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- 01 Mar 2019
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Richard Edelman (MBA 1978)
Above: “Mainstream media is read by less than half of the people in the United States and Western Europe,” Edelman (MBA 1978) says. “The opportunity is to build your own communities, create your own content, and go direct to the end... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
The Exchange: The Tech Leader’s Tightrope
going to be taught this year, and we’re asking students to focus on how Apple and Google managed a public health crisis, where literally millions of people were dying from COVID-19 around the globe. Was it... View Details
- 02 Sep 2015
- News
Voting for Optimism in Baltimore
think of Baltimore, you think of crime, you think of drugs, you think of homicides—of people who don’t have jobs. When you think of young people here and what they are capable of, you don’t think they could go to Harvard Business School.... View Details
- January 2021 (Revised October 2024)
- Case
Aptiv PLC Board of Directors (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
Aptiv’s board must decide whether a joint venture with an auto maker is the right next step in the company’s efforts to develop and commercialize a production-ready autonomous driving system. While many commentators believed that Aptiv’s self-driving technologies had... View Details
Keywords: Automotive Industry; Bankruptcy Reorganization; Board Of Directors; Board Committees; Board Decisions; Board Dynamics; Corporate Boards; Innovation And Strategy; Legal Aspects Of Business; Spin Off; Strategic Alliances; Strategic Change; Strategic Evolution; Supplier Relationships; Technological Change; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Innovation Strategy; Going Public; Joint Ventures; Leadership; Restructuring; Technological Innovation; Transformation; Auto Industry; Europe; United States
Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "Aptiv PLC Board of Directors (A)." Harvard Business School Case 321-050, January 2021. (Revised October 2024.)
- 29 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
'Green Bonds' May Be Our Best Bet for Environmental Damage Control
Municipalities have been selling bonds to pay for public works projects—fire stations, parking garages,sewage treatment systems—for 200 years. It’s only in the past decade or so, however, that they’ve been selling them with an extra perk:... View Details
- July 2003 (Revised February 2004)
- Background Note
M&A Legal Context: Standards Related to the Sale or Purchase of a Company
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin, Constance E. Bagley and James Quinn
Introduces students to the legal standards affecting officers and directors when selling or purchasing a company. Provides a practical understanding of the Revlon Standard, the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, Rule 10b-5, and the legal criteria for a cause of... View Details
Keywords: Laws and Statutes; Law Enforcement; Government Legislation; Acquisition; Business Exit or Shutdown; Corporate Governance; Going Public; Courts and Trials
Baldwin, Carliss Y., Constance E. Bagley, and James Quinn. "M&A Legal Context: Standards Related to the Sale or Purchase of a Company." Harvard Business School Background Note 904-004, July 2003. (Revised February 2004.)
- March 2007
- Teaching Note
Lamoiyan Corporation of the Philippines: Challenging Multinational Giants (TN)
By: Peter J. Coughlan, Jordan I. Siegel and John R. Wells
Teaching note to 704405. View Details
- 02 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why People Don’t Vote--and How a Good Ground Game Helps
motivating those who already did support them to go out and vote. The knock-on-door effect But just because the candidates couldn’t change minds doesn’t mean minds can’t be changed. That’s the result from Pons’ final study, Will a... View Details
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Company or Industry News
Where do I find current news about a company or industry? The following databases aggregate articles from news and trade publications and can be used to search for news on companies and industries. ABI/ProQuest: contains full-text... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
being too dogmatic about how you define your sweet spot as an investor; and (2) seek companies that seem extraordinary on some dimension, even if it is unusual or seems deficient in others. Rob Go (MBA 2007) NextView Ventures For the... View Details
- 21 Mar 2014
- Blog Post
East Asia MBA Market Update
about 800 companies waiting to go public as a result of the moratorium, but it’s likely that China’s stock markets will see only mid-sized companies with little name recognition outside of China View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Dare to be Different
everyone else is doing. To be an extraordinary marketer today, you have to do something extraordinary. Something different. Something that a textbook isn’t necessarily going to prescribe. You present successful brands in several... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
The People’s Pods
podcasters—James Allworth (MBA 2010) and Roben Farzad (MBA 2005)—weigh in. HBS: Why did it take so long for the form to find its footing? Allworth's Aha moment RF: Technology. All that stodgy equipment you’d have to go to a View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Futures Made Bright Through Opportunity
in business and public policy thanks to the many generous fellowships she received, Kyarisiima has returned to East Africa, where instead of focusing on infrastructure she is helping to build businesses in the region. “I’m passionate... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
What’s Behind the Explosive Growth of Sustainable Investing?
mainstream. In spite of a host of complicating factors, from a basic lack of defined terms to the difficulty of measuring returns, demand is only going up. In response, HBS finance professor Shawn Cole and senior lecturer Vikram Gandhi, a... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 24 Jul 2020
- News
Reimagining Chicago’s Schools
Photo courtesy of Melissa Zaikos Back in 2011, when Melissa Zaikos (MBA 2000) began digging deeply into the standardized test scores of the Chicago Public Schools, she saw some concerning trends. Elementary schools, she thought, seemed to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Delivering the Goods
an exciting time for opportunity in the logistics industry. “It’s going to raise a lot of questions, none of which are without consequence for the Postal Service,” he says. Through his consulting practice and now as director and strategic... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
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News by country
How can I find today's news by country? Factiva: aggregates news from thousands of national and local newspapers, magazines, trade publications and transcripts. Go to News Pages then choose country from... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Tidy Minds
employees, Sorrell replied: "I think they should be smart; the word aggressive is overused, but pushy; confident but not arrogant; intelligent but not overly intellectual. You have to be able to cut through the wooliness of things and get to the point. You have to... View Details
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Patent search: application status
How can I monitor a patent application status? If the patent application is filed in USPTO, go to PAIR Webpage, select Private PAIR or Public PAIR, and begin a search by various... View Details