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  • October 2013 (Revised January 2016)
  • Case

J.C. Penney's 'Fair and Square' Strategy (Abridged)

By: Elie Ofek and Jill Avery
As he gets ready to release 2nd quarter 2012 results, Ron Johnson, the new CEO of department store J.C. Penney, is reconsidering the dramatic changes he initiated for the business model and brand image of his company. A new pricing scheme he put in place in February,... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Change Management; Marketing Strategy; Price; Consumer Behavior; Decision Making; Management Teams; Brands and Branding; Retail Industry; United States
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  • 01 Dec 2011
  • News

Knowing the Score

always wind up being the best operators of a new business. I have been fascinated with ways companies brand themselves ever since my first-year Marketing class. That exposure informed many of my interview questions aimed at exploring... View Details
Keywords: James Andrew Miller; Organizational Behavior; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment
  • 13 Dec 2018
  • Blog Post

"I Wanted to Move from Analyzing Results to Creating Them": Cynthia Samanian, MBA 2012

Cynthia Samanian came to HBS with a clear sense of purpose, in her words, "to pave a path to entrepreneurship." She had been working in finance at General Electric but wanted to be more involved in the creative side of business.... View Details
  • spring 2006
  • Article

All's Fair in Love, War, & Bankruptcy: Corporate Governance Implications of CEO Turnover in Financial Distress

By: Ethan S. Bernstein
Prior discussions of management turnover during financial distress have examined bankrupt and non-bankrupt firms as distinct groupings with little overlap. Separately investigating rates of turnover in-bankruptcy and out-of-bankruptcy, without a direct comparison... View Details
Keywords: CEO Turnover; Bankruptcy; Restructuring; Shadow Of Bankruptcy; Borrowing and Debt; Credit; Financing and Loans; Corporate Governance; Finance; Theory; Markets; United States
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  • Profile

Anthony Tan

To most aspiring business leaders, Anthony Tan had enviable career prospects. The scion of one of Malaysia’s wealthiest families, Tan is the son of the CEO of Tan Chong Motor Holdings Bhd, one of Malaysia’s biggest automobile distributors. As head of View Details
  • 01 Dec 1998
  • News

A Journey to Leadership: Luke O'Neill

combines academic and experiential learning and involves students in activities as diverse as constructing solar panels, producing maple syrup, and delivering emergency medical care in search-and-rescue situations. "Our educational goal,"... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
  • 20 Mar 2007
  • First Look

First Look: March 20, 2007

firm-size distribution and de jure and de facto measures of international capital integration. We then explore causal channels through which foreign capital may encourage entrepreneurship. We find evidence that entrepreneurial activity in industries which are more... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Faculty Mentors | Research Associates

T. Stanton Marvin Bower Associate Professor Finance Unit Paul A. Gompers Eugene Holman Professor of Business Administration Daniel W. Green Assistant Professor of Business Administration Max J. Miller Assistant Professor of Business... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2022
  • News

December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

systems built by our forbearers and work toward a more just future. Marketing Alternative Investments: A Comprehensive Guide to Fundraising and Investor Relations for Private Equity and Hedge Funds By Hemali Dassani (MBA 1999) and Nandu... View Details
  • 13 Jan 2010
  • Working Paper Summaries

Private Equity and Industry Performance

Keywords: by Shai Bernstein, Josh Lerner, Morten Sørensen & Per Strömberg
  • Web

Building Bridges to Sustainable Infrastructure with Allied Climate Partners - Recruiting

Partners (ACP) as a Summer Associate in New York. ACP, a philanthropy-backed investment firm, dedicates itself to catalyzing climate-related infrastructure projects in emerging markets and developing... View Details
  • 2022
  • Working Paper

Getting on the Map: The Impact of Online Listings on Business Performance

By: Michael Luca, Abhishek Nagaraj and Gauri Subramani
We evaluate the extent to which small businesses maintain an online presence, looking at restaurant listings on a major online review platform. While the majority of restaurants have an online presence, we find that roughly 18 percent in our sample have no presence as... View Details
Keywords: Small Business; Internet and the Web; Revenue; Digital Marketing; Food and Beverage Industry
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  • March 2019
  • Supplement

Koita Milk

By: Lynda M. Applegate, E. Ofek and Michael Norris
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Cash Flow; Food; Growth Management; Social Marketing; Ownership Stake; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United Arab Emirates; Dubai
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  • February 2007
  • Article

Strategic Bidder Behavior in Sponsored Search Auctions

By: Benjamin Edelman and Michael Ostrovsky
We examine sponsored search auctions run by Overture (now part of Yahoo!) and Google and present evidence of strategic bidder behavior in these auctions. Between June 15, 2002, and June 14, 2003, we estimate that Overture's revenue from sponsored search might have been... View Details
Keywords: Auctions; Strategy; Behavior; Revenue; Performance Efficiency; Bids and Bidding; Search Technology
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  • 2013
  • Working Paper

These Are the Good Old Days: Foreign Entry and the Mexican Banking System

By: Stephen Haber and Aldo Musacchio
In 1997, the Mexican government reversed long-standing policies and allowed foreign banks to purchase Mexico's largest commercial banks and relaxed restrictions on the founding of new, foreign-owned banks. The result has been a dramatic shift in the ownership structure... View Details
Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Balance and Stability; Foreign Direct Investment; Banks and Banking; Society; Economics; Banking Industry; Mexico
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  • December 2009
  • Article

Negotiation? Auction? A Deal Maker's Guide

By: Guhan Subramanian
What's the best way to buy or sell an asset? Should you hold an auction and accept the most attractive offer? Or should you identify the most likely prospects and negotiate with them privately? Auctions became increasingly popular after the internet opened wide the... View Details
Keywords: Assets; Auctions; Market Transactions; Negotiation; Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions
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  • Profile

Amanda Pratt

Analysis and Valuation. "It builds on the finance and strategy classes you have in your RC year," she explains. "But now you look at how companies' financial structures and business strategies work together, and how they... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare/Biotech
  • 12 Nov 2013
  • First Look

First Look: November 12

find that paying above-market wages, per se, does not have an effect on effort relative to paying market wages. However, structuring a portion of the wage as a clear and unexpected gift (by hiring at a given wage, and then offering a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Aug 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Advertising: It’s Not ‘Mad Men’ Anymore

may develop? "There is this general sense that if you are going to come up with a great creative idea that moves the market in some sector, you better do it for me rather than my competitor," says Silk. While "exclusivity"—one agency, one... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising
  • 01 Apr 2000
  • News

Sign of the Times: General Management Course Evolves

companies to be formed, and the capital markets have been more than willing to finance the competitive onslaught," Kester observed. "These changes in the economy are being led by our graduates and are also... View Details