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  • 01 Oct 2021
  • News

Fostering Diversity

Ben Feder (MBA 1991) and Victoria Lindenbaum Feder (MBA 1994) When Ben Feder attended his 25th Reunion, he was inspired by something that then Dean Nitin Nohria said: “HBS has the power to change lives.” Feder, a history major at Columbia University who had View Details
  • 28 May 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Investor Lawsuits Against Auditors Are Falling, and That's Bad News for Capital Markets

reporting fraud that professional standards are not infallible. You still need this external accountability mechanism. Lagace: What do your findings mean for the health of US capital markets? Srinivasan: Companies from around the world... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services; Accounting
  • 2010
  • Working Paper

Just Say No to Wall Street: Putting A Stop to the Earnings Game

By: Joseph Fuller and Michael C. Jensen

Putting an end to the "earnings game" requires that CEOs reclaim the initiative by avoiding earnings guidance and managing expectations in such a way that their stocks trade reasonably close to their intrinsic value. In place of earnings forecasts, management should... View Details

Keywords: Stocks; Performance Expectations; Goals and Objectives; Risk and Uncertainty; Growth and Development Strategy; Decisions; Risk Management; Budgets and Budgeting; Earnings Management; Value; Projects
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Fuller, Joseph, and Michael C. Jensen. "Just Say No to Wall Street: Putting A Stop to the Earnings Game." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-090, April 2010.
  • January 2017
  • Case

Danaher Corporation, 2007–2017

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
On July 2, 2016, Danaher Corporation completed the spinoff of Fortive Corporation. The previous day, Danaher’s stock price had reached an all-time high. In 2015, Danaher had decided to split off its test and measurement, fuel and fleet management, and automation... View Details
Keywords: Danaher; Fortive; Larry Culp; Beckman Coulter; Pall; Life Sciences; Diagnostics; Environmental Operations; Water Management; Dental; Testing; Measurement; Fuel; Fleet Management; Automation; Toolmaking; Tools; Disease Management; Continuous Improvement; Toyota Production System; Divestiture; Spinoffs; Spin-off; Networks; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Business Divisions; Business Subsidiaries; Business Units; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Joint Ventures; Restructuring; Engineering; Chemicals; Construction; Machinery and Machining; Profit; Revenue; Globalized Firms and Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Medical Specialties; Business History; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Management Practices and Processes; Management Succession; Management Systems; Resource Allocation; Market Entry and Exit; Measurement and Metrics; Logistics; Business Processes; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Science; Genetics; Natural Environment; Wastes and Waste Processing; Science-Based Business; Opportunities; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Consolidation; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Technology; Software; Technology Networks; Technology Platform; Value; Valuation; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; United States; District of Columbia
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Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "Danaher Corporation, 2007–2017." Harvard Business School Case 717-464, January 2017.
  • December 2004 (Revised April 2014)
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Stan Lapidus: Profile of a Medical Entrepreneur

By: Robert F. Higgins and Sophie LaMontagne
Describes the career path and insights of Stanley Lapidus, a successful serial entrepreneur in the medical and life sciences industry. Lapidus is the founder of Cytyc Corp. (NASDAQ: CYTC) and EXACT Sciences (NASDAQ: EXAS) and is currently the CEO of his third start-up,... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Experience and Expertise; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Managerial Roles; Health Industry
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Higgins, Robert F., and Sophie LaMontagne. "Stan Lapidus: Profile of a Medical Entrepreneur." Harvard Business School Case 805-087, December 2004. (Revised April 2014.)
  • 2014
  • Working Paper

Management Practices, Relational Contracts and the Decline of General Motors

By: Susan Helper and Rebecca Henderson
General Motors was once regarded as one of the best managed and most successful firms in the world, but between 1980 and 2009 its share of the US market fell from 62.6 to 19.8 percent, and in 2009 the firm went bankrupt. In this paper we argue that the conventional... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Structure; Decision Making; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry
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Helper, Susan, and Rebecca Henderson. "Management Practices, Relational Contracts and the Decline of General Motors." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-062, January 2014. (NBER Working Paper Series, No. 19867, January 2014.)
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Tread Lightly Through These Accounting Minefields

By: H. David Sherman and S. David Young
In the current economic climate, there is tremendous pressure—and personal incentive for managers—to report sales growth and meet investors' revenue expectations. As a result, more companies have been issuing misleading financial reports, according to the SEC,... View Details
Keywords: Derivatives; Benchmarking Performance; Accounting; Revenue Recognition; Assets
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Sherman, H. David, and S. David Young. "Tread Lightly Through These Accounting Minefields." Harvard Business Review 79, no. 7 (July–August 2001): 129–135.
  • October 2021 (Revised October 2022)
  • Case

