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- 16 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History
entrepreneurship, innovation, and economic growth; exploring the relationship between business and democracy; and the role entrepreneurs and firms, not governments or markets, have played in driving globalization. "Important subjects... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
insurance (for such individuals, another function of the Connector is deciding “affordability,” that is, how much those individuals should be subsidized and how much they should pay out-of-pocket). This uninsured-care fund previously had been bankrolled by the state... View Details
- October 2017
- Supplement
Snap Inc. Goes Public (B)
By: Lynn Sharp Paine and Will Hurwitz
Supplements the (A) case.
Snap Inc.’s chairman must decide how to address investor concerns about the company’s unprecedented plans to issue only non-voting shares in its upcoming IPO. View Details
Snap Inc.’s chairman must decide how to address investor concerns about the company’s unprecedented plans to issue only non-voting shares in its upcoming IPO. View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Capital Structure; Corporate Accountability; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Going Public; Business and Shareholder Relations; Leadership; Management; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Venture Capital; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States; California
Paine, Lynn Sharp, and Will Hurwitz. "Snap Inc. Goes Public (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 318-049, October 2017.
- 16 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Companies Managed Risk (and Even Benefitted) in World War Internment Camps
researchers found that German companies struggling to maintain long-term survival in India adopted a mix of political risk management strategies: Disguise Some companies used a “cloaking” strategy, altering their organizational structure to camouflage View Details
- 20 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 20
invisible hand of markets increasingly governs them. An assessment of this form of governance against the requirements of science-based businesses suggests a gap and a need for organizational innovation.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
1.17 Field Based Learning / Independent Projects | MBA
created, and shared during field activities, Clarify ownership rights and non-disclosure agreements for students, faculty, and company sponsors in company-sponsored field-based learning projects. The policies View Details
- 24 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
IPR: Protecting Your Technology Transfers
very reluctant to share ownership of advanced technologies with local partners in countries with imperfect IPR. Governments of more advanced countries also should be interested in our findings since they... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
to talk about issues of corporate governance and the ethics of leadership. They can’ t believe that what they consider an honorable profession is being publicly judged by the misdeeds of a few people. Mark Twain once said words to the... View Details
- June 2011
- Teaching Note
The Suzlon Edge (TN)
Teaching Note for 708051. View Details
- 04 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 4
http://www.sciencedirect.com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/science/article/pii/S0305750X1400254X November 2014 Special Issue on Governments as Owners: Globalizing State-Owned Enterprises Governments as Owners:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
the case that the Clinton and Bush administrations and members of Congress of both parties pursued an extreme affordable-housing agenda that led to the failure of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. If Fannie and Freddie had not failed, requiring View Details
- September 2017 (Revised January 2019)
- Case
FJ Management Inc.
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Matthew G. Preble
In late 2015, Crystal Call Maggelet, president and CEO of FJ Management, is working with her investment committee to help set the company’s strategic direction. Maggelet, daughter of the company’s founder, has led FJ Management since 2009 when she stepped in as CEO... View Details
Keywords: Turnaround; Company History; Family Business; Transformation; Volatility; Change Management; Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Cash Flow; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financial Liquidity; Financial Management; Governance; Corporate Governance; Governance Controls; Leadership; Leading Change; Crisis Management; Negotiation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Family Ownership; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Business Strategy; Energy Industry; Travel Industry; Retail Industry; Service Industry; Utah
Applegate, Lynda M., and Matthew G. Preble. "FJ Management Inc." Harvard Business School Case 818-028, September 2017. (Revised January 2019.)
- November 2018
- Teaching Note
The Tax Man: Taxes in Private Equity Real Estate
By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Sayiddah Fatima McCree
Teaching Note for HBS No. 218-077. This teaching note provides the back up analysis for the various alternatives to be considered in choosing the optimal investment structure for the real estate acquisition. It contrasts the interests of the tax exempt investors... View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
business holdings. The traditional Argentine newspaper La Nación provides an example of such a shift, when in 1996 a change in ownership of the controlling stake led to the appointment of Julio Saguier as board chairman. Saguier was... View Details
- 11 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 11
starts a premium vodka business, bringing in his cousin at an early stage, but with no initial discussion of the eventual split of equity or managerial control between the two. The article offers each man's case for his ownership stake in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- September 1992 (Revised September 2010)
- Background Note
Executive Stock Options
By: Henry B. Reiling
After a brief comment on the practical problems associated with taxing options and the possible occasions on which taxation might occur, the note describes the current policy imbedded in the Internal Revenue Code and gives examples of this policy in operation. The... View Details
Reiling, Henry B. "Executive Stock Options." Harvard Business School Background Note 293-054, September 1992. (Revised September 2010.)
- 16 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019
including patients, physicians, employers, insurance companies, and the government need to recognize that value is best defined as “a given health outcome per dollar of cost expended.” In this article, we examine some of the challenges to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
diagnose the problem and treat it. The rescue bill calls for the government to auction banks’ distressed mortgage assets to “try to restore the price discovery process so we can figure out what these things are actually worth.” Light... View Details
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
changes in the maturity structure of government debt. We document that when the government funds itself with relatively more short-term debt, firms fill the resulting gap by issuing more long-term debt, and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16
in innovative capabilities, and increased employee engagement as a result. The programs vary but have seven major elements in common. Companies should 1) team with governments or nonprofits experienced in working with people with... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty