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Strategy - Faculty & Research
2024." Harvard Business School Case 724-484, May 2024. Shell's Balancing Act: Resource Allocation and the Green TransitionBy: David Collis and Haisley Wert May 2024 | Case | Faculty Research In mid-2023, amid pressure from climate change...
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- 30 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 30, 2015
that sales representatives, who were responsible for a large portfolio of imaging products, were not giving enough attention to Ultrasound. He was wondering if change in the size and compensation structure of the sales force would solve...
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Carmen Nobel
- 22 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 22
liabilities to external "shocks." At the national level, the sectors of an economy are viewed as interconnected portfolios of assets, liabilities, and guarantees—some explicit and others implicit. Traditional approaches have...
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Martha Lagace
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California - Global
in digital content and production, CRM systems, and e-commerce. There were also opportunities to build the “on-field product” (team and facilities) that would demand budget allocation to training facilities, the field, coaching staff, and...
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- 22 Mar 2016
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March 22, 2016
highly interactive and intrusive dialogues to surface and prioritize risks, help to allocate resources to mitigate them, and bring clarity to the value trade-offs and moral dilemmas that lurk in those decisions. Download working paper:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 17
a unique aspect of the research setting allows tests of who is responsible for the earnings management. While firms appear unable to increase the frequency of aisle display promotions in the short run, they can reallocate these promotions within their View Details
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Martha Lagace
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Finance - Faculty & Research
investors and find that 78% of the respondents take active steps to increase their portfolio companies’ media coverage. The survey results also demonstrate that increased media coverage supports the companies with better recognition and...
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- 09 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
UnileverA Case Study
Langnese; and Sunlicht. The name "Unilever" was not used in operating companies or in brand names. Lever Brothers and T. J. Lipton were the two postwar U.S. affiliates. These national operating companies were allocated to either...
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- 25 Jul 2023
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Why Leaders with Big Egos Worry Wesfarmers CEO Rob Scott
In a recent profile in the Australian Financial Review, Rob Scott (AMP 179, 2010), CEO of Australian conglomerate Wesfarmers, discussed his career path and management philosophy. “I actually think that one of the biggest dangers in leadership is ego and hubris,” Scott,...
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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research
specialists—an "operating team" that is an order of magnitude larger than that of any other VC firm. Furthermore, the operating team aims to not only assist a16z portfolio companies, but also to be broadly helpful to all parties in the...
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Hedge Funds | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Professionals /citations/alternative-investments-a-primer-for-investment-professionals An overview of alternative investments for institutional asset allocators and other overseers of portfolios containing...
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Negotiation, Organizations & Markets - Faculty & Research
stalwart WeightWatchers announced the launch of WeightWatchers Clinic, which incorporated GLP-1s , a new class of prescription weight-loss medications, into the company’s portfolio of products and mobile app experience. The company’s...
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- 08 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 8
assets; they aren't hamstrung by substantial resource allocation decisions, giving them remarkable flexibility. Now incumbent firms are seeing their competitive position eroded by technology, alternative staffing models, and other forces....
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Sean Silverthorne
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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge
Funds (12) Investment Portfolio (7) Investment Return (12) Investment (75) Job Cuts and Outsourcing (12) Job Design and Levels (7) Job Interviews (3) Job Offer (3) Job Search (10) Jobs and Positions (40) Judgments (11) Knowledge...
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- 16 Feb 2023
- HBS Case
ESG Activists Met the Moment at ExxonMobil, But Did They Succeed?
The impact-investment hedge fund Engine No. 1 made a big splash in May 2021 when it managed to get three nominees elected to the ExxonMobil board of directors. It was an open effort to prod the oil giant toward renewable energy and test whether activist investing could...
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- 05 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Anchor Investors Help Impact Funds Succeed
investors. Did you learn anything unexpected about who they are, the impact they have? Shawn Cole and Rob Zochowski: Impact investors seek to create impact, and many investors viewed seeding new funds as an extension of their impact, in addition to the View Details
- 08 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Strategic Way To Hire a Sales Team
need stars and should not overpay, either in money or in time. In other words, effective hiring and selection in sales is about building the right portfolio of talent. This has actionable implications. Focus on how the salesperson makes a...
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by Carmen Nobel
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Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online
ShowHide Details Concepts Valuation Multiples Problematic Methods Discounted Cash Flows Intricacies Mistakes Featured Exercises Calculate free cash flows, WACC, and terminal values Practice scenario analysis 6-7 hrs Module 6 Capital View Details
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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni
Wolfe, Cofounder & Managing Partner, Impactive Capital This panel will highlight how we can effectively build the governance mechanisms for climate action. Thousands of companies have publicly announced targets for carbon reductions, aligned executive compensation with...
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Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory
VELUX Foundations of Denmark have decided to allocate a small percentage of their investment portfolio to impact investments. Cambridge Associates, one of the leading investment advisory firms in the world,...
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