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  • May 2020 (Revised August 2021)
  • Case

Playing the Field: Competing Bids for Anadarko Petroleum Corp

By: E. Scott Mayfield, Daniel Green and Benjamin C. Esty
On April 8, 2019, Occidental’s CEO Vicki Hollub made a private offer to buy Anadarko Petroleum Corporation for $72 in cash and stock. Anadarko's CEO Al Walker said he would consider the offer, yet three days later, on April 11, he signed a merger agreement with Chevron... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Bids and Bidding; Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits
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  • September 2014 (Revised June 2016)
  • Case

Whole Foods: The Path to 1,000 Stores

By: David F. Drake, Ryan W. Buell, Melissa Barton, Taylor Jones, Katrina Keverian and Jeffrey Stock
The case examines the operations strategy of Whole Foods, one of the largest natural grocery chains in the United States. In late 2013, Whole Foods was expanding rapidly, with a publicly-stated goal of growing from 351 to 1,000 domestic stores by 2022. It was also... View Details
Keywords: Human Capital; Food; Expansion; Market Entry and Exit; Operations; Strategy; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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  • Web

Measuring Sentiment & Expectations - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

equity share in new issues, the discount on closed end funds, stock market turnover, the number of ipos, and the premium on dividend paying stocks. Below we plot sentiment in its annual and monthly forms, as... View Details
  • 31 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 31, 2009

PE-backed firms generally have higher earnings quality than those that do not have PE sponsorship, engage less in earnings management, and report more conservatively both before and after the IPO. Further, PE-backed firms that are majority-owned by PE sponsors exhibit... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

the future of the field. Turning the Great Resignation into the Great Attraction Associate Professor Ethan Bernstein (MBA 2002, DBA 2013) + More Info – Less Info Talent markets are shifting. Until recently, job seekers focused mainly on... View Details
  • 04 May 2021
  • Book

Best Buy: How Human Connection Saved a Failing Retailer

the core of the near-miraculous turnaround Joly spearheaded at the company during the 2010s. Joly stepped in as CEO of Best Buy in 2012, just after its quarterly profits plummeted by 91 percent and its stock price hit a nine-year low.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail
  • October 2007 (Revised November 2007)
  • Case

Barclays Global Investors and Exchange Traded Funds

By: Luis M. Viceira and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
Provides an overview of the Exchange Traded Funds (EFT) industry and highlights the leadership role that Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has played in this developing asset class. BGI launched its first ETFs under the iShares brand name in 2000, and by mid-2007 BGI was... View Details
Keywords: History; Venture Capital; Asset Management; Stocks; Investment Funds; Leading Change; Expansion; Competitive Strategy; Capital Markets; Global Strategy; Financial Strategy; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Asia; Europe
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  • Web

Finance - Faculty & Research

Article Expectations of Returns and Expected Returns By: Robin Greenwood and Andrei Shleifer We analyze time-series of investor expectations of future stock market returns from six data sources between 1963... View Details
  • 01 Oct 2001
  • Research & Ideas

How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company

necessary to decide how they will be spread over the merging companies' workforces. This decision can significantly impact the merger integration process and how the stock market values the merger, by... View Details
Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson
  • 24 Jul 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Value Maximization and Stakeholder Theory

important constituencies of the firm. This includes not just financial markets, but employees, customers, suppliers, the community in which the organization exists, and so on. Indeed, it is obvious that we cannot maximize the long-term View Details
Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen
  • 09 Feb 2024
  • HBS Case

Slim Chance: Drugs Will Reshape the Weight Loss Industry, But Habit Change Might Be Elusive

move in 2023 away from its signature group meetings and nutritional products to providing Wegovy prescriptions via telehealth. The interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity. Lane Lambert: The Weight Watchers marketing... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Health; Pharmaceutical

    Robert C. Merton

    Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

    Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

    Keywords: banking; brokerage; financial services; insurance industry; investment banking industry; retail financial services
    • February 2018 (Revised July 2025)
    • Case

    Hikma Pharmaceuticals Governance Journey

    By: Lynn Paine, Suraj Srinivasan and Gamze Yucaoglu
    The case opens with Said Darwazah, chairman and CEO of Hikma Pharmaceuticals, the multinational generics company, anticipating the company’s 2017 AGM and reflecting on changes made over the previous year to address concerns expressed by proxy advisors and some... View Details
    Keywords: Boards Of Directors; Pharmaceuticals; Remuneration; Shareholder Engagement; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Business and Shareholder Relations; Executive Compensation; Business Growth and Maturation; Emerging Markets; Private Sector; For-Profit Firms; Pharmaceutical Industry; Jordan
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    • 17 Jan 2023
    • In Practice

    8 Trends to Watch in 2023

    As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets... View Details
    Keywords: by Avery Forman
    • 17 Jun 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: June 17, 2008

    charge higher interest rates when they have market power, more so to smaller firms that have fewer outside options for external finance. These findings highlight a "darker side" to decentralized banks and suggest that the... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • Web

    ハーバード - Global

    対 2) 東北地方 起業家 会 被災地 学 貢献 活動 3)日本 昔 伝統 新 文化 体験 行 NOVEMBER 2023 In-Person Event: Reskilling in the Age of AI by HBS Professor Raffaella Sadun JRC 年11月 教授 招 関 開催 教授 HBS 得 新 掘 下 管理職 労働者 対 実際 需要 程度 組織 展開 議論 卒業生等 参加者 教授 活発 議論 楽 AUGUST 2023 In-Person Event: The View Details
    • 27 Jul 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: July 27

    likely to perceive CSR strategies favorably. Our results show how CSR strategies can affect value creation in public equity markets through analyst recommendations. Institutional Stock Trading on Loan View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • Web

    Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

    Stakeholder Relations (4) Business or Company Management (19) COVID-19 (127) Capital Markets (13) Capital Structure (1) Capital (65) Cash Flow (1) Cash (2) Central Banking (2) Change Management (67) Change (116) Civil Society or Community... View Details
    • Article

    Why Do Pro Forma and Street Earnings Not Reflect Changes in GAAP? Evidence from SFAS 123R

    By: Ian D. Gow, Mary E. Barth and Daniel Taylor
    This study examines how key market participants—managers and analysts—responded to SFAS 123R's controversial requirement that firms recognize stock-based compensation expense. Despite mandated recognition of the expense, some firms' managers exclude it from pro forma... View Details
    Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Employee Stock Ownership Plan
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    • 19 Jul 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: July 19

    second tier market of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE), it aimed to provide Chinese entrepreneurs with equity capital and to facilitate the exits of venture capital firms and other investors that had... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne