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- 05 Apr 2004
- What Do You Think?
Should We Brace Ourselves for Another Era of M&A Value Destruction?
Jean-Marc Frion opined that, "Only in certain circles, such as family…where both parties sincerely want the good of the other and are not motivated by greed, can there be deals in which neither of the two loses." Does it have to be this way? Several... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 17 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 17, 2007
sent P&G's main competitor in oral care, Colgate Palmolive Co., scrambling because several patents protected the strips, making it difficult for Colgate to copy the invention. But in September 2002, the tables turned. Colgate introduced Simply White, a favorably... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Sep 2020
- News
The Race for a Vaccine
accusations of price gouging and calls for generic alternatives. The few big companies still investing in vaccines saw their fortunes take an upward turn in the mid-2010s, as countries with growing economies, like China, expanded... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
beginnings of the genomic research industry and all the companies that grew —and are still growing —from that. It was also the time when the concept of diagnostic related groups DRGs was introduced. DRGs essentially redefined health-care services as products that could... View Details
- 06 Apr 2007
- What Do You Think?
Will Market Forces Stop Global Warming?
Summing Up Debate on this month's questions occurred on at least three levels. Is global warming occurring? Do humans (primarily through CO2 emissions) have much to do with it? Should we rely on market forces to provide appropriate responses, or will this require... View Details
- Profile
Sheila Lirio Marcelo
When most entrepreneurs are seeking inspiration, they study Steve Jobs or Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg. Sheila Lirio Marcelo, founder, chairwoman and CEO of Care.com and a self-proclaimed lover of superheroes, finds her muse in the likes of Katniss Everdeen and... View Details
- Profile
Deborah A. Farrington
investor at that point was Larry Ellison, the billionaire founder of Oracle. In early 2000, Farrington met the firm’s other co-founder and then flew to California to meet with Larry Ellison. NetLedger’s business model was ambitious and it... View Details
- 19 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 19, 2016
I. Norton Abstract—While many experiments have explored risk preferences for money, few have systematically assessed risk preferences for everyday experiences. We propose a conceptual model and provide convergent evidence from seven experiments that, in contrast to a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?
problems from (in)convenience to price to congestion, he says. “Robust computer control is at the core of a successful PRT.” The concept is well known—you have likely encountered automated, driverless people movers in cities such as... View Details
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
to use its limited resources focusing on Home Depot or find a new target to forward their cause. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=407097 Apollo Hospitals—First-World Health Care at Emerging-Market View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Support for Small Business Misplaced?
Dolembo said, "Many small businesses are learning machines, every day creating a new lesson, or crisis with opportunity." Responses were quick to point out many perceived benefits of small business while only occasionally... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Educating, Connecting, and Mobilizing Around Climate Change
for tomorrow. The BEI aims to leverage HBS’s unique platform to help move the needle on climate change and accelerate climate solutions. Critical issues such as these are also among the focal points for HBS’s new Institute for the Study... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 30 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Your Employees and Customers Drive a New Value Profit Chain
example of Wal-Mart, where the employees' well-being is created in part by company meetings to which family members (children, parents, spouses) are invited. What are some other ideas you would recommend to companies in order to strengthen employee morale? Heskett: The... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Mahoney
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Delivering the Goods
Tapon (MBA 1997) REISNER: More than email itself, what really had an impact was the loss of first-class mail to electronic bill paying, starting in 2008. But the point is a good one, and 3D printing is likely to cause substantial change... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 26 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
When Other Companies Compete Like Crazy, Dare to Be Different
competitive vigilance that ultimately pushes them down a path of conformity. They will notice, for example, that competitor A has decided to offer a couple of new features in this market, or that competitor B has raised its prices in that... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 12 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 12
prosperity. How can the future of capitalism be secured? And who should spearhead the effort? Many observers point to government. But in Capitalism at Risk, the authors argue otherwise. While they agree that governments must play a role,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Success of Reverse Leveraged Buyouts
billion--but analysts have been disappointed by a share price in the mid-teens. Are RLBOs really the risky, under-performing investment that is claimed? In fact, says Harvard Business School Professor Josh Lerner, RLBOs generally... View Details
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Looking for CEOs in All the Wrong Places
the umber of people who can lead the largest organizations in his country is so small that most search consultants can practically recite them by name. By Khurana's reckoning, however, scarcity of CEO talent is hardly the case. When searching for external candidates,... View Details
- 25 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 25, 2008
asked to consider whether entry into web services by Amazon, which had established its brand in retail, represented a prudent move by the company. The case provides an opportunity to highlight the benefits of AWS's variable pricing for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
point higher fee relative to the notional invested for selling the dominated bond on average. I develop and estimate a broker intermediated search model that rationalizes this behavior and quantifies the distortions in these markets. In... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman