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  • 01 Mar 2011
  • News

The Rankings Game

recent MBA graduates and corporate recruiters. U.S. News is alone in asking deans and MBA program administrators for their views on top schools, and it gives significant weight to undergrad GPAs and GMAT scores. Forbes relies solely on... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; rankings; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 09 May 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 9

May 2017 Journal of Financial Economics The Value of Trading Relations in Turbulent Times By: Di Maggio, Marco, Amir Kermani, and Zhaogang Song Abstract—This paper investigates how dealers’ trading relationships shape their trading behavior in the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Oct 2008
  • First Look

First Look: October 7, 2008

U.K., Germany, the Netherlands, and the EU can be made to cooperate on such a project. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707016 System on a Chip 2008: Ardentec View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Year in Review | Annual Report 2024

mission, highest standards, and values of the School. Alumni Achievement Awards Press Release Peter O. Crisp, MBA 1960 Co-Founder & Former Managing Partner, Venrock Associates John B. Hess, MBA 1977 CEO, Hess Corporation Desiree Rogers,... View Details
  • 16 May 2016
  • HBS Case

Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer

Harvard business and public health students called Consumers, Corporations and Public Health, says food safety is more challenging than ever for three reasons: The globalization of the food business: Food products and ingredients travel... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage
  • 03 Mar 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster

"mountain of treasure." Dresser sought Komatsu's design technology and a cash infusion for plant modernization and capital expenditures. Komatsu hoped to become a successful global player, so it wanted better North American... View Details
Keywords: by Ron S. Fortgang, David A. Lax & James K. Sebenius
  • 30 Jul 2013
  • First Look

First Look: July 30

would continue hedging primarily with forward contracts, but in much higher volumes and at increasingly unfavorable rates, or to break with past practice and begin using foreign exchange option contracts. The decision would have consequences for EADS' profitability,... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 08 Nov 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 8

supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/311135-PDF-ENG Penn Warranty Corporation Richard S. Ruback and Royce YudkoffHarvard Business School Case 212-007 Penn Warranty Corporation sold warranty... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Mar 2011
  • First Look

First Look: March 8

  PublicationsConcentrating on Governance Authors:Dalida Kadyrzhanova, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Publication:Journal of Finance (forthcoming) Abstract This paper develops a novel trade-off view of corporate governance. Using a simple model... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Nov 2007
  • First Look

First Look: November 6, 2007

was established in 2005 to invest primarily in middle market, particularly family-run, businesses in India. Blue River caters to this niche as an active investor, providing capital and working with portfolio companies to improve their View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Oct 1996
  • News

Leading In a New Era

Four 1971 classmates — three who serve on the front lines of corporate leadership in the 1990s and one learned observer of the changing role of the senior executive — comment on the complex task of running a successful company in an... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
  • 17 Jun 2020
  • News

Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines

yes.” Pasricha, who thinks, writes, and speaks about intentional living, gave the 80 attendees a set of simple coping strategies to remain positive, find rest, and let go of the idea of rushing back to whatever life was before everything changed. “The View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 18 Apr 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Ideas, April 18

M&A) and Werner Baumann (CFO) have to decide whether to increase the cash portion of their $14.2 billion offer and/or amend the terms of a proposed joint venture (JV) with Merck involving cardiovascular drugs that had been included in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Jul 2011
  • First Look

First Look: July 26

by $2.1 trillion in 2010 dollars. By either measure, cash flows received from abroad exceeded 160% of net investments, implying that foreign investment over these periods was dynamically efficient. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Dec 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018

link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55322 forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics Governance Through Shame and Aspiration: Index Creation and Corporate Behavior By: Chattopadhyay, Akash, Matthew D. Shaffer, and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • Profile

Lara Hodgson

Lara O’Connor Hodgson thought she’d found the entrepreneurial dream while running Nourish, the successful startup she launched in 2009. But it was Nourish’s very success that triggered Hodgson’s next and even more successful venture, NOWaccount Network View Details
  • 04 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 4

enough. Fisher had an opportunity; his successor had a crisis. What can leaders do before the depth and scope of their companies' crises come into focus? How can they initiate major transformations proactively? As researchers and managers who have been involved in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
  • 28 Aug 2014
  • Op-Ed

Government Can Do More to Unfreeze Small Business Credit

very cost-efficient government tool when it comes to small business credit, even during strong economic times, since they do not require an outlay of cash unless the business defaults. Lenders rely on the full amount of the guarantee as a... View Details
Keywords: by Karen Mills; Banking
  • 17 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 17

Review 90, nos. 7-8 (July-August 2012) Abstract The article argues that U.S. taxation reform should reduce corporate taxes, incorporate an awareness of the global marketplace, and generate revenue-neutral incentives for innovation.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Sep 2007
  • First Look

First Look: September 25, 2007

which had historically been very manual in nature. CEO Juan Villarzu's initial turnaround attempts introduced a customer-centric corporate culture to his ranks, but he was still challenged by how to create an outsourcing strategy given... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace