Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (807) Arrow Down

Show Results For

← Page 26 of 807 Results →
  • 12 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 12

systematically analyzing a third and fourth class of factors that often prove critical in cross-border dealmaking The decision-making and governance processes that are the targets of influence efforts. While negotiations take place View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Nov 2015
  • Lessons from the Classroom

How Activist Investors Became Respectable

described as a vulture capitalist, now gets a serious hearing when he urges Apple to make better use of its billions in cash or Dell to improve the terms of a management buyout. Today, university endowments and state pension funds invest View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Fuller; Financial Services; Banking
  • 08 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 8

even firms with successful funds have struggled to make use of the knowledge gained from start-up investments. Six steps can help companies avoid the pitfalls. Align goals. Corporate venture funds are more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Feb 2009
  • First Look

First Look: February 18, 2009

hunters with an area in which to hunt wildlife. The government retained a portion of the reserve as the Kruger National Park, which allowed visitors to view wildlife, but banned hunting, in an effort to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Apr 2002
  • News

Back in Business

all the involved constituencies, with victims' families first and foremost, Whitehead says. "We will try to meld all those views together into a plan for the memorial site," he explains. "Some of the 25... View Details
Keywords: 9/11; NYC; New York City; Government
  • 01 Mar 2010
  • News

The Meaning of Ramadi

with that classification since the Korean War. Less than a year later, however, I was in Afghanistan. Deployed once again, I missed most of my daughter’s second year of life and yet another wedding anniversary. But I realize now that... View Details
Keywords: Donovan Campbell; Government; Government
  • 10 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 10, 2009

Combining supermarket scanner data with firm-level financial data, we find evidence that differs from prior literature. Instead of reducing expenditures to boost earnings, soup manufacturers roughly double the frequency of marketing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Dec 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

battles.” Grupo Clarín was one of the preeminent media companies in Argentina, with leading newspapers, cable television and Internet services, and broadcast television and radio stations. Some critics contended the company had prospered... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • March 2024
  • Case

Nomad: A License to Bank

By: Paul A. Gompers and Pedro Levindo
In late 2023, Lucas Vargas, CEO and co-founder of Nomad, a fintech that offered financial services in the United States for Brazilian residents, had to decide what to do to ensure the company’s continued expansion. Nomad launched its first product, a U.S. digital bank... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Startups; Customer Satisfaction; Decision Making; Entrepreneurship; Banks and Banking; Initial Public Offering; Global Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Organizational Culture; Going Public; Ownership Stake; Innovation and Invention; Strategic Planning; Business and Government Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Business Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Vertical Integration; Leadership; Law; Banking Industry; Technology Industry; Service Industry; Brazil; United States; North America; Latin America
Related
  • 29 Jan 2019
  • Research & Ideas

'Green Bonds' May Be Our Best Bet for Environmental Damage Control

George Serafeim and Malcolm Baker have long been interested in investor motivations that go beyond pure financial return to include environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria. With the recent... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy; Utilities; Construction; Green Technology; Public Administration
  • 07 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 7, 2009

Mozilo ... and 'Say on Pay' for All! (A) Harvard Business School Case 109-009 Union seeks to protect its pension funds through shareholder activism focused on corporate governance and executive compensation.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 04 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 4

This exercise reveals that international capital flows are mainly shaped by government decisions and sovereign-to-sovereign transactions. Specifically, we show (i) international capital flows net of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
  • 01 Dec 1998
  • News

Short Takes

Ownership Matters: Bringing Owners on Board In his working paper, "The Impact of Ownership Type on Performance in Public Corporations: A Study of the U.S. Textile Industry 1983-1992," HBS assistant professor... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
  • 08 Nov 2011
  • News

Saluting Our HBS Veterans

Battalion Assistance Foundation, dedicated to assisting rangers and their families when their needs outstrip the Army’s abilities to meet them. Says Scherrer, who serves on the foundation’s board, “The Rangers are an elite special... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; veterans; Government; Government
  • 24 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 24

malaria-"at no profit"-for public health systems. What had begun as an exemplary act of corporate responsibility had succeeded beyond any expectations. In 2012, for the second year in a row, Novartis had manufactured and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2022
  • News

December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

business in the family are both enhanced. When one or both disciplines are absent or not functioning well, these prospects are undermined. So, Corporate and Family View Details
  • 29 Apr 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Are First-Time Buyers Left Out of Real Estate’s Rebound?

mortgage market today, ninety-five percent of all mortgage loans are guaranteed, insured, or securitized by the US government, which is obsessed with not losing money on these guarantees. And the way the View Details
Keywords: Construction; Real Estate
  • 19 Feb 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

We conclude with directions for future research. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55591 February 2019 American Economic Journal: Economic Policy Does It Matter If Your Health Insurer Is For Profit? Effects... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2014
  • News

The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria

trained in agronomy and business, dispenses advice on everything from best practices to business ethics, while keeping track of growth rates and other performance measures with a smartphone app. This process also de-risks the loans in the... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs; John H. Davis; Michael Halse; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government
  • Web

Video Clips & Discussion Questions - Creating Emerging Markets

the new Trump administration appears set to intervene extensively with corporate decision making? Responsibility Panel Jaithirth (Jerry) Rao Jaithirth (Jerry) Rao Founder of MphasiS, explains his belief that... View Details