Company Values - Publications - Faculty & Research

Portrait Project

Lyn Baranowski

ultimately achieving global peace and prosperity. I will be a corporate champion in the public and private sectors and will help companies build relationships across borders for two reasons. First, I believe that trade ties between... View Details

22 Oct 2018
Blog Post

HBS Marketing Club Presents: The Brand Summit

As marketers, we believe it is our job to create value, communicate that value to our customers, and capture a portion of that value for our firms. A great way to do this is to build strong brands, allowing... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

22 Apr 2020
Research Event

How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities

Until a few years ago, climate change’s potential impact seemed abstract for many investors. Now, as sea levels rise, hurricanes intensify, and droughts threaten food supplies, many investors are confronting its financial realities. But it’s not a simple calculation.... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services

October 1990
Case

Parenting Magazine

By: William A. Sahlman

Describes a set of decisions confronting Robin Wolaner, who is negotiating with representatives of Time Inc. about investing in a project to launch a new magazine called Parenting. The negotiations have reached an impasse. Among the issues to be considered are the... View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Decision Choices and Conditions; Negotiation; Negotiation Deal; Valuation; Venture Capital; Financing and Loans; Outcome or Result; Risk and Uncertainty; Projects; Journals and Magazines; Journalism and News Industry; Publishing Industry

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Educators

Purchase

Aller led American Power and Light during the height of its growth. Under his leadership, the company functioned as an umbrella organization for over 20 regional utility providers in the West and posted exceptional market View Details

Keywords: Utilities & Energy

14 May 2024
Blog Post

Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - How to Build a Culture of Intrapreneurship

products and services, large companies have bought into the success of the trend by making bold “100% sustainable” statements about their business models. However, concerns over greenwashing – a term referring to misleading claims about... View Details

20 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

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

arguably within reason when balanced against the value created in a successful reorganization. Chapter 11 isn't perfect. Just as not every hospital patient is cured or every prison inmate rehabilitated, not every sick View Details

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

Profile

Sebastien D'Incau

really skeptical about the value of a business education. To me, it meant a lot of money to read books and listen to teachers talk — not a ton of value." "But I was absolutely thrilled by what I found at HBS: ninety people, full... View Details

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Managing Customers for Growth - Course Catalog

managing customer relationships and driving customer growth are central. This includes: Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders (e.g., CEOs, CMOs, Chief Growth Officers, Chief Customer Officers) seeking to build and scale customer-centric businesses. Consultants and... View Details

18 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]

potential of new ideas could be inimical to operating a real business. All fall, the news had been sobering, as the dot-com bubble deflated, paring billions—ultimately trillions—of dollars of stock-market value from the "idea"... View Details

Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg

01 Dec 2005
News

Winning Legally

compliance as an investment, not an expense, legally astute managers are more likely to discover innovative paths to change their products in ways that not only ensure compliance but also provide greater value for customers. But don’t you... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

29 Oct 2019
Blog Post

Merging the Worlds of Finance, Investing, and Environmental Impact

investment firm, Novus Energy Partners, and for close to two decades now, I’ve been investing in companies that deliver both financial and environmental returns. What was your plan coming into HBS? I had done quite a lot of strategy... View Details

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Navigating Your Worth: AI, Negotiations, and the Nature of Expertise - Course Catalog

value is created and captured in the economy One critical change: You have your direct labor, and also your indirect labor through the data generated by your work. The value of labor shifts from renting... View Details

03 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 3

quite limited. The best path forward involves extensive experimentation and careful evaluation. Publisher's link: http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/I/bo18508109.html August 2013 Advances in Strategic Management The Effect of Institutional Factors on... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Fast Answer

Companies: rankings

Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index. Look for link to Best Places to Work for LGBTQ+ Equality Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands an analysis of brand value produced by BrandZ. Fortune Rankings includes lists such as "Best View Details

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

Profile

Irina Gerry

How has your HBS experience shaped your career path? HBS provided me with an extraordinary opportunity for career discovery. Through discussions with classmates, alumni and company representatives I was able to learn about various career... View Details

01 Apr 2002
News

HBS Press Books in Brief

they can compete successfully in both the old and the new economies. Authors Philip Kotler, Dipak C. Jain, and Suvit Maesincee show how to build a complete marketing platform around the exploration, creation, and delivery of superior View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

27 Jun 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27

and SEC oversight than previously suggested. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52776 forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics Reexamining Staggered Boards and Shareholder Value By: Wang, Charles C.Y., and... View Details