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- May 2024
- Supplement
DRSi (A)
By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
In March of 2019, Jen Ransom Fuller purchased DRSi. DRSi, located in Bellevue, Washington, printed and reproduced architectural plans and drawings. Fuller planned to use her first year of ownership to learn the business and to run it in much the same way as the seller.... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Small Business; Cost vs Benefits; Decisions; Business Education; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Problems and Challenges; Health Pandemics; Selection and Staffing; Employee Relationship Management; Production; Logistics; Safety; United States; Washington (state, US)
Ruback, Richard S., and Royce Yudkoff. " DRSi (A)." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 224-717, May 2024.
- 19 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 18
Publication:Harvard Business Review 88, no. 12 (December 2010) Abstract This article identifies five problematic issues in the intersection of work and life that create human resource challenges for organizations and their employees.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 12, 2009
implementation of radical routines and resource configuration. Structural arrangements, pre-set change routines, and existing decisional priorities are insufficient to fashion relevant capabilities into new core activities. Ad-hoc problem... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
analysis. Then, you'll learn how to apply these tools in a variety of decision contexts, including securities analysis, credit analysis, corporate financing policies analysis, mergers and acquisitions analysis, and governance and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged
strategy. On the other hand, one becomes so determined to hold on to territory and advantage that they resist change and even information. Organizations can balance these drives by allocating rewards and resources for both traditional... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 08 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged
strategy. On the other hand, one becomes so determined to hold on to territory and advantage that they resist change and even information. Organizations can balance these drives by allocating rewards and resources for both traditional... View Details
- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
and organizations, leaving few left for newcomers and growth. In this context, some networks seek to sell the addresses they previously received-sales that can usefully transfer resources to the networks that most need them, but with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
find that during the 2008 financial crisis, PE-backed companies increased investments relative to their peers, while also experiencing greater equity and debt inflows. The effects are stronger among financially constrained companies and those whose private equity... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
sudden rise of new entrants, especially Germany. The study shows that natural resource endowment is a poor explanatory variable for this geographical skewing. Public policy was a more important factor, although its impact was nuanced. The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 3
were in a precarious position. One such institution was Wachovia, which entered acquisition talks with Citigroup and Wells Fargo. This case describes the development of these negotiations throughout the week of September 26-October 3,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Get Creative
needles in a haystack, but that’s where crowdsourcing comes in—defining a challenge and offering an incentive, whether in status or money, can get people to self-select as resources to you. You may even want to hire some of them. So this... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Groundwork
In the foreground of this fall 1926 photo, workers construct the Weeks Bridge; in the distance, the HBS campus takes shape (Harvard University Property Information Resource Center) Except for the brief reign of commencement mortarboards,... View Details
- 19 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
NFL, sported an acclaimed broadcast unit, and had affiliates in virtually all important U.S. markets. Yet acquisition of these NFL rights directly enabled the expansion of Fox, then a minor broadcaster, into the media behemoth of today.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion
monetary loosening since August 2007 — the steep cuts in the federal funds and discount rates, the various auction and lending “facilities,” the underwriting of JPMorgan’s acquisition of Bear Stearns, and, most recently, the shift to... View Details
- 18 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 18
acquisition of Vodafone and its performance in Japan. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/vodafone-in-japan-c/an/711470-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 514-008 Lufa Farms In 2013, Mohamed Hage, founder of the rooftop farming... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 11
Perspectives on Organizational Social Networks Bringing Agency Back Into Network Research: Constrained Agency and Network Action By: Gulati, Ranjay, and Sameer B. Srivastava Abstract—We propose a framework of constrained agency grounded in the actors' View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
IPR: Protecting Your Technology Transfers
potential to allow multinationals to dedicate more resources to innovation and management activities in advanced countries and to expand operations in emerging markets, thereby fueling productivity growth and industrialization. Q: Are... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 16 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 16
Managing such a firm in the era of globalization posed enormous challenges. The book covers the company's strategies and provides compelling evidence of its decision making, marketing, brand management, innovation, acquisition strategies,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Getting Down to the Business of Creativity
difficult) as this, Amabile concludes: Support employees' progress in their work every day. Set clear and meaningful goals for them; provide direct help, versus hindrance; offer adequate resources and time; respond to successes and... View Details
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HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer
gifts as key sources of funding for faculty research. These programs help provide the financial resources that enable the School to deliver on its mission of educating leaders who make a difference in the world. Over the history of HBS,... View Details