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  • July 2003 (Revised February 2004)
  • Background Note

M&A Legal Context: Hostile Takeovers

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin, Constance E. Bagley and James Quinn
Introduces students to the main tactical maneuvers used by hostile bidders, including bear hugs, proxy fights, tender offers, and toeholds. Also describes how, in the United States, tender offers are regulated by the federal government via the Williams Act. View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Cash; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Code Law; Bids and Bidding; United States
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  • 29 May 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Race Does Matter in Mentoring

reached the executive level at his organization. Why did he make it when so many other minorities plateaued in middle management? First, Williams had the good fortune to be hired by Nathan Barrett, a white... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
  • July 2023 (Revised February 2024)
  • Case

'Bugs' Burger Bug Killers

By: Ryan W. Buell and William Fulmer
In the height of its success, Bugs Burger Bug Killers (BBBK; Burger has a soft 'g' - it rhymes with merger) was the largest independent extermination company in America, growing at more than 20% per year. BBBK built its business on the promise of pest eradication,... View Details
Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Service Industry
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  • Book Review

Leaning in Without Falling Over

By: Debora L. Spar
Deborah L. Spar reviews "What Works for Women at Work: Four Patterns Working Women Need to Know," by Joan C. Williams and Rachel Dempsey, who explore workplace sociology as it pertains to the needs, goals and difficulties faced by women in the workforce. View Details
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  • 12 Jul 2010
  • News

Is Venture Capital an Academic Pursuit?

  • 28 Oct 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: The Good Struggle: Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World

book excerpt Evolving Committments From The Good Struggle: Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World By JOSEPH L. BADARACCO In a turbulent, sometimes dangerous world, responsible leaders need a broader view of critical decisions.... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Badaracco
  • 01 Jan 2002
  • News

  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Building Bridges: New Dimensions in Negotiation

what set of no-deal alternatives face the participants. Its most familiar element involves what each party will do if there is no deal — in other words, "the best alternative to negotiated agreement" or BATNA (a term coined by... View Details
Keywords: by Anita M. Harris
  • 22 Apr 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Does Spirituality Drive Success?

spirituality in business. Can Spirituality Drive Success? Should It? In a session exploring how spirituality can lead to business success, panelist Tony Schwartz confessed to one distinction: he was perhaps the only person in the world who was "driven to the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace, Sean Silverthorne & Wendy Guild
  • January 2011 (Revised July 2012)
  • Case

National Public Broadcasting

By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
Bob Williams, the CEO of National Public Broadcasting (NPB), was considering an unsolicited offer to purchase the company in the early spring of 2006. The company was a media underwriting representative for public television and radio stations throughout the United... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Management; Ownership; Advertising Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry
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  • 04 May 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business

clear-cut. “A problem with megatrend predictions is that, even if they turn out to be generally accurate, they’re not managerially useful.” In the first month of social distancing in the United States, online sales at Walmart and Target indeed surged View Details
Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes
  • 30 Jun 2010
  • News

The VC Shakeout

  • 27 May 2015
  • News

Studies Find Angels Significantly Impact Success Of Funded Companies

  • Research Summary

A Case Study Approach to Teaching Real Estate

By: William J. Poorvu
William J. Poorvu has developed a casebook and instructor's manual for teaching real estate by the case method. Real Estate: A Case Study Approach elaborates a conceptual framework for viewing real estate and the real-estate process. The instructor's manual (which... View Details
  • August 1996
  • Supplement

Andersen Consulting - EMEAI: Bill Barnard on Organization Change

By: Ashish Nanda and Michael Y. Yoshino
Remarks by William (Bill) Barnard, partner-in-charge for Strategic Services in the subregion of Western Europe, in a conversation he had with Professors Ashish Nanda and Michael Yoshino of the Harvard Business School on November 1, 1995. View Details
Keywords: Management Teams; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Consulting Industry; Europe
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  • 08 Mar 2017
  • News

H1B visa squeeze threatens US tech leadership

  • 03 Nov 2014
  • News

A Recap of the U.S. News Hospital of Tomorrow Forum 2014

  • 17 Feb 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Tales of the Newly-minted MBA

H. Naylor Fitzhugh Conference to tell their stories—the ups, downs, and detours that brought them to where they are today. "I moved back home. That's where I started," said Joseph Williams (HBS MBA '99), cofounder of Wakefield... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 25 Sep 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Why Politics is Failing America, and What Business Can Do To Help

According to a new Harvard Business School report from Michael E. Porter, the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, and co-author Katherine Gehl, a former CEO and political activist, Washington’s proverbial “swamp” isn’t a set of... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
  • 23 Jul 2018
  • News

Future Of Work: Artificial Intelligence, Leadership & Why Business Education Must Adapt