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- February 1995 (Revised September 1995)
- Case
The Bourland Companies
By: William J. Poorvu and John H. Vogel Jr.
Michael Bourland, the president of the Bourland Companies, needs to refinance two properties, an office building in southern New Hampshire and a retail property in Massachusetts. He is considering three alternatives: a renewal of a bank mini-perm, a 15-year mortgage... View Details
Keywords: Capital Markets; Property; Mortgages; Family Business; Financial Management; Family Ownership; Real Estate Industry; Massachusetts; North and Central America
Poorvu, William J., and John H. Vogel Jr. "The Bourland Companies." Harvard Business School Case 395-151, February 1995. (Revised September 1995.)
- 29 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Decoding Insider Information and Other Secrets of Old School Chums
Security and Exchange Commission mandated that publicly traded companies had to disclose all material information to their investors at the same time. The researchers found that after the introduction of... View Details
- 09 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Hold or Fold? Sizing Up Business Risk
have held onto it since, or held on and added to your stake, you were making Option A–type choices. If you made the same investment in Microsoft at the same time but sold your stake in December 1999 and then reinvested your $6 million or so View Details
- 17 Feb 2022
- Book
When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed
existing, conformist cultures. The results are not terribly compelling. These organizational cultures seem mismatched and contradictory—like a car whose front door has been replaced with one of a different color. But many View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- 17 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Sustainability Career Advice from the Career & Professional Development Office
where sustainability is at the core; others are interested in an organization where sustainability might be a newer initiative. A common question from MBAs is how to decide what type of View Details
- Web
Other Student Organizations | MBA
Other Student Organizations Disability Advocacy & Affinity Group Disability, A Student Association at HBS has a mission to destigmatize the experience at Harvard Business School (HBS) of living with or being... View Details
- 24 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Do National Security Secrets Hold Back National Innovation?
rights to commercialize their ideas in exchange for disclosing the details of their inventions in the patent document itself. The system is designed to make information about cutting-edge technology available to View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 01 Aug 2007
- Op-Ed
Company Town: Fixing Corrupt Governments
and graft means that citizens are cheated out of a fair government that operates efficiently and in the public interest. It's time to consider a radical idea: Corporations and nonprofit groups, in addition to individuals, should be... View Details
Keywords: by Eric Werker
- 03 Aug 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Can We Hold the “Leadership Industry” Accountable?
for personal enrichment at the expense of all other shareholders until there is a change in the process of selecting board (members) ” Nisha Advani cited the nature View Details
- 10 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
Too Nice to Lead? Unpacking the Gender Stereotype That Holds Women Back
and hold fewer seats on the boards of Fortune 500 companies. Researchers have investigated everything from women’s behavior during pay negotiations to their choice of jobs in... View Details
Keywords: by Shalene Gupta
- 01 Feb 2017
- News
New Regional Offices Broaden HBS’s Intellectual Reach
practices. Since then, the Initiative has established nine research centers and five offices that facilitate case writing and research; build connections with alumni and other leaders View Details
- November 2021
- Case
Steve Schwarzman on Dealmaking II: When They Hold All the Cards (A)
By: James K. Sebenius and Alex Green
Blackstone Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO Stephen A. Schwarzman, whom Forbes has called “Wall Street’s Greatest Dealmaker,” played a major role in the negotiations that transformed Blackstone from a fragile startup in 1985 with $400,000 in capital into a dominant... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Fred Lazarus: Art Work at the Office
in the Fogg Museum was my favorite," Lazarus recalls with a grin. "I dodged the question." He acknowledges that his lack of artistic background may seem unusual, especially in light of the fact that he is... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey Lazar
- 23 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Open Office Revolution Has Gone Too Far
with other deliberate managerial actions. “My hope is that this research throws a bucket of ice water on the idea that there's no tradeoff...” That said, in general, I do think the open View Details
Keywords: Re: Ethan S. Bernstein
- 11 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Budgeting Kills Your Company
holds a three-day meeting to discuss them and then makes its decisions. Of course, at the other end of the spectrum, you have these 200-page... View Details
Keywords: by Loren Gary
- 16 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Private Meetings of Public Companies Thwart Disclosure Rules
In the fall of, the US Securities and Exchange Commission issued a new rule meant to combat the problem of selective disclosure among public companies and their favorite investors. Regulation Fair Disclosure... View Details
- 05 Feb 2018
- What Do You Think?
Should Companies Disclose Employee Compensation?
iStock Summing Up How Should Organizations Draw the Line on Pay Transparency? There is general support for the widespread practice of disclosing pay data in "bands" associated with jobs. Fewer people would go beyond this to... View Details
- July–August 2023
- Article
What Smart Companies Know About Integrating AI
By: Silvio Palumbo and David Edelman
AI has the power to gather, analyze, and utilize enormous volumes of individual customer data to achieve precision and scale in personalization. The experiences of Mercury Financial, CVS Health, and Starbucks debunk the prevailing notion that extracting value from AI... View Details
Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Customization and Personalization; Integration; Technology Adoption
Palumbo, Silvio, and David Edelman. "What Smart Companies Know About Integrating AI." Harvard Business Review 101, no. 4 (July–August 2023): 116–125.
- 20 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Are Company Founders Underpaid?
an interesting ripple effect for the rest of the management team. In many companies, when the founder-CEO's compensation is below market, it may also depress the compensation of the View Details
- 21 Jun 2022
- HBS Case
Free Isn’t Always Better: How Slack Holds Its Own Against Microsoft Teams
Slack could be more readily adapted to a range of office software than Teams could. Slack users seemed to like its features, Yoffie says. ‘How do you compete with free?’ Yoffie says Slack’s chief challenge... View Details