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- 11 Jun 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching the Next Generation of Energy Executives
You may think that being an energy executive—especially a manager in a leading oil company—might be the easiest job around. Just flip the production switch, and watch gas prices head toward $4 a gallon. But students enrolled in Harvard Business School professor Forest...
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- January 2018
- Case
John Rogers, Jr.—Ariel Investments Co.
By: Steven Rogers and Greg White
John Rogers Jr., the founder and CEO of Ariel Investments, an enormously successful finance firm with $12 billion of invested capital, is one of the few African Americans in the asset management industry. As one of the high profile leaders in the black business...
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Keywords:
Advocacy;
Diversity;
Investment Management;
Affirmative Action;
Disruption;
Cost vs Benefits;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Fairness;
Moral Sensibility;
Values and Beliefs;
Corporate Accountability;
Leading Change;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Problems and Challenges;
Financial Services Industry;
Chicago
Rogers, Steven, and Greg White. "John Rogers, Jr.—Ariel Investments Co." Harvard Business School Case 318-099, January 2018.
- December 2020
- Supplement
Tokio Marine Group (B)
By: David J. Collis, Nobuo Sato and Akiko Kanno
Updates the Tokio Marine (A) case by providing information on the organisation structure adopted by the Japanese insurance firm as it moved to integrate its global operations, along with changes in HR policies that sought to balance traditional Japanese practices with...
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Keywords:
Organisational Design;
Organization Structure;
Culture;
Global Strategy;
Organizational Design;
Organizational Structure;
Organizational Culture;
Values and Beliefs;
Human Resources;
Insurance Industry;
Japan
Collis, David J., Nobuo Sato, and Akiko Kanno. "Tokio Marine Group (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 721-418, December 2020.
- May 2008 (Revised March 2009)
- Case
SKS Microfinance
By: Shawn A. Cole and Theresa Chen
Vikram Akula, CEO of SKS Microfinance, seeks a venture capital investment to fund his firm. SKS, one of the largest and fastest growing microfinance institutions in India, is a profitable, for-profit institution with a social mission. In what is one of the first...
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Keywords:
For-Profit Firms;
Venture Capital;
Microfinance;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Valuation;
Financial Services Industry;
India
Cole, Shawn A., and Theresa Chen. "SKS Microfinance." Harvard Business School Case 208-137, May 2008. (Revised March 2009.)
- 04 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 4, 2007
(such as going to a museum), an online intervention that led to greater liking after offline meetings (Study 3). How to Capture Value from Innovation: Shaping Intellectual Property and Industry Architecture. 50th Anniversary Special Issue...
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Martha Lagace
- February 1997
- Case
Archer Daniels Midland: Direction and Strategy
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Thomas N. Urban Jr
Sets out the strategy and competitive competencies of one of the leading grain trade and processing companies in the world. An overview of the company's innovations in corn and oilseed by-products is provided. The strategy of the firm is to add by-products to corn,...
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Keywords:
Innovation and Invention;
Strategic Planning;
Business Strategy;
Value Creation;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Pharmaceutical Industry
Goldberg, Ray A., and Thomas N. Urban Jr. "Archer Daniels Midland: Direction and Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 597-039, February 1997.
- 21 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 21
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52435 CEO Behavior and Firm Performance By: Bandiera, Oriana, Stephen Hansen, Andrea Pratt, and Raffaella Sadun Abstract—We measure the behavior of 1,114 CEOs in Brazil, France, Germany,...
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Sean Silverthorne
- November 2010
- Article
Wealth and Jobs: The Broken Link
By: Nitin Nohria
This article discusses the weakening connections between business growth and job creation. The industrial economy of the 20th century ensured that growing firms would need to add workers, but the increasingly globalized and information-based economy of the early 21st...
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Keywords:
Business Ventures;
Economic Growth;
Jobs and Positions;
Employment;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Business and Government Relations;
Welfare;
Value Creation
Nohria, Nitin. "Wealth and Jobs: The Broken Link." Harvard Business Review 88, no. 11 (November 2010): 44.
- August 2021
- Supplement
Andreessen Horowitz’s Cultural Leadership Fund (B): Kevin Hart and Clubhouse
By: Anita Elberse, Briana Richardson and Cydni Williams
In May 2020, Andreessen Horowitz secures an agreement with Clubhouse, one of Silicon Valley’s hottest startups, to lead its ‘Series A’ funding round. One of the factors that insiders saw as pivotal in the race to be Clubhouse’s VC firm of choice was Andreessen...
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Keywords:
Entertainment;
Talent Management;
General Management;
Inclusion;
Talent and Talent Management;
Diversity;
Venture Capital;
Entrepreneurship;
Networks;
Nonprofit Organizations
Elberse, Anita, Briana Richardson, and Cydni Williams. "Andreessen Horowitz’s Cultural Leadership Fund (B): Kevin Hart and Clubhouse." Harvard Business School Supplement 522-021, August 2021.
- April 2015
- Case
Accor: Designing an Asset-Right Business and Disclosure Strategy
By: Mozaffar Khan and George Serafeim
Sebastien Bazin was now in charge of Accor, the world's largest French hotelier, a CAC 40 company with 3,600 hotels in 92 countries and a market cap of €10 billion. Previously as the European head of Colony Capital, one of the largest private equity groups and the...
