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  • 22 May 2017
  • Blog Post

Changing How You Think at HBS

Video I wanted to go to business school as I hoped my roles would evolve from individual contributor, to team manager, to stakeholder with wider influence. I also wanted to explore different View Details
  • October 21, 2022
  • Article

Climate Regulations Are About to Disrupt Global Shipping

By: Willy C. Shih
Ships that transport goods across oceans are collectively a major generator of greenhouse gases. Rules from the International Maritime Organization and the European Union aimed at curbing these emission promise to make transoceanic and regional shipping more expensive... View Details
Keywords: Shipping; Decarbonization; Environmental Regulation; Supply Chain; Disruption; Shipping Industry; Atlantic Ocean; Oceania; Asia; Europe; North and Central America
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  • June 2019 (Revised November 2019)
  • Case

Malaysia: An 'Asian Tiger' Reawakens

By: Richard H. K. Vietor
On May 9, 2018, in an extraordinary upset, Mahathir Mohamad again became Malaysia’s Prime Minister. Najib Razak, who had headed the government since 2009, had been swept up in the 1MDB scandal—perhaps the biggest state-corruption incident in history. Although... View Details
Keywords: Government and Politics; Crime and Corruption; Financial Crisis; Business and Government Relations; Economy; Leading Change; Malaysia
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  • February 1979 (Revised December 1983)
  • Case

Allied Chemical Corp. (A)

By: George C. Lodge and Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.
Describes Allied, the chemical industry, and the effects of the Kepone problem (a toxic pesticide dumped into the James River) as of 1976. The executive in the case must decide whether the company should support the passage of the Toxic Substances Control Act and an... View Details
Keywords: Pollutants; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Decision Making; Laws and Statutes; Welfare; Legal Liability; Business and Government Relations; Chemical Industry
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  • April 2019 (Revised December 2019)
  • Case

Exporting Livability: Investing in New Urban Centers

By: John D. Macomber and Essie Alamsyah
Can Singapore urban design, policy continuity, and system of laws be exported outside of Singapore to accelerate the effective development of new urban agglomerations? Nina Yang, CEO of Sustainable Urban Development at Ascendas-Singbridge, a large real estate company... View Details
Keywords: Urban Development; Projects; Design; City; Business and Government Relations; Expansion; Real Estate Industry; China; Singapore
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  • 25 Jul 2019
  • Blog Post

Advancing a More Sustainable World with an MBA/MPA-ID

of sustainability rested first and foremost on the financial benefits and cost savings.    As a result, I decided to apply to Harvard Business School through the 2+2... View Details
  • March 2003 (Revised November 2003)
  • Case

3i Group plc

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Brian Larcombe, CEO of 3i Group, one of the world's largest private equity firms and one of the few publicly listed ones, is deciding how best to use his firm's international network to deliver superior returns to shareholders. This case presents 3i's history and... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Networks; Private Equity; Growth Management; Global Strategy; Public Ownership; Business and Shareholder Relations; Growth and Development Strategy; Financial Services Industry
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  • May 2002
  • Case

Venture Capital Fund Restructuring Vignettes (Abridged)

By: Paul A. Gompers
This case examines the changes in fund structures proposed by four venture capital firms in 2002: Accel Partners, Battery Ventures, Charles River Ventures, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. The venture capital market has experienced a major downturn, and these... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Restructuring; Financial Crisis; Motivation and Incentives; Business and Shareholder Relations; Investment Funds; Financial Services Industry
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  • 2010
  • Book

The Squam Lake Report: Fixing the Financial System

By: as part of the Squam Lake Working Group Scharfstein, David S.
In the fall of 2008, fifteen of the world's leading economists-representing the broadest spectrum of economic opinion-gathered at New Hampshire's Squam Lake. Their goal: the mapping of a long-term plan for financial regulation reform. The Squam Lake... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Financial Markets; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Government Relations
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  • April 2009
  • Case

Invest Early: Early Childhood Development in a Rural Community

By: Stacey M. Childress and Geoff Eckman Marietta
Invest Early was an early childhood development partnership in rural northern Minnesota between 14 different organizations, which worked together through an advisory board, governing board, and leadership team in order to deliver coordinated early childhood services to... View Details
Keywords: Early Childhood Education; Rural Scope; Management Teams; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business and Community Relations; Partners and Partnerships; Social and Collaborative Networks
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  • April 2011
  • Article

