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  • 04 Dec 2012
  • First Look

First Look: December 4

the platform can resolve these problems and create value by limiting the number of applications available. By limiting choice, the platform may create new equilibria (including the allocation that maximizes... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 02 Sep 2014
  • First Look

First Look: September 2

identity framework that incorporates reputation. Findings-The Nobel Prize is a "true" corporate heritage brand (in this case, organizational brand). It is the hub of a linked network of brands-"a federated republic." The brand core of the Nobel... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Impact Investments

return profiles are realistic? How are impact investments structured to maximize efficacy and how can the dual goals of building both financial and social value through investments most effectively be... View Details
  • 16 Nov 2021
  • HBS Case

How a Company Made Employees So Miserable, They Killed Themselves

2001, the once-profitable company lost 8.3 billion euros (equal to $15.1 billion today)—the second-biggest loss of any French company ever. A year later, the company’s debts totaled 71 billion euros, three times the value of the firm.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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Organizational Behavior - Faculty & Research

actually get more value out of your work. Keywords: Well-being ; Satisfaction ; Work-Life Balance ; Happiness Citation Find at Harvard Read Now Purchase Related Perlow, Leslie A., Sari Mentser, and Salvatore J. Affinito. "How the Busiest... View Details
  • 04 Sep 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Governing the Family-Run Business

The topic of governance is hot. Shareholders, managers, and business advisors are demanding improved governance of (typically public) companies by strengthening their boards of directors and developing more responsive shareholder... View Details
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About | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

A Catalyst for Creating Social Value The Social Enterprise Initiative applies innovative business practices and managerial disciplines to drive sustained, high-impact social change. It's grounded in the mission of Harvard Business School... View Details
  • Web

Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

same time, IKEA Group had adopted in 2012 a new sustainability strategy that focused the company's efforts on its entire value chain from its raw materials sourcing to the lifestyle of its end consumers. The plan especially centered on... View Details
  • 18 Jul 2006
  • First Look

First Look: July 18, 2006

acquisition and the management team running the acquired firm for the private equity sponsor share the shareholder value creation in a successful leveraged buyout. Purchase this note:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Aug 2016
  • First Look

August 23, 2016

methods. Myth Number 1: Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) programs reduce returns on capital and long-run shareholder value. Reality: Companies committed to ESG are finding competitive advantages in product, labor, and capital... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Apr 2010
  • Research & Ideas

One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting

holistic perspective. Shareholders cannot just focus on short-term profits; they need to understand that a company's ability to earn profits over the long term will require investments that come at a short-term cost, or even View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

chains have come under unprecedented stress as a result of US-China trade tensions, the pandemic, and geopolitical shocks. We've documented US participation in global value chains over four decades, with particular focus on the last five... View Details
  • 10 Mar 2015
  • First Look

First Look: March 10

solely on the merits of its strategic value to Oasys. He was forced to evaluate the strategic benefit alongside the likelihood of actually closing a deal, the specific terms of each deal, and especially the speed with which a deal could... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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Negotiation, Organizations & Markets - Faculty & Research

organizations to create and sustain value (in negotiations, in organizations, and in markets). We explore these interactions through diverse approaches: Although many of us have training in economics, we also have members with backgrounds... View Details
  • 28 Jun 2022
  • Book

The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose

How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 07 Jul 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Innovation Corrupted: How Managers Can Avoid Another Enron

defraud shareholders had already entered guilty pleas. Skilling and Lay argued that these 15 plea bargainers were all honest men who had been bullied into false confessions by the "witch hunt" tactics of the Justice Department.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities
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A Campus Built on Philanthropy | About

School’s leaders have added significantly to the institution’s footprint in response to growing enrollments, changing needs, and enhanced capabilities. New buildings have been designed to blend harmoniously with older architecture and—in keeping with the early... View Details
  • 01 Oct 2001
  • Research & Ideas

How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company

held. But having no stock price is a double-edged sword, as the case of Donald Salter Communications Inc. illustrates, since it is then harder to give managers incentives to maximize value during the... View Details
Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson
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Biography - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

devoted considerable attention to the economics of health care, with a focus on building the intellectual framework for realigning the delivery of health care to maximize value to patients (patient health... View Details
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Online Business Courses & Certifications | HBS Online

knowledge to the next level by learning how to maximize investment portfolio value with alternative investments, including private equity and real estate. 5 weeks, 6–7 hrs/week Pay by August 7 $1,850... View Details