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2022 Annual Report From The Dean Key Metrics Financials PDF Downloads Financials From the CFO Financial Highlights Statement of Activity & Cash Flows Consolidated Balance Sheet Supplemental Financial Information Financials From the CFO... View Details

26 Aug 2013
Lessons from the Classroom

Built for Global Competition from the Start

trend in global labor markets. In the end, students grapple with a very recent phenomenon for entrepreneurial companies—they may start global for the first phases of development and then consolidate into a single location, the opposite of... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Education

06 Mar 2025
Blog Post

IFC India 2025: Sustainability in Action: Inside Hindustan Unilever’s Public Sanitation and Plastic Recycling Facilities

constraints in decarbonizing, given their need to prioritize development in parallel. Our visit to the MRF, however, revealed that “greening the economy”, can in fact aid development by supporting the formalization of informal workforces. Also, in View Details

31 Jan 2024
Blog Post

Career Advice from the Guests of the HBS Climate Rising Podcast

opportunities. We’ve consolidated many of the resources our guests recommended below as a starting point for engaging in the climate community. More resources are available in the show notes of each Climate Rising episode. Newsletters:... View Details

01 Feb 2002
News

Karen Tumulty Reports on America

issue of media conglomerates, Tumulty says, "I don't worry too much about corporate ownership creating biased reporting or editorial pressure, but I do have concerns about the drive for bottom-line profitability. That's caused the closing of foreign bureaus, the View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Feb 2001
News

Drilling Down

business, if not exactly booming, is certainly looking up for these small yet significant players. According to Bradley W. Fischer (61st PMD), president and CEO of Houston-based CMS Oil and Gas, the consolidation of corporations such as... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Matthew R. Simmons; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Natural Gas Distribution; Utilities

10 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Learning Curve: Making the Most of Outsourcing

efficient scale. Service providers see an opportunity to consolidate this volume, achieving the scale required to provide the service efficiently for a wide range of customers. Here's how it works in teleradiology in the United States.... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Guttry; Health

24 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital

"that's where we have a distinct advantage." For Tazartes and his colleagues, in fact, the demand for the services they render has never been greater, as governments privatize state-run operations and companies consolidate in a... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner; Financial Services

05 Sep 2012
What Do You Think?

Will Business Management Save US Health Care?

hospitals. Hospitals are responding by consolidating and signing up doctors as employees rather than entrepreneurs with their own businesses. Companies, on behalf of their employees, are contracting with hospitals to deliver care along... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Health

01 Sep 2006
News

Redefining Health Care

strategies and organizational structures by health plans, providers, and system participants that are misaligned with patient value. For example, providers consolidate into groups to gain clout against insurers, even though value is not... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Sep 2004
News

American Dream

treasurer. Last fall, the two brothers consolidated stock in the business between them after buying out the stakes of other family members. “I concentrate on the overall experience of our business with special attention to the retail... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Accommodation; Hospitality

December 2016 (Revised May 2018)
Case

Ebony Magazine

By: Steven Rogers and Derrick Jackson

For nearly 75 years, the Johnson Publishing Company has been the most successful African American magazine publisher. Its flagship Ebony magazine was an iconic coffee table fixture for decades in black households of all classes, making founder John H. Johnson... View Details

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22 Feb 2022
News

Case Study: Welcome Aboard

two-sided platform: Implementation teams have a consolidated view of the process to make sure everything stays on track, while the end customer gets a simple, personalized experience that guides them through the process so they can get up... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

06 Aug 2013
First Look

First Look: August 6

fully realized and are stronger in mature, slow growth industries. Prices do not fall, however, when the acquirer is diversifying into a new product market. This direct evidence of real changes induced by merger activity is consistent with View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

16 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

HBS Center Focuses on Europe

here. In 2004, we also expect mergers and acquisitions activity to heat up as many industries are consolidating on a European or global basis. Industries that we are watching include airlines, pharma, and financial services. Q: What roles... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

28 Apr 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)

materiality map. Once I did that, I was able to come to the conclusion that acquiring a leading ESG position would potentially help this company gain market share during an upcoming industry consolidation post the Covid-19 crisis. I... View Details

01 Sep 2005
News

Making History, Starting Over

Apax has taken public more than fifty companies with a combined market capitalization of about 25 billion euros. Before stepping down, Cohen consolidated management of the firm’s far-flung offices, making London the headquarters and... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

01 Mar 2004
News

Ron Shaich’s Café Society

sandwiches on its own bread. We spent the next two years traveling the country attempting to understand the changes occurring in our industry and concluded that, like so many others, the food industry was undergoing a transition we called decommodification. It was a... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

05 Jul 2016
First Look

July 5, 2016

foods, leading to consolidation and causing sales to decline in 2010. With 150 years' experience in the industry, Nestlé had transformed into a nutrition, health, and wellness company and made its CSV strategy explicit in the early 21st... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business

the SEC partially regulates peer-to-peer lending, and state banking laws apply, but the online small business lending sector is largely unregulated at the federal level. Should borrower and lender protections be consolidated under a... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills; Banking; Financial Services

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