Local Dividend Clienteles

We exploit demographic variation to identify the effect of dividend demand on corporate payout policy. Retail investors tend to hold local stocks, and older investors prefer dividend-paying stocks. Together, these tendencies generate geographically varying demand for... View Details
Keywords: Business Headquarters; Demographics; Investment; Geographic Location; Policy; Business and Shareholder Relations
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  • April 1998 (Revised June 1999)
  • Case

Bausch & Lomb, Inc.: Pressure to Perform

By: Robert L. Simons, Alex C. Sapir '97 and Indra Reinbergs
Bausch & Lomb is the subject of press attacks and experiences a sharp fall in stock price when management practices are exposed. Aggressive goal setting, supported by financial market expectations, is discussed as a precursor to a series of events that results in... View Details
Keywords: Performance Expectations; Management Practices and Processes; Ethics; Financial Markets; Financial Statements; Business and Shareholder Relations
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  • 01 Sep 2018
  • News

A Growing Array of Engagement Opportunities

entire HBS community, and we are grateful for your involvement.” Das Narayandas, Senior Associate Dean, External Relations and Harvard Business... View Details
  • October 2017 (Revised April 2024)
  • Case

Snap Inc. Goes Public (A)

By: Lynn Sharp Paine and Will Hurwitz
Snap Inc.’s chairman must decide how to address investor concerns about the company’s unprecedented plans to issue only non-voting shares in its upcoming IPO. The case is set in early 2017 following the public availability of Snap’s IPO filing with the U.S. Securities... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Capital Structure; Corporate Accountability; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Going Public; Business and Shareholder Relations; Leadership; Management; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Venture Capital; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States; California
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  • June 2005 (Revised March 2007)
  • Case

ACHAP (African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships): the Merck/Gates Initiative in Botswana

By: V. Kasturi Rangan
By June 2004, ACHAP, a three-way partnership of The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Merck, and the Botswana government, had committed nearly $60 million of the $100 million toward various AIDS education, prevention, and treatment programs. It was time to evaluate... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Social Marketing; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance Evaluation; Business and Government Relations; Partners and Partnerships; Health Industry
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  • August 2008
  • Teaching Note

The Blackstone Group's IPO (TN)

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Teaching Note for [808100]. View Details
Keywords: Financial Liquidity; Public Ownership; Initial Public Offering; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Organizational Structure; Financial Services Industry; China
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  • January 2013
  • Supplement

The Great East Japan Earthquake (E): Yamato Transport's Response

By: Hirotaka Takeuchi, Leonard Kosinski, Christina Royce, Anna Stetsovskaya and Evgeny Vasilyev
CEO Kikawa of Yamato Transport gave orders to his managers right after the triple disaster hit the Tohoku region of Japan to do whatever it takes to save lives and not to worry about costs. He also felt that he had to confront the government to make donations to the... View Details
Keywords: Japan; Earthquake; Yamato Transport Company; Natural Disasters; Business and Shareholder Relations; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Transportation Industry; Japan
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    Brandon Farwell

    designated by NASA to manage, promote, and broker research on the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory. Brandon received a B.A. in Economics and International View Details
    Keywords: Business Products and Services (B2B)
    • September 2010 (Revised July 2021)
    • Case

    Gone Rural

    By: Andre F. Perold
    Gone Rural employs 750 women in rural communities across Swaziland to produce handwoven baskets and other hand-crafted items. The women are mostly grandmothers caring for children orphaned as a result of the country's high AIDS-related death rate. The company has a... View Details
    Keywords: Social Enterprise; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Growth and Development; Buildings and Facilities; Business Growth and Maturation; Corporate Finance; Business and Shareholder Relations; Swaziland
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    • 05 Nov 2013
    • News

    Start-Ups Get a Start in New Orleans

    the pension firm State Street Research. Although the family moved because Wise got a job at Tulane, Wilkins quickly saw opportunities in the city's burgeoning business scene. "I'm an entrepreneur at my core, View Details
    Keywords: New Orleans; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services