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- Spring 2011
- Article
CSR as Reputation Insurance: Primum Non Nocere
By: Dylan B. Minor and John Morgan
We provide a theoretical framework showing how CSR activities can insure a firm against lost reputation in the face of adverse events. We offer evidence for this linkage through a case study and a multi-year analysis of stock price responses for S&P 500 companies... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility; Insurance; Risk Management; Marketing Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Reputation
Minor, Dylan B., and John Morgan. "CSR as Reputation Insurance: Primum Non Nocere." California Management Review 53, no. 3 (Spring 2011): 40–59.
Benjamin C. Esty
Benjamin Esty is the Roy and Elizabeth Simmons Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Over the years, he has taught a variety of courses ranging from advanced corporate finance and project finance to competitive strategy and leadership. He... View Details
- January 2019 (Revised October 2019)
- Case
Commercial Sales Transformation at Microsoft
By: Doug J. Chung
Industry leaders should adapt to changes in the business context and consider different ways to grow. Advances in technology had shifted software demand to the cloud. As a result, Microsoft announced a strategic shift in direction from its existing ‘Windows first’... View Details
Chung, Doug J. "Commercial Sales Transformation at Microsoft." Harvard Business School Case 519-054, January 2019. (Revised October 2019.)
- December 1986 (Revised December 1993)
- Case
Johnsonville Sausage Co. (A)
Describes the evolution of Johnsonville Sausage through a generation of management and from a small operation to a large concern of over 500 employees. Describes how each of the functional areas in the firm has evolved, and how its structure and systems have changed... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business or Company Management; Transformation; Growth and Development; Food and Beverage Industry
Roberts, Michael J. "Johnsonville Sausage Co. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 387-103, December 1986. (Revised December 1993.)
- 08 Mar 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Customer-Driven Misconduct: How Competition Corrupts Business Practices
- 19 Jul 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Signaling to Partially Informed Investors in the Newsvendor Model
- January 1999 (Revised March 1999)
- Background Note
Note on Rules
By: Debora L. Spar
A central document for the Managing International Trade and Investment (MITI) course and its cases. Provides a conceptual framework for the course and a systematic way of analyzing the political circumstances that confront firms engaged in international trade and... View Details
Spar, Debora L. "Note on Rules." Harvard Business School Background Note 799-013, January 1999. (Revised March 1999.)
Mihir A. Desai
Mihir A. Desai is the Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance at Harvard Business School and a Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. He received his Ph.D. in political economy from Harvard... View Details
- April 2017 (Revised November 2017)
- Case
BlackRock (B): Acquire MLIM? (with video links)
In early 2006, BlackRock, Inc. is considering acquiring Merrill Lynch’s asset management business. The asset management industry was in a state of transition. In the prior year, more than 130 mergers and acquisitions had taken place. The proposed deal between BlackRock... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Competition; Information Technology; Asset Management; Mergers and Acquisitions; Decision Choices and Conditions; United States
Gulati, Ranjay, Jan W. Rivkin, Stuart C. Gilson, and Aldo Sesia. "BlackRock (B): Acquire MLIM? (with video links)." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 717-485, April 2017. (Revised November 2017.)
- March 2006 (Revised November 2006)
- Case
China: To Float or Not To Float? (E)- ABB Investment in China
By: Laura Alfaro, Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
In July 2005, China revalued its currency by 2.1% and adjusted its exchange rate regime toward a more market-based system. ABB, a global power and automation technologies company based out of Switzerland with operations in China, was among those companies confronted... View Details
Keywords: Currency Exchange Rate; Investment; Multinational Firms and Management; International Relations; Problems and Challenges; Value Creation; China; Switzerland
Alfaro, Laura, Rafael M. Di Tella, and Ingrid Vogel. "China: To Float or Not To Float? (E)- ABB Investment in China." Harvard Business School Case 706-035, March 2006. (Revised November 2006.)