The Opioid Settlement and Controversy Over CEO Pay at AmerisourceBergen

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Li-Kuan Ni
In 2020, AmerisourceBergen Corporation, a Fortune 50 company in the drug distribution industry, agreed to settle thousands of lawsuits filed nationwide against the company for its opioid distribution practices that critics alleged had contributed to the nationwide... View Details
Keywords: Opioids; Drug; Investors; Shareholder Activism; Investment Activism; Executive Compensation; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Governance Compliance; Governance Controls; Risk Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Legal Liability; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; United States; West Virginia; Tennessee; Ohio; Pennsylvania
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Srinivasan, Suraj, and Li-Kuan Ni. "The Opioid Settlement and Controversy Over CEO Pay at AmerisourceBergen." Harvard Business School Case 122-014, October 2021. (Revised October 2022.)
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Harvard Business School

of Boston who served in World War II, Herb Lyken became a professor of Finance and Accounting at the University of Massachusetts, Boston and taught for 15 years. He was also a founder and board member of the Unity Bank and Trust in... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2013
  • News

Building a Better Brazil

work as professionals in education, government, or public health the opportunity for advanced study at the University to help build a strong network of leaders committed to social change in Brazil. LORENTZEN Photo courtesy of Erling... View Details
Keywords: Finance; Finance; Finance; Finance
  • September 1991 (Revised February 1993)
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Burroughs Wellcome and AZT (A)

By: Willis M. Emmons III
Burroughs Wellcome Co., developer of AZT, the first drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), finds itself under siege in September 1989 by AIDS activists and various segments of the U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Ethics; Business and Government Relations; Communication Strategy; Health Care and Treatment; Monopoly; Intellectual Property; Research and Development; Price; Pharmaceutical Industry; London
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Emmons, Willis M., III. "Burroughs Wellcome and AZT (A)." Harvard Business School Case 792-004, September 1991. (Revised February 1993.)
  • 08 Mar 2022
  • Blog Post

Recalling My First Cold Call: A Conversation with Second-Year Students

2022) Halperin, a student in the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program, is the co-president of the Harvard Business School (HBS) Women’s Student Association, social chair of the MS/MBA program, and the international representative of section H. She is also a member of... View Details
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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

to the two largest markets, the US and China. Family, Finance and Philanthropy Anne McClintock, Senior Director of Development, Planned Giving at HBS; Alasdair H. Halliday, Director, University Planned Giving, Harvard University... View Details
  • Web

Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

courses are completed successfully, learners will earn a Certificate of Specialization. HBS Online is currently offering a Learning Track in Leadership and Management , Strategy , Entrepreneurship and Innovation , Business in Society , View Details
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Helping and harnessing business to address society’s greatest challenges. | Institute for Business in Global Society

Hear more from Professor Debora Spar, Environmental Defense Fund President Fred Krupp, CEO & Co-Founder of Social Finance Tracy Palandjian, former Carnival CEO Arnold Donald, Professor George Serafeim, Professor Peter Tufano, and... View Details
  • 02 Dec 2019
  • News

Championing the HBS Fund

with their Harvard contacts, both in the Boston area and around the world. Dosiou, who participated in a health care Executive Education program at HBS in January 2019, has found members of the Harvard community to be “very open-minded,... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 22 Feb 2022
  • News

Breaking News

strategy look like? The financing that we were able to assemble for this acquisition is interim financing, which gives us five years to figure that out. Part of the process we’re engaged in now with our partners is to say, What’s the... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Dana Smith; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information
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John H. McArthur | About

committee memberships, and consulting posts in business, government, education, and health care organizations around the world. For many years, he served as chair of Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), which sparked a lifelong... View Details
  • 25 Aug 2014
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Jonathan M. Nelson, MBA 1983

dedicated to education, arts, health, and the environment and has agreed to give away half his net worth by committing to the Giving Pledge. His support for health and research reflects the significant challenges he has faced. The... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • 12 Oct 2017
  • News

Fighting Poverty One Neighborhood at a Time

multigenerational cycles of poverty. “You can’t expect schools to consistently outperform the health of their neighborhoods,” says Majors, a vice president at Purpose Built Communities, an Atlanta-based, nonprofit consulting group. “The... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
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