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Betas
transactions, and people. From the company summary page, select the "Tearsheet" link in the left side navigation bar. Value Line Find a company profile using... View Details
- 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
- 29 Oct 2007
- HBS Case
Marketing Maria: Managing the Athlete Endorsement
interest to Harvard Business School professor Anita Elberse, be they a movie legend or a third baseman. She wrote the Sharapova case with Margarita Golod (HBS MBA '07) to study and frame classroom discussions on a favorite field of research: the View Details
- 16 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?
more about them and to understand and have confidence in what they do. So I would like to make a modest proposal that each board of directors sets up an evaluation process for the CEO that does three things: it articulates the values and... View Details
Keywords: by Kim B. Clark
- 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
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Ellen Pao (MBA 1998)
made for me: This person had to have studied either computer science or electrical engineering and have a JD and an MBA. They had to have worked at a big software company and a successful startup. The kicker was they had to speak... View Details
Keywords: April White; photo by Eric Millette
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Research Brief: What Makes a Mobile Money Service Thrive in an Emerging Market?
convenience and security offered by mobile banking, Kenya’s M-Pesa, for example, grew to serve 15 million customers in its first five years. But for every M-Pesa, there is a company like India’s Eko Financial Services, which has struggled... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
- 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
- 28 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 28
principles, and skills of three of the most successful and influential figures in business-Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs-offering lessons for all managers and entrepreneurs on leadership, strategy, and execution. In less than a decade, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
WHITMAN When Meg Whitman joined a fledgling online auction start-up in 1998, not many people outside of serious collectors of Beanie Babies had heard of eBay. After ten years under her leadership, the company now has 16,000 employees in... View Details
- 26 Apr 2022
- News
Leading on Climate Change
solving the world’s problems, not creating the world’s problems?” HBS Club of the GCC ThinkTank Drawing from his recent book, Polman said a net-positive company takes responsibility for its total impact on society, which extends... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
Harold Blancke
During his CEO tenure, Blancke embarked on a massive growth plan for Celanese. Believing that success in the petrochemical industry was predicated on size, Blancke acquired several competitors and grew the company from $135 million in... View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
- 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
- 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
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
challenge. Who was the company competing against and how could it carve out a unique value proposition that would appeal to travelers and be differentiated from what was offered by other hospitality options?... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Demystifying the Family Enterprise - Course Catalog
through a private equity firm, search fund model or a public company that through dual class stock is still family controlled. It is also useful for everyone going into general management and / or want to be responsible owner investors.... View Details
- 26 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
If a Car Can Drive Itself, Can It Make Life-or-Death Decisions?
some companies hard-code ethical values—for example, the numerical value of a human life—into an algorithm. Others set up self-teaching AI to “learn” what risks the AV can take. Countries often want... View Details
- 30 Apr 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Brand Management
Marketing executives value entertainment-related endorsements because of the difficulty of reaching a wide group of consumers using traditional advertising. Companies look to hire athletes whose image... View Details
- 28 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?
Source: Cecilie_Arcurs George Serafeim has a startling suggestion to fix the world’s biggest environmental, social, and governance (ESG) problems such as water pollution, deforestation, and wealth inequality: encourage companies within industries to do less competing... View Details