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  • August 2001 (Revised April 2002)
  • Case

Strategic Capital Management, LLC (A)

By: Mark L. Mitchell, Erik Stafford and Todd Pulvino
Strategic Capital Management, LLC, is a hedge fund that is planning to make financial investments in Creative Computers and Ubid. Creative Computers recently sold approximately 20% of its Internet auction subsidiary, Ubid, to the public at $15 per share. Ubid's stock... View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Business Subsidiaries; Internet and the Web; Investment Funds; Price; Performance Efficiency; Capital Markets; Auctions; Investment Return; Equity; Planning; Financial Services Industry
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  • 08 Mar 2021
  • In Practice

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 27 Jun 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?

and doing so efficiently so that a financial profit or surplus is created. Administration is about rules and procedures and whether or not they are being followed. These distinctions are very important to clear communications among us... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
  • Web

Hidden Workers, Untapped Talent - Managing the Future of Work

candidates in an efficient manner, but in doing so systematically exclude several categories of qualified workers, including caregivers, veterans, the formerly incarcerated, those with disabilities, etc. These workers are “hidden” by... View Details
  • 2011
  • Working Paper

The Impact of Horizontal Mergers and Acquisitions in Price Competition Models

The question of what impact mergers and acquisitions have on key equilibrium performance measures is fundamental to our understanding of competitive dynamics in an oligopolistic industry. We address these questions in the context of price competition models with... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Cost; Price; Profit; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Performance Efficiency; Mathematical Methods; Competition
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    Andre F. Perold

    André Perold is a Founder, Partner, and Chief Investment Officer of HighVista Strategies, a Boston-based investment firm. HighVista focuses on investing in structurally inefficient public and private markets, including in life sciences,  lower middle market private... View Details

    Keywords: banking; financial services; information; investment banking industry; professional services
    • 21 May 2007
    • Research & Ideas

    Fixing the Marketing-CEO Disconnect

    susceptibility to competition. How to repair the rift? Two HBS faculty developed a CD-based program called Measuring Marketing Performance targeted at senior executives—namely CEOs, COOs, and CMOs. The tutorial helps execs understand how... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • 21 May 2013
    • First Look

    First Look: May 21

    Bonuses Increase Employee Satisfaction and Team Performance By: Anik, Lalin, Lara B. Aknin, Michael I. Norton, Elizabeth W. Dunn, and Jordi Quoidbach Abstract—In two field studies, we explore the impact of providing employees and... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 24 Feb 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: February 24, 2009

      Working PapersLearn-how to Improve Collaboration and Performance Authors:Ingrid M. Nembhard, Anita L. Tucker, Richard M.J. Bohmer, Joseph H. Carpenter, and Jeffrey D. Horbar Abstract Organizational learning, a prerequisite for high... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 09 Sep 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: September 9, 2008

    agencies. While negative ratings may "shame" firms that are performing poorly, the threat of regulatory action and the presence of "low hanging fruit" are important drivers of how firms respond to information-based... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 08 Aug 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017

    be best performing in terms of annual profitability; membership was considered highly prestigious. We document that index-inclusion incentives led firms to increase return on equity (ROE) proportionally by 35% on average through higher... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 22 Oct 2007
    • Research & Ideas

    Bringing ‘Lean’ Principles to Service Industries

    method, under the guidance of a teacher, at the lowest possible level in the organization. Wipro Gains Efficiency In the paper, Staats and Upton describe how Wipro first launched its lean initiative in 2004 with a core team of managers.... View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Computer
    • Web

    Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

    Effectiveness (63) Performance Efficiency (6) Performance Evaluation (19) Performance Expectations (6) Performance... View Details
    • Web

    Drivers of Competitiveness - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

    efficiency and prosperity. Key Concepts Productivity Competitivenss is determined by the productivity with which a location uses its human, capital, and natural endowments to create value. Microeconomic Foundations Productivity ultimately... View Details
    • 04 Nov 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: November 4

    point out that they may benefit politically connected capitalists or bail out inefficient firms. We study the effect of loans and equity investments of the Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES) and find that they do not have any consistent effect on firm-level... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • Web

    Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

    capacity to the largest, most efficient firm—thereby diversifying its production technologies while increasing concentration—can lower prices by prompting the leader to expand output and competitors to aggressively defend market shares.... View Details
    • Web

    Economic Development in Rural Areas - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

    Development in Inner Cities Economic Development in Rural Areas Cluster Studies International Cluster Competitiveness Profiles Economic Development in ... Economic Development in Rural Areas The economic performance of rural regions in... View Details
    • 04 Jan 2017
    • What Do You Think?

    How Much Bureaucracy is a Good Thing in Government and Business?

    concluded that, “Bureaucracy in those examples was very effective.” Among the few suggestions for improving the functioning of bureaucracies was this from Guy: “If you want to have an efficient and effective bureaucracy, then you need to... View Details
    Keywords: by James L. Heskett
    • 24 Jan 2005
    • Research & Ideas

    Rethinking Activity-Based Costing

    minutes to handle an inquiry, and 50 minutes to perform a credit check. Deriving cost-driver rates. The cost-driver rates can now be calculated by multiplying the two input variables we have just estimated. For our customer service... View Details
    Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & Steven R. Anderson
    • Web

    Leadership - Faculty & Research

    Leadership Development ; Leadership Style ; Crisis Management ; Management Skills ; Business Processes ; Organizational Culture ; Organizational Structure ; Performance Efficiency ; Sports Industry ;... View Details