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Understanding and Managing Information Intermediaries

Brian Bushee is investigating whether information intermediaries such as institutional investors and financial analysts are sophisticated and efficient users of accounting information and whether these intermediaries' decisions influence the choices made by... View Details

01 Apr 1997
News

Managing a Master

Luther King, Jr. The music is superb and the evening unforgettable. It is another in a series of triumphs for an artist who seems destined to become a legend. Edward C. Arrendell (MBA '80), a Boston-based consultant at the time, was in Seattle, Washington, working on... View Details

Keywords: Jeff Lazar

27 Feb 2018
News

Make Tools Like Slack Work for Your Company

25 Mar 2018
News

Modernizing Infrastructure Management

In this interview, Joseph Heieck (MBA 2014), CEO and President of gWorks, describes how his company makes it easier for municipalities to track their infrastructure needs—and stay resilient. “I was in the Navy for a long time, but I am... View Details

May 1997 (Revised March 1998)
Case

Teradyne: Managing Strategic Change

By: Joseph L. Bower

Three cases deal with the introduction of a new product to Teradyne's line of semiconductor test equipment. This case provides historic and administrative background for the other two cases. Teradyne: The Aurora Project deals with the problems facing the head of a... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Change Management; Business or Company Management; Market Entry and Exit; Product; Problems and Challenges; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Technology

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November 2021 (Revised October 2024)
Background Note

Legal Analysis: Fiduciary Duties for Managers

By: J.S. Nelson and Trevor Fetter

This note describes the essential legal responsibilities of managers and company directors toward investors and other parties. These include basic fiduciary duties of loyalty, obedience, good faith and care, as well as duties that relate to... View Details

Keywords: Fiduciary Duty; Managerial Roles; Legal Liability

23 May 2012
Research & Ideas

Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative

communication and encouragement, they can find the courage to try, fail, redo, and try again. Carliss Baldwin How can companies tap their customers for innovative ideas? Firms have a tendency to look at their navels. The first thing I... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons, Julia Hanna & Roger Thompson

31 Aug 2016
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Managing McDonald’s Makeover

that the iconic brand is “keeping pace with changing tastes and habits.” The move was reportedly unexpected, given McDonald’s history of promoting from internal ranks. (Kempczinski was brought on last year.) In quickly tapping a relative newcomer to the View Details

Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

April 2001 (Revised August 2001)
Case

Risk Management at Apache

After initiating a hedging strategy, Apache Corp. is interested in revisiting its decision to determine if hedging is value-adding. This case investigates how the company initially decided to hedge against commodity price risk and how it implemented its hedging... View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Investment; Corporate Finance

18 May 2023
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India's New Money Managers

into another obstacle: As Gupta began her career successfully setting up the trading desk for her company Navratan Capital, she found that investors would only speak with her male colleagues. Gupta persevered, founding Anand Rathi in... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

October 2002 (Revised September 2005)
Case

Emerging Giants: Building World-Class Companies in Emerging Markets

By: Tarun Khanna and Krishna G. Palepu

Presents a conceptual framework to examine successful companies in emerging markets and what enables them to avoid traditional emerging market obstacles. Examines those characteristics that allow these successful local companies to overcome market voids and become... View Details

Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Emerging Markets; Success

May 2019
Teaching Note

Tesla, Inc. in 2018

By: Siko Sikochi and Suraj Srinivasan

Teaching Note for HBS No. 119-013. The case facilitates a discussion about corporate governance and its role in achieving sustainable profitability and driving long-term shareholder value. The discussion can focus on such questions as what constitutes good governance,... View Details

Keywords: Public Company; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Cost vs Benefits

12 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Waking Up a Sleeping Company

edge. A good example is Apple Computer. During the 1980s Apple experienced explosive growth, thanks to the success of the Macintosh computer, but was unable to build its management rapidly enough to keep up. As a result, the View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

September 1995 (Revised December 2018)
Case

Managing Innovation at Nypro, Inc. (A)

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Rebecca Voorheis

Nypro is the world's leading injection molder of precision plastic parts, operating a global network of 21 plants. Nypro's strategy is for each plant to offer identical capabilities, because its customers are global companies with worldwide sourcing needs. The case... View Details

Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Innovation and Management; Operations; Performance Consistency; Manufacturing Industry

01 Dec 2002
News

“Speed Trap” Can Snare Companies

Nelson Repenning of MIT draws on firsthand observations of the meteoric rise and ultimate bankruptcy of a disguised Web-based company referred to as Notes.com. Using information gathered at management... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton

July 23, 2012
Article

Companies and Investors Should See More of Each Other

By: Robert G. Eccles and George Serafeim

Company executives and institutional asset managers are increasingly working sustainability into their strategy and operations. Similarly, institutional asset managers are doing the same in constructing their portfolios. Yet both groups are doing this relatively... View Details

Keywords: Sustainability; Environmental Sustainability; Growth and Development Strategy

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January 2011
Supplement

Matrix Capital Management (B)

By: Malcolm P. Baker and David Lane

Ben Balbale, a partner at hedge fund Matrix Capital, must decide whether to exit their investment in Rovi Corporation, a company with a diverse portfolio of patents used primarily for digital interactive guides. Rovi's shares are up over 50% from the time Balbale... View Details

Keywords: Public Ownership; Cash Flow; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Investment Funds; Financial Strategy; Valuation; Partners and Partnerships; Markets; Performance Efficiency; Patents; Stock Shares; Decisions; Financial Services Industry

December 1997 (Revised February 2000)
Case

Hewlett Packard: Creating, Running, and Growing an Enduring Company

By: H. Kent Bowen and Courtney Purrington

Traces the development of Hewlett-Packard Co. from a small start-up company in 1938 to a world-class manufacturer of electronic instruments and computer products. Examines the challenges of starting and running a small company, including financing, human resources... View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Product Positioning; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Brands and Branding; Computer Industry; Electronics Industry