Strategy For Multi-business Firm - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

What Leaders Need to Do To Restore Investor Confidence

conflicts of interest. For example, the change in the commission structure in 1974 created a whole new dynamic that influenced the role of research by investment banks. And the growing importance of consulting at public accounting View Details

Keywords: by Harvard Management Update

24 Mar 2002
Lessons from the Classroom

Case Study: A Lesson in Private Venture Financing

security services to companies in South Africa, other African countries, and parts of Europe. In the case, Gray has recently undergone a financial restructuring with the help of private equity firm Brait Capital Partners. Now its owners... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

18 Apr 2023
Research & Ideas

What Happens When Banks Ditch Coal: The Impact Is 'More Than Anyone Thought'

goal to prevent the planet from warming more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Pondering this overwhelming problem, Harvard Business School professors Boris Vallée and Daniel Green turned to the business world’s actions, and in 2021 started looking... View Details

Keywords: by Barbara DeLollis; Financial Services; Mining

08 Sep 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

Capitalism Works Better When I Can See What You're Doing

greater support for maintaining or expanding the scale of its programs. Lifting the Veil: The Benefits of Cost TransparencyA firm's costs are typically tightly guarded secrets. Researchers identify when and why View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

24 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Why the Internet Doesn’t Change Everything

deal of time trying to concoct a strategy for dealing with this unsettling cyber-priest. But there really wasn't much that they could do, so they left Gaillot and his liberal site alone. Partenia had won. In... View Details

Keywords: by Debora L. Spar

20 Feb 2007
First Look

First Look: February 20, 2007

development strategy in 2006. Highlights the strengths and limitations of developing products for public sector organizations in markets created by legislation, as well as the opportunities and challenges of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

Worried About the Great Resignation? Be a Good Company to Come From

resignation rates are through the roof. Additionally, there are jobs which have "bad hygiene," by which we mean they are demanding, low paid, and provide few prospects for advancement. Some companies and industries are taking a hard look... View Details

Keywords: by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta

15 Mar 2016
First Look

March 15, 2016

forthcoming Boston: Harvard Business Review Press The Three Box Solution: A Strategy for Leading Innovation By: Govindarajan, Vijay Abstract—How to Innovate and Execute. Leaders already know that innovation... View Details

07 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Off and Running: Professors Comment on Olympics

create additional value. That means viewing customers as partners in value creation—a collaboration that increases customers' engagement and taps their insights about the value they seek and how firms could deliver it. The result is... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Sports

16 Apr 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom

and an inspiration for the next generation of strategy scholars. Its direct impact on practice could be seen subsequently in the work of The Boston Consulting Group and other View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Education

06 Aug 2018
Research & Ideas

Supersmart Manufacturing Tools are Lowering Prices on TVs, Bulbs, and Solar Panels

polesnoy As technology commoditization begins speeding up again, it’s a great time to be a consumer in search of a state-of-the-art flat panel TVs, but less comfortable for manufacturers hoping to make a profit. That’s according to recent... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing; Electronics

06 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

Where Do Workers Go When the Robots Arrive?

according to the research. One reason might be that costs are lower for companies that moved production offshore, and the resulting, more efficient firms developed higher-skilled service work, like computer... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Manufacturing

12 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide

fact, many of us—rightly for the time we were focused on—assumed that firms could forecast their aggregate demand well but not their mix, and we worked on improving approaches View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Retail; Auto

28 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

Earth Day Reflections

Below are the views that faculty shared with the HBS community on Earth Day. 1. Robert G. Eccles Senior Lecturer of Business Administration and author of One Report: Integrated Reporting for a Sustainable View Details

Keywords: by Staff

30 Sep 2019
Book

Book Excerpt: Why a Volume on Race, Work, and Leadership

advancement, and firms who endorse such meritocratic beliefs paradoxically practice more bias in evaluating workers (Castilla & Benard, 2010). [Read "6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black... View Details

Keywords: Re: Andi Wang

20 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways

on all integration task forces, but the smaller buyer went much further. The firm spent lavishly on retreats for large groups of managers and employees, discussing the strategy... View Details

Keywords: Re: Rosabeth M. Kanter & Stuart C. Gilson; Air Transportation

24 Sep 2013
First Look

First Look: September 24

time series. While loan issuance falls in recessions, it is not clear if this is due to demand or supply. We address this question by studying firms' substitution between bank debt and non-bank debt (public bonds) using firm-level data. Any View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2015
First Look

December 1, 2015

the value of long-term relative to short-term investments. Empirically, we can, therefore, compare the reduction of long-term relative to short-term investments within firms, allowing for firm-times-year fixed effects. Using Spanish View Details