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- 31 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The New CEO’s Wrong Message
surprises for new CEOs arise from time and knowledge limitations—there is so much to do in complex new areas, with imperfect information and never enough time. Others stem from... View Details
- November 2012
- Case
New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. (Abridged)
By: H. Kent Bowen, Robert S. Huckman, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Matthew Preble
Considers whether New Balance, one of the world's five largest manufacturers of athletic footwear, should respond to Adidas' planned acquisition of Reebok—a transaction that would join the second- and third-largest companies in the industry. Highlights the unique... View Details
Keywords: Production; Competitive Strategy; Supply Chain; Brands and Branding; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Sports Industry; Retail Industry; Asia; United States
Bowen, H. Kent, Robert S. Huckman, Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Matthew Preble. "New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 613-006, November 2012.
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Capitalism’s New Agenda
the urban poor (one of CEMEX’s accomplishments in Mexico). Based on our research, we believe the time has come for companies to accept the challenge to use their entrepreneurial skills on a broader canvas. Companies today complain that... View Details
- 17 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
New Associate Director: Courtney Fairbrother
environmental challenges. You’ve now been the Associate Director for BEI for almost a month. How are you feeling about taking on this role? I’m excited! With all the news coming out from the IPCC, I was thinking about how it feels like... View Details
- 15 Mar 2016
- Video
2016 New Venture Competition: Who will win?
- 08 Dec 2014
- Blog Post
A New Way to Recruit
When I was a student at HBS, I spent a lot of time discussing my career with classmates who were interested in learning about my experiences working in venture capital, or as a summer intern at a start-up. HBS coffee chats are a great way... View Details
Inequality regimes in Africa from pre-colonial times to the present
While current levels of economic inequality in Africa receive ample attention from academics and policymakers, we know little about the long-run evolution of inequality in the region. Even the new and influential ‘global inequality literature’ that is associated... View Details
- 21 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The New Math of Customer Relationships
and The Service Profit Chain and The Value Profit Chain (with Lenoard A. Schlesinger). Some of the ideas go back to Heskett's 1986 book, Managing in the Service Economy. A new book, The Ownership Quotient, is underway, written with Sasser... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 2012
- Article
Mutual Fund Trading Pressure: Firm-Level Stock Price Impact and Timing of SEOs
By: Mozaffar N. Khan, Leonid Kogan and George Serafeim
In tests of the equity market timing theory of external finance, the prior literature has used overvaluation identifiers such as high market-to-book and high prior returns that are likely correlated with other determinants of SEOs. We use price pressure resulting from... View Details
Keywords: Equity; Market Transactions; Valuation; Capital Structure; Market Timing; Mathematical Methods; Acquisition
Khan, Mozaffar N., Leonid Kogan, and George Serafeim. "Mutual Fund Trading Pressure: Firm-Level Stock Price Impact and Timing of SEOs." Journal of Finance 67, no. 4 (August 2012): 1371–1395.
- 01 Aug 2010
- News
BP's New Strategy Includes Humility
- 01 Aug 2008
- What Do You Think?
Has the Time Come for “Stretch” in Management?
knowledge workers confronted with a barrage of data and distractions delivered by new information technologies? A reluctance on the part of managers to relinquish "ownership" over activities and processes needed to achieve... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- September 2003 (Revised June 2007)
- Case
Virgin Mobile USA: Pricing for the Very First Time
Dan Schulman, the CEO of Virgin Mobile USA, must develop a pricing strategy for a new wireless phone service targeted toward consumers in their teens and twenties, many of whom are believed to have poor credit quality and uneven usage patterns. Contrary to conventional... View Details
Keywords: Price; Market Entry and Exit; Wireless Technology; Telecommunications Industry; United States
McGovern, Gail J. "Virgin Mobile USA: Pricing for the Very First Time." Harvard Business School Case 504-028, September 2003. (Revised June 2007.)
- 08 Dec 2023
- News
New Leadership Role and Structure
community will be among the many strengths she brings to this new structure. Jana looks forward to getting to know our alumni/ae more deeply, including reconnecting with those she congratulated as they crossed the stage at graduation... View Details
- 15 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
Review] Global Business over Time By: Jones, G. Abstract—This article explores how business enterprises have been powerful actors in the spread of global capitalism between 1840 and the present day. It also shows how global firms,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Books: Brand New
by Nancy F. Koehn (Harvard Business School Press) The creation of a powerful, widely recognized brand is the ultimate goal that every entrepreneur dreams of but few achieve. In her new book, Brand New: How Entrepreneurs Earned Consumers’... View Details
- 03 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Succeed With Your New Boss
series of conversations These conversations begin before you accept the new position and continue through the time before entry and on into your transition. It is critically important that you cover certain... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Watkins
- 15 Mar 2024
- HBS Case
Let's Talk: Why It's Time to Stop Avoiding Taboo Topics at Work
You feel your career stalling, with no clear path for advancement or a raise. You know the right conversation, artfully navigated, with the right individual at the right time is necessary—but approaching that moment requires ingenuity and... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 15 Apr 2020
- Video
Gablex: Finalist in 2020 New Venture Competition Alumni Track
- 29 Mar 2013
- News
New Life for Old Brands
- 21 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 21
“linguistic-cultural expats” who, while neither native to the lingua franca nor the organization’s home culture, surprisingly have the easiest time adjusting to language changes. Neeley demonstrates that language can serve as the conduit... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel