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    Andreessen Horowitz

    This teaching case profiles Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), a venture capital firm launched in 2009 that quickly broke into the VC industry's top ranks. The case recounts the firm's history; describes its co-founders' motivations and their strategy for disrupting an... View Details

    • 2012
    • Other Unpublished Work

    What Are We Meeting For? The Consequences of Private Meetings with Investors

    By: Eugene F. Soltes and David H. Solomon
    Executives of publicly-traded firms spend considerable time meeting privately with investors, despite regulation restricting their ability to convey material nonpublic information. Using a set of records of all one-on-one meetings between senior management and... View Details
    Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Investment; Investment Funds; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Management Teams; Public Ownership; Business and Shareholder Relations
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    Overview

    By: Aiyesha Dey
    Professor Dey’s research explores governance and agency conflicts, board structure, governance regulation and corporate behavior, ownership structure, and the relation between executives’ characteristics and corporate behavior. In analyzing corporate governance... View Details
    • 10 May 2012
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Flattened Firm—Not as Advertised

    Keywords: by Julie Wulf
    • 20 Mar 2012
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Stock Selection and Performance of Buy-Side Analysts

    Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Paul Healy, George Serafeim, Devin Shanthikumar & Gui Yang; Financial Services

      Gerald Zaltman

      *Joined Harvard Faculty: 1991
      Prior Faculty Appointments: Northwestern University, 1968-75;
      University of Pittsburgh, 1975-91

      *Doctoral Degree in Sociology Received from: The John Hopkins University;
      MBA Degree Received from: The University of... View Details

      Keywords: advertising; apparel; automotive; beverage; biotechnology; consumer products; entertainment; financial services; food; health care; marketing industry; pharmaceuticals; retailing; sports; telecommunications
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      Corporate Lobbying Strategy and Foreign MNEs

      “U.S. Defense Contracts and the Lobbying Strategies of Foreign MNEs: The Liability of Foreignness and Make-or-Buy Decisions about Political Goods”

      Many firms engage in lobbying with the expectation that their lobbying efforts will... View Details

      Keywords: Non-market Strategy; Political Strategy; Lobbying; Make V. Buy; Multinational Enterprise; Global Strategy; United States

        Entrepreneurs, Managers, and Leaders

        Entrepreneurs, Managers and Leaders examines the role that business leaders play in shaping industries and how evolving industries shape leaders.  This co-evolutionary process of leadership and industry development is told through the dynamic story of the... View Details

        • 27 Oct 2016
        • HBS Seminar

        Andrea Pratt, Richard Paul Richman Professor of Business and Professor of Economics, Columbia University

        • 10 Oct 2014
        • News

        Ending Gender Discrimination Requires More than a Training Program

        • February 2015
        • Case

        BlackRock: Diversity as a Driver for Success

        By: Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly
        In July 2014, the Global Executive Committee (GEC) for BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, held a two-day offsite to discuss the state of talent within the firm. A year prior, in 2013, Chairman and CEO Laurence (Larry) Fink had asked Global Head of HR Jeff... View Details
        Keywords: Women And Leadership; Diversity; General Management; Leadership; Change Management; Human Capital; Leading Change; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Financial Services Industry; United States
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          Anita Elberse

          Anita Elberse is the Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

          Professor Elberse develops and teaches an MBA course covering the "Businesses of Entertainment, Media, and Sports," which ranks among the most sought-after... View Details

          Keywords: advertising; arts; broadcasting; communications; consumer products; e-commerce industry; electronics; entertainment; fashion; home video games; information; marketing industry; motion pictures; music; publishing industry; sports; telecommunications; video games
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          Mo Fong

          Mo Fong (HBS ‘02, Stanford ‘95 ChemE, ‘96 MA Education ) Mo is currently the Executive Director at Stanford Technology Ventures Program in the School of Management and Engineering focusing on entrepreneurship research, programs and... View Details
          Keywords: Technology; Education; Government; Social Enterprise; Consumer Finance; Financial Services (All); Commercial Banking; Financial Services (All)

            William E. Fruhan

            Professor WILLIAM E. FRUHAN, JR. is George E. Bates Professor, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School. He received his BS degree from Yale University, and his MBA and DBA degrees from Harvard University.  He has served as Senior Associate Dean and Director of... View Details

            Keywords: aircraft; airline; chemical; electronics; grocery; medical supplies; oil ＆ gas; pharmaceuticals; retailing; steel
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            Finance II (MBA Required Curriculum)

            By: Benjamin C. Esty

            This course builds on the foundation developed in Finance I, focusing on three sets of managerial decisions:

            • How to evaluate complex investments.
            • How to set and execute financial policies within a firm.
            • How to integrate... View Details
            Keywords: Finance
            • January 1997
            • Case

            Dr. Sergio Ceccuzzi and SMI: Negotiating Cross-Border Acquisitions in Europe (B)

            By: James K. Sebenius
            Since the 1960s, SMI has quietly executed a series of brilliantly negotiated takeovers throughout Europe, often acquiring companies much larger than itself. Despite formidable obstacles, SMI has managed to acquire state-owned competitors in Italy and France, as well as... View Details
            Keywords: Acquisition; Corporate Governance; International Relations; Negotiation Tactics; Consolidation; Mining Industry; Europe
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            • 05 Feb 2025
            • Blog Post

            Leadership with purpose: Redefining success and impact with Satpal Singh (SELP—India 4, 2019)

            career before HBS had been driven by extensive execution and deep functional expertise. I had been fortunate to work in various domains, from strategic sourcing to operations, but I was searching for... View Details
            Keywords: All Industries
            • 08 Nov 2016
            • Working Paper Summaries

            Managers' Cultural Background and Disclosure Attributes

            Keywords: by Francois Brochet, Gregory S. Miller, Patricia Naranjo, and Gwen Yu
            • March 2006
            • Module Note

            Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World

            By: Alan D. MacCormack
            Describes the second module of the 30-session Harvard Business School elective course Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World. The course helps students understand the challenges that uncertainty implies for innovation and how to overcome these challenges. The course... View Details
            Keywords: Innovation and Management; Problems and Challenges; Business Processes; Perspective; Opportunities; Risk and Uncertainty; Managerial Roles; Product Design; Business Startups; Organizational Design
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            • 10 Nov 2015
            • First Look

            November 10, 2015

            share prices prior to turnover are not. A corollary is that a firm with poor stock market performance cannot, or will not, raise new capital unless the current CEO is replaced. Publisher's link:... View Details
            Keywords: Sean Silverthorne