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  • 21 Feb 2024

Virtual Forté MBA Forum for Undergrads

Calling all undergrads! Whether you are a first year student or a senior, the Virtual Forté MBA Forum has opportunities for everyone to learn about the value of an MBA. Join this free online event to hear from admissions reps from top MBA... View Details
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Harvard Business School

Baker Library Special Collections Exhibits More Exhibits Explore the Exhibit Student Pioneers The Value of Business Education The Golden Age of Black Business AASU Early Years & Influence AASU Founders Core Demands & Proposals Early Years... View Details
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Investment Management and Capital Markets - Course Catalog

evaluation of specific investment decisions and opportunities across a wide array of public and private markets. Students learn how to evaluate any investment opportunity and, just as importantly, how to enhance value and how to build a... View Details
  • August 2023
  • Supplement

Apple: Privacy vs. Safety (C)

By: Henry McGee, Nien-hê Hsieh and Kerry Herman
In September 2021, Apple decided to delay updates to iOS and iPadOS that included features to fight child sexual abuse. While many—including prominent privacy and security experts—praised Apple, others were opposed. They saw Apple introducing features that risked... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Values and Beliefs; Public Opinion; Applications and Software; Leadership
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  • October 2019 (Revised December 2019)
  • Case

BC Partners: Acuris

By: Victoria Ivashina and Terrence Shu
This case follows Nikos Stathopoulos, Managing Partner of BC Partners, as he and his team evaluate the potential sale of one of BC Partners’ portfolio companies, Acuris. Acuris was a global financial intelligence, news, and data company that had been acquired by BC... View Details
Keywords: Fund Management; Fund Raising; Leveraged Buyout; Buyout; Portfolio Management; Operations Improvement; Exit; Exit Strategy; Valuation Ratios; Finance; Private Equity; Leveraged Buyouts; Operations; Performance Improvement; Acquisition; Valuation
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  • June 2014 (Revised March 2016)
  • Teaching Note

Starbucks Coffee Company: Transformation and Renewal

By: Nancy F. Koehn
Keywords: General Management; Corporate Change And Sustainability; Turnaround; Howard Schultz; Leading Change; Starbucks; Change; Decision Making; Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Growth and Development; Innovation and Invention; Leadership; Management; Organizations; Risk and Uncertainty; Strategy; Value; Retail Industry; Service Industry; North and Central America; Asia; Europe; South America
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  • February 2013 (Revised October 2013)
  • Case

Investindustrial Exits Ducati

By: Francois Brochet and Karol Misztal
In early 2012, Investindustrial, a European private equity group, publicly announced their intention to sell their 76.7% stake in Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A., an iconic Italian producer of sport performance motorcycles. The decision followed a six-year turnaround... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Private Equity; Valuation; Investment Return; Brands and Branding; Financial Services Industry; Motorcycle Industry; Hong Kong; Italy
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Earnings and Ratings at Google Answers

By: Benjamin Edelman
I analyze all questions and answers from the inception of the Google Answers service through November 2003, and I find notable trends in answerer behavior: more experienced answerers provide answers with the characteristics askers most value, receiving higher ratings... View Details
Keywords: Service Delivery; Opportunities; Behavior; Value; Jobs and Positions; Wages; Business Earnings
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  • February 2001 (Revised August 2001)
  • Case

WholesalerDirect

By: Alan D. MacCormack and Kerry Herman
Describes the development of WholesalerDirect, a B2B electronic commerce venture in the plumbing, heating, cooling, and piping industry. Adam Berger, the CEO, is trying to raise funding to roll out the company's e-commerce platform to the industry's more than 3,000... View Details
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Valuation; Business Plan; Financing and Loans; Financial Strategy
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  • June 2016
  • Supplement

FANUC Corporation: Reassessing the Firm's Governance and Financial Policies Spreadsheet Supplement

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Akiko Kanno
In February 2015, Daniel Loeb (a US-based activist investor) announced his firm had a large investment in FANUC Corporation, a leading producer of industrial robots and software for machine tools. Loeb was demanding that the Japanese firm change its financial and... View Details
Keywords: Financial Management; Valuation; Investment Funds; Policy; Corporate Governance; Macroeconomics; Investment Activism; Change Management; Financial Strategy; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Japan; United States
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  • March 2013
  • Supplement

HOYA Corporation (A)

By: W. Carl Kester
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Investment Activism; Corporate Governance; Governance Controls; Governing and Advisory Boards; Negotiation Tactics; Business and Shareholder Relations; Valuation; Japan
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  • June 2022 (Revised October 2022)
  • Case

Can Goodr Fight Food Insecurity at Scale?

By: Daniel Isenberg and William R. Kerr
Jasmine Crowe founded Goodr to redirect food waste to people in need. Now a profitable enterprise, she’s searching for Series A funding and encountering pushback. Scaling and contract concerns are also at the forefront of her mind, but so are her values. Feeding... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Investor Demand; Food; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Values and Beliefs; Social Issues; Race; Opportunities; Contracts; Mission and Purpose; Financing and Loans
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Complex Assets - Alumni

risks to determine if HBS can accept your gift. Benefits May help reduce your income and capital gain taxes Removes the asset from your taxable estate Your class receives credit for the appraised value of the asset Let’s Work Together... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2012
  • News

Semper Fidelis

who served as an active-duty officer from 1959 to 1962, has credited much of his business success to values instilled by the Marine Corps and to his HBS experiences. In appreciation of these two transformative institutions in his life,... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Sports, Language, Driving, and Other Schools; Educational Services; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • 01 Jun 2005
  • News

Contrarian and Proud of It

investors. From the fund’s inception in 1985, he has posted annualized returns of 13.4 percent, nearly two percentage points higher than other large-cap value funds. “Invariably, we’re looking at companies where investors are concerned... View Details
Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance
  • 9 AM – 10 AM EDT, 03 Apr 2019
  • HBS Online

HBS Online Entrepreneurship Essentials

Master a proven framework for building and financing new ventures and learn to speak the language of the start-up world. Program Dates: April 3, 2019 - May 1, 2019 View Details
  • 9 AM – 9 AM EDT, 12 Sep 2018
  • HBS Online

HBX Entrepreneurship Essentials

Master a proven framework for building and financing new ventures and learn to speak the language of the start-up world. Program Dates: September 12, 2018 - October 10, 2018 View Details
  • 26 Sep 2019
  • Research & Ideas

What Can the World’s Largest Refugee Camp Teach Us About the Meaning of Work?

place to study the misery of joblessness and the value of work, but not to Reshmaan N. Hussam, assistant professor of business administration at Harvard Business School. After reading about the atrocities, she visited the camp in December... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 04 Jun 2014
  • What Do You Think?

Does Internet Technology Threaten Brand Loyalty?

upper hand in the battle for access to information and the ability to organize it, value it (based on feedback from users), and use it for decision-making. The authors of a recent book, Absolute Value: What Really Influences Customers in... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Advertising; Consumer Products; Technology
  • 03 Jan 2008
  • What Do You Think?

Does Judgment Trump Experience?

"filters" by which experience is translated into judgment. Among them are an "analytical mind" (Devamalya De), the "personal value system" (Fabina Schonholz), and a "compelling vision" (Joel... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett