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Large-Scale Investment (LSI, MBA Elective Curriculum)
By: Benjamin C. Esty
Large-Scale Investment (LSI) is a case-based course about project finance that is designed for second-year MBA students. Project finance involves the creation of a legally independent project company financed with nonrecourse debt for the purpose of investing in a... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investor Lawsuits Against Auditors Are Falling, and That's Bad News for Capital Markets
something differently like improve their governance and change their board. The same goes for auditors. With risk of litigation there’s a deterrent effect. If you know that I can sue you then you are less... View Details
- 20 Feb 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
When Does Domestic Saving Matter for Economic Growth?
- 17 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
How Managers Stifle Creativity
matters. If people lack that meaning, it's very hard for them to stay intrinsically motivated and creative. Many managers don't realize how necessary it is to help people understand the importance View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 2024
- Working Paper
“If You’re Not There… You’re Not There”: How Art Market Platforms Induce Status Anxiety to Coerce Participation
By: James Riley and Ezra Zuckerman Sivan
This paper, an 18-month ethnographic investigation of international art fairs (IAFs), shows how market platforms can have a coercive effect, inducing sellers (i.e., art galleries) to participate despite ambivalence over their value and anxiety over the process by which... View Details
- 05 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Connecting with Consumers Using Deep Metaphors
baby aspirin to home computers to the meaning of quality health care. Q: Why are these metaphors important for effective marketing? What happens when marketing does not give... View Details
- 26 Oct 2017
- HBS Seminar
Nicholas Bloom, Stanford University
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Career Change
says. “What’s important is how you take charge of your career.” Now, Tanaka is helping others take charge. In March 2023, she became the country manager View Details
- 2018
- Chapter
Britain: Global Legacy and Domestic Persistence
By: Geoffrey Jones
This chapter explores the British experience in a volume which examines the historical evolution of business groups in developed Western economies. The chapter argues that during the nineteenth century British merchant houses established business groups with... View Details
Keywords: Business Groups; Conglomerates; Globalization; Entrepreneurship; Business History; Organizations; Business Conglomerates; United Kingdom
Jones, Geoffrey. "Britain: Global Legacy and Domestic Persistence." Chap. 5 in Business Groups in the West: Origins, Evolution, and Resilience, edited by Asli M. Colpan and Takashi Hikino, 123–146. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018.
- February 2017 (Revised June 2017)
- Case
ExxonMobil: Business as Usual? (A)
By: George Serafeim, Shiva Rajgopal and David Freiberg
Climate change was becoming an important societal and business issue as more governments were introducing climate change related regulations and investors became increasibly worried about stranded assets within oil and gas firms. In September 2016, the U.S. Securities... View Details
Keywords: Oil ＆ Gas; Oil Prices; Oil Companies; Asset Impairment; Predictive Analytics; Sustainability; Environmental Impact; Innovation; Disclosure; Accounting; Valuation; Climate Change; Renewable Energy; Environmental Sustainability; Financial Reporting; Energy Industry
Serafeim, George, Shiva Rajgopal, and David Freiberg. "ExxonMobil: Business as Usual? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 117-046, February 2017. (Revised June 2017.)
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Endless Possibilities
Faye Iosotaluno (MBA 2008) met her husband through friends when she was only 19 years old. It was 1999, and the mobile-first app Tinder—which launched in 2012 and where Iosotaluno is currently COO—was not even a distant glimmer on the dating horizon. While the app... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- Profile
Pam Chan
greater professional opportunity A believer in the "cycle of learning," Pam doesn't see progress as a necessarily¬ linear path. "Our careers are more like a... View Details
- 04 Aug 2010
- News
A Lonely Crusader
We’ve all read stories about those rare individuals who saw the financial crisis coming and profited handsomely from their contrarian insights. Add to that list of contrarians hedge fund manager Bill Ackman... View Details
- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
July–August 2016 Harvard Business Review How to Negotiate with a Liar By: John, Leslie Abstract—People, including negotiators, lie every day, so when you're trying to make a deal, it's important to defend against deception. View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Nov 2015
- Blog Post
What is an HBS MyTake?
BRIDGES. Why do you think MyTakes are an important part of HBS culture? Everyone at HBS talks about getting to know fellow students as one of the... View Details
- 26 Jun 2013
- News
How a Trivial Pursuit Became a Significant Case
partnerships, collaborations, and sharing pieces of the pie." Moving quickly in a short-opportunity window is another lesson of the case, says... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
How to Talk Gooder in Business and Life
Norton as a Short Intensive Program. What role does word choice play in the business world? Words matter! But words are just one of three important buckets that fill our... View Details
- Research Summary
Financing New Business Formation
By: Paul A. Gompers
New business creation has become a potent force for economicdevelopment in the United States. Prior to 1980, large firms created the majority of new jobs in the American economy. While considerable debate rages over whether small firms are the source of recent job... View Details
- Research Summary
Overview
I am a field researcher studying the relational nature of work. Organizations are inherently social institutions and provide myriad opportunities for relationship formation. My work begins with the simple insight that all relationships are not equal: interpersonal... View Details
- 08 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Recalling My First Cold Call: A Conversation with Second-Year Students
perspectives add value to the classroom discussion. The important component of the case method is how we... View Details