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- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Letters to the Editor
and responsibilities, limits of markets and models, risk and restraint, pros and cons of regulation — all appeared in some form in the cases I studied. The best way to learn leadership in business is to give the new MBA graduate a... View Details
- May 2019
- Case
Elon Musk's Big Bets Update, 2019
By: David B. Yoffie and Daniel Fisher
This short case provides an update to Elon Musk's strategy and tactical moves with Tesla, Solar City, and SpaceX from 2016-2019. View Details
Keywords: Electric Vehicles; Batteries; Solar Power; Execution; Space Flight; Tesla; SolarCity; SpaceX; Elon Musk; Information Technology; Risk and Uncertainty; Expansion; Renewable Energy; Strategy; Investment; Manufacturing Industry; Green Technology Industry; Auto Industry; Aerospace Industry; Battery Industry
Yoffie, David B., and Daniel Fisher. "Elon Musk's Big Bets Update, 2019." Harvard Business School Case 719-512, May 2019.
- August 1998
- Case
Record Masters
By: William A. Sahlman, Michael J. Roberts and Laurence E. Katz
Kent Dauten, a former general partner at the Chicago private equity firm of Madison Dearborn Partners, has engaged in a search to personally sponsor a buyout in which he can play an active management role. He has received a selling memorandum for Record Masters, a... View Details
Sahlman, William A., Michael J. Roberts, and Laurence E. Katz. "Record Masters." Harvard Business School Case 899-020, August 1998.
- 2000
- Other Unpublished Work
Do Executive Stock Options Encourage Risk-Taking?
Executive stock options create incentives for executives to manage firms in ways that maximize firm market value. Since options increase in value with the volatility of the underlying stock, executive stock options provide managers with incentives to take actions that... View Details
Cohen, Randolph B., Brian J. Hall, and Luis M. Viceira. "Do Executive Stock Options Encourage Risk-Taking?" 2000.
- August 2011
- Teaching Note
Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. (TN)
By: Robert G. Eccles and Erin McFee
Teaching Note for 408-066. View Details
- 06 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School Announces 2024 Goldsmith Fellows
effort to create a network of individuals committed to working in social enterprise. The 2024 Goldsmith Fellows are: Princess Aghayere. Princess is co-founder and director of finance for Rebound Liberia, a nonprofit organization dedicated... View Details
- 21 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Renewable Energy - CleanMax
tremendously since then and taken on financing from global investors like Brookfield Asset Management and the International Finance Corporation (IFC). In 2017, the firm expanded operations beyond India into... View Details
- 2017
- Article
Agricultural Insurance and Economic Development
By: Shawn A. Cole and Wentao Xiong
This article provides a review of recent research on agricultural insurance (AI) in developing countries. Agricultural producers face a variety of significant risks; historically, only government-subsidized products have achieved widespread adoption. A recent... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Insurance; Developing Countries and Economies; Adoption; Risk Management; Research; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Cole, Shawn A., and Wentao Xiong. "Agricultural Insurance and Economic Development." Annual Review of Economics 9 (2017): 235–262.
- Web
Field Course: Venture Capital Journey - Course Catalog
selection of students in the course will be intentionally diverse and include both students who came from the field as well as those who are keenly interested in the field, having had exposure during their time at HBS through RC courses like TEM and View Details
- November 2007
- Article
Standing Out from the Crowd: The Visibility-Enhancing Effects of IPO-related Signals on Alliance Formation by Entrepreneurial Firms
By: Tim Pollock and Ranjay Gulati
In this study, we explore how multiple signals related to entrepreneurial companies at the time of their initial public offering (IPO) influence the firms' ability to acquire non-financial resources over time. Specifically, the study looks at how signals based on... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Initial Public Offering; Investment; Alliances; Risk and Uncertainty; Power and Influence
Pollock, Tim, and Ranjay Gulati. "Standing Out from the Crowd: The Visibility-Enhancing Effects of IPO-related Signals on Alliance Formation by Entrepreneurial Firms." Strategic Organization 5, no. 4 (November 2007). (A shorter version of this paper appeared in Academy of Management Best Papers Proceedings, pp. 11-16, 2002.)
- 13 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments
cannot only rely on immediate, short term returns," Henderson writes in the paper. "Instead it rests on a sophisticated understanding of the risks entailed in doing nothing and on the opportunities inherent in moving early to prepare for... View Details
- 28 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 28, 2010
pricing theories. First, in an era when efficient portfolio diversification was not possible, the intrinsic risk of an equity security was an important input into investor decision making. Second, our evidence suggests that businesspeople... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- June 2010 (Revised January 2017)
- Teaching Note
Continental Media Group: Business Highlights
By: Robert Simons
Teaching Note for 110087. View Details
- 15 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Does a Social Startup Decide to Commercialize? It May Depend on the Founder's Gender
donations or grants, hybrid organizations generate their own commercial revenues that sustain their pursuit of a social mission. While hybrid models can enhance financial sustainability, they also pose new challenges for entrepreneurs. Hybrids run the View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Inside the Partnership
savvy and organizational skills to the man Wall Street loved to hate, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, as detailed in this excerpt from the chapter “The Long Road Back.” Having tasted politics in 1932 by working for Franklin D. Roosevelt as a member of the Democratic... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 25 Oct 2018
- News
Bringing the Background into Focus
research in 2014 and has given $500,000 in total to support the exhibition at the Wallach. “This is the way narratives get changed,” Mr. Walker said. “I’m not surprised that the large institutions weren’t interested in this show because often the smaller institutions... View Details
- February 2010
- Case
Saginaw Parts Co. and the General Motors Corp. Credit Default Swap
This two-page case demonstrates how to unbundle the cost of credit extensions from product prices by observing the price of a credit default swap. It also explores how credit default swaps work, and how trade creditors are treated under U.S. bankruptcy law. Finally it... View Details
Keywords: Trade; Credit; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Laws and Statutes; Risk Management; Auto Industry; United States
Fruhan, William E. "Saginaw Parts Co. and the General Motors Corp. Credit Default Swap." Harvard Business School Case 210-056, February 2010.
- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
would have a much greater psychological effect as well as a cleaner capital structure to attract follow-on financings by outside investors. Between 1988 and 1996, the organization invested in over one dozen companies. These covered a... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 22 May 2017
- News
Two On-Track Investments
Photo via the Baltimore Sun Photo via the Baltimore Sun There are no sure bets in Thoroughbred racing—but for many, the thrill of watching a horse thundering down the track far outweighs the risk of loss, whether the stake is a $2 bet or... View Details
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6 Discoveries I Made About HBS - 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... View Details