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- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Dean Nohria Looks Ahead
you knew it, new factories were built close by to supply the first plant. Out of what was one plant, often in the middle of nowhere, seven or eight years later you’d see thriving communities. These plants produced products and services... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- October 2016 (Revised February 2019)
- Case
PTC: A Transformation to IoT
By: Rajiv Lal and Sarah McAra
In the 2010s, PTC, a leading provider of software for discrete manufacturers, faced maturing markets and changing customer needs as smart, connected products took hold—the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT). PTC saw a first mover advantage in entering the IoT space... View Details
- 14 Nov 2019
- News
Keeping Red Lobster Fresh
interesting thing -about the hospitality industry, it tends to attract people who actually have pretty strong values, pretty strong caring about others. And that's actually the number one predictor of who's successful in the hospitality View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
US Navy, works as an application research engineer, and then attends Harvard Business School, where he finds that the financial industry is his true calling. So begins his rapid ascent in the corporate world, which includes senior... View Details
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation
When most people think of innovation, they envision developed-world companies such as the U.S.A.'s IBM, Japan's Sony, South Korea's Samsung, Finland's Nokia, or Switzerland's Novartis, technology leaders that have stayed at the cutting edge of dynamic View Details
- 20 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 20, 2016
at GoDaddy Scott Wagner has recently joined GoDaddy, a leading provider of cloud-based software and services that helped individuals and small businesses establish a web presence, in the dual role of chief... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 21
corporate archives to explore the fine details of how firms actually operated. It also includes work by those who have been influenced by evolutionary, transaction cost, and resource-based theories of the firm. The book will be an essential source of reference for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 10
startups, suggesting a time of increased experimentation in the economy. We provide a model of investment into new ventures that demonstrates why some places, times, and industries should be associated with a greater degree of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting
companies a clear view of risks to and opportunities in their own strategy. Second, One Report speaks with one voice to all stakeholders, who can even engage with the company via Web 2.0 tools and technologies. One Report is thus an... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Faculty & Advisors | MBA
was one of the first venture capitalists to build a portfolio around the transformation of industrial sectors of our economy. She co-founded Construct to expand this focus and pursue the next generation of massive companies to be built in... View Details
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Tim Nicolette
LEK Consulting in Boston where I gained a lot of basic business, analytical, and strategic skills, and exposure to a wide range of industries from airlines and retail to biotech and P.E. But fundamentally, I wasn’t passionate about the... View Details
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Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public Sector Public-Private... View Details
- 02 Apr 2019
- News
Remembering William Wilder
extensive renovations to update the building and make it ADA accessible. Home to a succession of departments over the years, Wilder House today is occupied by the HBS Career & Professional Development Office. Following service in the... View Details
- February 1976 (Revised November 1983)
- Case
EG&G, Inc. (B)
Raises the dilemmas of making strategic decisions within an organizational construct. The divestment of a division of the company raises not only strategic issues but organizational and interpersonal ones as well. The decision is framed through the strategic planning... View Details
Keywords: Business Divisions; Decisions; Business or Company Management; Organizations; Strategic Planning; Strategy; Service Industry
Porter, Michael E. "EG&G, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 376-188, February 1976. (Revised November 1983.)
- May 1999
- Teaching Note
Car Wash Partners, Inc. TN
By: Paul A. Gompers
Teaching Note for (9-299-034). View Details
- September 1997 (Revised October 2001)
- Case
efficient market services: August 1993 (A)
By: Paul A. Gompers and Jeffrey A. Farrell
Penny Baron, vice president of efficient market services, must decide how to finance rapid expansion for a young market research company. Venture leasing is a possibility and terms are explored. View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Growth Management; Research; Marketing; Financing and Loans; Business Startups; Management Teams; Leasing; Service Industry; United States
Gompers, Paul A., and Jeffrey A. Farrell. "efficient market services: August 1993 (A)." Harvard Business School Case 298-009, September 1997. (Revised October 2001.)
- May 1991 (Revised May 2001)
- Case
Pinkerton (A)
A California based security guard firm considers the acquisition of another security guard company. The value of the target firm and the financing of the acquisition are the key issues. View Details
Mason, Scott P., and Adam Berger. "Pinkerton (A)." Harvard Business School Case 291-051, May 1991. (Revised May 2001.)
- December 1987 (Revised April 1996)
- Case
Waste Management, Inc.
In early 1985 the CEO of Waste Management, Inc. is deliberating over several equity-linked debt alternatives to finance the retirement of debt. The teaching objective is to expose students to various forms of equity-linked debt financing alternatives. View Details
Jones, E. Philip, and Martha D. M. Notaras. "Waste Management, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 288-020, December 1987. (Revised April 1996.)
- March 2014 (Revised October 2014)
- Teaching Note
ISS A/S: The Buyout
By: Lucy White and Carsten Bienz
Provides the opportunity to value a leveraged buyout; and to examine the nature and extent of a company's responsibilities to its bondholders. Here, the context is a "going private" transaction in Europe, where the financing plan called for the addition to the... View Details
Keywords: LBO; Private Equity; Contracts; Global Business; International Business; Finance; Ethics; Law; Service Industry; Europe
- February 2014 (Revised October 2014)
- Case
ISS A/S: The Buyout
By: Clayton Rose, Carsten Bienz and Lucy White
Provides the opportunity to value a leveraged buy-out; and to examine the nature and extent of a company's responsibilities to its bondholders. Here, the context is a "going private" transaction in Europe, where the financing plan called for the addition to the... View Details
Keywords: LBO; Private Equity; Contracts; Global Business; International Business; Finance; Ethics; Law; Service Industry; Europe
Rose, Clayton, Carsten Bienz, and Lucy White. "ISS A/S: The Buyout." Harvard Business School Case 214-027, February 2014. (Revised October 2014.)