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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Evergreen Business
countryside, of yelling ‘Timberrrr!’ as daddy cuts down a tree.” It’s the same impulse that led Kok to buy the farm in 1980. A former EPA chief economist who now heads the investment banking firm Johan Hekelaar, Kok was looking for a... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 14 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Reducing Plastic Pollution on a Global Scale
most plastics, which severely limits options for recycling when compared to other materials such as paper and glass. Solutions include altering the design of plastics, or more simply investing in the use of materials that are more... View Details
- 23 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick
potential to partner with local communities for the good of all, they often lack the connections, expertise, and financing to get those enterprises off the ground. For that reason, they need a “catalyst” to make such strategies possible.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 20 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
IFC India 2025: Illuminating India’s Solar Future: Reflections on Tata Solar Manufacturing Plant Visit
Professor Vikram Gandhi’s Immersive Field Course (IFC) “Development while Decarbonizing: India’s Path to Net-Zero" delved into the critical aspect of decarbonization and sustainability goals amid India's rapid development. The course presented an opportunity for... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Mookerjee Picked as First Director of New HBS India Research Center
categories, including innovation in the technology and biotech sectors, business models, and marketing strategies needed to reach India’s 600 million middle-class consumers. More than a dozen faculty members have already committed to... View Details
- October 2017
- Teaching Note
Canadian Pacific's Bid for Norfolk Southern
By: Benjamin C. Esty and E. Scott Mayfield
Teaching Note for HBS No. 216-057. View Details
- April 2016
- Supplement
Canadian Pacific's Bid for Norfolk Southern Spreadsheet Supplement
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Scott Mayfield
In December 2015, Canadian Pacific Railroad (CPR) has just made its third bid to acquire Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC), one of the largest railroads in the United States. Having rejected the prior offers, NSC’s CEO James Squires and the NSC board must now value... View Details
- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Ground-Floor Opportunities for Retail in India
Rangan brought together veterans of the retail world to share strategies for cashing in on what could be a new wave of organized retail in India. The discussion took place April 4 at the India Business Conference at HBS. Kishore Biyani... View Details
- November 1999 (Revised June 2006)
- Case
DLJdirect: "Putting Our Reputation Online"
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Gillian Morris
Online broker DLJdirect faced two decisions during the fall of 1999: what customer segments should it target and how much should it spend on marketing? Unlike its competitors, who focused either on day traders or more mainstream investors, DLJdirect differentiated its... View Details
Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Marketing Communications; Competitive Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Investment; Cost Management; Business Plan; Research and Development; Customers; Budgets and Budgeting; Online Advertising; Internet; Financial Services Industry
Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Gillian Morris. DLJdirect: "Putting Our Reputation Online". Harvard Business School Case 800-164, November 1999. (Revised June 2006.)
- 28 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur
2003. He is now active mentoring young entrepreneurs, investing in companies, and painting. The interview is part of the Creating Emerging Markets series sponsored by the HBS Business History Initiative, in which business leaders in... View Details
- June 2012
- Article
Short Termism: Don't Blame the Investors
By: Francois Brochet, George Serafeim and Maria Loumioti
The article presents research on executives and corporation investor relations. A study is conducted of the language used by executives in conference calls discussing earnings with investors and financial analysts. A correlation was found between the use of language... View Details
Keywords: Financial Management; Business Earnings; Managerial Roles; Investment; Agency Theory; Communication Strategy; Business and Shareholder Relations
Brochet, Francois, George Serafeim, and Maria Loumioti. "Short Termism: Don't Blame the Investors." Harvard Business Review 90, no. 6 (June 2012).
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Screen Saver
choice. For Lopez, that has meant deploying a multifaceted strategy with an underlying premise: Make the customer feel at home while providing a sense of escape. "My career has always been about consumer persuasion," says Lopez, who came... View Details
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard
strategy. The strategy map reveals the strategic chain of cause-and-effect relationships that eventually links investment in employee skills to improved financial performance. As the senior executive of a... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- 16 Dec 2013
- HBS Case
D’O: Making a Michelin-Starred Restaurant Affordable
losing the rating, a starred restaurant often invests more money than ever on high-quality staff, flatware, wine, and ingredients. The result: higher prices. Dinner tabs in France or Italy often skyrocket to more than 120 per person, for... View Details
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
and physical assets, not creating social value." Higher-ambition leaders, as the authors call them, also make decisions about long-term relationships with all their stakeholders in mind. "Consider United Stationers' strategy of 'enabling... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Profile
Micah Macfarlane
exists and the need exists, but it is just not getting there. The market is designed to sell to the developed world and poorer countries need more bargaining power. I brokered investments and negotiated prices to help get affordable... View Details
- 09 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation
and New York," she says. Investing in entrepreneurs is smart for American competitiveness, says Karen Mills.Photo: iStockPhoto She also notes a lack of capital in America's supply chains, particularly small and innovative... View Details
- Profile
Kamen Bliznashki
Why is getting a HBS MBA important to you? Coming from an investment banking background, I lacked deep understanding of the larger strategic challenges of clients. I see my HBS experience as an opportunity to broaden and deepen my skill... View Details
- Profile
Patrick Chun
Boston. "It combines my desire to work with entrepreneurs and innovative ideas with a role that deciphers strategies and looks at companies from a financial and investment point of view. I hope to have... View Details
- 19 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy
maintained his control in part by creating a banking system that functioned more as a kind of investment club, Maurer says. Local businessmen would agree to lend each other money to finance one another's companies, while also selling... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna