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  • December 2014 (Revised April 2015)
  • Case

Apple, Einhorn, and iPrefs

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin, Hanoch Feit, Edward A. Minasian and Brandon Van Buren
In March 2013, Apple Computer has a very large cash balance, and is under pressure to return cash to shareholders. Hedge fund manager David Einhorn thinks Apple can "unlock value" by issuing perpetual preferred stock, dubbed iPrefs. Henry Blodget, CEO of Business... View Details
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  • 23 May 2018
  • News

The Bad First Job's Lingering Impact

  • February 2003 (Revised March 2004)
  • Case

Store24

By: Susan L. Kulp, V.G. Narayanan and Dennis Campbell
Illustrates how nonfinancial performance measures can be used to manage a business and evaluate the success of a strategy. View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Balanced Scorecard; Performance Evaluation; Strategy; Retail Industry
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  • 15 Oct 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat

International is increasingly cognizant of the need to adapt to local contexts—as evinced not only by the India entry strategy but by changes in merchandising policies, clearer definition of decision rights, and even the astonishing job-swap between some of the top... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • March 1999 (Revised October 1999)
  • Case

Tufts Health Plan

By: Richard M.J. Bohmer and Nancy D. Beaulieu
Describes the introduction of capitation by a managed care company and the challenges of managing financial risk in the Medicare population. Focuses on the relationship between the health plan and physicians. View Details
Keywords: Health; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Risk and Uncertainty; Insurance; Health Industry; Insurance Industry
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  • 14 Sep 2015
  • News

‘It’s a balancing act’

  • 16 May 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Can Decades of Military Overspending be Fixed?

States has often turned to cutting-edge technology solutions to solve strategic and operational challenges. “Costs tend to rise in all organizations unless managers and their staffs are skilled in industrial View Details
Keywords: by J. Ronald Fox; Service

    Samuel G. Hanson

    Samuel G. Hanson is the William L. White Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a Faculty Affiliate of the Harvard Economics department. He teaches Finance 1... View Details

    Keywords: asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management
    • 2014
    • Working Paper

    Putting Skin in the Game: Managerial Ownership and Bank Risk-Taking

    By: Jan Bouwens and Arnt Verriest
    This paper examines the relation between managerial ownership and bank risk exposure for a large sample of international financial institutions. We seek empirical evidence suggested by theories concerning conflicts between managers and owners over risk-taking. We argue... View Details
    Keywords: Managerial Equity Ownership; Financial Risk; Banks; Motivation and Incentives; Risk Management; Employee Ownership; Corporate Governance; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry
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    • December 2015
    • Article

    What Is Disruptive Innovation?

    By: Clayton M. Christensen, Michael Raynor and Rory McDonald
    For the past 20 years, the theory of disruptive innovation has been enormously influential in business circles and a powerful tool for predicting which industry entrants will succeed. Unfortunately, the theory has also been widely misunderstood, and the "disruptive"... View Details
    Keywords: Disruptive Innovation; Theory
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    • Program

    Driving Nonprofit Performance and Innovation—Virtual

    presented jointly by the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative and The Hauser Institute for Civil Society at Harvard University. Key Benefits With a stronger performance management strategy in place, your organization will be better positioned... View Details
    • May 2006
    • Case

    Nokia in 2003

    By: Paul M. Healy
    Examines the challenges facing a money manager who owns stock in Nokia, the leading wireless handset provider. Two analysts covering the stock make very different predictions about the economies of the industry, Nokia's future performance, and stock recommendations.... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Reporting; Forecasting and Prediction; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Evaluation; Problems and Challenges; Electronics Industry
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    • 01 Jan 2002
    • News

    • 27 Sep 2011
    • News

    Two named University Professors

    • 01 Dec 2023
    • News

    The Exchange: Help Wanted

    emerged, and it’s one that hinges on social skills. Sadun leads the Digital Reskilling Lab at HBS; Fuller co-leads the School’s Managing the Future of Work project. Here, they talk about the rise of soft skills in the C-suite. Your... View Details
    Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training
    • Program

    Senior Executive Leadership Program—China

    peers who span functions, industries, and countries Take advantage of resources for lifelong learning as a member of the global HBS alumni community Who Should Attend Senior executives, senior functional leaders, or general managers... View Details
    • 15 Apr 2020
    • News

    Creating a Fearless Organization With Amy Edmondson

    • 13 Jan 2003
    • Research & Ideas

    The Subconscious Mind of the Consumer (And How To Reach It)

    ineffectiveness of focus groups. What techniques should managers be employing to elicit information from customers? A: Many researchers tell us that one-on-one interviews are superior to focus groups. That is, even a few conventional... View Details
    Keywords: by Manda Mahoney

      Willis M. Emmons

      WILLIAM (WILLIS) EMMONS is Senior Lecturer and Director of the C. Roland Christensen Center for Teaching and Learning at Harvard Business School, a position he has held since 2004.  As Director of the Christensen Center, Emmons oversees programs to... View Details

      Keywords: airline; infrastructure industry; pharmaceuticals; telecommunications; utilities
      • July 2004
      • Supplement

      World Vision International: The AIDS Initiative

      By: Christopher A. Bartlett
      Management discusses the organizational and governance challenges of operating a global network of partner organizations. Then key managers reflect on the decision World Vision must make on the AIDS Hope Initiative--a new strategic direction that challenges many of the... View Details
      Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Goals and Objectives; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Problems and Challenges; Core Relationships; Welfare; Value; Health Industry
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