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17 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Becoming the Next Real Estate Mogul

Potential real estate moguls at the 2001 Harvard Business School Entrepreneurship Conference received an earful about profiting in a down market, creating value where there is none, and the addiction of... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Construction; Real Estate

14 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

The Big Money for Big Projects

matters in the investment decisions made in financing a project. Could you explain this further? A: Modigliani and Miller's (M&M) "irrelevance" proposition is one of the foundations of modern finance. It states that... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

January 2011 (Revised January 2015)
Case

Matrix Capital Management (A)

By: Malcolm P. Baker and David Lane

Ben Balbale, a partner at hedge fund Matrix Capital, must decide whether to exit their investment in Rovi Corporation, a company with a diverse portfolio of patents used primarily for digital interactive guides. Rovi's shares are up over 50% from the time Balbale... View Details

Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Asset Management; Cash Flow; Stock Shares; Financial Markets; Investment Funds; Measurement and Metrics; Mathematical Methods; Strategy; Valuation; Financial Services Industry

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March 2009
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Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd.: An IPO in India (TN)

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon

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Keywords: Private Equity; Initial Public Offering; Revenue; Valuation; Going Public; Emerging Markets; Investment; Financial Services Industry; India

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29 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

Read Our Most Popular Research Stories of 2019

experimentation will improve performance over time. However, the benefits of experimentation vary. Managerial Quality and Productivity Dynamics Which managerial skills, traits, and practices matter most for... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

25 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Developing the Global Leader

the respect and capacity to pull the best out of each area of the corporation." A self-awareness and self-assurance when it comes to one's values View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

13 Jul 2022
Book

Reimagining the Economy: What Would It Take to Put People First?

interests of shareholders. Since power derives from control over access to valued resources, this disparity in control over strategic decisions results in a great power imbalance among workers, top executives, View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

01 May 2000
What Do You Think?

Can You Hard-Wire Performance?

incentive—given other management initiatives already in place—will, if it works, insure that GE's organization in the future will deliver the greatest value (best results at lowest cost), thereby enhancing customers' performance View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

23 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

How Corporate Responsibility is Changing in Asia

what is considered truth in Western societies, where belief in an absolute god and an absolute truth is prevalent, and Asian societies, where truth is connected to the more... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

17 Jun 2013
Research & Ideas

Advertising Symbiosis: The Key to Viral Videos

let people broadcast their personal values the way a bumper sticker on the back of a car does." CONCEPT: Enable the viewer to showcase a badge of honor and relate to tribes. EXAMPLE: Fiat's rapping mommy.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising

19 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Why Privacy Protection Notices Turn Off Shoppers

make you feel less safe by making you conscious of just how much you are giving away? A new working paper finds that it’s more likely to be the latter. “Even if a privacy policy is meant to be assuaging, it can prime you to think about privacy, View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail

22 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon

prospects. After all, starting a company takes a lot of time, resources, and energy, and is a long-haul game. Conditions at the time of founding matter, so entrepreneurs may want to wait for better times... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

30 Nov 2018
What Do You Think?

What’s the Best Administrative Approach to Climate Change?

Summing Up: Should a 'Montreal Protocol' for Administering Global Warming Be Pursued? Climate change and how to manage it is a daunting subject. Nevertheless, several readers of this month’s column were willing to venture a model or two for administering a system... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Energy

03 Oct 2012
What Do You Think?

Can We Bring Back the “Industrial Commons” for Manufacturing?

has fallen behind in the competition for a share of the "commons." Peter Sebregondi commented that "companies aim to have the least possible ownership of the capital or assets involved in the value chain," but points... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing

28 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

How to Harness Auction Fever

commitment, and what you call "auction fever." How are these phenomena related? A: The phenomena are related in that they lead to a similar outcome: overbidding in auctions. That is, any of these might lead to an auction... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls; Web Services; Technology

12 Jun 2006
Research & Ideas

The Promise of Channel Stewardship

Most company distribution systems are designed ad-hoc when needed, and serve neither value chain partners nor end users well—just look at the frustrating new-car buying process set up by American auto... View Details

Keywords: by V. Kasturi Rangan & Marie Bell; Consumer Products

17 Apr 2017
HBS Case

This Turkish Debt Collector Is Customer-friendly

explains Campbell, the Dwight P. Robinson Jr. Professor of Business Administration. “The banks get to clean up their balance sheets, while the AMCs now assume all the risk.” Culturally, debt is seen as a source of shame and disgrace in... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

02 Sep 2019
What Do You Think?

Are Overlooked Forces Shielding the US from Severe Economic Downturns?

dependable distribution with internet-enabled inventory control extending all the way into consumer households and businesses. The result is that inventory value in relation to sales in the United States has... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Service

26 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Manager or Mentor? Why You Must Be Both

feedback to the employee may be adequate but of limited value toward the employee's development Most people manage for performance's sake rather than for development, he added. Managers who manage for performance are more likely to be... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

28 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: The Good Struggle: Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World

von Clausewitz, the brilliant Prussian general and strategist, wrote, "War is an area of uncertainty; three quarters of the things on which all action in war is based lie in a fog of uncertainty to a greater or lesser extent." His view... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Badaracco

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