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    W. Carl Kester

    Carl Kester is a Baker Foundation Professor and the George Fisher Baker Jr. Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at Harvard Business School. He is a member of the Finance Unit. He served as Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs (2006-2010), Chairman of the... View Details

    Keywords: asset management; banking; education industry; financial services; investment banking industry; pharmaceuticals; private equity (LBO funds)
    • October 2004
    • Case

    Continuing Transformation of Asahi Glass, The: Implementing EVA

    By: Mihir A. Desai, Masako Egawa and Yanjun Wang
    This case explores the use of EVA--economic value added--methodology at Asahi Glass. EVA is among the changes initiated by the CEO aimed at transforming Asahi Glass from a traditional Japanese company to a global firm. Other changes included a corporate reorganization... View Details
    Keywords: Restructuring; Change Management; Global Strategy; Corporate Governance; Recruitment; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Performance Evaluation
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    • 20 Aug 2019
    • News

    Should a Pension Fund Try to Change the World?

    • 10 Sep 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

    from the examples set by these world-class athletes, who are never satisfied, even at the top of their games and seemingly at the peak of their performance. Like Phelps and Nowitzki, two examples of organizations that excel at continuous improvement are Toyota, a View Details
    Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden

      Geoffrey G. Jones

      Geoffrey Jones is the Isidor Straus Professor of Business History, and Faculty Chair of the School's Business History Initiative. He holds degrees of BA, MA and PhD from Cambridge University, UK. He has an honorary Doctorate in Economics and Business Administration... View Details

      Keywords: banking; beauty products; construction; consumer products; energy; entertainment; fashion; financial services; food; food processing; green technology; petroleum; service industry
      • 2009
      • Working Paper

      International Differences in the Size and Roles of Corporate Headquarters: An Empirical Examination

      By: David J. Collis, David Young and Michael Goold
      This paper examines differences in the size and roles of corporate headquarters around the world. Based on a survey of over 600 multibusiness corporations in seven countries (France, Germany, Holland, UK, Japan, US, and Chile) the paper describes the differences among... View Details
      Keywords: Business Headquarters; Size; Organizational Structure; Culture; Japan; France; Germany; Netherlands; United Kingdom; United States; Chile
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      • 20 Jan 2010
      • First Look

      First Look: Jan. 20

      announcement effects, and future returns, we find empirical support for the predictions in both time-series and firm-level data. Given the strong cross-sectional relationship between capitalization and nominal share price, an... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • 08 Aug 2017
      • First Look

      First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017

      firms had “slack,” but not through changing investments or accruals. These incentives are driven by the prestige associated with the index rather than capital market benefits. Back-of-envelope estimates suggest that the index accounted... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 09 Sep 2008
      • First Look

      First Look: September 9, 2008

      emphasis on valuation and capital structure. Serves as the basis for a bankruptcy reorganization game that has been used for many years in Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring, a second-year finance course. The game is played in... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 28 Aug 2012
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Channels of Influence

      Keywords: by Lauren Cohen, Umit G. Gurun & Christopher J. Malloy
      • 07 Apr 2003
      • Research & Ideas

      XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”

      By the end of the second spin-off regime, Xerox's position in the copier market had begun to improve. While its share of the market would never return to 80 percent levels, Xerox was able to regain more than ten market share points, beating back the View Details
      Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough
      • 31 Aug 2010
      • First Look

      First Look: August 31

      http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-145.pdf The Task and Temporal Microstructure of Productivity: Evidence from Japanese Financial Services Authors:Bradley R. Staats and Francesca Ginos Abstract Sustaining workers' productivity is critical... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 22 Dec 2009
      • First Look

      First Look: Dec. 22

      examine those differences. The data shows that there are significant differences among countries in the size and role of corporate headquarters and strongly suggests the existence of a developing country model, a European model, a U.S. model, and a View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • 28 Jul 2015
      • First Look

      First Look: July 28, 2015

      management literature. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=47633 Concentrated Capital Losses and the Pricing of Corporate Credit Risk By: Siriwardane, Emil N. Abstract—Using proprietary credit default... View Details
      Keywords: Carmen Nobel
      • 10 Sep 2013
      • First Look

      First Look: September 10

      ethically by cheating less. We further found that priming time reduces cheating by making people reflect on who they are. Implications for the use of time versus money primes in discouraging or promoting dishonesty are discussed.   Working Papers View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • Research Summary

      Output and asset price fluctuations

      What are the sources of business cycles? How are these shocks propagated in the economy? Why are their effects so persistent? How can we explain asset price fluctuations? How are shocks transmitted internationally?To study these questions, I have developed a series... View Details

        Best-selling and New Cases by Ben Esty

        Best-Selling Cases:  

          1) Eaton: Portfolio Transformation & Cost of... View Details

        • Web

        Podcast - Business & Environment

        circular economy through capital management, innovation initiatives, and operating companies like Circular Services. She shares how their private equity, venture capital, and catalytic credit strategies are helping scale recycling, reuse,... View Details
        • Web

        Japan - Global

        global impact. Located in Tokyo, the JRC's primary purpose is to support HBS faculty research and case-writing activities in Japan. The School strives to deepen faculty's understanding of and exposure to Japanese management issues,... View Details
        • 27 Jun 2005
        • Research & Ideas

        Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?

        achievement; but it's hard to credit that given the enormous inflation of top executive compensation packages in America in the last decade. Many American firms, especially most of the large ones, are more dependent on capital markets for... View Details
        Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills