues
- 03 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Box Office Power of Stars
owned by Cantor Index Holdings, mimics a real supply-and-demand-based stock exchange like the NYSE. HSX acts as the market maker—its technology is set up so that when there is high demand for a certain stock, prices will automatically go...
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- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Money Does Grow on (Family) Trees
For 17 years, Andre Kearns (MBA 1999) has been tracing his family tree. One by one, he has added branches, grounding himself in a long and sometimes complicated lineage. Through family stories, forgotten heirlooms, and vital records, Kearns has traveled back through...
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- 16 Sep 2016
- News
The Morning Risk Report: Better Performance Follows ESG Proposals
- 23 Dec 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
The Global Agglomeration of Multinational Firms
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by Laura Alfaro & Maggie Chen
- Research Summary
A Case Study Approach to Teaching Real Estate
William J. Poorvu has developed a casebook and instructor's manual for teaching real estate by the case method. Real Estate: A Case Study Approach elaborates a conceptual framework for viewing real estate and the real-estate process. The instructor's manual (which...
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- 27 May 2015
- News