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  • 17 Mar 2015
  • First Look

First Look: March 17

dealer of loose gemstones in 1969 in Jaipur, India. By the 2000s, it was headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and had expanded into diamonds and retail. The family business was now in its second generation of leadership and aimed to become a top global jewelry... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Sep 2010
  • News

Fair Trade

developed high-volume brands in its other consumer products, became one of the most important examples of this strategy .P&G’s acquisitions of Cover Girl and Max Factor had given the company a portfolio of... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Chemical Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade
  • 05 Nov 2024
  • Research & Ideas

AI Can Help Leaders Communicate, But Can't Make Employees Listen

the CEOs of Hershey, General Motors, Nvidia, and Amazon during earnings conference calls against AI-generated responses to the same questions: Hershey CEO: “We’ve continued to invest in capacity in brands and businesses across the View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand; Information Technology; Technology
  • 05 Jun 2007
  • First Look

First Look: June 5, 2007

stake in a number of portfolio companies at Fair Market Value. As they conside whether to exercise their option to purchase Bain Capital's stake in Artisan Entertainment, the company has an extremely successful launch of "The Blair... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 3

on a sustained and balanced growth trajectory? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/715008-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 514-078 Ghurka Ghurka was a 38-year-old luxury leather goods brand that specialized in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 13

behavior and preferences into service cost and productivity standard metrics. Optimal Value and Growth Tilts in Long-Horizon Portfolios Authors:W. Jakub Jurkek and Luis M. Viceira Publication:Review of Finance (forthcoming) Abstract We... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 12

energized the organization through portfolio changes and a values-driven approach to managing the company. The case describes the steps he took to build a new strategy. Video is referenced that provides Palmisano's views of each step in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 23

http://hbr.org/product/handbook-of-leadership-theory-and-practice/an/12326-HBK-ENG Tribute to Paul A. Samuelson Author:Robert C. Merton Publication:The Journal of Portfolio Management 36, no. 2 (winter 2010): 1 An abstract is unavailable... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Sep 2024
  • Blog Post

2024 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

What are the career opportunities in business and environment? In Summer 2024, over 100 MBA students found internships at the intersection of business and the environment. This post provides a sample of some of the types of companies that students worked at this summer... View Details
  • 14 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 14, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808040 Dove: Evolution of a Brand Harvard Business School Case 508-047 Examines the evolution of Dove from functional brand to a View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Jun 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs

Conversely, I’ve heard investors say they wish the leaders of their portfolio companies would be more transparent about challenges they are facing and ask for help. As one investor said to me, “They already sold me on the business and... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
  • Career Coach

Warren Radtke

Warren (Kellogg '60) is a HBS Career and Professional Development Consultant and a Confidential Advisor to C-Suite Executives and Entrepreneurs. He has held executive positions in public and privately held companies as well as in the nonprofit sector. In addition to... View Details
Keywords: Consulting; Education; Entrepreneurship; Commercial Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Manufacturing; Social Enterprise
  • 28 Jun 2011
  • First Look

First Look: June 28

portfolio strategy that takes advantage of this straightforward vs. complicated information processing classification yields returns of 118 basis points per month. Consistent with processing complexity driving the return relation, we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2018
  • News

Case Study: On the Record

to build capabilities that would be hard to replicate. Let’s build a plan here—not just to grow but to develop some long-term defensibility. Some record profits would be music to investors’ ears. —Jeffrey Glass (MBA 1994) Grow market share, View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 25 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 25

Accounting Standards and International Portfolio Holdings By: Yu, Gwen, and Aida Sijamic Wahid Abstract—Do differences in countries' accounting standards affect global investment decisions? We explore this question by examining how... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Jun 2015
  • Research & Ideas

The Transparency Revolution in Corporate Reporting

materiality map for each industry. In our paper, we take those maps and construct scores showing how different companies are investing on material ESG issues. That allows investors to construct better risk profiles and portfolios that... View Details
Keywords: Re: George Serafeim
  • 06 Dec 2021
  • News

HBS Curricula Explore the Complexities of Innovation

Knowledge More Broadly In addition to offering digital innovation and data courses and programs to MBA students and Executive Education participants, HBS shares its pedagogy with lifelong learners around the world through HBS Online. Within its View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
  • 01 Mar 2005
  • News

In the Blood

having a portfolio of venture-capital companies. Three or four horses will hit big, three or four won’t make it, and three or four will pay their way.” Clay’s window-filled office looks out on the farm’s rolling green paddocks and neat... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia; horse racing; Animal Production and Aquaculture; Agriculture; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment
  • 10 Aug 2010
  • First Look

First Look: August 10

the difficult environment of late 2008. One of his first assignments is to review three companies in a partner's portfolio and recommend strategies for managing them. In addition, the partner also has an opportunity to invest in a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009

income. Finally, 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
Keywords: Martha Lagace