- July 2004 (Revised December 2004)
- Case
How Venture Capitalists Evaluate Potential Venture Opportunities
By: Michael J. Roberts and Lauren Barley
Four venture capitalists from leading Silicon Valley firms are interviewed about the frameworks they use to evaluate potential venture opportunities. Questions include: How do you evaluate the venture's prospective business model? What due diligence do you conduct?... View Details
Roberts, Michael J., and Lauren Barley. "How Venture Capitalists Evaluate Potential Venture Opportunities." Harvard Business School Case 805-019, July 2004. (Revised December 2004.)
- November 2012 (Revised March 2013)
- Case
Talking Strategy at Greighton Partners
By: Boris Groysberg and Kerry Herman
Since its inception, London-based private equity firm Greighton Partners had managed over $15 billion in investor capital. The firm employed about 150 professionals around the globe and had completed over 175 company acquisitions since its founding. Started with a... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Business Growth and Maturation; Growth and Development Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Asia; Europe
Groysberg, Boris, and Kerry Herman. "Talking Strategy at Greighton Partners." Harvard Business School Case 413-031, November 2012. (Revised March 2013.)
- June 2006 (Revised January 2007)
- Case
e-Types A/S
A successful young design firm faces a difficult decision: whether to compromise its creative values to win a big job. The client brief is very conservative. The company is pretty sure it can win the design competition, but the design staff hates what they think they... View Details
Austin, Robert D., Shannon ODonnell, and Silje Kamille Friis. "e-Types A/S." Harvard Business School Case 606-118, June 2006. (Revised January 2007.)
- December 15, 2015
- Article
Don't Turn Your Sales Team Loose Without a Strategy
By: Frank V. Cespedes and Steve Thompson
When formulating a strategy, markets and segments are typically important categories. But only customers buy. Hence, for most firms, de facto strategy and much resource allocation are the aggregate result of the deals their salespeople close. However, few firms clarify... View Details
Cespedes, Frank V., and Steve Thompson. "Don't Turn Your Sales Team Loose Without a Strategy." Harvard Business Review (website) (December 15, 2015).
Roy D. Shapiro
Roy D. Shapiro is the Philip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration. He is currently the faculty co-chair of the School's Technology and Operations Management Unit... View Details
- 2015
- Working Paper
The Value of Corporate Citizenship: Protection
By: Dylan Minor
We explore the notion that corporate citizenship, as obtained through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), is used by managers to protect firm value, helping their firm better withstand negative business shocks. We formally explore two parallel mechanisms for such... View Details
Minor, Dylan. "The Value of Corporate Citizenship: Protection." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-021, August 2015.
- 02 Feb 2012
- News
Should Facebook Investors Worry About Lack of Control?
- 12 Nov 2019
- Video
Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Chairperson and Managing Director of Biocon, India’s largest biopharmaceutical company, explains how her firm developed over four years a new technology for making insulin, an essential... View Details
- October 2000 (Revised April 2001)
- Case
Cost of Capital at Ameritrade
By: Mark L. Mitchell and Erik Stafford
Ameritrade Holding Corp. is planning large marketing and technology investments to improve the company's competitive position in deep-discount brokerage by taking advantage of emerging economies of scale. In order to evaluate whether the strategy would generate... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Asset Pricing; Cash Flow; Cost of Capital; Investment; Marketing; Mathematical Methods; Competition; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Financial Services Industry
Mitchell, Mark L., and Erik Stafford. "Cost of Capital at Ameritrade." Harvard Business School Case 201-046, October 2000. (Revised April 2001.)
- March 2023 (Revised May 2023)
- Case
Tribal Councils Investment Group of Manitoba Ltd.
By: David L. Ager
In the Fall of 2014, Heather Berthelette, the recently appointed COO of Tribal Councils Investment Group of Manitoba Ltd. (TCIG), was preparing a recommendation to the Board of Directors about whether to dissolve the company and return any remaining funds to the seven... View Details
Keywords: Indigenous Communities; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Social Enterprise; Economic Growth; Investment Banking; Canada
Ager, David L. "Tribal Councils Investment Group of Manitoba Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 923-301, March 2023. (Revised May 2023.)