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- 11 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Building a Better Board
companies are under increased pressure to diversify their boards in order to include more minorities, women, and social activists. While shaking up the historical old boys' board networks may be good for balance, Kaufman observes that it... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Unlocking Your Investment Capital
if the firm held a diversified equity portfolio like the Standard & Poor's 500. Assets with only passive risks are typically zero-net-present-value investments. Q: Why does the required amount of equity cushion that a company should... View Details
- 04 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
Finding Alignment to Make Impact: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017)
After college, Ramirez planned to attend law school and took a proactive approach to crafting her career trajectory. Goal-oriented by nature and encouraged by her parents, she joined an enrichment program with Boston Lawyers Group, an organization dedicated to helping... View Details
- 25 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 25
(A): The Rise, 1972–2003 At the end of 2003, Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a diversified media group with revenues of $8.9 billion, could claim leadership positions in all three of its main businesses. Clear Channel Broadcasting was... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 30, 2007
neither too quickly nor too slowly. The Structure, Size, and Performance of Corporate Headquarters Authors:David J. Collis, David Young, and Michael Goold Periodical:Strategic Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract This paper examines the unique functions of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Nov 2019
- Book
Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History
diversified business group, comprising over one hundred individual companies, employing over 90,000 people, and the only Turkish business to enter the Fortune 500 venture. I and my co-author Asli Colpan, who now teaches at the University... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Putting Ghosts to Rest
access higher education, and have a steadier, more diversified diet, among other benefits. As I began to understand it, the gift of a cow could change lives, as it would work across families and help, in some small way, to aid in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Next Level
trajectory,” Frei says. “The threat is to any company in the industry: If someone else is improving at a faster rate than me, even if I’m better than them today, I won’t be better than them tomorrow.” But as Frei knows firsthand—she has worked with Uber and Riot Games... View Details
- 17 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 17
suggested by theories concerning conflicts between managers and owners over risk-taking. We argue that managers holding equity of their bank take less risk because they have fewer opportunities to diversify risk compared with outside... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 27, 2009
Mubadala's charge was to develop Abu Dhabi. According to some observers, ADIA was a "sovereign savings fund," while Mubadala was a government-owned investment firm. Mubadala is supposed to invest the wealth of the emirate in activities that would View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI
after all. Many companies find it optimal to pick their niche rather than to try to completely diversify across risks. Q: How do you think the South African economy will evolve over the next five to ten years? A: A major test for South... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
region's burgeoning energy sector by attracting green-minded companies to the urban core and position Charlotte as a highly progressive business center. The idea was to make Charlotte the "new energy hub of America" and View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
Ujjivan can grow, looking at such issues as new technology, diversifying product offerings, and how to hire the best staff. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=108057... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 18, 2007
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=507050 E.ON Corporate Strategy Harvard Business School Case 706-015 Examines the corporate strategy of German energy giant E.ON. The firm is vertically integrated, horizontally View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Short Intensive Program (SIP): Climate Adaptation
orphaned oil fields). These changes necessarily affect the way the industry thinks about diversifying its portfolio in the future and encourages one of the largest contributors to GHG to innovate in climate technology to survive (e.g.,... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
The Entrepreneurial Venture
Companies such as Microsoft, Cisco, Oracle, Sun, Genentech, Amgen, Dell, and Compaq didn't exist in 1975! Once these managers decided to allocate a percentage to venture investments, they typically increased that percentage by investing in multiple venture funds and... View Details
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
company had consciously diversified its portfolio of investment products. In 2007 Man had to decide whether or not to spin off its brokerage business. Man was also evaluating several new business opportunities with varying strategic and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
markets." What is an example of an emerging giant? Palepu: The Tata Group in India is probably well on its way to becoming a giant. When markets in India opened, the Tata Group had been in existence for more than a hundred years. Yet as a sprawling, View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
School Case 209-105 Most large companies operate in more than one business. Valuing a diversified company requires separate valuations for each of its businesses and for the corporate headquarters. This method of valuing a company by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
company in 2006 that involves letting go 5,000 employees and managing the transition to a more diversified product line based on the company’s proprietary technologies. In one instance, Fuji manufactures protective film for flat panel... View Details