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Strategic Financial Analysis Online Course | HBS Online
of financial analysis and valuation methods are most appropriate in different situations Use financial metrics, ratio analysis, and other tools to assess performance and drive strategic changes Assess valuation scenarios by identifying and analyzing synergies from a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
One-on-One with Jim Breyer
years later, he’s still at Accel and can lay claim to one of the most storied careers in the venture industry: 25 companies that have completed IPOs or successful mergers; directorships with Wal-Mart Stores, Marvel Entertainment, and... View Details
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A Rewarding Work Life - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections MORE EXHIBITS HOME RESEARCH LINKS POLAROID FILMS SITE CREDITS “All [employees] will regard themselves as labor in the sense of having as their common purpose learning new things and... View Details
- 05 Mar 2014
- What Do You Think?
When Will the Next Dot.com Bubble Burst?
meeting room for that purpose at Flatiron Partners in New York. Companies in which Flatiron had invested scheduled the room, one after another, for their board meetings. In our case, we had moved our meeting... View Details
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Shaping the Corporate Image | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
the Corporate Image Gary Works Photograph Album Resources Research Links Films & TV Bibliography From the Director Site Credits Special Collections Search Exhibition Introduction The Founding of U.S. Steel and the Power of Public Opinion... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Clicks and Mortar
Associate Professor Antonio Moreno and Senior Lecturer Jill Avery (image by John Ritter) While legacy companies like Sears are shuttering their doors, a growing number of online-first companies—from Amazon to Rent the Runway—are opening... View Details
- 17 Mar 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Adam Enbar (MBA 2010)
later volunteered teaching at a prison. A couple of years after leaving HBS, I became interested in the idea of the ROI of higher ed; that a college degree used to be the best investment someone could make, and was quickly becoming one of the worst. I spent a year... View Details
- 28 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
Brick-and-Mortar Stores Are Making a Comeback
While legacy companies like Sears are shuttering their doors, a growing number of online-first companies—from Amazon to Rent the Runway—are opening new storefronts and transforming the shopping experience. Senior Lecturer Jill Avery and... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
The news last October of Chevron's proposed acquisition of Texaco for $36 billion in stock was hardly surprising to industry analysts. The planned merger — which would streamline projects and save some $1.2 billion annually — was... View Details
- Profile
Mina Kazanlieva
But they're only a part of what you should bring to the table. I wanted a better grasp of other critical success factors such as operations, innovation, and talent management. I wanted to become a more well-rounded businessperson." On the personal side, Mina... View Details
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Staff Directory | Baker Library
Los Angeles Times and Univision Noticias , contributing to award-winning projects. A native of Caracas, Venezuela, Ana holds master’s degrees from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and the School of International and Public Affairs. Chelsea Barrett... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Lighten Up
peak. It’s a “fourteener,” as mountaineers say, meaning more than 14,000 feet high. Vertical adventure, in other words. GoLite Mobile: The company car makes a statement wherever the couple drive in Boulder. (photos of courtesy of GoLite)... View Details
- 10 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 10
acquisition as an exciting means for growth, company strategy at its Hangzhou, China headquarters also included vertical integration with a goal of developing a full-on electric car. Were these two goals... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2013
- News
Banking on Africa's Future
and power generation. Asked to describe an investment that shows the Helios paradigm at work, Lawani, who divides his time equally between London and Africa, points to Kenya. "Several years ago," he explains, "we invested in a bank called Equity Bank that View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Finance Conference Explores Research Methodologies
used traditional methods of inquiry - mathematical theory or statistical analysis, for instance - while others employed interviews, primary company materials, surveys, and close examination of the trading of individual securities. A... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Q&A: Andrew Kendall
committed to maintaining it forever. Over time, that cost will far exceed the acquisition price. We've got to be ready to invest significant resources to endow the preservation of these properties so that my successor, and his or her... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises
- 21 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
It Matters That Your CEO Doesn't Know Much About Sales
senior executives specializing in everything except sales. “The number of executives reporting to the CEO in the average S&P 500 company has doubled in the last 20 years,” says Frank V. Cespedes, a... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 16 May 2017
- News
Facing the Board
The risk would be giving up their competitive advantage, but Goedertier said, if BlackRock doesn’t do it, a software company would come up with a similar product, so they should capitalize on it now. On the issue of the 64 million share... View Details
- 18 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 18, 2008
sample of 1,083 acquisitions of venture capital-backed private companies from 1976 and 2001, we find strong evidence that venture capital firms can form a bridge between acquiring firms and target firms that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 1
Evolution as a System of Governance, due for publication November 2009. The purpose of this monograph is to put forth an original concept of capitalism as a system of governance, including a theory of how it functions at any point in time... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace