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- 06 Aug 2021
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Steve Jobs and the Rise of the Celebrity CEO
In the 1950s, most Americans probably couldn’t name the CEOs of the largest companies View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
That Was Then, This Is Now
It started with a question. But before that, it started in the classroom. Tony Deifell (MBA 2002) loved the discussions in his LEAD course, taught by Professor (and now former Dean) Nitin Nohria; wanting to make them more tangible, Deifell adapted the idea of... View Details
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Science, 1936. Henderson, Alexa Benson. Atlanta Life Insurance Company: Guardian of Black Economic Dignity . Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 1990. Hill, Laura... View Details
- September 2011
- Case
The Wen Group
By: John A. Davis and Matthew G. Pillar
Three brothers that own and lead a second-generation family business in Hong Kong, encounter problems of nepotism and governance, and endure considerable conflict. The case asks how to resolve these family and business issues. View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Performance Effectiveness; Crisis Management; Business or Company Management; Conflict Management; Corporate Governance; Leadership Development; Hong Kong
Davis, John A., and Matthew G. Pillar. "The Wen Group." Harvard Business School Case 812-034, September 2011.
- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
The new book Retail Revolution: Will Your Brick-and-Mortar Store Survive? lays out the thesis that traditional store-front retailing is at an inflection point, under tremendous pressure from ecommerce and... View Details
- June 2007 (Revised July 2009)
- Case
Bert Twaalfhoven: The Successes and Failures of a Global Entrepreneur
Bert Twaalfhoven (70; HBS '54) is faced with two offers to acquire the manufacturing holding company he had built up over 40 years. Despite the attractive price, which would net Twaalfhoven and his family $70 million, he is reluctant to sell the company because his... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Family Business; Entrepreneurship; Globalization; Management Succession; Manufacturing Industry
Isenberg, Daniel J., and Mark Rennella. "Bert Twaalfhoven: The Successes and Failures of a Global Entrepreneur." Harvard Business School Case 807-165, June 2007. (Revised July 2009.)
- 28 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking the Fairness of Organ Transplants
A proposal out of Harvard and MIT to rethink how kidney transplants are allocated could result in a fairer system giving patients longer lives. The new empirical model, which... View Details
- September 2023
- Case
The Rise and Fall of FTX
In November 2022, Sam Bankman-Fried's multi-billion-dollar crypto exchange, FTX, collapsed, wiping out investors and throwing the crypto industry into disarray. As FTX's founder and CEO, Bankman-Fried developed a reputation for his unerring business sense and... View Details
Keywords: Cryptocurrency; Crime and Corruption; Financial Statements; Misleading and Fraudulent Advertising; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Corporate Governance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Failure; Restructuring; United States; Hong Kong; Bahamas
Dey, Aiyesha, Jonas Heese, Joseph Pacelli, and Max Hancock. "The Rise and Fall of FTX." Harvard Business School Case 124-014, September 2023.
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Bussgang 01 May 2025 Fortune Here Are the Three Biggest Hiring Mistakes Most Startups Make Early on and How to Avoid Them Re: Jeffrey Rayport 25 Apr 2025 Harvard Crimson Twenty25 Ventures To Fund Founders in... View Details
- May 2025
- Case
'Net Zero in Action': Impact Investing at the McKnight Foundation
By: Lauren Cohen, Christina R. Wing and Sophia Pan
Elizabeth McGeveran, Vice President of Investments at the McKnight Foundation, reflected on how to effectively advance the organization’s net-zero strategy. The foundation had committed 10% of its endowment to building a portfolio of impact investments and was among... View Details
Keywords: Investment Fund; Philanthropy; Charitable Donations; Sustainability; Foundation; Impact Investing; ESG; Family Business; Forecasting and Prediction; Private Sector; Renewable Energy; Social Entrepreneurship; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology; Financial Strategy; Investment Funds; Investment Portfolio; Institutional Investing; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Private Ownership; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Social Issues; Sustainable Cities; Financial Services Industry; Minnesota; United States
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
Association for the Advancement of Science to create analogous Web sites in other disciplines. The resulting coalition creates an educational... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
would knock on doors and say, ‘Would you be interested in talking with Nippon Life?’ ” She targeted fitness clubs and nursing homes, given the direction of View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 24 Aug 2017
- News
Investors’ Role in Company Collaboration
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
The School of Life
way to equip our children—and ourselves—for success in the years ahead. —Clay Christensen is the Kim B. Clark Professor of View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
A Place in the Sun
on an island, so I flew over the island and said, ŒI'll buy it.' " In 1972, Nanuya Levu, as it was then known, was an uninhabited paradise lost, overgrazed by goats and battered by tropical storms.... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
The Class of 1977
companies do business in China to stay competitive in a global economy. He has been Class Secretary for the Class... View Details
Keywords: Desmond Wong
- 08 Feb 2016
- Blog Post
Applying to Business School as a Couple
And, for me, the two year program seemed like a great opportunity to test out my start-up ideas in a supportive and low risk environment while continuing to hone my business... View Details
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Lessons in Economics | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
in Fisher, Steel Serves the Nation , 9. 54 While M. Peter Piening is not credited in Steel in the War or Steel... View Details
- 29 Aug 2018
- News
The Value of Valleys
in, in terms of with lower costs and freedom of entry and all those things. So, the question was how do you develop a strategy that is going to... View Details