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  • July 2019
  • Article

Market Reaction to Mandatory Nonfinancial Disclosure

By: Jody Grewal, Edward J. Riedl and George Serafeim
We examine the equity market reaction to events associated with the passage of a directive in the European Union (EU) mandating increased nonfinancial disclosure. These disclosures relate to firms’ environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance and would be... View Details
Keywords: Nonfinancial Information; Nonfinancial Performance; ESG; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; Investor Behavior; Disclosure; Disclosure Regulation; Regulation; Sustainability; Corporate Performance; Information; Corporate Disclosure; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Performance; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Governance; Outcome or Result
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  • July 2002 (Revised September 2002)
  • Case

Competition in Japanese Financial Markets, 2002 (Abridged)

By: Tarun Khanna
In early 2002, Japan, the world's largest economy, had been mired in a decade-long recession. A range of stimulus packages had failed to work their magic. The "Big Bang" financial deregulation reforms announced in 1998 had not quite produced the economic boom that the... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Financial Markets; Global Strategy; Financial Crisis; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; Japan
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  • 05 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: January 5

  Working PapersThe Global Networks of Multinational Firms Authors:Laura Alfaro and Maggie Chen Abstract In this paper we characterize the topology of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • August 2013
  • Case

Harold Mills at ZeroChaos (A)

By: Lena G. Goldberg and Maurice L. Kuykendoll II
After leading a management buy-out, Harold Mills transformed ZeroChaos into a global staffing enterprise. Poised to raise additional capital to fund the company's next phase of growth, he was also confronting the liquidity demands of his early-stage investors and... View Details
Keywords: Legal Aspects Of Business; Law; Business Growth and Maturation; Corporate Finance
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    Lauren H. Cohen

    Lauren Cohen is the L.E. Simmons Professor in the Finance & Entrepreneurial Management Units at Harvard Business School and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is an Editor of the Review of Financial... View Details

    Keywords: asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management
    • February 2018 (Revised August 2019)
    • Case

    The Rise Fund: TPG Bets Big on Impact

    By: Vikram S. Gandhi, Caitlin Reimers Brumme and Sarah Mehta
    It is March 2017, and TPG, a global alternative investment firm with $74 billion assets under management, has recently launched its inaugural impact-investing fund—the $2 billion Rise Fund. In an effort to “take the religion out of impact investing,” Maya Chorengel,... View Details
    Keywords: Impact Investing; Impact Measurement; Equity; Investment; Measurement and Metrics; Financial Services Industry; California; San Francisco
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      Kristin W. Mugford

      Kristin Mugford is the Melvin Tukman Senior Lecturer of Business Administration in the Finance Unit at the Harvard Business School and the Senior Associate Dean for Culture and Community. She previously served as Faculty Chair for field-based learning and... View Details

      • November 2014
      • Case

      Ardian—The Sale of Diana

      By: Paul A. Gompers and Michael Roberts
      The case focuses on a European private equity firm—Ardian—and the process it uses to sell one of its portfolio companies, and the decisions around that sale. Key issues include the choice of an auction or acceptance of a pre-emptive bid, and the role of the portfolio... View Details
      Keywords: Spin-out; Exit; Sale; Private Equity; France
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        David B. Yoffie

        Professor David B. Yoffie is a Baker Foundation Professor and the Max and Doris Starr Professor of International Business Administration, Emeritus at Harvard Business School. A member of the HBS faculty since 1981, Professor Yoffie received his... View Details

        Keywords: communications; computer; e-commerce industry; electronics; financial services; information; information technology industry; internet; retail financial services; semiconductor; soft drink; telecommunications; video games
        • January 1996 (Revised September 1997)
        • Case

        Scott Paper Company

        By: Stuart C. Gilson and Jeremy Cott
        A professional turnaround manager attempts to implement a massive global downsizing program at the world's largest producer of consumer tissue products. The plan involves laying off almost one third of the company's 34,000 hourly and salaried employees and dramatically... View Details
        Keywords: Assets; Global Strategy; Resignation and Termination; Goals and Objectives; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Sales; Value Creation; Pulp and Paper Industry
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        • December 2014
        • Supplement

        Aspen Skiing Company Video Supplement

        By: Michael W. Toffel
        Having begun improving the environmental performance of its own operations, Aspen Skiing Company is considering "greening" its supply chain and lobbying for greenhouse gas regulations. A world renowned ski resort vulnerable to global climate change, Aspen's activities... View Details
        Keywords: Conflict of Interests; Climate Change; Supply Chain Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Aspen
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        • December 15, 2015
        • Article

        Don't Turn Your Sales Team Loose Without a Strategy

        By: Frank V. Cespedes and Steve Thompson
        When formulating a strategy, markets and segments are typically important categories. But only customers buy. Hence, for most firms, de facto strategy and much resource allocation are the aggregate result of the deals their salespeople close. However, few firms clarify... View Details
        Keywords: Strategy; Salesforce Management
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        • 05 Feb 2008
        • First Look

        First Look: February 5, 2008

        transfer in security markets. We focus on connections between mutual fund managers and corporate board members via shared education networks. We find that portfolio managers... View Details
        Keywords: Martha Lagace
        • 19 Mar 2012
        • HBS Case

        HBS Cases: Overcoming the Stress of ‘Englishnization’

        seeking out English speakers in their groups. Helping Employees Learn There's a number of techniques companies can employ to reassure and help workers with this transition. First, it's crucial for CEOs and... View Details
        Keywords: by Kim Girard
        • September 2010 (Revised November 2013)
        • Supplement

        Aspen Skiing Company (B)

        By: Michael W. Toffel and Stephanie van Sice
        Having begun improving the environmental performance of its own operations, Aspen Skiing Company is considering "greening" its supply chain and lobbying for greenhouse gas regulations. A world renowned ski resort vulnerable to global climate change, Aspen's activities... View Details
        Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Supply Chain; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Aspen
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        • 2012
        • Article

        Hiring Cheerleaders: Board Appointments of 'Independent' Directors

        By: Lauren Cohen, Andrea Frazzini and Christopher Malloy
        We provide evidence that firms appoint independent directors who are overly sympathetic to management, while still technically independent according to regulatory definitions. We explore a subset of independent directors for whom we have detailed, micro-level data on... View Details
        Keywords: Recruitment; Management; Corporate Governance; Performance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Executive Compensation; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Prejudice and Bias
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        • 01 Dec 2017
        • News

        New ETFs Attempt to Mimic the Portfolios of Private Equity

        • 09 Dec 2008
        • First Look

        First Look: December 9, 2008

        firms. This history of the course is linked to changes in information technology, financial markets, and the managements of firms as well as related changes in the markets for... View Details
        Keywords: Martha Lagace
        • 31 Mar 2022
        • Op-Ed

        Navigating the ‘Bermuda Triangle’ in Professional Services

        drive costs down and benefit from specialization because of its high volume of activities. "With growth, the way a firm is managed has to change, View Details
        Keywords: by Ashish Nanda

          Ashley V. Whillans

          Ashley Whillans is the Volpert Family Associate Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, where she teaches the Motivation and Incentives course to MBA students. Professor Whillans earned her PhD in Social Psychology from the University of... View Details