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  • 22 Apr 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Profits and Prophets: The Role of Values in Investment

"Profits and Prophets: The Role of Values in Investment," at the Harvard Business School Möbius Leadership Forum on April 12. Hayes holds the Jacob H. Schiff Chair in Investment Banking at Harvard Business School, Emeritus.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • May 2017
  • Case

Buffer.com

By: Susanna Gallani, Tiffany Y. Chang, Brian J. Hall and Jee Eun Shin
Social media company Buffer wanted to establish clear company values early in its growth. One of these values was a commitment to transparency in its company practices. Buffer openly shared its business strategies and fundraising decks, among lots of other information.... View Details
Keywords: Compensation; Compensation Design; Company Values; Culture; Transparency; Compensation and Benefits; Organizational Culture; Values and Beliefs
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Business and Low Income Sectors: The Creation of Economic and Social Value

In the last three decades, innovative commercial solutions have emerged in developing nations focusing on providing effective responses to the hugely underserved needs of low-income populations, both as consumers as well as active participants in productive value... View Details
  • Web

Capturing Contemporary Latin American Business History - Creating Emerging Markets

new materials generated by the Business History Initiative’s Creating Emerging Markets project could transform research and teaching in management studies and business history in Latin America. Scholars and educators came from leading... View Details
  • Web

How to Communicate your Organizations’ People-Centered Values - Recruiting

culture and climate data, as well as organizational next steps for continuous diversity improvement, should be shared with both employees and candidates. Partnering with external groups to create venues for... View Details
  • Fall 2018
  • Article

The Value of Fit Information in Online Retail: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

By: Santiago Gallino and Antonio Moreno
Online channels generate frictions when selling products with nondigital attributes, such as apparel. Customers may be reluctant to purchase products they have not been able to try on, and those customers who do purchase may return products when they do not fit as... View Details
Keywords: Supply Chain Information; Fit Uncertainty; Online Retail; Randomized Field Experiment; Virtual Fitting Room; Digital Retail; Customization and Personalization; Internet and the Web; Value; Performance Improvement; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Retail Industry
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  • 31 Oct 2023

The Value of an MBA in Tech, Entrepreneurship, and Venture Capital

Do you currently work in tech, entrepreneurship, or venture capital? Or, do you aspire to work in these dynamic sectors in the future? If you find yourself in either of these categories, we invite you to join a panel of HBS students and alumni who View Details

    Nailing Prediction: Experimental Evidence on the Value of Tools in Predictive Model Development

    Predictive model development is understudied despite its importance to modern businesses. Although prior discussions highlight advances in methods (along the dimensions of data, computing power, and algorithms) as the primary driver of model quality, the value of... View Details
    • March 2000
    • Article

    Do Firms Learn to Create Value? The Case of Alliances

    By: B. Anand and T. Khanna
    Keywords: Business Ventures; Alliances; Value
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    • 21 May 2018
    • Blog Post

    Harnessing The Power of Collaboration to Create Opportunity in Chicago

    high and access to fresh food is limited. To deepen Accion’s impact and with an eye towards Accion’s long term sustainability, I spent the better part of the last four years spearheading a joint venture to create The Hatchery Chicago, a... View Details
    Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
    • 20 Aug 2020
    • Blog Post

    “Business as Usual, In a Different Way” – Creating an Impactful Remote Internship at Actis

    became a program of two to three-hour Zoom calls over a period of four weeks so that information could be shared in digestible chunks. “What was really lovely about this switch is that we were able to recruit more people from around Actis... View Details
    Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity; Other Financial Services
    • Article

    Defining the Value Framework for Prostate Brachytherapy Using Patient-Centered Outcome Metrics and Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing

    By: N.G. Thaker, T.J. Pugh, U. Mahmood, S. Choi, T.E. Spinks, N.E. Martin, T.T. Sio, R.J. Kudchadker, R. S. Kaplan, D.A. Kuban, D.A. Swanson, P.F. Orio, M.J. Zelefsky, B.W. Cox, L. Potters, T.A. Buchholz, T.W. Feeley and S.J. Frank
    PURPOSE: Value, defined as outcomes over costs, has been proposed as a measure to evaluate prostate cancer (PCa) treatments. We analyzed standardized outcomes and time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) for prostate brachytherapy (PBT) to define a value... View Details
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    • 27 May 2020
    • Blog Post

    Creating Unity and Belonging through Food and Dance: ‘EKTA’ at HBS

    family and I was alone in my dorm room missing my mom’s dahi vada and the rangoli I used to create with my sister Pallavi. So, I decided to set up my own little puja in my room and as I chanted the prayers, I felt like a part of me was... View Details
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    How to Capture Value from Innovation: Shaping Intellectual Property and Industry Architecture

    By: Gary P. Pisano and David J. Teece
    Capturing value from innovation requires innovators to figure out how to blunt inroads into the profit stream by imitators, customers, suppliers, and other providers of complementary products and services. In making strategic decisions around technology... View Details
    Keywords: Technological Innovation; Intellectual Property; Knowledge Management; Knowledge Sharing; Industry Structures; Standards; Commercialization; Value
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    Achieving Value in Highly Complex Acute Care: Lessons from the Delivery of Extra Corporeal Life Support

    By: Michael Nurok, Jonathan Warsh, Erik Dong, Jeffrey Lopez, Mayumi Kharabi and Robert S. Kaplan
    We applied a value (outcomes and cost) analysis to extracorporeal life support (ECLS), a relatively rare but very expensive ICU therapy with highly variable outcomes. To address the outcome component of the value approach, we created guidelines for ECLS delivery; to... View Details
    Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Cost Management; Value; Analysis
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    • January 1999
    • Article

    An Analysis of Value Destruction and Recovery in the Alliance and Proposed Merger of Volvo and Renault

    By: Robert Bruner
    Volvo's attempt to merge with Renault in 1993 temporarily destroyed SEK 8.6 billion (US$ 1.1 billion) in Volvo shareholder wealth. This study traces the destruction to hubris, managerialism, and the escalation of commitment—elements suggested in previous research. In... View Details
    Keywords: Mergers ＆ Acquisitions; Institutional Investors; Alliances; Privatization; Mergers and Acquisitions; Institutional Investing; Auto Industry
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    • 21 Mar 2024

    The Value of an MBA: Driving Impact at HBS

    Interested in utilizing an MBA to create a lasting societal impact? Hear from the HBS Impact Initiatives as they reflect on how the MBA Program is inspiring innovation at the intersection of business and social change. Hear from current... View Details
    • 29 Jan 2019
    • News

    Seth Klarman on the Critical Value of the Long View

    admired businesses—how much do those evolve over time based on your market cap? What’s in vogue and in favor is ‘admired.’ ” There is a common thread, the article notes, to these criticisms: “Klarman’s critiques of Washington and of irresponsible business practices... View Details
    • 20 Mar 2024

    The Value of an MBA in Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Venture Capital

    Whether you're currently immersed in the technology, entrepreneurship, or venture capital landscape, or you harbor aspirations for a future in these dynamic sectors, we invite you to join a panel of HBS students and alumni who share your... View Details
    • Web

    Value Measurement for Health Care - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

    organization's strategic agenda. Key Benefits Focused on improving the quality and delivery of health care, Value Measurement for Health Care provides more efficient and more cost-effective approaches to measuring patient outcomes, and... View Details