Company Values - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2017
News

Case Study: The Doctor Deficit

two-sided marketplace, it must achieve a critical mass of both employers and employees in each market to be successful, an endeavor that takes time and resources. Focusing on a small number of states would allow the company to prove the... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 2002
News

Books

Mills shows how capitalism's financial value chain — comprising venture capitalists, bankers, and entrepreneurs and compelled by the lure of potential fortunes to be made — failed in its role to exercise caution in the formation and... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

13 Jan 2020
Blog Post

Blending my Tech and Managerial Mindsets

tech companies on digital and technology transformation with McKinsey and Company, and previously worked as an engineer deploying rapid prototyping devices for Intel and Apple. Yuval discusses his path to HBS, experience at Harvard... View Details

12 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

‘Let the Buyer Beware’ Doesn’t Protect Investors

representations about any item it sells. Similarly, the prospectus for a dot-com described the firm and its promise, without mentioning that there'd been a serious debate in the bank about whether or not the company had any View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

21 Mar 2019
News

Helping Veterans Build Careers

designated more than $28 million to high-performing, nonprofit grantee partners across the United States and the United Kingdom, helping to place more than 50,000 vets in high-quality jobs since 2009. “But veterans often struggle to translate their time in the military... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

Profile

Arvind Chandrababu

with education. Have the last two years change your perspectives on business leadership? A lot. There’s no one type of leader. Being an effective leader comes from within, it comes from being authentic—knowing your values and staying true... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Nonprofit / Government

Profile

Ann Chao

awesome. We found a law firm. We got great advice on strategy and financing. I really value the mentorship we received." After a year of incubation, Sonation came out with its first iPad product. "My HBS classmates have helped... View Details

20 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

Moving from Supply Chains to Supply Networks

about investing in these companies need to understand what they bring to the table. Raman: That's very true because venture capitalists often base their evaluation of established companies on their supply... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

30 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 30

allegations. The case provides an opportunity to review Value Partners' research approach to investing in Chinese companies and to assess the merits of the Evergrande allegations. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

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Digital Archival Resources - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

School Case 271-221, 1971. HBS Professor John G. McLean collaborated with George Albert Smith, Jr., Professor of Business Administration, on a consulting project for Polaroid from 1945 to 1946. In their comprehensive reports to Polaroid, McLean and Smith advised the... View Details

13 Feb 2020
News

Honoring a Legend

broader impact on the world. “It was super flattering to be selected,” says Nussey, whose companies have created thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in value over his career. He cofounded a software... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Nov 1999
Lessons from the Classroom

What’s Next & So What? Leading in the 21st Century

industries that can be anybody, anywhere. While some observers have dismissed the phenomenon as exclusive to "a few crazy Internet companies in California," the reality is this: the value of... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

31 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 31, 2009

performance measurement in companies whose intangible assets played a central role in value creation. Our interest in measurement for driving performance improvements arose from a belief articulated more... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility

categorize the world, emphasizing some values or activities over others. In other words, languages shape the way people think. After hearing about one such theory from visiting doctoral student Hao Liang from Tilburg University, Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

The State of the Markets

to pay the IOUs coming due." Financial markets can help that happen by offering mechanisms that enable capital to be allocated to companies and industries where it can be the most productive. The result is structural changes in the... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner

01 Mar 2013
News

Alumni News | Bookshelf

black box that transforms ideas into actual products and services. "Little bets labs," for example, allow companies large and small to rapidly build and test prototypes in the market using inexpensive web resources. "Find someone with a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Apr 1998
News

New Releases

Sense & Respond Stephen P. Bradley and Richard L. Nolan, editors (Harvard Business School Press) In the Network Era - where access to and use of information technology is increasing at an ever-faster pace - the way companies interact with... View Details

01 Sep 2018
News

September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

determine which unique capabilities your company values the most. K-12 On the Brink: Why America’s Education System Fails to Improve, and Only Business Leadership Can Fix It by Tom Coyne (MBA 1984)... View Details

01 Feb 1997
News

Doing It Your Way

force: "Of our $600 million in total sales, about 90 percent are direct sales," says Walske, "and yet our operating margins are 40 percent. No one in our industry has ever come close to that." Wall Street has shown its approval by valuing... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso (profiles by Linda Goodspeed, Elaine Gottlieb, Nancy O. Perry, and Judith A. Ross)

28 Apr 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)

throughout the region. I’m a huge believer in responsible capitalism and hope I can become one of the people who can push this forward. The "Reimagining Capitalism" course convinced me that business leaders have a responsibility to lead their View Details

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