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- 01 Jun 2007
- News
A Big Deal
Ratan Tata (AMP 71, 1975) made big news in February when his Tata Group purchased Corus, the Anglo-Dutch steel producer, the Financial Times reported (February 3, 2007). The $12 billion deal was one for the record books as the largest Indian takeover of a foreign... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Mom Corps
O'KELLY AND KIDS: An idea grows up. As a new mom doing freelance CPA work, Allison Karl O’Kelly (MBA ’99) had an idea for a start-up. The result is Mom Corps, which connects companies looking for top-tier, experienced talent with professionals seeking flexibility. It’s... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Conversation with Dean Nohria
Under your leadership, there seems to be an emphasis on involving HBS alumni in advancing the School's objectives. Is that fair to say? We've long benefited from alumni engagement in the work of the School as case protagonists, student conference speakers, and the... View Details
- 19 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 19, 2006
of the largest academic studies of its kind on leadership and its evolution over the course of the 20th century. This important work sheds new light onto the changing demographic composition of American business leadership and reveals why... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
music shop. They’re trendsetters. If we stay relevant to them, we can appeal to the broader demographic that’s influenced by trendsetters. SWEAT EQUITY: “The consumer sees a cool product and an awesome brand, but there’s a huge amount of... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
demographics that have boosted it, will inevitably lose steam. What then? "We've seen a tremendous amount of creativity in the financial services industry, including the mutual fund sector, so I have no doubt that there will continue to... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 2023
- Working Paper
The Limits of Algorithmic Measures of Race in Studies of Outcome Disparities
By: David S. Scharfstein and Sergey Chernenko
We show that the use of algorithms to predict race has significant limitations in measuring and understanding the sources of racial disparities in finance, economics, and other contexts. First, we derive theoretically the direction and magnitude of measurement bias in... View Details
Keywords: Racial Disparity; Paycheck Protection Program; Measurement Error; AI and Machine Learning; Race; Measurement and Metrics; Equality and Inequality; Prejudice and Bias; Forecasting and Prediction; Outcome or Result
Scharfstein, David S., and Sergey Chernenko. "The Limits of Algorithmic Measures of Race in Studies of Outcome Disparities." Working Paper, April 2023.
- 2011
- Working Paper
'Last-place Aversion': Evidence and Redistributive Implications
By: Ilyana Kuziemko, Ryan W. Buell, Taly Reich and Michael I. Norton
Why do low-income individuals often oppose redistribution? We hypothesize that an aversion to being in "last place" undercuts support for redistribution, with low-income individuals punishing those slightly below themselves to keep someone "beneath" them. In laboratory... View Details
Keywords: Wages; Surveys; Wealth and Poverty; Behavior; Income; Research; Rank and Position; Attitudes; Personal Characteristics; Economics
Kuziemko, Ilyana, Ryan W. Buell, Taly Reich, and Michael I. Norton. "'Last-place Aversion': Evidence and Redistributive Implications." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 17234, August 2011.
- November 2009 (Revised October 2010)
- Case
AME Learning Inc.
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Ann Leamon
Justin Joffe is about to graduate from HBS in Spring 2009. He must decide whether to join his father's company, Toronto-based AME Learning, as president working alongside his father who will be CEO. AME has been in business for 12 years, mostly as a small consulting... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Family Business; Age; Private Equity; Financing and Loans; Growth and Development Strategy; Family and Family Relationships
Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Ann Leamon. "AME Learning Inc." Harvard Business School Case 810-065, November 2009. (Revised October 2010.)
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The Spangler Effect
All Smiles: The campus center may bear his family name, but Dick Spangler derives more satisfaction from knowing that students have made it their own. Last year the Spangler Center hosted 829 events and meetings, booked 9,314 student study sessions in project rooms,... View Details
- 17 Dec 2015
- News
Conducting Research That Influences Practice
Tami Kim, a doctoral student at HBS, is conducting research into how the restaurant business could benefit from transparency—literally—by making it possible for chefs and diners to see one another. Her findings on employee and customer satisfaction could help transform... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Making Change
Since 2009, HBS has given special recognition to seven social-impact organizations by awarding Social Entrepreneurship Fellowships (SEF) to their young alumni founders. Here's a status report on how the fellows and their ventures are doing. Brian Elliot (MBA 2008)... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
In Brief
Web Extras Experiment Fund President’s Challenge US–China trade relations exhibit at the Baker Library | Bloomberg Center New Venture Winner an Undercover Success Angela Newnam (MBA 1996) did not set out to be an entrepreneur. But the self-described former "career gal"... View Details
- September 2019 (Revised May 2020)
- Supplement
Keroche (F): Future Growth Plans
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Pippa Tubman Armerding
This case describes Keroche co-founder Tabitha Karanja’s 2012 decision to invest in additional production capacity. In November 2012, with a loan from Barclay’s bank, Keroche began constructing a new state-of-the-art beer brewery using German technology. The new plant,... View Details
Keywords: Keroche; Alcohol; Aloholic Beverages; Beer; Production Capacity; Growth; Business Ventures; Business Exit or Shutdown; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Small Business; Family Business; Crime and Corruption; Customer Focus and Relationships; Decisions; Income; Demographics; Geographic Scope; Geographic Location; Goods and Commodities; Government Legislation; Growth and Development; Business History; Lawsuits and Litigation; Laws and Statutes; Lawfulness; Goals and Objectives; Consumer Behavior; Market Entry and Exit; Problems and Challenges; Safety; Social Issues; Poverty; Strategy; Competition; Entrepreneurship; Manufacturing Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Kenya; Nairobi; Africa
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Pippa Tubman Armerding. "Keroche (F): Future Growth Plans." Harvard Business School Supplement 720-395, September 2019. (Revised May 2020.)
- March 2020 (Revised January 2023)
- Case
Nadine Vogel: Transforming the Marketplace, Workplace, and Workforce for People with Disabilities
By: Lakshmi Ramarajan, Hannah Riley-Bowles and Michael Norris
In 2019, Nadine Vogel, founder and CEO of Springboard Consulting, a firm that worked with Fortune 500 companies on issues related to disability and their workforce, faced the decision of the best path forward to grow her small company. Should she build more and better... View Details
Keywords: Diversity; Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career; Decision Choices and Conditions; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Development; Market Entry and Exit; Consulting Industry; United States; Florida; New York (state, US)
Ramarajan, Lakshmi, Hannah Riley-Bowles, and Michael Norris. "Nadine Vogel: Transforming the Marketplace, Workplace, and Workforce for People with Disabilities." Harvard Business School Case 420-062, March 2020. (Revised January 2023.)
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Plan B: The Brick Bank
“Expect the unexpected” could have been the tagline for FIELD 2, the global component of the new required course Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development (FIELD). In January, first-year student Christina Adams (HBS 2013) traveled to Ho Chi Minh City with... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Around the World
Issue Focus: The Global Manager GETTING ORIENTED: On his first evening in Cape Town, South Africa, Jan Dolezal (HBS 2013) and his FIELD 2 team explored the city's bustling waterfront. Photo courtesy Jan Dolezal Learn about hosting FIELD2 teams View Executive Education... View Details
- 12 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019
we find that the switch is associated with relatively higher employee departure rates (poorer matches) if the business unit manager has a local advantage; that is, if the store serves repeat customers, serves a demographically atypical... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 13 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 13
and reach new markets. In particular, the show is poised to expand to Africa, yet there are significant questions about how to tailor a program designed to capture the attention of a unique demographic within China to new cultural... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne