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    Andre F. Perold

    André Perold is a Founder, Partner, and Chief Investment Officer of HighVista Strategies, a Boston-based investment firm. HighVista focuses on investing in structurally inefficient public and private markets, including in life sciences,  lower middle market private... View Details

    Keywords: banking; financial services; information; investment banking industry; professional services
    • 09 Dec 2002
    • Research & Ideas

    Unilever—A Case Study

    free-market economy, and proclivity toward trade protectionism, the United States has always been a major host economy for foreign firms. It has certainly been the world's largest host since the 1970s, and probably was before 1914 also. 6 Given that most View Details
    Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage; Manufacturing; Retail
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    Current Research

    Information Dissemination in Capital Markets

     

    Seeking to bridge economic theory and the role of individuals, Professor Brochet researches the transmission of information in capital markets. He has investigated the effects of information... View Details

      Brian J. Hall

      Brian J. Hall is the Albert H. Gordon Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He served as the Unit Head for the Negotiation, Organizations and Markets (NOM) Unit for 14 years. Previously, he was an assistant professor of economics in the... View Details

      Keywords: accounting industry; consulting; consumer products; executive search; financial services; high technology; investment banking industry; management consulting; private equity (LBO funds); restaurant; sports; venture capital industry

        William A. Sahlman

        William Sahlman is a Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

        Mr. Sahlman received an A.B. degree in Economics from Princeton University (1972), an M.B.A. from Harvard University (1975), and a Ph.D. in Business... View Details

        Keywords: airline; beverage; biotechnology; broadcasting; clothing; communications; computer; consumer products; e-commerce industry; education industry; electronics; energy; entertainment; fiber optics; financial services; food processing; furniture; grocery; health care; high technology; hotels ＆ motels; information; information technology industry; internet; investment banking industry; management consulting; manufacturing; marketing industry; medical supplies; motorcycles; nonprofit industry; pharmaceuticals; professional services; publishing industry; real estate; recreation; restaurant; retailing; semiconductor; service industry; soft drink; software; telecommunications; toy; transportation; travel; venture capital industry; video games
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        Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

        Browse All topics Accounting Audits (3) Accounting (119) Acquisition (20) Activity Based Costing and Management (2) Adaptation (7) Adoption (3) Advertising Campaigns (6) Advertising (77) Agency Theory (3)... View Details
        • 06 Jun 2017
        • First Look

        First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017

        https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52723 forthcoming Management Science A Formal Theory of Strategy By: Van den Steen, Eric J. Abstract—What makes a decision strategic? When is strategy most important? This paper formally... View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
        • October 1995 (Revised September 2021)
        • Case

        Cambridge Consulting Group: Bob Anderson

        By: Jay W. Lorsch and John J. Gabarro
        Describes the situation facing the head of a rapidly growing industry-focused group within a consulting company. Highlights the dilemmas of being a "producing manager" (i.e., a professional who has both individual production as well as management responsibilities).... View Details
        Keywords: Management; Managerial Roles; Agency Theory; Consulting Industry
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        • 09 Dec 2008
        • First Look

        First Look: December 9, 2008

        discussion of how ownership concentration constrains restructuring alternatives, how hedge fund investors might confront controlling shareholders, and how the mispricing of agency costs can give rise to ownership structures that allow for... View Details
        Keywords: Martha Lagace
        • 29 Apr 2014
        • First Look

        First Look: April 29

        Allocation Theory By: Bower, Joseph L. Abstract—This article considers the process of resource allocation, whereby an organization determines how best to apportion its factors of production between the various productive activities in... View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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        Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

        which funds are used are subject to frequent debate. This paper examines empirical data from the Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation (DNATF), an agency that funds partnerships between universities and private companies to... View Details
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        Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

        characteristics at both the senior management and director levels affect corporate philanthropic contributions. We also find that organizational structure constrains the philanthropic influence of board members but not of senior managers, a result that is contrary to... View Details
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        Events - Business History

        Corporate Form of Capitalism" Francesca Trivellato (IAS), Comment Mattias Fibiger (HBS), Chair Mary Hicks (Chicago), "Captivity's Commerce: The Theory and Methodology of Slaving and Capitalism" Bernard Harcourt (Columbia, Law), "The... View Details

          Malcolm S. Salter

          Malcolm Salter has been a member of the Harvard Business School faculty since 1967. His teaching and research focus on issues of corporate strategy, organization, and governance.

          In addition to teaching at HBS, he has held faculty positions at the Harvard... View Details

          Keywords: arts; automobiles; energy; investment banking industry; retailing; venture capital industry

            Best-selling and New Cases by Ben Esty

            Best-Selling (MOST POPULAR) Cases:  

              1) Eaton: Portfolio Transformation & Cost of... View Details

            • 21 Feb 2005
            • Op-Ed

            Is Business Management a Profession?

            the benefits of managerial expertise may be offered for purely private gain and that this is equivalent to advancing societal interests. Having given rise to the notion of making managers "think and behave like owners" through equity-linked compensation,... View Details
            Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice
            • 10 Oct 2023
            • Blog Post

            Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

            ethnicity, ability, and other facets of identity. The organization Intersectional Environmentalism builds from this theory to argue that intersectional environmentalism means that “social [and] environmental justice are intertwined and... View Details
            • November 1986 (Revised December 1992)
            • Case

            Kentucky Fried Chicken (Japan) Ltd.

            By: Christopher A. Bartlett
            Describes the internationalization of the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) fast food chain, focusing on KFC's entry into Japan. An entrepreneurial country general manager, Lou Weston, battles numerous problems to establish the business and is eventually highly successful.... View Details
            Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Entrepreneurship; Globalized Economies and Regions; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Market Entry and Exit; Strategic Planning; Agency Theory; Perspective; Corporate Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Japan
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            • 01 Jun 2022
            • What Do You Think?

            Is Stakeholder Management Facing New Headwinds?

            priorities of shareholder management are clear: shareholders have the loudest voice and the greatest influence. Some may argue that this notion became distorted by an element of agency theory that advocated... View Details
            Keywords: by James Heskett
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            Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

            Global Award for Entrepreneurship, given by the Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum, the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth, and Sweden's Research Institute of Industrial Economics, for his pioneering research into venture capital... View Details