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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Alumni Books
An easy-to-use glossary and over sixty charts and diagrams define and illustrate complex financial terms and concepts. The Guru Investor: How to Beat the Market Using History’s Best Investment Strategies by John P. Reese (MBA ’79) with... View Details
- Sep 2016
- Survey
Problems Unsolved & A Nation Divided
calls for a national economic strategy for America and proposes federal policy priorities that can form the core of such a strategy. Further, the report highlights corporate and personal tax reform as a... View Details
- Web
Winning with Digital Platforms Online Course | HBS Online
digital platforms' unique properties, opportunities, and risks, and develop scalable strategies that drive growth and deliver a competitive advantage. 5 weeks 6-7 hours per week 5 modules Self-Paced with regular deadlines This course... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Center Court
plays regularly, is the founder of Tennis Corporation of America, which owns and operates forty indoor clubs in North America. Last January, he was named president of the 670,000-member USTA, a not-for-profit organization that funds... View Details
- Web
Board Diversity Network: 2024 Fall Events Recap - Blog: RGE Report
Events Recap Lex Schroeder Author tag Board Diversity HBS Alums on the Future of the Board Room (and How to Get There) Joining a corporate board can mean making a lasting impact on companies of the future. Getting your first board seat,... View Details
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Student Proposed Fellowship Program - Resources for selecting your organization
The following resources can be used to identify nonprofit organizations: Identifying Organizations Search Strategies GuideStar Pro - Information about the missions, programs, and finances of more than 1.7 million nonprofit... View Details
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
investments, are insufficient to explain effective corporate strategy unless there are important obstacles to contractual solutions. Purchase this note:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
investors), creating philanthropic endeavors and single-mindedly pursuing her dream of building an empire, taking it public, and cashing out all the investors. Corporate and Family Governance: The Two Disciplines That Carry Family... View Details
- 2010
- Working Paper
The Many Faces of Nonprofit Accountability
By: Alnoor Ebrahim
What does it mean for a nonprofit organization to be accountable? Nonprofit leaders tend to pay attention to accountability once a problem of trust arises—a scandal in the sector or in their own organization, questions from citizens or donors who want to know if their... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Accountability; Corporate Disclosure; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Leadership; Mission and Purpose; Performance Evaluation; Nonprofit Organizations; Business Strategy
Ebrahim, Alnoor. "The Many Faces of Nonprofit Accountability." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-069, February 2010.
- 19 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
positive or certain options (influencing others toward safer options) versus presenting choice sets with negative or risky options (influencing others toward riskier options). We show that choice architects’ influence strategies are... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- June 2009
- Teaching Note
Online Restaurant Promotions
By: Benjamin Edelman
Teaching Note for [909034]. View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Barbara Hackman Franklin, MBA 1964
D.C.-based firm, Barbara Franklin Enterprises, helps American companies navigate trade and investment issues, especially in China and other Asian countries. Franklin assists corporations with everything from View Details
- September 2010
- Teaching Note
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals: Building Value from the IP Estate (TN)
By: Willy C. Shih
Teaching Note for 611009. View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Ideas: Books
Bananas and Business by Marcelo Bucheli (New York University Press) Based on research in the archives of the United Fruit Company in Colombia, Bucheli, a Newcomen Fellow in Business History at HBS, disproves the idea that the firm was always a powerful View Details
- December 2005 (Revised February 2006)
- Case
Migros
By: Forest L. Reinhardt, Vincent Marie Dessain and Anders Sjoman
In October 2005, Urs Riedener, head of marketing at Swiss retailer Migros, is contemplating the company's competitive position. Primarily a retailer for foods and near-foods products, the cooperative Migros, with close to 600 retail outlets in Switzerland (but only... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Corporate Governance; Corporate Strategy; Cooperative Ownership; Supply Chain Management; Product Marketing; Environmental Sustainability; Social Enterprise; Business or Company Management; Marketing Strategy; Retail Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Switzerland
- 02 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Dubious Logic of Global Megamergers
expansion." In this excerpt, they detail seven such strategies that corporate leaders can pursue. Pick Up the Scraps. As Peter Drucker recently noted, for every megamerger or large acquisition, there... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat & Fariborz Ghadar
- June 2014
- Supplement
Financial Policy at Apple, 2013 (B)
By: Mihir Desai and Elizabeth A. Meyer
This case is meant to accompany Financial Policy at Apple, 2013 (A) and details the results of Apple's Q2 2013 earnings call. View Details
Keywords: Apple; Steve Jobs; Forecast; Forecasting; Forecasting And Prediction; Shareholder Activism; Share Repurchase; Dividends; Financial Ratios; Preferred Shares; Cash Distribution; Corporate Finance; Borrowing and Debt; Financial Management; Financial Strategy; Technology Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States; Republic of Ireland
Desai, Mihir, and Elizabeth A. Meyer. "Financial Policy at Apple, 2013 (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 214-094, June 2014.
- June 2014
- Supplement
Financial Policy at Apple, 2013 Student Supplement
By: Mihir Desai and Elizabeth A. Meyer
This is the student spreadsheet supplement to case 214-085, Financial Policy at Apple, 2013 (A). View Details
Keywords: Apple; Steve Jobs; Forecast; Forecasting; Forecasting And Prediction; Shareholder Activism; Share Repurchase; Dividends; Financial Ratios; Preferred Shares; Cash Distribution; Corporate Finance; Borrowing and Debt; Financial Management; Financial Strategy; Technology Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States; Republic of Ireland
- Article
Investors as Stewards of the Commons?
By: George Serafeim
Over the past few years, there has been a significant increase in the number of initiatives seeking to mobilize investor voice towards positive social impact. In this paper, I provide a framework outlining the role of investors as stewards of the commons. While... View Details
Keywords: Collaboration; Industry Self-regulation; Sustainability; ESG; Capital Markets; Investor Behavior; Investment Activism; Social Issues; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Cooperation
Serafeim, George. "Investors as Stewards of the Commons?" Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 30, no. 2 (Spring 2018): 8–17.
- 19 Sep 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Strategic Interactions in Two-Sided Market Oligopolies
Keywords: by Emmanuel Farhi & Andrei Hagiu