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  • 11 Apr 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 11

increase in the cross-country correlations of stock and government bond returns since the late 1990s. We show that for global equities this increase has been driven primarily by increased cross-country... View Details
  • 12 Nov 2008
  • First Look

First Look: November 12, 2008

potential efficiency loss associated with strategy-proofness and stability, and direct attention to some open questions. Earnings Quality and Ownership Structure: The Role of Private Equity Sponsors Author:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • March 1990 (Revised June 1993)
  • Case

Analog Devices, Inc.: The Half-Life System

By: Robert S. Kaplan
The company has committed to major improvements in quality, cost, and on-time delivery performance. Despite strong senior management support, however, the actual rate of improvement was disappointing until a new measurement philosophy was introduced. The new approach... View Details
Keywords: Quality; Performance Improvement; Earnings Management; Financial Reporting; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Productivity; Business or Company Management; Cost Management; Measurement and Metrics; Management Teams; Semiconductor Industry
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  • 16 Jun 2016
  • Blog Post

Digging Into Data: Making A Career Change

financial services roles interestingly remained within the sector but switched their focus. The vast majority moved from private equity into the investment management / hedge fund space. And, 43% of students... View Details
Keywords: Consulting; Manufacturing; Technology
  • 18 May 2016
  • News

What Does the American Dream Mean in Today’s America?

Alexander Navab (MBA 1991), head of investment firm KKR’s Americas private equity business, was honored this year with an Ellis Island Medal of Honor, presented annually to... View Details
  • 06 Aug 2021
  • Blog Post

Socioeconomic Inclusion at HBS: Alexis Jackson (MBA 2021)

partnered with HBS administration to advance racial equity and diversity; efforts that laid the groundwork for the HBS Anti-Racism Task Force and the Racial Equity Action Plan. Jackson joined the task force,... View Details
  • 16 Dec 2008
  • First Look

First Look: December 16, 2008

respond to a revised proposal from two private equity firms to take the company private. In November of 2006, the Board had unanimously approved an offer of $37.60 per share... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2014
  • News

3-Minute Briefing: Reza Satchu (MBA 1996)

president of the bank. They wanted to run the bank. They didn't just want to write a book. They wanted to win the Pulitzer Prize. When Asif and I were working on our first business, SupplierMarket, we were funded by Sequoia, KKR, all... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • January 2022
  • Supplement

SpartanNash Company: The Amazon Warrants (B)

By: Benjamin C. Esty, E. Scott Mayfield and Daniel Fisher
A continuation of the events described in the (A) Case, “SpartanNash Company: The Amazon Warrants,” (HBS Case No. 222-022). View Details
Keywords: Valuation; Value Creation; Consumer Behavior; Negotiation; Distribution; Ownership; Partners and Partnerships; Business Strategy; Equity; Distribution Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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  • 29 Jun 2007
  • First Look

First Look: June 29, 2007

central role by shaping her beliefs off the equilibrium path (and thus, enables separation between the types). This result also illustrates the uniqueness of the signaling model presented here. Unlike other signaling models, the suggested... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Jan 2009
  • First Look

First Look: January 13, 2009

solvable roommate markets, we provide the first characterizations of the core using either competition or resource sensitivity. On the domain of all roommate markets, we obtain two associated impossibility... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Nov 2018
  • Blog Post

Valuing an MBA: Beyond Dollars and “Sense"

have the continued counsel of peers who have already tackled hundreds of such cases at our side. Sumit Malik (MBA ’19) is Editor-in-Chief of The Harbus, President View Details
  • 26 Nov 2013
  • First Look

First Look: November 26

workforce is not a quick fix to control costs or improve the quality of care. A poorly planned redesign can even result in increased costs and decreased quality. Changes in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Dec 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

Overall Cost Comparison of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Procedures with Endoscopist- or Anesthesia-Supported Sedation by Activity-Based Costing Techniques By: Helmers, Richard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Apr 2007
  • First Look

First Look: April 24, 2007

compute pairwise coagglomeration measurements for U.S. manufacturing industries. Industry attributes are used to construct measures of the relevance of each of Marshall's three... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Feb 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Growing Pains: Prescriptions for U.S. Health Care

at its upper end." Christensen sees the same pattern in health care. Sophisticated procedures and treatments, along with an abundance of highly trained professionals, have combined to drive costs out... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Health
  • September 1993 (Revised December 1993)
  • Case

Cott Corp.: Private Label in the 1990s

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Robert S. Kaplan
Private label cola, Cott, gets 30% of the market in Canada. How does it move into the U.S. market? How do retailers evaluate its benefit costs? Does Cott use an existing structure or build new ones? Does Cott diversify from drink to snack foods? View Details
Keywords: Private Sector; Cost Management; Labels; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Industry Structures; Diversification; Food and Beverage Industry
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  • 03 Apr 2006
  • What Do You Think?

Has Globalization Reached Its Peak?

cautionary note: ". . . the elephant in the room is the assumption of the availability and cost of petroleum . . . the economics of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 10 Oct 2007
  • First Look

First Look: First Look: October 10

costs of being provocative. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=908015 Octone Records Harvard Business School Case 507-082 In February 2007, Octone Records... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Jul 2007
  • First Look

First Look: July 24, 2007

production quantities of the two products based on the characteristics of both markets. We find that increasing disposal cost increases the cost... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace