Strategic Corporate Decisions - Publications - Faculty & Research

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Mike Finkelstein (B)

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin, Charles Bryan and Ken Leet

Following his successful turnaround of WTXX, Waterbury, Mike Finkelstein joined Odyssey Partners with a mandate to build a communications company. From 1982-1985, he acquired three more stations, financing each as an independent partnership. However, increasing... View Details

Keywords: Business Exit or Shutdown; Cash; Business or Company Management; Bonds; Cost vs Benefits; SWOT Analysis; Alignment; Acquisition; Financial Strategy; Corporate Finance; Communications Industry

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16 Dec 2020
Blog Post

Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

investment firm, he and his partners paid particular attention to defining their corporate culture by considering, “How are we going to behave with each other, how we’re going to be with clients, how do we practice our authenticity?” he... View Details

September–October 2013
Article

The Role of Organizational Scope and Governance in Strengthening Private Monitoring

By: Lamar Pierce and Michael W. Toffel

Governments and other organizations often outsource activities to achieve cost savings from market competition. Yet such benefits are often accompanied by poor quality resulting from moral hazard, which can be particularly onerous when outsourcing the monitoring and... View Details

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17 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 17

commitment toward corporate social responsibility since its founding days, Green Mountain faced an ethical decision point in 2007 as new information from the field uncovered a chronic dire problem facing... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Marketing Wine to the World

There's more in that glass than meets the eye—or the palate. According to Michael Roberto, important strategic differences have bubbled up between winemakers in Europe and those in the "New World"—the U.S., Australia, South... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage

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Staff Directory | Baker Library

Institute for Conservation and a Board Member of the New England Conservation Association. Meghan Dolan Director Curriculum & Research Services Kate Fair Associate HBS Archivist Special Collections & Archives Kathryn FitzGerald Manager, View Details

01 Jun 2004
News

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dominance of corporate icons such as Heinz, Coca-Cola, General Motors, NCR, and Procter & Gamble. Chapters on the 20th century consider how mass production, mass media, and technology have influenced the way goods are marketed and sold.... View Details

Keywords: book review; faculty books; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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Entrepreneurial Management Lindsay Hyde Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 ^ back to top B Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits B2B Sales and Distribution Marketing Lou Shipley Spring 2025 Q3 1.5 Behavioral Economics for Managerial Decision Making... View Details

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Chain Management Technology & Operations Management Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Sara Fleiss Field Course: Public Markets Investing Seminar Finance Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 C. Fritz Foley Corporate Finance: Corporate... View Details

05 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 5, 2007

change in the information set for employees when the incentives and decision rights remain unchanged. Also examines the tradeoffs front-line employees face as they divide their efforts between reaching new customers and increasing the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

How Economics May Lead to Better Football Games

Utku Ünver explain in a paper, factors such as contracts, control of stadiums, and corporate sponsorship effectively tied the hands of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) into a system of early matching of teams.... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Sports

25 May 2021
Blog Post

Aisha Fatima Dozie is Igniting Confidence as the Founder of Bossy Cosmetics

Wall Street, this time working in corporate advisory and M&A where she rose into executive level positions and managed massive strategic clients across West Africa. With a hugely successful career and a... View Details

03 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Making Money Making Movies

Universal that produce and distribute movies. More and more, fears of piracy impact decisions that industry executives make regarding release strategies. However, a different picture emerges for theatrical exhibitors such as AMC or Regal.... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls; Entertainment & Recreation; Motion Pictures & Video

01 Dec 2015
News

Golden State of Mind

naive confidence that I’d be successful, so I just put one foot in front of the other, built my network, and made the best long-term decisions I could.” “I always had the naive confidence that I’d be successful, so I just put one foot in... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

25 Oct 2006
Op-Ed

Fixing Executive Options: The Veil of Ignorance

The latest corporate governance crisis is buried in the details of executive compensation contracts. Don't like the timing of the stock option grant you got or the strike price of the contract? No worries! It turns out that this is... View Details

Keywords: by Mihir Desai & Joshua Margolis

18 Mar 2021
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Authentically Leading with Blind Ambition

career in the technology industry where he has directed financial strategies and decisions resulting in more than $45 billion in contracts. Determination, ambition, and resilience are the key drivers to his incredible journey. The Atlanta... View Details

05 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

The Ten Deadly Mistakes of Wanna-Dots

meetings and repeat frequently that the Internet is overhyped. Form a committee to create a new corporate Internet offering, staff it with people from unrelated areas who are already doing five other things, and don't release them from... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

12 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Michael Porter’s Prescription For the High Cost of Health Care

they need to make decisions about care. The government or a broad consortium of employers could jump-start the collection and dissemination process by agreeing on a standard set of information that would be collected nationally on a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health

23 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Setting the Stage: A Young Scholar at HBS

Sloan Foundation Program on the Corporation as a Social Institution, and the John E. Rovensky Fellowship Fund. He was interviewed by Laura Linard, the director of HBS Historical Collections.Linard: Can you describe your research interests... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard; Banking; Financial Services

03 Sep 2014
What Do You Think?

Who Should Choose Your Boss?

necessarily the best team leader, because a lot of board members don't value the team leadership aspect of the position." Clifford F. Baker put it this way: "Having worked for a living in a corner office of a corporate ivory... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Food & Beverage

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