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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

(TSRs) are a dominant measure of company returns but are deeply flawed. We propose an alternative measure that isolates operational performance from financial engineering, titled Core Operating Shareholders Returns (COSRs). In the process... View Details
  • 18 Feb 2018
  • News

Global History, Globally: Research and Practice around the World

  • 9 Nov 2021
  • Interview

How to Build Psychological Safety in Your Workplace with The Fearless Organization Author, Amy C. Edmondson

By: Amy C. Edmondson and Dominic Monkhouse
If you want to be better at leading a team. If you want to know how to lead a good decision making process. Or how to engage and inspire people to bring their full self to work, don’t miss Amy Edmondson, Harvard Business School professor and author of The Fearless... View Details
Keywords: Psychological Safety; Organizational Culture; Groups and Teams; Decision Making; Motivation and Incentives
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  • 2024
  • Working Paper

FinTech & Financial Frictions: The Rise of Revenue-Based Financing

By: Dominic Russel, Claire Shi and Rowan Clarke
We use data from a major South African payment processor to study how digital payments mitigate asymmetric information challenges in small business “revenue-based financing” contracts, which tie repayment schedules to future revenue. Eight months post-financing,... View Details
Keywords: Fintech; Small Business; Financing and Loans; South Africa
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Faculty Spotlight: HBS Racial Equity Fellow Professor Ivuoma N. Onyeador - Blog: RGE Report

marginalized groups, such as Black Americans, immigrants, and women, have access to fewer opportunities than dominant groups, namely straight men and white people. However, members of dominant groups believe... View Details

    Elbridge H. Stuart

    In addition to maintaining Carnation’s dominance in the evaporated milk market, Elbridge H. Stuart helped Carnation achieve strong presence in other food products, including instant dry milk, nonfat dairy creamer (Coffee-Mate) and instant... View Details
    Keywords: Food & Tobacco
    • 24 Jul 2006
    • Research & Ideas

    How Kayak Users Built a New Industry

    forward. In practice, if someone figures out a really cool new activity or device, a community of co-innovators will form almost instantly. The emergence of a dominant design will trigger an industry shakeout and consolidation. In these... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation

      Raymond J. Noorda

      Upon his arrival at Novell, Noorda realized that the future of computer networking lay in the software and not the hardware. Novell’s product, Netware, dominated the network operating system market in the early 1990s by making it possible... View Details
      Keywords: Computers & Electronics

        Stanley P. Goldstein

        In 1969, Goldstein’s drug store chain, CVS, was acquired by Melville Corporation and soon became the conglomerate’s dominant retail establishment. Goldstein took the reins of Melville in 1987 and began a total restructuring program... View Details
        Keywords: Retail

          Fred M. Gibbons

          first high-flying tech-based IPOs. In the late eighties, Gibbons introduced Harvard Graphics which soon dominated the market for high-end graphic presentation software on multiple platforms. Though Software Publishing was later eclipsed... View Details
          Keywords: Computers & Electronics

            Scott D. Cook

            century. The success of Quicken was just the beginning. Cook and Intuit went on to launch a full suite of financial applications from on-line bill payment for individuals to inventory and account receivables management for small businesses. Through his acquisition of... View Details
            Keywords: Computers & Electronics
            • 01 Dec 2013
            • News

            Batteries and Chocolates

            workplace dominated by men to one run almost entirely by women. As I've skidded from one end of the gendered-workplace spectrum to the other, I've become convinced that organizations dominated by women are... View Details
            Keywords: Spar, Debora; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

              Joseph E. Lonning

              When Lonning was appointed CEO in 1971, Kellogg had achieved a record 21 years of top level financial performance. Under Lonning’s tenure, Kellogg continued its market share dominance and achieved an additional 9 years of top financial... View Details
              Keywords: Food & Tobacco

                Henry Crown

                During its first year of operation, Materials Service Corporation had sales of $218,000. Crown took over the helm shortly thereafter and grew the company until it dominated the Chicago sand and gravel market. After retiring from his... View Details
                Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

                  Eugene Holman

                  Holman’s greatest contribution to the company came soon after his election as chairman, when he began negotiating for 30% of the stock of the Arabian-American Oil Company, enjoying special concessions for crude oil, production, and refining in the Middle East. His... View Details
                  Keywords: Utilities & Energy

                    Eldridge R. Johnson

                    Johnson became a leader in the phonograph industry by introducing a number of technical innovations. He established a strong reputation for quality music and implemented an extremely effective advertising program, which ensured his View Details
                    Keywords: Fabricated Goods

                      Malcolm P. McLean

                      McLean revolutionized the centuries-old shipping industry by developing the first safe, reliable, and cost-effective approach to transporting containerized cargo. By pioneering containerized shipping, McLean soon dominated the shipping... View Details
                      Keywords: Transportation

                        Eugene R. Olson

                        Olson continued Deluxe’s market dominance in check printing while laying the foundation for its electronic diversification and expansion. He oversaw the acquisition of businesses that produce computer forms and emboss and encode plastic... View Details
                        Keywords: Finance

                          Alexander Legge

                          Legge, a forceful leader, successfully defended an anti-trust suit against the company in 1923, enabling it to retain its dominant position in the farming industry. One of his major contributions was in the area of standardization,... View Details
                          Keywords: Agriculture & Mining

                            Robert A. Chesebrough

                            Chesebrough organized the Chesebrough Manufacturing Company in 1875, of which he was president until 1908. Chesebrough’s firm began with the production of kerosene, but after 1881 focused solely on the manufacturing of Vaseline. Chesebrough quickly established... View Details
                            Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products