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- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Case Study: Your Call Is Important to Us
business by focusing on the small- and mid-sized market across all industries. The question is how to get there. Slang.ai is currently serving clients in three verticals (restaurants and hospitality, ecommerce, and brick-and-mortar retail... View Details
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
Working PapersIf You Are So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich? The Effects of Education, Financial Literacy and Cognitive Ability on Financial Market Participation Authors:Shawn A. Cole and Gauri Kartini Shastry Abstract Household financial... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Who Is the Chief Sustainability Officer?
improving working conditions in their supply chain, creating better safety procedures, and reaping profits from products that address environmental and social problems. "Regulators and investors are asking for it, customers are demanding it, and employees are... View Details
- 15 Nov 2024
- News
Driving Change
Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued progress. “Today, we face a fresh... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Steve Schwarzman
foreseeable future? Conditions have really been almost as good as they can be over the last year or so. It’s reasonable to expect that will change because financial markets never remain stable by definition.... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Faculty Research Symposium
administrators together for lively presentations by colleagues and a panel discussion on “The Market for Management Ideas,” moderated by Walter Kiechel (MBA '76/JD '77), senior vice president and executive director of HBS Publishing.... View Details
- 14 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 14, 2007
Working PapersHedge Fund Investor Activism and Takeovers Authors:Robin Greenwood and Michael Schor Abstract We examine long-horizon stock returns around hedge fund activism in a comprehensive sample of 13D filings by portfolio investors... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Author Charley Ellis on Goldman Sachs
self-made men and that made for a strong connection. Both had very high expectations and insisted they be met. If they said, “Take that hill by 6 a.m.” and you reported back that the hill was taken at 6:15, they’d say, “You’re 15 minutes... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Easy Rider
native knew an icon—and a challenge—when he saw one. In 2009 he stepped into the role of managing director, Harley-Davidson India. Entering the Indian market had plenty of challenges related to tariffs, accessibility, and brand... View Details
- 02 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Japan Compete? [Part One]
viewed as mavericks, outside the mainstream. Companies are being pressured by foreign shareholders and competitive challenges. Many Japanese companies now have 25% of their stock owned by foreigners. In the case of the government, part of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Looking for CEOs in All the Wrong Places
ability, even when experience and academic research have shown that link to be tenuous. Other circumstances such as market conditions and the skills and experience of the company's senior management team can have a profound impact. All... View Details
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Bibliography | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
“The Industrial Photography and the Steel Company Archive of Puerto de Sagunto: Representation, Power and Identity (1944–1976).” Revisita Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas 149 (January–March 2015): 65–84. Sentner, Richard F. View Details
- 05 Apr 2004
- What Do You Think?
Should We Brace Ourselves for Another Era of M&A Value Destruction?
in an asymmetrical fashion (for example, through stock options), it is in their financial best interest to do M&A to add volatility to their business." Is M&A part of the natural Darwinian process of business, or is it rigged... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Web
Modern Corporate Strategy: Revitalizing the Corporation - Course Catalog
Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous), far more value is created by companies like Amazon, Meta, and Alphabet that develop entirely novel business models than by entrenched incumbents, such as P&G or Ford, which struggle to eke out market share... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Merton Discusses Risk Management at Dean's Seminar
areas of capital markets, financial services, and corporate finance. "New financial product and market designs, improved computer and telecommunications technology, and advances in finance theory during the past quarter century have led... View Details
Keywords: Elizabeth McNair
- 17 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 17
allows bank depositors to remain "sleepy": they do not have to pay attention to transient fluctuations in the market value of bank assets. In contrast, shadow banks create money-like claims by giving their investors an early... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Research Brief: Weatherproofing Renewables
Colombian energy firms manage frequent fluctuations in the weather by diversifying their energy sources: During the dry season, when the cost of hydropower can increase as much as tenfold, firms increase their reliance on fossil fuels. The substitution allows View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Reinventing Radio Days
Kennedy Main article: Where Innovation Rules As a kid, Joe Kennedy (MBA 1985) got hooked early on the magic of radio, listening in bed at night to a crystal set he had built himself. Radio returned to his life in 2004 when—after an 11-year stint in View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Short Takes
Smoking Gun When impressionable teenagers light their first cigarettes, they initiate what all too often becomes a lifelong, life-threatening habit. The vast majority of smokers begin in their teens, yet the tobacco industry has consistently denied that it View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 14 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Trust the Process, and Trust Yourself Even More: Interview with Wellness and Empowerment Leader, Dilan Gomih (MBA 2019)
love for storytelling. “It's not just about watching stocks go up or down,” she explained. “A country’s election or a medal won in the Olympics can affect the story of a currency on any given day. I learned the numbers and the selling... View Details