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01 Dec 1999
News

Good Day, Sunshine

developments at the School, and enjoying faculty presentations. "Our alumni are the measure of the School," said Dean Kim B. Clark in a welcoming address to all classes. "I am grateful for what you do in your lives, for the standards that you set, and for the View Details

27 Oct 2016
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Meet the Management Consulting Club

Panels, Case Interview Workshops, Social Events, Case Prep Mentorship Groups Value Proposition: The consulting club provides resources and mentorship to help prepare members for consulting interviews and secure jobs in the consulting... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

Portrait Project

Nana Quagraine

I faced remarks about the inferiority of blacks and women in science. These experiences threatened to shatter my values and aspirations. Growing up my parents taught me to treat each person equally, irrespective of their status. But as an... View Details

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AllWorld Network - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Delivery Project The Institute for Cancer Care Innovation MOC Network ICIC U.S. Cluster Mapping Project U.S. Competitiveness Project FSG Shared Value Initiative Social Progress Imperative AllWorld Network AllWorld Network AllWorld Network... View Details

06 Mar 2023
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Dean Announces 2023 Alumni Achievement Award Honorees

Minister, 2012–2015 Stephen A. Schwarzman (MBA 1972) Chairman, CEO, and Cofounder, Blackstone For more than 50 years, HBS has honored individuals whose strategic vision drives their work, whose creativity and innovation inspire those around them, whose character and... View Details

01 Sep 2003
News

Jeanne Jackson

most global businesses succeed because their core brand proposition has value across borders: Wal-Mart’s selection and low prices; McDonald’s convenience, cleanliness, and service; Nike’s commitment to performance.” Jackson believes that... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2011
News

A Deal on Wheels

agreeing to a target asking price, sellers pay an upfront charge of $199 to CarLotz, which then handles all the paperwork and headaches that typically accompany such transactions. CarLotz collects an additional $599 “success fee” only when a deal is complete. Since... View Details

Keywords: Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade

05 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

Business and the Global Poor

interests align? Kash Rangan: At its core, the private sector has always been about value creation—producing goods and services valued by consumers, generating employment, and delivering profits for... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2017
Research & Ideas

A Good Thing Happens When Doctors Start Talking to Their Patients

Visiting the doctor can sometimes feel like being slammed down on an assembly line: Make co-pay. Check vitals. Diagnose the problem. Get a prescription. Next! The fee-for-service model of American medicine doesn’t put much value on long... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

15 Aug 2016
Research & Ideas

Black Swans and Big Trends Can Ruin Anyone's Internet Prediction

"What I’ve said that turned out to be right will be considered obvious, and what was wrong will be humorous" —Bill Gates, The Road Ahead, 1995 In 2001, I wrote a book explaining why accelerated growth strategies created value for some... View Details

Keywords: by Thomas R. Eisenmann; Technology

10 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

Cross-Sector Collaboration: Lessons from the International Trachoma Initiative

relationships that are more intense and involve joint value creation. "The shift," they continue, "represents an opportunity to magnify the social value and the benefits to the partners, but... View Details

Keywords: by Diana Barrett, James Austin & Sheila McCarthy

07 Sep 2010
Research & Ideas

Mindful Leadership: When East Meets West

Asian beliefs, philosophies, and practices are influencing everything from the way we treat the ill to how we make cars. Now, a Harvard Business School professor is looking to the East as a model for developing strong business leaders. William George, an expert on... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

October 2008 (Revised September 2011)
Supplement

PepsiCo's Bid for Quaker Oats (C)

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin

Third in a series of PepsiCo's bid for Quaker Oats. Describes the auction for Quaker Oats including terms of the bids. After winning the auction, Coke's stock price fell dramatically. Coke's Board then refused to approve the deal and withdrew. Quaker then approached... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Stocks; Governing and Advisory Boards; Auctions; Bids and Bidding; Negotiation Tactics; Valuation; Food and Beverage Industry

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February 2007 (Revised February 2009)
Case

A Differentiation Strategy at ASDA

By: David E. Bell and Nitin Sanghavi

The Wal-Mart CEO has challenged his company to do more to help mankind. The British subsidiary, ASDA, is reviewing its activities in the environment/social arena. View Details

Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Trends; Values and Beliefs; Leadership Style; Growth and Development Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Food and Beverage Industry; Retail Industry

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16 Aug 2017
Research & Ideas

Researchers Use Google Street View to See the Future of Cities

“Streetchange,” the difference in Streetscores of the same blocks, seven years apart. “A positive value of Streetchange is indicative of new construction or upgrades, and a negative value is indicative of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Real Estate

20 Mar 2007
First Look

First Look: March 20, 2007

impact more efficiently, effectively, and sustainably. Winning Legally: The Value of Legal Astuteness Author:Constance E. Bagley Periodical:The Academy of Management Review (forthcoming) Abstract This paper explores the View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Let Customers Call the Shots

that would directly welcome empowerment, companies whose value proposition evolves around consumer control should expect a slow start and work on consumer education and reassurance. You could argue that adoption is more likely when the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2023
News

Spray Canon

value that is then built upon to create a market value—which is a separate type of validation,” says Riley, who credits Deitch’s time as director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and his Art in the Streets exhibition with... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

March 1996 (Revised April 2006)
Case

Global Equity Markets: The Case of Royal Dutch and Shell

By: Kenneth A. Froot and Andre F. Perold

Royal Dutch and Shell common stocks are securities with linked cash flow, so that the ratio of their stock prices should be fixed. In fact, the ratio is highly variable, moving with the markets where the securities are intensively traded. Royal Dutch trades more... View Details

Keywords: International Equity Markets; International Cost Of Capital; Cross-border Valuation; International Finance; Equity; Cost of Capital; Valuation; Cash Flow

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January 1998 (Revised June 1999)
Case

Chemdex.com

By: William A. Sahlman, Michael J. Roberts and Laurence E. Katz

An Internet start-up company is developing an online marketplace for specialty chemicals and reagents. David Perry has been named a runner-up in the 1st annual HBS Business Plan contest and now faces seed-stage financing questions--how much money to raise, at what... View Details

Keywords: Valuation; Internet and the Web; Chemicals; Business Startups; Capital; Chemical Industry

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