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Ben Schlatka
Ben (HBS '05) has deep experience in technology driven organizations - including fund raising and venture formation, product marketing, product management, business development and managing technical professionals in large public and small venture funded technology... View Details
- 03 Sep 2009
- What Do You Think?
Are Retention Bonuses Worth the Investment?
that "most high value employee(s), if they decide to leave an organization, will negotiate an equivalent sign-on bonus." JA said, "I have found the best investment to be a solid severance program." Frank Fabela pointed... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
employee, the US Congress had not yet delivered on the entirety of its $300 million funding promise. Negotiating with officials from the Egyptian and US governments, each with their own priorities, was a time-consuming challenge for Enan,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 20 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
this activity in established institutions. At HBS, he racked the exhaust pipes on his old, turquoise-blue Ford pickup with the express purpose of setting off car alarms in the Soldiers Field Park garage. He used game theory in a classroom View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Higher Ground
on his rapport with the musicians and—in a field where operating budgets depend heavily on philanthropic support—his ability to work a room, the serious matter of contract negotiation began in late spring 2005. With all the particulars... View Details
- January 2022
- Supplement
SpartanNash Company: The Amazon Warrants (B)
By: Benjamin C. Esty, E. Scott Mayfield and Daniel Fisher
A continuation of the events described in the (A) Case, “SpartanNash Company: The Amazon Warrants,” (HBS Case No. 222-022). View Details
Keywords: Valuation; Value Creation; Consumer Behavior; Negotiation; Distribution; Ownership; Partners and Partnerships; Business Strategy; Equity; Distribution Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
Esty, Benjamin C., E. Scott Mayfield, and Daniel Fisher. "SpartanNash Company: The Amazon Warrants (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 222-033, January 2022.
- January 2022
- Case
SpartanNash Company: The Amazon Warrants (A)
By: Benjamin C. Esty, E. Scott Mayfield and Daniel Fisher
As of 12/31/21, Amazon held $22 billion of equity and warrants in related companies. In fact, it often requests a free grant of warrants when it enters into a new commercial agreement with a supplier. Over the past 20 years, Amazon has gotten warrants in almost 20... View Details
Keywords: Valuation; Value Creation; Consumer Behavior; Negotiation; Distribution; Ownership; Partners and Partnerships; Business Strategy; Equity; Distribution Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
Esty, Benjamin C., E. Scott Mayfield, and Daniel Fisher. "SpartanNash Company: The Amazon Warrants (A)." Harvard Business School Case 222-022, January 2022.
- 01 Nov 2016
- First Look
First Look - November 1, 2016
Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Started in June 2013, TTIP negotiations had gone on much longer than anyone had expected. With elections coming on both sides of the Atlantic and a rising opposition in public opinion, what were... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 12, 2016
Rawlinsons, a young, ambitious, career-minded couple, are considering their life and career goals. They are both successful, have aspirations to serve in public office, and are negotiating important career choices as a couple. Purchase... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 29, 2016
from this challenging business? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/716038-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 801-421 Charlene Barshefsky (A) Describes the challenges former U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky faced while View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
Fijian government, which recently dramatically raised imposed export taxes and could limit FIJI Water's access to water, its primary raw material. The case enables students to better understand the challenges of implementing an environmental strategy and of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times
high commitment culture and the talented people it took years to develop and impregnate with the company's DNA? Or will the HCHP organization be able to negotiate the crisis without liquidating its social and human capital? These moments... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 28, 2007
worked. In the first decade of the 20th century, Charles Coffin demonstrated that he was an adept negotiator who amassed great wealth for GE in building generators and power equipment for local utilities in which GE also had a financial... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019
Weapons of Peace by Peter D. Johnston (MBA 1990) Goldrook Publishing What If the Nazis developed the Atom Bomb first? Recovering from gunshot wounds and confined to an ancient English castle, America's top negotiator shares the secrets of... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
and where the financial markets are nonetheless looking to large-scale securitization. "I put considerable focus on negotiation and the decision-making process," explains Poorvu. Also crucial, says Poorvu, are the links between the... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
relocate. "There are big risks involved in moving out of an established market," notes Robinson, who in 1995 successfully negotiated to keep the NHL champion Devils in New Jersey after the team had been courted by Nashville, Tennessee.... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
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Mark Hardie
Mark (MIT Sloan ’93) is a serial entrepreneur and start-up veteran with a knack for finding innovation roles in any size company. He is a career-long mentor who loves working with start-up teams, founders and would-be entrepreneurs. Mark is currently the Director of... View Details
- 21 Dec 2022
- News
HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion
Harvard University. For more information, please visit the program's website or reach out to the program director, Jane Unrue. Negotiating with Vladimir Putin: Video Advice from Five Former U.S. Secretaries of State HBS professor James K.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
Fellow, before being hired to serve as the center’s director of strategic initiatives. “I worked primarily with the president and the CFO of Lincoln Center, and that was an extraordinary opportunity,” Houston says. “I gained experience in everything from labor union... View Details
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Three Steps for Crisis Prevention
merger negotiations and antitrust consultations differently—and Honeywell might well be a part of GE today. Lapses in recognition occur when leaders remain oblivious to an emerging threat or problem—a lack of attention that can plague... View Details
Keywords: by Michael D. Watkins & Max H. Bazerman