Strategic Corporate Decisions - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Apr 2002
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Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction

described as "American icons" by moderator Tom Davenport, director of the Accenture Institute for Strategic Change. Jack Duffy, SVP of corporate strategy at UPS, noted that the process of integrating... View Details

Keywords: H Naylor Fitzhugh; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

25 Feb 2020
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Why Layoffs are a Losing Strategy

into these outliers began in the late 2000s, after teaching the Malden Mills case in the MBA required course Leadership and Corporate Accountability. Most in the class believed Feuerstein had made a grave mistake; the View Details

Keywords: April White; Telecommunications; Information

March 2022 (Revised January 2023)
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Clara Wu Tsai and Brooklyn Loan Innovation

By: Archie L. Jones, Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Henry McGee

Philanthropist Clara Wu Tsai is committed to racial equity and investing in Brooklyn-based minority business owners. In the wake of the George Floyd murder, she decides to create a new initiative called the Social Justice Fund and commit an initial $50 million over 10... View Details

Keywords: Minority-owned Businesses; Racial Equity; Entrepreneurship; Race; Values and Beliefs; Small Business; Partners and Partnerships; Social Issues; Investment; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Decision Making; Brooklyn

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01 Jun 2016
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016

of immediate usefulness. Global Risk Agility and Decision Making: Organizational Resilience in the Era of Manmade Risk by Daniel Wagner and Dante Disparte (PLDA 6) (Palgrave Macmillan) The authors call for a greater sense of urgency from... View Details

18 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Career Advice: Transforming the Energy Industry

create a viable business out of any toughtech idea. In a way, that was a catalyst for me to think about what was going on outside the walls of the corporate environment I occupied. Coming from the oil and gas space, it's easy to get... View Details

25 Aug 2022
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On Purpose

Illustration by Nhung Lê Illustration by Nhung Lê When Jenny Cohen (MBA 1997), a longtime Disney exec, made the leap to executive VP of corporate social responsibility in early 2021, her first task was an especially existential one: “I... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

2003
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Confirming Management Earnings Forecasts, Earnings Uncertainty, and Stock Returns

By: Michael B. Clement, Richard Frankel and Jeffrey Miller

In this study we examine the association among confirming management forecasts, stock prices, and analyst expectations. Confirming management forecasts are voluntary disclosures by management that corroborate existing market expectations about future earnings. This... View Details

Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Corporate Disclosure; Price; Stocks; Investment Return

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01 Dec 1997
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Growing Together

around them. To be in tune with their operating environment, they have to make many key strategic decisions about their mission focus, their product/service portfolio, and their value-creation model across a... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry

29 Apr 2008
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Venture Capital

of the industry cannot be overemphasized: they included pioneering players who launched important firms and invested in some of society's most important companies. As VC increasingly becomes a worldwide phenomenon, moreover, HBS will continue to have a View Details

Keywords: by Josh Lerner; Financial Services

01 Sep 2004
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HBS Clubs and Associations

of the Juvenile Justice Fund in Atlanta, which provides resources and services for youth and their families who are involved with the juvenile justice system. “I was able to come back and, with my case studies and notes as a guide, retool our View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

10 Aug 2020
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HBS Summer Fellows Focus on Racial Equity and Justice

summer and going forward. WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON THIS SUMMER? Allie O'Shea (MBA 2021), Hack.Diversity: Hack.Diversity is focused on improving Black and Latinx representation in Boston's innovation economy. This summer, I am working on Hack.Diversity’s brand strategy... View Details

09 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale

who you were. He believed that the heart of a corporation was its middle management, because he felt that there are Darwinian aspects to his beliefs and if you are in top management, that's because you were very good at something 10 years... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer

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Supplemental Financial Information | Annual Report 2024

anticipated, the lower surplus reflected, among other things, higher expenses associated with investments in the faculty and staff to support strategic priorities such as the School’s ongoing digital transformation and new research... View Details

01 Dec 2004
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One-on-One with William H. Donaldson

Donaldson Illustration by Joe Ciardiello When William Donaldson (MBA ’58) was sworn in as the 27th chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 18, 2003, Wall Street and the commission itself were in turmoil. A wave of View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

03 Nov 2021
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Alumni Viewpoints: Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

key role business leaders have to play in confronting climate change—and the power of HBS alumni to make a positive difference. +Jacqueline Adams (MBA 1978) President, J Adams Strategic Communications; co-author of A Blessing: Women of... View Details

01 Dec 2015
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015

Strategic Services in 1944 to train European resistors, this is the essential handbook to help stamp out unintentional sabotage in any working group, from major corporations to volunteer PTA committees.... View Details

February 2003 (Revised January 2004)
Case

International Steel Group

By: Paul W. Marshall and Todd H Thedinga

Profiles veteran investor Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.'s plan to turn around the aging steel assets of LTV, formerly America's second largest integrated steel producer. Purchasing several key assets from LTV under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, Ross is able to acquire the... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Strategic Planning; Lawfulness; Labor Unions; Organizational Culture; Agreements and Arrangements; Global Strategy; Assets; Steel Industry; United States

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20 Sep 2021
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Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business and Environment

sufficiently scale operations and deliver meaningful impact. Elizabeth's role prior to HBS was an Associate at Providence Strategic Growth. Anand Gupta (MBA 2022, Section E), Summer Internship: Investment Banking Summer Associate at... View Details

2016
Working Paper

Who Pays for White-Collar Crime?

By: Paul Healy and George Serafeim

Using a proprietary dataset of 667 companies around the world that experienced white-collar crime, we investigate what drives punishment of perpetrators of crime. We find a significantly lower propensity to punish crime in our sample, where most crimes are not reported... View Details