by Nancy F. Koehn - Publications - Faculty & Research

Emily Wang, an analyst with Future Securities, a Shanghai-based investment firm, is given the task of making stock purchase recommendations to her supervisor from a number of Chinese common stocks. One stock in particular, Hubei Lantian Co., Ltd. (Hubei Lantian),... View Details

Keywords: Financial Analysis; Ratio Analysis

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01 Dec 1996
News

Faculty Symposium Honors McArthur

symposium will be collected and published at a later date. The following is a list of the papers' authors: Business History Professor Thomas K. McCraw and Assistant Professor Nancy F. View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

01 Oct 1996
News

71 Snapshots

Trading Up — Kenneth D. Brody Creating Miracles — Charles A. Coverdale Kid at Heart — John H. Eyler No Bull — Nancy E. Havens-Hasty Working Behind the Scenes — Alan F. Horn Mastering the Competition —... View Details

20 Dec 2016
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular 'Cold Call' Podcasts

covering world-class brands, innovative start-ups, and social enterprises, and the most popular of the more than 30 episodes produced in the past year are listed below. The Amazing Life of One of America’s Earliest Black, Female Entrepreneurs View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

01 Jun 2004
News

Social Enterprise Celebrates Tenth Year, Looks Ahead

seven social-enterprise electives in 2003Ã2004. In its first ten years, the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) developed executive education programs attended by over 2,500 nonprofit leaders, published more than 200 cases, and... View Details

Keywords: SEI; Social Enterprise Initiative; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

12 Dec 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

2017 New York: Scribner Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times By: Koehn, Nancy F. Abstract—An enthralling historical narrative filled with critical leadership insights that... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2011
News

Downtime

have a “guilty pleasure” author? James Michener. For some reason he captured my imagination years ago. Another guilty pleasure is Sports Illustrated. Nancy Koehn is the James E. Robison Professor of Business... View Details

Keywords: fiction; Christianity

01 Sep 2009
News

Professor, Historian, and Storyteller

A Conversation with Nancy Koehn Koehn Photo Courtesy Nancy Koehn Editor’s Note: The Story of American Business... View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Sep 2005
News

London Forum Highlights the Best of HBS

and the reason for many a loosened tie and rolled-up shirtsleeve. The 2005 GLF was the culmination of nearly three years of planning, led by HBS professor Nancy Koehn as... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

July 1996
Case

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.--1990

By: Nancy F. Koehn and Michael Dearing

Howard Lester, chairman and CEO, has just completed a second offering of common stock in Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($218.2 million 1989 sales). Having targeted $500 million in retail sales, Lester's challenge is to: 1) prioritize growth investments in five existing catalog... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Alignment; Customer Value and Value Chain; Competitive Strategy; Retail Industry

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