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- March 2017
- Supplement
eBay vs. Carl Icahn, 2014: Interview with John Donahoe, eBay CEO 2008-2015
By: David B. Yoffie, Eric Baldwin and Tom Ryder
This video, a supplement to HBS Case No. 717-417, features an interview with former eBay CEO John Donahoe, providing his perspective on eBay's response to activist investor Carl Icahn's attack on eBay, which began in January 2014. After giving some of his own... View Details
Keywords: Activist Shareholder; Activist Investors; Technology; Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Investment Activism; Financial Services Industry; Retail Industry; Technology Industry
Yoffie, David B., Eric Baldwin, and Tom Ryder. "eBay vs. Carl Icahn, 2014: Interview with John Donahoe, eBay CEO 2008-2015." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 717-801, March 2017.
- 02 Oct 2008
- What Do You Think?
Workout vs. Bailout: Should Government Take Advantage of the Buffett Effect?
down" response of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation of the Depression era rather than the "bottom up" strategy (involving the purchase of individual properties) of the Resolution Trust of the 1980s. The... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- October 2008
- Case
TripIt: The Traveler's Agent
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Gabriele Piccoli and Kathryn Brohman
In July 2008, the co-founders of TripIt, a free online travel organizer that aggregated travelers' bookings from many top travel websites, had recently secured $5.1 million in new financing. While the co-founders believed that their company offered travelers a unique... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Investment; Profit; Revenue; Growth and Development Strategy; Competition; Internet; Travel Industry
Applegate, Lynda M., Gabriele Piccoli, and Kathryn Brohman. "TripIt: The Traveler's Agent." Harvard Business School Case 809-059, October 2008.
- Profile
Nicola Leahy-MacManus
Why was getting a business education important to you? Coming from a consulting background, I was keen to pursue an MBA in order to expand my skill set, particularly in the areas of finance and marketing. I felt it was the pinnacle of... View Details
- 21 Jan 2016
- Blog Post
HBS and the Arts
opportunity to combine my interests in art and finance by working for an asset management firm where I helped to establish a group focused on financial services for the art community. We worked with museums, artist foundations, artists,... View Details
- October 2007 (Revised November 2007)
- Case
Barclays Global Investors and Exchange Traded Funds
By: Luis M. Viceira and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
Provides an overview of the Exchange Traded Funds (EFT) industry and highlights the leadership role that Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has played in this developing asset class. BGI launched its first ETFs under the iShares brand name in 2000, and by mid-2007 BGI was... View Details
Keywords: History; Venture Capital; Asset Management; Stocks; Investment Funds; Leading Change; Expansion; Competitive Strategy; Capital Markets; Global Strategy; Financial Strategy; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Asia; Europe
Viceira, Luis M., and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Barclays Global Investors and Exchange Traded Funds." Harvard Business School Case 208-033, October 2007. (Revised November 2007.)
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Rx for Too Big to Fail
taxpayers on the hook when things went bad. The upshot is that the nation’s largest financial institutions now live in a “heads I win, tails you lose” world of moral hazard. No wonder calls to end too big to fail have hit a fever pitch. At present, there are two... View Details
- 16 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 16, 2007
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807062 Eli Lilly: Developing Cymbalta Harvard Business School Case 507-044 Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=507044 Haier's U.S. Refrigerator View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Profile
Annora Wang
a panel organized by the Career Center and the Entertainment Club, I met Professor Harry McGee, who was the former head of HBO’s entertainment division. We talked about how I might make the transition from finance to entertainment. The... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Rival Visions
unfamiliar with complex management, he proved a superlative administrator, with a sure sense of managerial hierarchies . Most of all, Hamilton wrote—hundreds, ultimately thousands of pages: orders, letters, reorganization plans, essays on strategy, ideas for View Details
- 22 Aug 2016
- News
The Future of GE
advances in data collection and analysis to, for example, improve jet engine performance and fuel efficiency. “Everybody who joins G.E. is going to learn to code,” Immelt said. “We hire 4,000 to 5,000 college grads every year, and whether they join in View Details
- 30 May 2018
- News
HBS Fellowship Program Puts an MBA Within Reach
job within Allstate’s leadership development program in Chicago. She later pivoted to personal finance startup NerdWallet in San Francisco, where she realized that colleagues who had the internal strategy... View Details
- February 2017 (Revised February 2022)
- Background Note
Creating and Sustaining Competitive Advantage
This note gives students a systematic and comprehensive framework for analyzing and developing competitive advantage. It pays explicit attention to both creating and sustaining advantage and considers both alignment and assets as sources of advantage. View Details
Keywords: Scope; Scale; Competitive Dynamics; Value Proposition; Bargaining Power; Competitive Advantage; Assets; Alignment; Business Strategy; Design
Van den Steen, Eric. "Creating and Sustaining Competitive Advantage." Harvard Business School Background Note 717-479, February 2017. (Revised February 2022.)
- Profile
Rawiah Abdallah
businesses in Egypt and from there, throughout Africa. It's an underserved sector where I can make a big impact through funding and consulting. When small businesses are properly financed and advised, they will make large contributions to... View Details
- 23 Aug 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Waves in Ship Prices and Investment
Keywords: by Robin Greenwood & Samuel Hanson
- Jan 25 2024
- Interview
Knowing How Your Business Generates Value
- June 2006
- Case
Vignette: Bombay Tyre Manufacturing Ltd.
By: G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
Presents a U.S.-based investor who had taken a minority position in a publicly owned manufacturer in India. The company's controller is not performing and the stock price is suffering because of delayed and disappointing results. Removing the controller, however, is... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Equity; Foreign Direct Investment; Financial Management; Investment Activism; Business Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy
Hardymon, G. Felda, and Ann Leamon. "Vignette: Bombay Tyre Manufacturing Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 806-207, June 2006.
- August 2015 (Revised October 2023)
- Case
Eastman Kodak Company: Restructuring a Melting Ice Cube
By: Stuart C. Gilson, John D. Dionne and Sarah L. Abbott
In May 2013, senior managers of GSO Capital Partners, an $80 billion credit-oriented investment firm owned by The Blackstone Group, are considering what to do next with their investment in the senior secured debt of Eastman Kodak Company. Once a great company and an... View Details
Gilson, Stuart C., John D. Dionne, and Sarah L. Abbott. "Eastman Kodak Company: Restructuring a Melting Ice Cube." Harvard Business School Case 216-006, August 2015. (Revised October 2023.)
- May 1979 (Revised January 1994)
- Exercise
Hedging Exercises
By: David E. Bell
Bell, David E. "Hedging Exercises." Harvard Business School Exercise 179-211, May 1979. (Revised January 1994.)
- Web
Global Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog
cross-cultural communication strategies. Module 2 will examine strategies that founders can undertake to identify key technical and business talent to develop and grow their companies. The third module deals with sources of View Details