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  • 15 Jan 2008
  • First Look

First Look: January 15, 2008

profitability of a vertically integrated monopoly. We then use our model to compare open and closed standards regimes, to understand how commoditization affects a cluster, to determine the relative profits of platform firms and firms that depend on the platform, and to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • November 2006 (Revised May 2007)
  • Case

Hewlett-Packard Company: The War Within

By: Krishna G. Palepu, Jay W. Lorsch, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Eliot Sherman
In September 2006 it was revealed that the Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) had been carrying out an extended investigation of its own employees, board members, and journalists outside the company. The investigation was launched in response to a series of leaks to the... View Details
Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Employee Relationship Management; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Communication Technology; Conflict and Resolution; Newspapers; Computer Industry; Information Technology Industry
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  • 13 Jan 2015
  • First Look

First Look: January 13

discusses the evidence that has been assembled to date in understanding the impact of high-skilled immigration from the perspective of the firm and the open areas that call for more research. Since much of the U.S. immigration process for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Nov 2020
  • Blog Post

WE RISE

personal relationships and pattern matching. “We’re already seeing the current economic changes impacting women disproportionately as some women have to drop out of the labor force to look after children. It’s important that we not only... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Other Financial Services; Venture Capital / Private Equity
  • 16 Oct 2007
  • First Look

First Look: October 16, 2007

  Working PapersShamed and Able: How Firms Respond to Information Disclosure Authors:Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel. Abstract We apply institutional theory to explain how firms respond to information disclosure. Considering the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Mar 2021
  • Blog Post

A Lifelong Friendship: From Classmates in Cameroon to Roommates at HBS

What's your story? Gana: I grew up in Cameroon, in a town called Douala. My grandfather made the importance of education and how it impacts your life front and center. I grew up with my parents working, my dad in the petroleum industry,... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2005
  • News

Marked Managers

Your personal accountability is laid on the line, and the anxiety level is likely to be quite high, as is the amount of social reinforcement for doing well. How much of imprinting can be attributed to the relationships that are formed... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Career Imprints; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management
  • 19 Jan 2021
  • In Practice

Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm

the Harvard Kennedy School, where she is the Alan L. Gleitsman Professor of Social Innovation. Frances Frei: Ask us for a better version of ourselves It’s hard to overstate the positive business impact of... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 04 Oct 2021
  • Blog Post

Tapping into “Nontraditional” Private Equity and Venture Capital Talent at HBS

address poverty at scale which led him to focus on education and education policy as key to opening up possibilities. After two years teaching social justice in an economically distressed community with Teach for America, Mbanusi joined... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Venture Capital
  • 07 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 7

leadership development and culture over the past two years. With the partnership showing great promise, Thiry and his team wonder how they might create new partnerships and grow their social impact as a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • May 1997
  • Case

Donna Karan International Inc.

By: Krishna G. Palepu and Sarayu Srinivasan
Designer Donna Karan takes her firm public. After eager anticipation from Wall Street, the stock loses 60% of its value. This case addresses the questions: Is Karan's company ready to undertake responsibilities of being public? Is the company's strategy sustainable?... View Details
Keywords: Public Equity; Stock Shares; Financial Strategy; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Outcome or Result; Going Public; Business Strategy; Valuation; Fashion Industry
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  • July 2003
  • Case

De La Salle Academy

By: Thomas J. DeLong and David Ager
Brother Brian Carty, headmaster and founder of De La Salle Academy, a private school for academically talented, economically disadvantaged children in grades six to eight in New York City, is scheduled to meet with the school's board of directors to discuss how the... View Details
Keywords: Middle School Education; Corporate Accountability; Governing and Advisory Boards; Organizational Design; Management Succession; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Community Relations; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Education Industry
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  • 01 Jun 2023
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books

India’s Pathways to Success: Winning in the Next Decade By Ganesh Natarajan (AMP 169, 2005) and Ejaz Ghani Rupa Publications India Where does India stand today economically, socially and politically, 75 years after independence? Where... View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • September 2000 (Revised March 2001)
  • Case

Old Mutual

By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Kirsty O'Neil-Massaro
Designed to explore the demutualization and listing overseas of one of Africa's largest financial institutions, Old Mutual, and the effects that these actions have on South Africa's domestic capital markets. Explores the particular difficulties that arise as a result... View Details
Keywords: Financial Institutions; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Structure; Global Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Capital Markets; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business Education; Financial Strategy; Business or Company Management; Financial Services Industry; Banking Industry; South Africa
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  • 08 Mar 2016
  • First Look

March 8, 2016

that UGC on platforms ranging from Yelp to Facebook has a large causal impact on economic and social outcomes ranging from restaurant decisions to voting behavior. These findings often leverage unique data... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Feb 2007
  • First Look

First Look: February 27, 2007

the Global Poor: Creating Social and Economic Value. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2007 Abstract In much of the developing world, poor health is a major impediment to both quality of life and economic development. The poor are particularly... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Oct 2002
  • News

Making a Difference

seventy HBS students who participated in the HBS Social Enterprise Summer Fellowship Program, which gives financial support to MBA students who choose to work in the public and nonprofit sectors during the summer months. Sponsored by the... View Details
  • 05 Aug 2008
  • First Look

First Look: August 5, 2008

director and the quality of the prior LBO experience. This effect is robust to the most likely alternative explanations and supports the idea that directors and social networks play an influential role in change-of-control transactions.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 May 2013
  • First Look

First Look: May 21

Bonuses Increase Employee Satisfaction and Team Performance By: Anik, Lalin, Lara B. Aknin, Michael I. Norton, Elizabeth W. Dunn, and Jordi Quoidbach Abstract—In two field studies, we explore the impact of providing employees and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 12, 2007

recommendation levels, additions and deletions of records, and removal of analyst names. The changes appear non-random across brokerage firms, analysts, and tickers, and have a significant impact on the overall distribution of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace