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  • 11 Jun 2013
  • First Look

First Look: June 11

well-established negative correlation between staggered boards (SBs) and firm value could be due to SBs leading to lower value or a reflection of low-value firms' greater propensity to maintain SBs. We... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Dec 2018
  • News

Preparing Global Leaders

and long-term value creation. In addition to this, he is cofounder and chairman of Voxtra, a social impact investment firm that focuses on improving the livelihoods of those in the agriculture sector in East Africa. He and his wife,... View Details
  • 16 Mar 2017
  • News

‘We Don’t Leave When Things Go Wrong’

Christopher Rodrigues (MBA 1976) is chair of the British Council, an international organization for arts, cultural relations, and educational opportunities operating on six continents and in more than 100 countries. In this video interview, he talks about the View Details
  • 01 Jun 2004
  • News

An Ethical Fitness Quiz for Negotiators

Shady dealings at the negotiating table may work in the short term, but in the end, you’ll undermine trust and tarnish your reputation, warns HBS professor Michael A. Wheeler in the March issue of Negotiation, a newsletter from HBS Publishing. “It’s important to... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 14 Jul 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Keeping Your Balance With Customers

From product push to customer pull, technology has vastly reshaped the business transaction—and in turn, the customer's place in the value chain. Today, managing the customer relationship has become the single most important dimension of... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
  • February 2011 (Revised February 2018)
  • Case

Greg Mazur and the Purchase of Great Eastern Premium Pet Foods

By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
Greg Mazur decided to purchase a small business after graduating from the Harvard Business School. The case explores his decision about whether or not he should finalize his deal to purchase Great Eastern Premium Pet Foods, Inc. ("GEPP"). It gives students the... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Negotiation Deal; Negotiation Preparation; Strategic Planning; Valuation
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  • November 1999 (Revised June 2000)
  • Case

FairMarket: Managing Business Development

By: William A. Sahlman, Michael J. Roberts and Cathy Taylor
Describes the evolution of FairMarket, a provider of turnkey auction services to community and merchant Web sites. Describes several deals that the CEO must negotiate, requiring a view of the company's valuation. View Details
Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Internet and the Web; Valuation; Negotiation Deal; Auctions; Growth and Development Strategy; Web Services Industry
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  • June 1987 (Revised August 1988)
  • Case

American Bank

By: Robert S. Kaplan
American Bank is developing a new system to compute product costs. The deregulated, more competitive environment for commercial banks has created both problems and opportunities for banking operations. In order to price existing products and assess the desirability of... View Details
Keywords: System; Consolidation; Commercial Banking; SWOT Analysis; Fair Value Accounting; Cost Management; Price; Banking Industry; North and Central America; United States
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  • Profile

Aaron Mitchell

look at all the other contributing forces, enhancing the value that I bring as an HR professional. How has your overall HBS experience shaped your goals & career path? HBS has given me a way to think about approaching HR strategically... View Details
Keywords: Investment Management / Hedge Fund; Services
  • 22 Aug 2018
  • Blog Post

The National Park Services: A Mini-Business with a Twist

are taken care of and acting responsibly. The “twist” is that the mission of the National Park Service is not profit driven. The mission is to “preserve unimpaired the natural and cultural resources and values of the national park system... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
  • Profile

Luis Cervantes

International in Mexico City and Sao Paulo, the largest private-equity firm in Latin America and one of the largest in the world. Although the positions gave Luis “a broad operational view” and hands-on experience with IPOs and acquisitions, he remained “a true... View Details
  • Profile

Gary Shi

friends from around the world. The event united Gary’s global curiosity with his capacity for leadership. It also awakened him to the value of general management. “I became committed to business as a career,” Gary says. For six years... View Details
  • Profile

Andrew Boudreau

U.S. Soccer Foundation. During a three-month stint in between, Andy explored Italy to learn more about soccer and his family roots. Reflecting on the HBS experience, Andy notes that, “at Hopkins, I got a very technical education, but one with little focus on... View Details
  • Web

Business Track | New Venture Competition

hydrogen value chain, linking consumers with producers affordably and flexibly. Team: Eli Litchman (MBA 2025), Fenil Desai. How to Register & Key Dates The key steps in the process & deadlines. Eligibility Participating teams require at... View Details
  • Web

The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports - Course Catalog

How can entertainment businesses best approach the management and marketing of creative talent? In particular, how should companies invest in and capture value from "superstars" and the teams to which they belong? How are digital... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2011
  • News

LME Fund Makes HBS Dreams a Reality

keeping the fund going for future students.” LeBaron professed that he was “always astounded at the quality of these young people,” while McArthur noted that “they seem more worldly wise than we were at the same stage.” “I think they’re fundamentally like we were,”... View Details
  • 22 Sep 2015
  • News

Finding New Ways to Solve Civic Problems

government. In this video, MacKenzie talks about his goals as a civic leader. “My family instilled in me a strong value of community service and political involvement. And so, when the opportunity came to run for state representative in... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2015
  • News

Research Brief: Bankruptcy as a Better—Not Bitter—End

creditors at the back of the line, meanwhile, lose out on the value that could have been produced had the company kept operating. A new working paper coauthored by Professor Stuart Gilson challenges that assertion. Gilson and his... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
  • 01 Dec 2013
  • News

Innovation as Antidote

leaders and academics, the forum identified a number of important challenges, and offered five "key imperatives" for progress—from making value the central objective to decentralizing care delivery. Several HBS alumni and faculty members... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
  • Web

Designing Tech Ventures - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Designing Tech Ventures Course Number 5240 Professor of Engineering Robert Howe Executive Fellow Tom Clay Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits Course Description Launching a successful startup requires a business model that defines the venture’s customer View Details