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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni
NOTE FOR FOUNDERS: See "Application Process for Founders" section below for details about limitations on capital raised and revenue generated. Your job is based full-time in Africa (one of the 54 recognized states in Africa or 10... View Details
- 03 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53161 forthcoming European Accounting Review The Role of Overbilling in Hospitals' Earnings Management Decisions By: Heese, Jonas Abstract—This paper examines the role of overbilling in hospitals’ earnings management... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Case Study: The Home Team
and charge for what it does? The Answers: The debate between free vs. fee models has been settled by capital markets in the past 12 months. With record-high interest rates, unknown future revenues are heavily discounted by investors,... View Details
- April 2011
- Supplement
Daniel Kim's Dilemma (B)
By: Bill George and Natalie Kindred
Daniel Kim was considering "blowing the whistle" on his friend, the CEO of a fast-growing startup where Kim had spent most of his professional career. When Kim joined the company, called Cardio-Metric, in 2002, it consisted of seven young engineers (including its two... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Venture Capital; Revenue; Governance Controls; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Style; Personal Development and Career; Problems and Challenges; Behavior
George, Bill, and Natalie Kindred. "Daniel Kim's Dilemma (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 411-054, April 2011.
- 13 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Do Private Equity Buyouts Get a Bad Rap?
different kinds of transactions and different time periods.” In order to analyze private equity’s effects, Lerner and his colleagues had to overcome several hurdles. The data they analyzed comes from the US Census and Internal Revenue... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
W. Hall Wendel, Jr.
years of 35 percent compounded increases in sales and earnings. Now on the New York Stock Exchange, with revenues of $1.2 billion, profits of $62 million, and a return on equity of 43 percent, the diversified company is the world's... View Details
- 05 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 5
of naïve idealism, one of naïve cynicism, and an emerging era of rugged idealism. We explain how the role of the corporate leader and society's perceptions of this role have changed and how leaders may now be able to create shared value... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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Curriculum - Business & Environment
Acquisitions, Value Creation Under Polman's leadership, Unilever focused on long-term shareholder value accretion with a multi-stakeholder approach that emphasized global growth in revenues and earnings through deep penetration in rapidly... View Details
- 08 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Creating Value in Your Business Ecosystem
operating cost was rising, as well. Many B2B marketplaces, for example, continued to increase revenue despite decreasing and ultimately disappearing margins, which led to the collapse of their business models. eBay View Details
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
- 22 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Why Salespeople Struggle at Leading
times what they spend on online advertising. Sources: SBI Magazine, “The World’s Largest Sales Forces”; Selling Power, “500 Largest Sales Forces 2018”; Interactive Advertising Bureau, “IAB Internet Advertising Revenue Report 2017.” The... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Careers: Cloud Kitchens Are Now Serving
The restaurant industry is one of those most devastated by COVID-19, and social distancing will continue to make many small restaurants unviable. Reduced revenue flows will never cover the rent. But not all is lost. In our research, one... View Details
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Globalization - Faculty & Research
U.S. firms by analyzing detailed data on patent applications and on the operations of the foreign affiliates of U.S. multinational firms. The results indicate that increases in the share of a firm's innovation performed by inventors of a... View Details
- 29 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Delving Deeper into Development with the MBA/MPA-ID Program – a Q+A with Zainab Raji (MBA/MPA-ID 2022)
Can you share a bit about your background and where you grew up? Zainab Raji I am one of four children born to my Nigerian parents. I grew up in Lagos, Nigeria’s largest commercial hub, and in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city. I have fond... View Details
- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
U.S.-born parents, while the second includes mostly older, separated women with some college education, a relatively higher share of whom are foreign born and have foreign-born parents. Our results demonstrate the presence of additional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
7 Things HBS Taught Me the Last 2 Years
constraints, with the impact of that decision affecting everything from just their immediate team to billions of dollars of revenue globally. The beauty of the case method is that it breaks down the most complicated problems to small... View Details
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Clinical Trials as a setting for Health Policy and Management Research
The clinical trial marketplace is in flux. A decade ago, pharmaceutical firms almost exclusively conducted the study of their novel drug compounds within major academic medical centers. But today, industry-sponsored clinical trials are increasingly using community... View Details
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CSV in Practice - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
55,000 physicians to date, each treating approximately 230 patients. Novo’s market share in China increased from 0% to 63%, and China has become the company’s third largest market with revenues of $1.28... View Details
- 22 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
Use Artificial Intelligence to Set Sales Targets That Motivate
the data. Companies that succeed with AI tend to: Consider the company’s broader goal. It’s important that the company first determine its overarching goal, Chung says. “It could be that we need to increase our revenue by 10 percent, even... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
firms shifting display promotions away from smaller revenue brands toward larger ones following periods of poor financial performance. This indicates the behavior is determined by parties above brand managers in the firm. These findings... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace