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- November 2007
- Article
If Private Equity Sized Up Your Business
By: Robert C. Pozen
This article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. As the dust settles on the recent frenzy of private equity deals (including... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Capital Structure; Private Equity; Investment Return; Governing and Advisory Boards; Executive Compensation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Value Creation; Financial Services Industry
Pozen, Robert C. "If Private Equity Sized Up Your Business." Harvard Business Review 85, no. 11 (November 2007).
- Web
Modern Capitalism: Mergers and Syndicates - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School
Railroads Finance Management Business Analysts Mass Distribution Mergers & Syndicates Research Links Modern Capitalism: Mergers and Syndicates Productivity rose almost six-fold in the United States during... View Details
- 19 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy
faculty co-chair of the Harvard Business School Digital Initiative, who has studied academic influence on policy. The more important factor is being willing to weigh in when... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- Web
Business & Environment - Faculty & Research
business leaders at companies of all sizes grappling with difficult decisions about the role of corporations in... View Details
- 09 Jun 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: Enterprise Risk Management
Editor's Note: This is a summary of an HBS Business Summit presentation. View a full summary and video of the event on the HBS Centennial Web site linked below. Date View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan
- 25 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health
passionately interested. It has long been appreciated that the way that a society treats its youngest and oldest members says much about its moral maturity. Economic development specialists also attest to the importance View Details
- February 2019 (Revised September 2019)
- Case
Amazon in Fashion
By: John R. Wells, Benjamin Weinstock and Gabriel Ellsworth
According to many analysts and industry observers, in 2018 Amazon became the largest retailer of apparel in the United States and the second largest in the world, behind Alibaba. Much of Amazon’s apparel was made by third-party retailers on its platform, but Amazon had... View Details
Keywords: Amazon; Amazon.com; Fashion; Fashion Accessories; Retail; Retailing Industry; Retailing; ASOS; Inditex; Multi-channel Retailers; Online Retail; Online Retailing; Positioning; Private Label; Delivery; Spending; Internet and the Web; Competitive Strategy; Fashion Industry; Retail Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry
Wells, John R., Benjamin Weinstock, and Gabriel Ellsworth. "Amazon in Fashion." Harvard Business School Case 719-481, February 2019. (Revised September 2019.)
- March 2020 (Revised May 2020)
- Case
Board Director Dilemmas—Family Affairs
By: David G. Fubini, Suraj Srinivasan and Amram Migdal
This case focuses on a new director who must help resolve a disagreement between two generations of leaders in a family business. The case raises questions of the proper role and approach for a director trying to manage a legitimate disagreement between shareholders... View Details
Fubini, David G., Suraj Srinivasan, and Amram Migdal. "Board Director Dilemmas—Family Affairs." Harvard Business School Case 120-103, March 2020. (Revised May 2020.)
- Teaching Interest
Overview
Chu's teaching focuses on businesses providing goods and services to the emerging middle class and low-income sectors that constitute the market below the well-served top of the socio-economic pyramid. In developed countries such as the USA, this may be 40-50% of the... View Details
- 06 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School Announces 2023-24 Leadership Fellows
MBAs in roles that produce immediate results and build long-term capacity. "This program gives a group of highly skilled graduating MBAs first-hand experience working with... View Details
Keywords: Social Enterprise
- 2008
- Working Paper
Reality versus Propaganda in the Formation of Beliefs about Privatization
By: Rafael Di Tella, Sebastian Galiani and Ernesto Schargrodsky
Argentina privatized most public utilities during the 1990s but re-nationalized the main water company in 2006. We study beliefs about the benefits of the privatization of water services amongst low and middle income groups immediately after the 2006 nationalization.... View Details
Keywords: Privatization; Public Ownership; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Values and Beliefs; Public Opinion; Utilities Industry; Argentina
Di Tella, Rafael, Sebastian Galiani, and Ernesto Schargrodsky. "Reality versus Propaganda in the Formation of Beliefs about Privatization." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 14483, November 2008.
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
In War-Torn Liberia, Student Gains a Wealth of Experience
field, there is a critical need in project management for people with strong business skills." Ballou's work in Liberia also gave her a clearer sense View Details
- 10 Jul 2023
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023
part of his larger look at the role of public places in a democratic society. That leads to my second reading issue, saving democracy. I will... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
Women Entrepreneurs Usher in the Next Generation
constantly learning and are transformed by their experiences and interactions. Through their leadership, "they create a context in which other people can be enterprising in their own right," she... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Article
Guanxi versus Networking: Distinctive Configurations of Affect- and Cognition-based Trust in the Networks of Chinese and American Managers
By: Roy Y.J. Chua, M.W. Morris and P. Ingram
This research investigates hypotheses about differences between Chinese and American managers in the configuration of trusting relationships within their professional networks. Consistent with hypotheses about Chinese familial collectivism, an egocentric network survey... View Details
Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Managerial Roles; Relationships; Cognition and Thinking; Emotions; Social and Collaborative Networks; Trust; China; United States
Chua, Roy Y.J., M.W. Morris, and P. Ingram. "Guanxi versus Networking: Distinctive Configurations of Affect- and Cognition-based Trust in the Networks of Chinese and American Managers." Journal of International Business Studies 40, no. 3 (April 2009): 480–508.
- 22 Mar 2018
- Cold Call Podcast
Trump’s Populism: What Business Leaders Need To Understand
Keywords: Re: Rafael M. Di Tella
- April 2012 (Revised June 2012)
- Case
HP Labs in Singapore
By: Willy Shih, Pankaj Agarwal and Christine Chi
When HP established a branch of its corporate research lab in Singapore, the government played a key role through its Economic Development Board (EDB). Chris Whitney, the lab's director, sought to generate revenue from the lab's innovations, making it financially... View Details
Keywords: Research and Development; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Development Economics; Government and Politics; Motivation and Incentives; Innovation and Invention; Revenue; Technology Industry; Singapore
Shih, Willy, Pankaj Agarwal, and Christine Chi. "HP Labs in Singapore." Harvard Business School Case 612-080, April 2012. (Revised June 2012.)
- 21 May 2019
- News
Confronting the Future of Climate Change in the Midwest
by climate change by managing resources more efficiently, pursuing new strategies in the wake of climate change, and bringing climate-ready products to market. On May 15, over 100 Harvard View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 22 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business
them powerful competitors in the new marketplaces, but institutionally they need to be nimble and aggressively study the appeal of the new entrants and develop new capabilities. The View Details