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- 28 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 28, 2009
is set at the close of the annual meeting in May 2008, when shareholders have voted against all incumbent board members. Steel Partners must act quickly. The case serves as an overview of corporate governance issues in Japan, as well as... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Redefining Success: Women & Work.
but it is an excruciating reality for many women." Piette did get pregnant after she quit her job, and since the birth of her daughter in 1999, she has been working about ten hours a week, helping entrepreneurs with strategic planning. "No travel, no View Details
- 17 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/517110-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 417-091 Maggie Wilderotter: The Evolution of an Executive In a career that spanned over 30 years, Maggie Wilderotter served as CEO of two publicly traded companies and served on 32... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Dec 2021
- News
Higher Returns
boards to advising the White House Business Council. Which means that he has spent a lot of time speaking with leaders in both business and government about the factors that are driving their organizations’ strategy. Over the last several... View Details
- 29 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Uber Is Worth Saving and How To Do It
Repairing the damage With Uber’s daily management now in the hands of 10 executives—and Kalanick remaining on the board of directors—the company faces immediate challenges: It must fill several high-level vacancies, smooth over relations... View Details
- 13 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
Sharing News That Might Be Bad
that the division might be in trouble, that corporate support is wavering, and that potential buyers are lining up. He wants to know what you know. Though the rumors are not altogether accurate, they do contain more than a few grains of truth. In spite of some recent... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 17 Nov 2016
- News
Wired for Innovation
wind.” Greenways for Houston Although he emigrated from Ireland as a small child and grew up in Virginia, Skelly has embraced life in Houston, where he serves on the Houston Parks Board and Houston Bike Share Board. He also regularly... View Details
- 13 Jul 2016
- News
From Money to Ministry
arts organizations. He has served as a docent at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and the Detroit Institute of Arts, and currently serves on the board of the Jackalope Theatre Company, a black-box theatre startup. “I also... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 19 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
The Road to Impact
private equity, eventually left Lehman to join Oakhill Partners in 1990, and then cofounded an independent investment banking advisory firm, Evercore Partners, in 1995. And while Offensend was building his career in finance, he also stayed in touch with the nonprofit... View Details
- September 2023 (Revised September 2024)
- Technical Note
Measuring and Managing Social Impact
By: Brian Trelstad, Gerald Chertavian and Susan Pinckney
A brief overview of how to measure social impact at nonprofits, social organizations, and impact investments. View Details
Keywords: Analysis; Change; Transformation; Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Public Sector; Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Fairness; Entrepreneurial Finance; Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Policy; Innovation and Management; Knowledge Acquisition; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Management Practices and Processes; Resource Allocation; Measurement and Metrics; Standards; Strength and Weakness; Mission and Purpose; Success; Performance; Performance Evaluation; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Strategic Planning; Programs; Risk and Uncertainty; Social Enterprise; Non-Governmental Organizations; Social Issues; United States
Trelstad, Brian, Gerald Chertavian, and Susan Pinckney. "Measuring and Managing Social Impact." Harvard Business School Technical Note 324-017, September 2023. (Revised September 2024.)
- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
Business School Case 814-038 Fred Khosravi and AccessClosure (B.) It was January 2013, and Fred Khosravi, chairman of the board of AccessClosure Inc., wondered what the new year had in store for him and AccessClosure, the company he... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 29
its own right. But it was also crucial for the resumption of European integration in the 1970s. Leadership: The Key to Effective Boards Author:Jay W. Lorsch Publication:Chap. 1 in Boardroom Realities: Building Leaders Across Your Board,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
than in satellites. Approximately half of all satellites launched today are CubeSats—shoebox-sized satellites that can be made for $50,000-$200,000 and launched for $30,000-$500,000 on board a scheduled flight that has extra cargo space.... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
takeover of Darden Restaurant’s Board of Directors, Darden COO Gene Lee is weighing an offer to become interim CEO. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/418015-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 819-051 The Gender Gap In... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
such as financing, understanding the founders’ definition of success/failure, defining and pivoting a business model, and determining the organizational impact of a pivot as well as the role of VCs and boards in outlining company... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Bibliography - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections
Economic Sciences Chicago Board of Options Exchange Exhibit Home Prelude to the Option Pricing Model Bachelier, Louis. " Théorie de la Spéculation. " Annales Science de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure , No.1018. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1900.... View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
university storage facility, benefits from student energy. They buzz about the expansive lab space, which is stocked with 3D printers, circuit board builders, and a wall full of electronic parts and wires. Two other sections of the... View Details
- Career Coach
Marc Herson
Marc (INSEAD '01) has extensive global experience as a venture capitalist, media executive, entrepreneur and lawyer, working in the U.S., Europe, and Africa. His most recent experience is at 2go Interactive, a start-up mobile tech company based in Cape Town, South... View Details
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
Case 319-046 The Weir Group: Reforming Executive Pay (A) In February 2018, the Remuneration Committee together with the full Board of Directors of the Scotland-based engineering company The Weir Group had to decide whether to seek a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Where Does Apple Go From Here?
consumer PC in a very big way. (Yoffie is a board member of Intel, whose chips power most PCs and who has tried to woo Apple as a customer.—Ed.) Q: Consumer PC? So Apple would make consumer PCs on Windows, and not just morph into a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne