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- November 2012 (Revised December 2017)
- Case
TerraPower
By: William A. Sahlman, Ramana Nanda, Joseph B. Lassiter III and James McQuade
John Gilleland, CEO of TerraPower, returned to his office after a lengthy meeting with potential investors. It was October 2012, and TerraPower was in the process of raising a $200M Series C round to finance the ongoing development of its next-generation nuclear... View Details
Keywords: Nuclear Power; Entrepreneurial Finance; Financing and Loans; Venture Capital; Energy Industry; United States; China; India
Sahlman, William A., Ramana Nanda, Joseph B. Lassiter III, and James McQuade. "TerraPower." Harvard Business School Case 813-108, November 2012. (Revised December 2017.)
- 29 Jan 2010
- News
Rebooting Households: The View From Davos
- 01 Jun 2021
- News
The Lab-Leak Hypothesis
- 27 Oct 2017
- News
Experts hope cities rise to the occasion
- September 2013
- Article
Testimonials Do Not Convert Patients from Brand to Generic Medication
By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian and Gwendolyn Reynolds
Objectives: To assess whether the addition of a peer testimonial to an informational mailing increases conversion rates from brand name prescription medications to lower-cost therapeutic equivalents, and whether the testimonial's efficacy increases when... View Details
Keywords: Testimonial; Peer Information; Social Proximity; Communication; Generic Medication; Familiarity; Marketing Communications; Decision Choices and Conditions; Identity; Health Care and Treatment; Marketing Reference Programs; Power and Influence; Brands and Branding; Health Industry
Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian, and Gwendolyn Reynolds. "Testimonials Do Not Convert Patients from Brand to Generic Medication." American Journal of Managed Care 19, no. 9 (September 2013): e314–e316.
- 18 Mar 2014
- Blog Post
BaubleBar Brought to Life, and Other Tales of Joining a Start-up
big screen. Our virtual conversation is live!Julia is the Director of Business Development at BaubleBar, and oversees the company’s global digital and offline partnerships. Before HBS, Julia never worked in retail, but had lots of good... View Details
- 12 Apr 2017
- Video
Jean Luo
- 13 Apr 2015
- News
‘Mad Men’ at work: Who is more creative, Megan or Stan?
- 02 Apr 2020
- News
The Restorative Power of Ritual
- 24 Sep 2018
- News
Want to Seem More Likable? Try This
- 14 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Building a Culture of Awareness and Accountability in your Organization
Management, today Manso-Brown is a speaker, educator, and activist artist. Her art and educational workshops challenge and encourage people to have meaningful conversations about social justice. She has partnered with many offices... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 14 Jan 2002
- Research & Ideas
Countries on the Cusp: The Power of Nationalism
What does nationalism mean for the world economy? And what does it have to say in a world of ever-increasing globalization? We recently put those questions to political scientist and HBS professor Rawi Abdelal. His new book, National Purpose in the World Economy:... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 09 Nov 2015
- News
Men Sit Up and Listen as Women Fill 40% of Business School Seats
- June 1992 (Revised March 2006)
- Case
Concordia Casting Company
Describes five years of development in a centralized data processing activity serving a highly decentralized corporation. Data processing manager discovers that a major software system conversion is a full year behind schedule, and subsequently makes several managerial... View Details
Keywords: Analytics and Data Science; Applications and Software; System; Information Technology; Change Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Human Resources; Conflict and Resolution; Supply Chain Management; Accounting; Auto Industry
McFarlan, F. Warren. "Concordia Casting Company." Harvard Business School Case 192-151, June 1992. (Revised March 2006.)
- 11 Nov 2019
- Blog Post
The Military Community at HBS
In this Facebook Live session, HBS Professor George Riedel chats with current students about their path to HBS, tips during the application process, the military community, and resources available to students (and their families) at HBS and post-graduation. View Video View Details
- January 1983 (Revised February 1988)
- Case
Hospital Corp. of America (B)
By: W. Carl Kester
Focuses on HCAs financing options for reaching its target capital structure. The options include new equity conversion of convertible debentures, a debt-for-equity swap, the sale of assets, and fixed-rate debt. Students must address the problem of market timing and... View Details
Keywords: Assets; Capital Structure; Cash Flow; Equity; Debt Securities; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Health Industry; United States
Kester, W. Carl. "Hospital Corp. of America (B)." Harvard Business School Case 283-054, January 1983. (Revised February 1988.)
- 4 PM – 5 PM EST, 26 Jan 2022
- Virtual Programming
Perspectives in Health: Health Care Leadership: Insights on Scaling Value-Based Care Delivery
Join the HBS Health Care Initiative and HBS professors Ariel Stern and Ikenna Okezie for a conversation with the cofounder and CEO of Somatus around health care entrepreneurship lessons, growing and scaling a care-delivery organization, and what it takes to move... View Details
David S. Scharfstein
David Scharfstein is the Edmund Cogswell Converse Professor of Finance and Banking at Harvard Business School, where he has taught since 2003. He currently teaches a course on financial intermediation in the MBA program. Scharfstein has written on a wide range of... View Details
Keywords: banking