Going Public - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 May 2000
Lessons from the Classroom

Entrepreneurship’s Wild Ride

targets of opportunity, and sometimes just cut and run when the odds are overwhelming. The ballistic missile is carefully aimed to arrive on target; it's going to follow that course even with a Scud missile approaching. The fourth... View Details

Keywords: by William Mahoney

02 Sep 2010
What Do You Think?

How Transparent Should Boards Be?

Summing Up The dilemma posed by the HP-inspired vignette of a CEO allegedly failing to adhere to company values divided respondents to the September column. Two schools of thought evolved. One was that the CEO should be fired for cause with only secondary concern about... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

July 2003 (Revised February 2004)
Background Note

M&A Legal Context: Standards Related to the Sale or Purchase of a Company

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin, Constance E. Bagley and James Quinn

Introduces students to the legal standards affecting officers and directors when selling or purchasing a company. Provides a practical understanding of the Revlon Standard, the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, Rule 10b-5, and the legal criteria for a cause of... View Details

Keywords: Laws and Statutes; Law Enforcement; Government Legislation; Acquisition; Business Exit or Shutdown; Corporate Governance; Going Public; Courts and Trials

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12 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

The Untold Story of ‘Green’ Entrepreneurs

it's really very important to document how they emerged, often ahead of public opinion, to try and solve the emergent environmental challenges faced by our world." In addition to studying wind pioneers and those in other alternative... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

The Climate Needs Aggressive CEO Leadership

trends might work together to solve climate change? We believe they can, but it's going to take something unprecedented in the battle to enact climate policy: aggressive CEO leadership. OP-ED COLLECTION The Business of Climate Change What... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler; Energy; Utilities

09 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

Catching Up With Boards--Jay Lorsch

"the top 200 chief executives at public companies with at least $1 billion in revenue got a big pay raise over last year," with a median 2012 compensation package of $15.1 million, up 16 percent from 2011. What's View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

26 Jun 2000
Research & Ideas

Presentation Round-Up

there may well be a public backlash just because of the fear factor. Clearly we have to take the adequate precautions. "Over time, there's no security that can't be broken. Over time, we're going to have... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Kenneth Liss; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

19 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Codeacademy’s Delicate Work of Adding Monetization Without Crushing Mission

It seems to suggest a real unmet need in educational systems. How integral will coding skills be going forward, and what role should government play in attending to those needs? A: Analytical skills and comfort with technology are... View Details

Keywords: Re: Jeffrey J. Bussgang; Technology

29 Feb 2016
HBS Case

Bigbelly's Big Bet on the Digital Trash Can

customers notorious for labyrinthine procurement processes and glacial sales cycles. At the same time, Weiss reasons, if approached in the right way, selling to the public sector can amount to a huge opportunity for the right business.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy

23 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Setting the Stage: A Young Scholar at HBS

Rohit Daniel Wadhwani's research and teaching interests lie in business and financial history and public policy. He received his B.A. with honors from Yale College in 1991. From 1991 to 1995 he worked as a management consultant with APM... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard; Banking; Financial Services

09 Sep 2014
First Look

First Look: September 9

Publications September 2014 Cambridge University Press Consumer Lending in France and America: Credit and Welfare By: Trumbull, Gunnar Abstract—Why did America embrace consumer credit over the course of the twentieth century, when most... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy

sector. There was a big boom, a few years ago, in these private space enterprises trying to go public through special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). In a SPAC, somebody would start a company with the... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Aerospace

20 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency

Donald J. Trump brings business experience to the White House. Source: BasSlabbers Donald John Trump, the 45th president of the United States, will be the first to go straight from the boardroom to the Oval Office without any political... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese

19 Aug 2013
Research & Ideas

Studying How Income Inequality Shapes Behavior

public outrage and protests, as well as a fair amount of handwringing on the part of politicians. What's less clear is how this rising level of inequality has affected the nation. Researchers have tried to determine its impact on a wide... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

08 May 2020
In Practice

Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On

(like 2008) but a depression (like the 1930s.) Accordingly, we must be prepared to act in ways we’ve never done before. Second, just as doctors in overburdened hospitals, we need to triage with iron discipline. Our support must go to... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

26 Apr 2011
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

king of the commute, even though public transit often has lower direct dollar cost. The prevalence of private automobiles causes problems that go far beyond the combustion engine and its massive carbon... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities

06 Jun 2013
Op-Ed

How to Do Away with the Dangers of Outsourcing

diminishing the quality and even viability of its offerings. Outsourcing Has Its Costs Just ask Boeing. No firm placed a bigger bet on the virtual organization model. Its new 787 Dreamliner was going to be the UN of manufactured goods:... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati; Manufacturing; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion

14 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Andy Grove on the Confident Leader

up the interests of management with the owners or the top-level managers. When people who own 20 percent of a major public corporation give themselves 20 million share options, that flies right in the face of the principal-agent theory.... View Details

Keywords: by Walter Kiechel; Technology

12 Nov 2008
Research & Ideas

The Marketing of a President

record to defeat the heir apparent in his own party and then go on to hold off the much-vaunted Republican machine is a truly remarkable achievement. Much of it has to do with Obama's instinct for marketing. First, Obama's personal... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

02 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Health Care Research and Prospects

P. Pisano: It was clear there that there was a huge set of interesting and important management issues going on that were not being addressed elsewhere, and that we were in a good position to address. Public... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild Swearingen; Health

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