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- 11 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Success of Reverse Leveraged Buyouts
exception: So-called quick flips, such as the upcoming Hertz deal, have underperformed the market. In a new study, Lerner and Boston College's Jerry Cao studied 496 private-equity-led IPOs in the United States between 1980 and 2002.... View Details
- Portrait Project
Stephanie Parker
at the prison gate, rocking the crying baby to sleep, running the errands for the mother who hasn't the time. At times I may question myself and lack the ability to be brave and selfless. You'll find me choosing to serve, anyway. Make no mistake that you will find me.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
Press), HBS professor and business historian Nancy Koehn selects contemporaneous news accounts from America’s paper of record to complement her essays on the rise of business in the United States and the influence of business on the... View Details
- September 1995 (Revised August 1996)
- Case
Land Rover North America, Inc.
Charles Hughes, president and CEO of Land Rover North America, Inc., is debating product positioning options for the new Land Rover Discovery. The positioning decision must consider the role of the Discovery vis-`a-vis other vehicles in the LRNA line, the brand's... View Details
Keywords: Product Positioning; Consumer Behavior; Brands and Branding; Auto Industry; Retail Industry; North and Central America; United Kingdom
Fournier, Susan M. "Land Rover North America, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 596-036, September 1995. (Revised August 1996.)
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Opening Doors
Priorities Including Financial Aid An easy way for all alumni to support financial aid is through the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation. Annual gifts to the HBS Fund play a critical role in the School’s ability to meet the growing View Details
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
behavior. In a laboratory experiment, I show that crowd out in response to public incentives is much less likely among those with public, as opposed to private, reputations. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50190 Observability... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Buy the Book
retailers (such as Wal-Mart and Costco) that only stock twenty or so bestsellers yet are responsible for 34 percent of book sales in the United States. “Something hits as a success and dominates the market,” Deighton comments. “It’s... View Details
- 28 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #4: Erika Myers, World Resources Institute Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
trucks to EVs. As an EV researcher, advocate, and educator at a leading NGO dedicated to driving systemic change, Erika’s job is daunting. Transportation makes up 25% of the world’s CO2 emissions, yet so far, EV adoption has barely made a dent in reducing those... View Details
- 23 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2008
correlated with less individualism. We provide three short models that help interpret this correlation. One implication of this finding is that societies that depend heavily on oil, and perhaps natural resources more generally, will experience a heavier View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jun 2015
- HBS Case
Upgrading School with a Startup Mentality
research associates Kyla Wilkes and Christine S. An. Though the company is still in its infancy, Kim believes it offers a compelling example of how startup principles could be transformative for a United States educational system often... View Details
- 17 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?
engineers—they love to build things, and they are very good at it. Their progress on infrastructure projects in the last couple of decades is remarkable, but in keeping with their natural strength and the will of a one-party government. Meeting the growing View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Prognosis
patients than any other hospital in the state—to bend without breaking under the pressure of the pandemic. Professor Robert Huckman is an economist and health care researcher who serves as unit head for Technology and Operations... View Details
- 30 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 30
sector may be traced back to fundamental properties of the underlying technologies. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-144.pdf Unraveling Results from Comparable Demand and Supply: An Experimental Investigation... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- November 2017 (Revised November 2021)
- Case
Irene Rosenfeld at Mondelēz International: Crafting a Corporate Strategy
By: Raffaella Sadun, David J. Collis, Amram Migdal and Kerry Herman
The case focuses on Irene Rosenfeld’s tenure as CEO of the global snack food company Mondelēz International. Beginning in 2006, she had led the company through many acquisitions, including France’s LU Biscuit and British confectionery company Cadbury, before, in 2012,... View Details
Keywords: Snack Food; Snack; Global Snacking; Packaged Food; Consumer Packaged; Kraft Foods; Kraft; Agribusiness; Change; Change Management; Corporate Strategy; Transformation; Geography; Geographic Scope; Global Strategy; Leadership; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Management; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Style; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Demand and Consumers; Consumer Behavior; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Planning; Strategic Planning; Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Illinois
Sadun, Raffaella, David J. Collis, Amram Migdal, and Kerry Herman. "Irene Rosenfeld at Mondelēz International: Crafting a Corporate Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 718-403, November 2017. (Revised November 2021.)
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
inefficiently — amounts that far exceed residential and personal use. And with the global population skyrocketing, the demand for water to sustain, feed, and employ the world’s people is projected to double by 2025. By that date, nearly... View Details
- Web
Israel - Global Activities 2021
Government, and the International Economy Unit John D. Black Professor of Business Administration The case presents Netafim’s new CEO, Gaby Miodownik, in 2019 as he considers expanding the firm from a supplier of precision drip irrigation... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Flying High
didn’t ground demand,” she notes. “The demand was still there, especially for products like ours that limited your exposure.” When passenger air travel neared pre-pandemic levels in 2022, Aero discovered another advantage. With commercial... View Details
Keywords: April White; aviation; airlines; entrepreneurship; leadership; innovation; Air Transportation; Transportation
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
A Binary Formula
buildings, this emphasis on science will affect HBS. The unique challenges of managing and leading science-based businesses — certain to be a driver of this century’s new economy — demand new management paradigms. For a core group of HBS... View Details
- 11 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Business Competition Harms Society
high. But when meeting customer demand is bad for society at large, then competition has a flip side," says Victor Bennett, an assistant professor at the USC Marshall School of Business, who cowrote the paper with Lamar Pierce of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
NYC Club Hosts Nonprofits
general expectation that in a down economy many donors of necessity will be less generous just when demand for services from nonprofits will be on the upswing. As a result, several panelists predicted that many smaller nonprofits will... View Details