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- 17 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Amazon, Whole Foods Deal a Big Win for Consumers
Source: 400tmax Editor's Note. Online retailing behemoth Amazon announced June 16 that it would acquire upscale grocery chain Whole Foods Market in a deal valued at more than $13 billion. Though the company has dabbled with the idea of a brick-and-mortar footprint in... View Details
- 02 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters
resources-processes-values framework. Resources refer to tangible and intangible assets, processes deal with activities that turn resources into goods and services, and values underpin decisions employees make and how they make them. (See... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower
- 02 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: May 2, 2017
Louis T. Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52575 The Cross Section of Bank Value By: Egan, Mark, Stefan Lewellen, and Adi Sunderam Abstract—We study the determinants of View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
Incubators: The New Venture Capitalists?
They're attracting the attention of venture capital firms, who are starting their own "venture catalyst" experiments. They're catching the eye of potential startups, looking for ways to get to market faster and with more value... View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
in India, as well as HBS Deans Wallace Donham and Donald David. It shows that there were quite different drivers that led business leaders to advocate corporate responsibility. Often strong religious and spiritual values were the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
its no-frills offering. LAN came to that insight by analyzing the major assets that the models share and the compatibility of the models' operational resources and capabilities. It recognized that the more the models have in common, the more likely they are to generate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Managing Alignment as a Process
To create synergy, we require more than a concept and a strategy. The enterprise value proposition defines the strategy for value creation through alignment, but it doesn't describe how to achieve it. The... View Details
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Strategic Financial Analysis Online Course | HBS Online
by mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and multi-unit businesses, analyze the strategic value of potential M&A opportunities, and understand how to apply valuation in the M&A process. Highlights Creating View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Cultivating the Next Generation of Thought Leaders
Curriculum or in Executive Education, where the synergies with their own work and deeper interactions with students give them a platform for refining their ideas. For Serafeim, teaching Reimagining Capitalism: Big Business and Big... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Europe Business Conference Forecasts the Future
a New Yorker. In the business world, Hannezo predicted that synergies will continue to develop between Europe and the United States, thanks to a shared system of values and a wealth of talent on both sides... View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Professors Introduce Valuation Software
In an age when mergers, acquisitions, and spin-offs are increasingly common in business, you need a new skill in your kit bag: the ability to analyze and value potential partners, deals, investments—even your own company. The Business... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA
later that she fully recognized that the decision-making skills she learned as a young Marine officer were not all that different than those valued in a CEO. The stakes on the ground in Iraq were higher than in a boardroom, but in the... View Details
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Activating a Legion of People | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
about a job at the Wildlife Conservation Society. It was such an unexpected synergy of circumstances. I really fell in love with the organization, the people (who are primarily scientists), and the scope of the opportunity. In my current... View Details
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
Working Papers Using By-Product Synergy for Competitive Advantage Author: Deishin Lee Abstract We study how a manufacturer can leverage by-product synergy for competitive advantage. By focusing on the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Market Research in a Recession
supplier aggressively explore synergies across its various component agencies as well as eliminate research redundancies. Value experience and judgment. CMOs should tap the knowledge and intuitions of... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Disruption: The Art of Framing
by the threat to the core business and encouraged by the CEO's personal involvement, the management team repeatedly asked for heavy, upfront investments of resources. D'Arbeloff's response was critical. He pushed them to find new markets and new opportunities that... View Details
Keywords: by Clark Gilbert & Joseph L. Bower
- 18 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 18, 2009
volume. The distinguishing operational characteristic of by-product synergy is that quantities of the primary product and by-product are linked, with production of the primary product defining the upper bound of the quantity of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 11, 2007
Development, edited by Thomas G. Cummings. Sage Publications, Inc., 2007 Abstract When it comes to transforming big corporations, there are two fundamentally different strategies, says Harvard Business School professor Michael Beer. He calls these Theory E and Theory O... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2006
a fundamental rethinking of how entrepreneurship works. The Strategic Way to Go to Market Too often channel strategies develop at the last minute—when a product is ready to go to market. But this haphazard approach leaves a lot of efficiencies and View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
The ABCs of Recruiting at HBS
over the world participating in short-term consulting projects that add value to our global company partners and help students build skills in teamwork, international business, leadership, and market analysis. G – GO: Africa. Beginning... View Details