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- July 2021
- Teaching Note
The Carlyle Group: Carving Out Atotech
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 321-153. On January 31, 2017, The Carlyle Group ("Carlyle") closed its $3.2 billion acquisition of Atotech, an international Specialty Chemicals and Equipment company. In Carlyle's Washington, DC headquarters, the US-based deal... View Details
- February 1987 (Revised February 2000)
- Case
Polysar Limited
By: Robert L. Simons
Canada's largest chemical company produces and markets butyl rubber in two divisions, each treated as a profit center. The new plant in the North American Division operates below capacity resulting in a significant volume variance and an operating loss. The European... View Details
Keywords: Loss; Profit; Financial Management; Volume; Performance Capacity; Financial Statements; For-Profit Firms; Market Participation; Chemical Industry; Rubber Industry; Canada
Simons, Robert L. "Polysar Limited." Harvard Business School Case 187-098, February 1987. (Revised February 2000.)
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Letters to the Editor
serious attention at HBS, was intoxicating. That year, 26 graduates went into the real estate field, in no small measure due to him. I will never forget his time-honored recipe for success: "Find a discontinuity and capitalize on it."... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Bozidar Djelic
relentless pressure from various political parties,” he says. “But that has not happened, in part I think because my team moves so fast. It's important to be in the driver's seat when you propose measures and set the economic policy... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Get Well Soon
to be among the best hospitals in the country, even though it had scant evidence to benchmark its performance against others. But data co-collected by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation instead showed that the outcome for the clinic’s juvenile patients View Details
- Profile
Kine Seck Mercier
challenges, how to bring many talents together working toward the same goals. We need to use local resources to develop Africa. Too many of our resources and talents remain hidden. I want to show the world what we can do. Twenty years from now, I want to be able to... View Details
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Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public Sector Public-Private... View Details
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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public Sector Public-Private... View Details
- 24 Jul 2018
- News
How Amy Hood Won Back Wall Street and Helped Reboot Microsoft
At an executive retreat in 2015, Hood lectured senior leaders on the need for more internal and external metrics to keep employees on a measurable path and communicate better to investors. Nadella and Hood hatched a plan to refocus... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Totting Up the Bill for the Iraq War
legacy of this unfortunate war.” The book closes as one would hope: with proposals for change. The eighteen measures include political and legal modifications to make war authorization more difficult, greater transparency on actual war... View Details
- 17 Jun 2025
- Blog Post
Balancing Career Stability with Creative Pursuits with Jeff Roslund (MBA 2013)
immense satisfaction in building something from the ground up. Reflecting on Success Having spent so much time reflecting on my personal and professional goals, I’ve started to rethink what success means to me. Early in my career, I View Details
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
processes. We describe a property-rights model of firm boundary choices along the value chain that generalizes Antràs and Chor (2013). To assess the evidence, we construct firm-level measures of the upstreamness of integrated and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
sovereign default induced by legal rulings in the case of Republic of Argentina v. NML Capital. We find that a 10% increase in the probability of default causes a 6% decline in the value of Argentine equities and a 1% depreciation of a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 25, 2016
companies committed to making positive contributions to health and wellness. Focusing on four interconnected areas of corporate impact, it not only discusses the business imperative of promoting a healthier society and improved living conditions worldwide, but also... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 13
overall quality of a country as a place to do business. The focus on output per potential worker, a broader measure of national productivity than output per current worker, reflects the dual role of workforce participation and output per... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 25
an innovative methodology to measure management practices in over 300 manufacturing firms in the U.K. We then match this management data to production and energy usage information for establishments owned by these firms. We find that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 9, 2008
b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=409003 In-Vitro Fertilization: Outcomes Measurement Harvard Business School Case 709-403 As of 2007, there were very few examples of widespread measurement and reporting of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
How to Hire a Millennial
General Electric isn’t moving to Boston’s waterfront for the views, however breathtaking they may be. In the increasingly fierce battle for millennial talent, GE’s decision to uproot its long-time headquarters from suburban Connecticut is nothing less than a... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Fuller
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
faculty as an assistant professor in 2010, Serafeim has received numerous awards for his work. His book Purpose and Profit: How Business Can Lift Up the World explores the challenges and opportunities in building and sustaining profitable purpose-driven organizations... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Meyers