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Khan, Mozaffar, and George Serafeim. "Accor: Designing an Asset-Right Business and Disclosure Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 115-036, April 2015.
- 04 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018
implications of these relationships for start-up innovation and performance. Value creation in such relationships occurs when assets are exchanged by the parties involved: collaboration allows for passive knowledge flows and active...
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Dina Gerdeman
- May 2024
- Background Note
Net Revenue Retention: Unpacking the Dynamics of Customer Monetization
By: Elie Ofek, Barak Libai and Eitan Muller
Firms and investors alike are beginning to recognize the importance of tracking how revenues from existing customers are evolving over time and to appreciate the value in understanding what might explain changes in these revenues. Consequently, in addition to looking...
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Ofek, Elie, Barak Libai, and Eitan Muller. "Net Revenue Retention: Unpacking the Dynamics of Customer Monetization." Harvard Business School Background Note 524-092, May 2024.
- December 2006 (Revised May 2008)
- Case
Lion Capital and the Blackstone Group: The Orangina Deal
By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
The managing partners of two private equity firms are hoping to forestall a third bidding round for a target company, the European beverage division of Cadbury Schweppes. As they wait to meet with the CEO, they revisit their assumptions on the deal and review the...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Private Equity;
Negotiation Deal;
Negotiation Process;
Partners and Partnerships;
Valuation;
Europe
Hardymon, G. Felda, Josh Lerner, and Ann Leamon. "Lion Capital and the Blackstone Group: The Orangina Deal." Harvard Business School Case 807-005, December 2006. (Revised May 2008.)
- 2009
- Working Paper
Culture Clash: The Costs and Benefits of Homogeneity
This paper develops an economic theory of the costs and benefits of corporate culture—in the sense of shared beliefs and values—in order to study the effects of "culture clash" in mergers and acquisitions. I first use a simple analytical framework to show that shared...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Cost vs Benefits;
Values and Beliefs;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Motivation and Incentives;
Theory
Van den Steen, Eric J. "Culture Clash: The Costs and Benefits of Homogeneity." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-003, July 2009.
- 08 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 8
abstract is unavailable at this time. Book: http://hbr.org/2012/05/six-myths-of-product-development/ar/1 Working PapersLearning by Supplying Authors:Juan Alcácer and Joanne Oxley Abstract Learning processes lie at the heart of our understanding of how View Details
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Carmen Nobel
- Article
Agency Costs, Mispricing, and Ownership Structure
By: Sergey Chernenko, C. Fritz Foley and Robin Greenwood
Standard theories of corporate ownership assume that because markets are efficient, insiders ultimately bear all agency costs that they create and therefore have a strong incentive to minimize conflicts of interest with outside investors. We argue that if equity is...
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Keywords:
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Ownership;
Conflict of Interests;
Investment;
Valuation
Chernenko, Sergey, C. Fritz Foley, and Robin Greenwood. "Agency Costs, Mispricing, and Ownership Structure." Financial Management 41, no. 4 (Winter 2012): 885–914.
- 07 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Debate over Taxing Foreign Profits
so different from those found in other countries. Sean Silverthorne: Why has this issue on taxing foreign profit become so central? Mihir Desai: I think there are several reasons for these developments. First, the integrated, global nature of View Details
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by Sean Silverthorne
- March 2016
- Case
Preparing a Concession Bid at TAV Airports Holding
By: C. Fritz Foley and Çiğdem Çelik
In 2013, TAV Airports Holding prepared a bid for the concession to build and operate the third Istanbul airport. This process involved input from various parts of the firm with operating and financial expertise. Burcu Geriş, the CFO of TAV Airports Holding, and her...
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Keywords:
Project Finance;
Infrastructure Development;
Equity Cash Flows;
Capital Budgeting;
Valuation;
Financial Management;
Financing and Loans;
Turkey
Foley, C. Fritz, and Çiğdem Çelik. "Preparing a Concession Bid at TAV Airports Holding." Harvard Business School Case 216-054, March 2016.
- 15 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 15
"co-search" algorithm to Internet traffic at the SEC's EDGAR website, we develop a novel method for identifying economically-related peer firms and for measuring their relative importance. Our results show that View Details
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Carmen Nobel
- April 2009
- Supplement
Supply Chain Optimization at Hugo Boss (B) - The M-Ratio
By: Ananth Raman, Nicole DeHoratius and Zahra Kanji
We evaluate the impact of a supply chain pilot implemented at Hugo Boss. This pilot entailed altering the way in which Hugo Boss orders from its suppliers. We explore the challenge of assessing the impact of supply chain change, the link between operational performance...
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Keywords:
Supply Chain;
Performance Evaluation;
Problems and Challenges;
Sales;
Change;
Valuation;
Consumer Products Industry
Raman, Ananth, Nicole DeHoratius, and Zahra Kanji. "Supply Chain Optimization at Hugo Boss (B) - The M-Ratio." Harvard Business School Supplement 609-055, April 2009.