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- February 1991
- Background Note
Note on Sealed Bid Auctions
By: David E. Bell
Describes a simple approach to determining an appropriate bid for a sealed bid auction. View Details
Keywords: History; Management Style; Financial Management; Consumer Behavior; Accounting; Bids and Bidding; Decisions; Market Transactions; Decision Choices and Conditions; Competitive Strategy; Negotiation Style; Auctions
Bell, David E. "Note on Sealed Bid Auctions." Harvard Business School Background Note 191-140, February 1991.
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
PublicationsPreference Signaling in Matching Markets Authors:Peter A. Coles, Alexey Kushnir, and Muriel Niederle Publication:American Economic Journal: Microeconomics (forthcoming) Abstract Many labor View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Earnings Calls That Get Lost in Translation
would have wanted our target is still have 275 million euro synergies and to do these synergies we have people leave the firm we change the premises we discontinue using some software and so on." Although actually sharing good news about its View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Profile
Evgeny Koudryavtsev
successful entrepreneurs came to talk to us about bringing their businesses to the next level. I was struck by how much room for development most of the businesses had in terms of top-line growth and operational improvements." His experience also coincided with... View Details
- November 2010
- Supplement
Dow's Bid for Rohm and Haas (CW)
By: Benjamin C. Esty
Spreadsheet Supplement for 211020. View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
No Bull — Nancy E. Havens-Hasty (MBA 1971)
When Nancy Havens-Hasty stepped onto Wall Street after graduating from HBS, her first account as a corporate finance associate was not one of Kidder Peabody's several computer company clients, despite her background as a physics major at Cornell University, a View Details
Keywords: Linda Goodspeed
- 01 Jun 2010
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Social Reporting
to investors and other stakeholders during a financial crisis? How do I drive CSR through my organization? What's The Best Way To Report Nonfinancial Metrics? One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting Stakeholders expect... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 18 Dec 2019
- News
Thinking Smart About Numbers
financially needy UK students to attend HBS. To celebrate 30 years and the 70 Fulbright tuition scholarships they’ve awarded since then, the British Friends and the HBS Club of London will hold a dinner in London on January 29, 2020. The... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 27 May 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Thinking About Global
balkanized bureaucracy, and deteriorating market share, financial performance, and stock price. There are five characteristics that all top global brands have in common. How Should I Think About Strategy In... View Details
- 26 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Emerson Collective
evaluating companies. These projects include building and presenting a market map in an area of interest and working directly with a portfolio company. Projects are customized to align with company needs and students’ interests and... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”
By the end of the second spin-off regime, Xerox's position in the copier market had begun to improve. While its share of the market would never return to 80 percent levels, Xerox was able to regain more than... View Details
Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Greed, Gullibility, and Optimism
mentioned the possibility that financial markets are overreacting to the subprime situation. In what way? There has been a contagion effect beyond the housing market that has... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Capturing Human Capital
simultaneously," commented HBS professor Christopher A. Bartlett in a recent interview with writer Peter K. Jacobs. Bartlett, faculty chair of the School's Executive Education Program for Global Leadership, identified the globalization of View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Research Brief: Bankruptcy as a Better—Not Bitter—End
some have suggested. “For one out of five of these sales, the process is really just about transferring ownership of an ongoing, operating enterprise to another owner,” says Gilson. “That’s exactly what happens in the market for mergers... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
- Profile
Anthony Tan
To most aspiring business leaders, Anthony Tan had enviable career prospects. The scion of one of Malaysia’s wealthiest families, Tan is the son of the CEO of Tan Chong Motor Holdings Bhd, one of Malaysia’s biggest automobile distributors. As head of View Details
- January 1996 (Revised November 1997)
- Case
Weston Presidio Offshore Capital: Confronting the Fundraising Challenge
By: Josh Lerner
Weston Presidio Capital encounters substantial difficulties while raising its first fund. The incentives and roles of investment advisors ("gatekeepers") pension funds and consultants are explored. The relationship with lead investors is considered. View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Financing and Loans; Investment Funds; Markets; Problems and Challenges; Relationships; Motivation and Incentives; Financial Services Industry
Lerner, Josh. "Weston Presidio Offshore Capital: Confronting the Fundraising Challenge." Harvard Business School Case 296-055, January 1996. (Revised November 1997.)
- 18 Feb 2014
- News
Stick with Plan A
redefine the concept of banking and financial access in the future." Ezuza is preparing to launch its service after six years of business development, putting partnerships together and building the technology platform. "To some people,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Big Business of Little Loans
the US Small Business Administration and now on the faculty at HBS. The situation worsened during the 2008 financial crisis, and lending to the sector has never really recovered. Armed with proprietary algorithms and can-do attitudes,... View Details
Keywords: Nancy Miller
- 05 Mar 2014
- What Do You Think?
When Will the Next Dot.com Bubble Burst?
Summing Up Is "Collateral Damage" from Economic Bubbles Inevitable, Necessary, and Useful? According to the old saw, markets are made by differences of opinion. If that's the case, there is a real View Details
- 03 Dec 2001
- What Do You Think?
What Happens When the Sumo Master Learns Judo?
small can outsmart the large. Exhibit A is the story of Intuit, the financial software provider. Intuit has continued to dominate Microsoft in its niche through intensifying focus, defining the competitive space, listening to customers... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett