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  • 17 Nov 2015
  • Lessons from the Classroom

How Activist Investors Became Respectable

influence that activist investors such as Icahn are gaining on Wall Street.) Carl Icahn made news last month when he announced he had accumulated a large ownership stake in American International Group (AIG) and said he wanted the company... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Fuller; Financial Services; Banking
  • 02 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 2

  PublicationsManaging the New Primary Care: The New Skills That Will Be Needed Author:Richard Bohmer Publication:Health Affairs 29, no. 5 (May 2010) Abstract Developing new models of primary care will demand a level of managerial... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 Feb 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade

J.C. Cuddy. 10 Reasons to Design a Better Corporate Culture Published: December 22, 2008 Organizations with strong, adaptive cultures enjoy labor cost advantages, great employee and customer loyalty, and a smoother on-ramp in leadership succession. A book excerpt from... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Feb 2016
  • First Look

February 2, 2016

international equity markets, with a highly significant average slope coefficient of 1.05. In sharp contrast, standard factor-model-based proxies fail to exhibit predictive power internationally. We show analytically and empirically that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Jan 2017
  • Blog Post

Leadership and Diversity at HBS

City. His determination and grit from the football field translated well to the workplace, and he later went on to work in private equity before applying to HBS. We checked in with Bruce to learn more about his time at HBS and his... View Details
  • 10 Apr 2007
  • First Look

First Look: April 10, 2007

Kerr-McGee. They demand two board seats and ask the company to make several operational and financial changes, including the repurchase of equity and divestiture of their chemicals business. The case protagonist, Luke Corbett, CEO,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 5, 2010

organization for re-emerging from conservatorship. In the background, housing prices continue to deteriorate, and the company continues to lose money. In addition, political views continue to shift regarding the future regulatory and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • May 1997
  • Case

Donna Karan International Inc.

By: Krishna G. Palepu and Sarayu Srinivasan
Designer Donna Karan takes her firm public. After eager anticipation from Wall Street, the stock loses 60% of its value. This case addresses the questions: Is Karan's company ready to undertake responsibilities of being public? Is the company's strategy sustainable?... View Details
Keywords: Public Equity; Stock Shares; Financial Strategy; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Outcome or Result; Going Public; Business Strategy; Valuation; Fashion Industry
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  • 12 Mar 2013
  • First Look

First Look: March 12

sectors. We focus on the presence of incumbent female-owned businesses and their role in promoting higher subsequent female entrepreneurship relative to male entrepreneurship. We find evidence of agglomeration economies in both sectors, where higher female View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2014
  • News

Case Study: Growing the Family Business

centers profitable more quickly. — Bob Poulin (MBA 1985) The premium in the hourly rates is well deserved, but you are giving too much value away by not covering fixed/setup costs. I believe the source of funds to finance the expansion is in your pricing model. Using... View Details
Keywords: childcare; Finance
  • 14 Aug 2007
  • First Look

First Look: August 14, 2007

Telephone Company, formed by a consortium of private equity firms, has made a public tender offer for Denmark's leading telecommunications company, TDC. TDC's board of directors approved the take-private transaction, and 88% of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Mar 2007
  • First Look

First Look: March 6, 2007

self-disclosed violations. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-020.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsAustin, Blakeley, & Cambridge, LLC. Harvard Business School Case 207-098 The founding partners of ABC, LLC, one of the leading private View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Apr 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Adjusting the Fit for Government

committing to "the righting of past wrongs." "Africa is extremely poor," Donovan said. "And in South Africa there has been discrimination against blacks — who were left without skills and without an ownership in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 13 May 2014
  • News

Inside Africa

Africa for five years, teaching corporate finance at Wits Business School in Johannesburg and serving on the investment committee of a private equity fund. It was also during this time that she acquired the domain name Africa.com, without... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
  • 25 Nov 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Hiding From Managers Can Increase Your Productivity

Companies all over the world have striven for transparency in the workplace, literally tearing down walls in an effort to let managers and employees observe each other. Take, for example, one of the 14 key principles of The Toyota Way, Toyota Motor Corp.'s View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing
  • 06 Nov 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success

to management and involving other venture capitalists in XTV companies would reduce Xerox's ownership of the firm. Their goal was that, over the long run, after several rounds of financing, Xerox would hold from 20 to 50-percent View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
  • 29 Jan 2008
  • First Look

First Look: January 29, 2008

likelihood of implementation, while traditional governance indicators do not seem to play a key role. In particular, the likelihood of implementation is increasing in the percentage of votes cast in favor of the proposal and in the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Apr 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019

Europe, a private equity investment company, had worked in the family business for a few years but had developed a career mainly outside of the family business. The transfer of the shares’ ownership had... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Oct 2002
  • News

Faculty Research Symposium

nonprofits to the managerial emphasison unregulated pro forma earnings, to teamwork in health-care organizations. Synopses of three of the presentations follow. Pay Check: Equity-Based Compensation and Incentives In 2000, CEOs were... View Details
  • 23 Mar 2021
  • Blog Post

A Lifelong Friendship: From Classmates in Cameroon to Roommates at HBS

managerial toolkit. In addition, I really wanted to take time to think about making a meaningful contribution to the African continent. HBS was the perfect place for me to grow as a leader alongside incredible classmates from all over the... View Details