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- 01 Sep 2003
- News
New York Club Honors Goldman Sachs CEO
2003 Business Statesman Award recipient Hank Paulson and Scott Meyer (MBA ’96), former HBSCNY president. Larry Busacca Photography Henry M. Paulson, Jr. (MBA ’70), chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs, received the 2003 View Details
- 2016
- Working Paper
Shareholder Activism on Sustainability Issues
By: Jody Grewal, George Serafeim and Aaron Yoon
Shareholder activism on sustainability issues has become increasingly prevalent over the years, with the number of proposals filed doubling from 1999 to 2013. We use recent innovations in accounting standard setting to classify 2,665 shareholder proposals that address...
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Sustainability;
Activism;
Activist Investors;
Activist Shareholder;
Corporate Social Responsibility;
Environment;
Corporate Performance;
Corporate Accountability;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Performance;
Environmental Sustainability;
Corporate Governance;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Investment Activism
Grewal, Jody, George Serafeim, and Aaron Yoon. "Shareholder Activism on Sustainability Issues." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-003, July 2016.
- October 2008 (Revised October 2008)
- Case
Lehman Brothers and Peabody Coal
When Texas Utilities Company (TXU) wanted to acquire The Energy Group, the latter needed to spin-off its coal mining assets, Peabody Coal, to avoid running afoul of antitrust authorities. In this case, TXU's investment banker, Lehman Brothers, considers whether to...
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Mergers and Acquisitions;
Investment Banking;
Monopoly;
Conflict of Interests;
Mining Industry;
Utilities Industry
El-Hage, Nabil N., and Cedric A. Lucas. "Lehman Brothers and Peabody Coal." Harvard Business School Case 209-009, October 2008. (Revised October 2008.)
- May 1999 (Revised December 2003)
- Case
European Monetary Union
By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Sabina M. Ciminero
On January 1, 1999, 11 European countries unified their currencies--48 years after their first integrative efforts. This marks a huge development in the structure of Europe and the world's economy. This case examines the integrative process, the Single Europe Act and...
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Money;
Currency;
Globalized Economies and Regions;
Markets;
International Relations;
Alliances;
System;
Integration;
Macroeconomics;
Business and Government Relations;
European Union
Vietor, Richard H.K., and Sabina M. Ciminero. "European Monetary Union." Harvard Business School Case 799-131, May 1999. (Revised December 2003.)
- 12 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 12
http://hbr.org/product/salauno-eliminating-needless-blindness-in-mexico/an/814041-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 114-077 Building a High Performance Culture at IDFC IDFC was set up in 1997 to direct private View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 23
press An abstract is unavailable at this time. Book: http://ceo.usc.edu/book/doing_research_that_is_useful.html Business Network Transformation in Action Authors: Marco Iansiti and Ross Sullivan Publication: In View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 08 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 8
PublicationsThe New Science of Retailing: How Analytics Are Transforming the Supply Chain and Improving Performance Authors:Marshall Fisher and Ananth Raman Publication:Harvard Business School Press, 2010 Abstract Retailers today are...
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Martha Lagace
- Web
Buy Now, Pay Later: Research Links - Secondary Resources
available as a networked resource. The Morris Plan of Industrial Loans and Investments (New York: Industrial Finance Corporation, 1914). Full text available as a networked resource. Nugent, Rolf. The Provident Loan Society of New York: An...
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Chasing a Dream: My Summer Internship at Chelsea Football Club - MBA
Sciences Partners & Families Peek SVMP Social Enterprise Student Life Student Loans Student Profile Sustainability Video Blog Industries Industries Architecture Construction Consulting Consumer Packaged Goods Education Energy Engineering Entertainment / Media...
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- January 2002 (Revised July 2002)
- Case
Vialog Corporation
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Michele Lutz
Traces the origin of Vialog Corp.--from its founding in 1996 through a roll-up of several independent teleconferencing companies in 1997 and its initial public offering (1999) and eventually to a potential merger or acquisition in June 2000. The company has grown...
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Keywords:
History;
Business Exit or Shutdown;
Internet and the Web;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Partners and Partnerships;
Initial Public Offering;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Business Processes;
Information Technology Industry;
Europe
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Michele Lutz. "Vialog Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 802-008, January 2002. (Revised July 2002.)
- 17 May 2018
- News
Creating Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs
Center for Sustainable Future; serves as program manager of Amrita Center for International Programs; and teaches entrepreneurship and business strategy. He also works with Embracing the World, a humanitarian organization focused on...
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Jennifer Myers
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: Human Intelligence
find an area where narrow AI is not having an impact,” says Seseri, which raises questions for business leaders in all sectors. How can e-commerce businesses benefit from artificial intelligence in the near...
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April White
- 07 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 7, 2016
closed question–based surveys. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50727 June 2016 Journal of Finance Local Currency Sovereign Risk By: Du, Wenxin, and Jesse Schreger Abstract—We introduce a new measure of...
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Sean Silverthorne
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Global - Global Activities 2020
online events marking its 20th anniversary. The May gathering, moderated by Senior Lecturer Michael Chu, addressed financing small and medium businesses during the pandemic, managing through crisis, and...
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- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Alumni Connections: Photos of Recent Alumni Events
contributions to African and African American culture and the life of the mind. The medals were presented at the Advancing African American Business Leadership conference at HBS in April, part of the yearlong 50th anniversary celebration...
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- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Pitfalls, Trade-Offs, Dreaming Big
ignores life’s vicissitudes and a venture’s changing business requirements. Imposing vesting terms on themselves and their cofounders can offer some protection for founders and the venture. “Rich vs. King” is a concept that you’ve...
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- 11 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Price Tag Confusion
says Groceries $88, Delivery $8? In a recent working paper titled "The Framing Effect of Price Format," HBS Associate Professor Luc Wathieu and coauthor Marco Bertini of the London Business School attempt to understand the consumer...
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Field Course: Life Sciences Venture Creation - Course Catalog
clinical budgets and timelines, using these tools to develop a business model and resource the venture, exploring the process of building a syndicate and establishing a board of advisors, finding human talent to accomplish scientific...
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- 15 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
Deconstructing the Price Tag
together” "By unpacking the costs, you have the opportunity to explain everything you did for the customer in putting that product or service together," says Bhavya Mohan, a Harvard Business School doctoral student in marketing. "When...
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