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- November 2000 (Revised December 2000)
- Case
Loewen Group Inc., The
By: Stuart C. Gilson and Jose Camacho
A publiclytraded funeral home and cemetery consolidator faces imminent financial distress. The company has aggressively grown through use of debt. Restructuring the debt is potentially very costly to creditors, shareholders, suppliers, and other corporate stakeholders.... View Details
Keywords: International Accounting; Restructuring; Capital Structure; Cost of Capital; Debt Securities; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Crisis Management; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Service Industry
Gilson, Stuart C., and Jose Camacho. "Loewen Group Inc., The." Harvard Business School Case 201-062, November 2000. (Revised December 2000.)
- Web
Judging | New Venture Competition
political) are favorable. Market need, size of opportunity, competitive landscape, and potential risks are identified and manageable. Resources The funding plan is sensible in terms of capital required to launch and operate. Funding... View Details
- 07 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Market Investors Pay More for Resilient Companies
The steep market drop in the early days of the COVID-19 crisis is being used as a laboratory to study the importance of companies investing in stakeholder relations with their employees, suppliers, and customers, and how those investments could be strategic resources... View Details
- August 2011
- Teaching Note
Before the Fall: Lehman Brothers 2008 (TN)
By: Clayton Rose and Sally Canter Ganzfried
Teaching Note for 309-093. View Details
- February 2010 (Revised August 2010)
- Case
Digital Media Group: The Shanghai Bid
By: G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
In December 2008, Thomas G. Tsao, acting CEO of Digital Media Group (DMG), a venture-backed provider of technology and media used primarily in subways, must decide how to structure the company's bid for the advertising concession in Shanghai's 13 existing and planned... View Details
Keywords: Advertising; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Corporate Accountability; Business or Company Management; Bids and Bidding; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Competitive Strategy; Advertising Industry; Technology Industry; Shanghai
Hardymon, G. Felda, and Ann Leamon. "Digital Media Group: The Shanghai Bid." Harvard Business School Case 810-099, February 2010. (Revised August 2010.)
- Fast Answer
Transforming Education Through Social Entrepreneurship
GSVN2K Daily Newsletter - daily newsletter that "gives the latest updates on what’s happening in the "Pre-K to Gray” Learning & Skills Landscape." EdSurge - news from and about educators, entrepreneurs, researchers and... View Details
- 21 Nov 2019
- Blog Post
The Power of Business in the Energy Transition
from solar and wind farms. Project development of major transmission lines to handle alternative sources must intently focus on stakeholder alignment across public and private sectors to speed project delivery. Both speakers touched on... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Vision: Sound Science
on one model of success. Technology and financing landscapes change constantly, and you have to adapt.” Biotech ventures have what Simons refers to as “many potential failure modes,” and raising capital can be tough. Akouos netted $224... View Details
Keywords: Deb Blagg
- 19 Apr 2017
- News
Chicago Becomes a Hub of Startup Action
space,” Emanuel said. An effort to make Chicago the capital of cybersecurity that involved a city-funded training program, for example, ultimately led to KPMG making Chicago its cybersecurity headquarters—a move that has created 500 new... View Details
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
trustworthiness vary systematically across different stakeholder types and provide strong support for the validity of the depth and locus dimensions. Working PapersSovereigns, Upstream Capital Flows and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change (SESC) - Course Catalog
skills necessary for navigating the challenges of social entrepreneurship and systemic change, focusing on resilience, stakeholder engagement, and adaptive strategy. Create a community of students from across the university who are... View Details
- 31 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
Career Advice from the Guests of the HBS Climate Rising Podcast
specialize if you can identify that intersection point, they said. There are many new areas in the climate arena with a shortage of subject matter experts. Steven Rothstein, Managing Director, Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital... View Details
- 14 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
Embracing Activism for Social Change
first post-HBS year managing the pilot. Resolving Crisis Situations Mendu and other members of the partnership developed a three-part initiative informed by the best practices they gathered from local stakeholders and officials across the... View Details
- Web
IT Strategy: Building a Smarter, Scalable Future in the Cloud | Information Technology
testing and iteration without significant capital investment, physical infrastructure, or long-term commitments. The cloud allows for seamless scaling based on demand, facilitates more efficient staff management of resources, and provides... View Details
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Surveying the VC Landscape
investment.) I think that it remains to be seen how severe the impact on the innovation process will be. Q: It has been argued that prior to the early '90s, most venture capital investors were key View Details
- 27 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
HBS Summer Fellows Respond to COVID-19
through all the management issues we discussed and learned about in class the last couple years. First, we need to consider all the stakeholders involved and develop practical solutions to satisfy each one. It is an economic development... View Details
- 17 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
From the Panelists: Toward a Decarbonized Future: Who Pays? Who Profits?
Jacobs stressed that the price tag for the transition is both known and huge. “Despite the massive capital flows into the Transition, the capital markets remain challenged when it comes to long-term oriented... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Embracing Activism for Social Change
much of her first post-HBS year managing the pilot. Resolving Crisis Situations Mendu and other members of the partnership developed a three-part initiative informed by the best practices they gathered from local stakeholders and... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 16 Sep 2015
- Op-Ed
The Real Duty of the Board of Directors
of other stakeholders if they are in the best interest of the corporation. In our paper, we aim to broaden the understanding of directors’ fiduciary duty and to provide directors with a new concept to narrow and focus their judgment, by... View Details
Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & Tim Youmans
- 24 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
Dance to the Music: How Noa Torok Found Her Dream Job at SoundCloud
research, she spoke with various Entrepreneurs in Residence at the iLab. One of them, a venture capital investor, helped her get a handle on her ambitions by asking her a key question: “What are you most passionate about? When you wake up... View Details