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- 19 Aug 2019
- News
A New Purpose for the Corporation
asking fundamental questions about how well capitalism is serving society.” Dimon told the magazine that it is “an acknowledgment that business can do more to help the average American.” HBS alumni members of the Business Roundtable also... View Details
- 28 May 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
Lost in the Clouds: The Impact of Changing Property Rights on Investment in Cloud Computing Ventures
- Web
Contemporary Corporate Archives | Baker Library
includes personal and institutional papers of leaders and firms, with a focus on the financial industry. Examples of these contemporary archives include records of firms and individuals recognized for advances in technology; financial institutions such as investment... View Details
- August 2021 (Revised November 2021)
- Case
The NCB Capital Turnaround: Waking the Sleeping Giant
By: Sandra J. Sucher, Gamze Yucaoglu, Shalene Gupta and Fares Khrais
The case opens in 2019, five years after, Sarah Al Suhaimi, CEO of NCB Capital (NCBC), the investment arm of Saudi’s largest bank, NCB, took the helm. Having successfully turned the business to make it the market leader, she was contemplating her next steps as... View Details
Keywords: Turnaround; Investment Banking; Financial Institutions; Change Management; Leadership; Business Model; Strategy; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Management Teams; Asset Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Saudi Arabia
Sucher, Sandra J., Gamze Yucaoglu, Shalene Gupta, and Fares Khrais. "The NCB Capital Turnaround: Waking the Sleeping Giant." Harvard Business School Case 322-043, August 2021. (Revised November 2021.)
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Corporate Governance Conference Addresses Global Challenges
achieve," he explained in a recent interview. This premise allowed exploration of many approaches to corporate governance, drawn from a wide variety of countries and cultural histories. Presenters evaluated success in terms of outcomes... View Details
- 28 Sep 2023
- News
What Ray Dalio Can Teach Us About Global Venture and Startups
Ray Dalio (photo via Bridgewater Associates) and Alex Lazarow (photo by Lindsay Upson) In a recent conversation with Bridgewater Associates Founder Ray Dalio (MBA 1973), Alex Lazarow (MBA 2010) gleaned three insights (and one bonus) from the global hedge fund leader on... View Details
- July 2017
- Case
A Green Forest Grows in Brooklyn: Joint Venturing with the Chinese
By: Charles F. Wu
MaryAnne Gilmartin, President and CEO of Forest City Ratner (“Forest City”) was planning for yet another protracted discussion over the merits of a green roof for part of her $5 billion dollar new development in Brooklyn. While the low seven-figure cost overrun was to... View Details
Keywords: Real Estate Development; Real Estate; EB-5; Sustainability; Promote; Waterfall; Joint Ventures; Environmental Sustainability; Relationships; Real Estate Industry; China
Wu, Charles F. "A Green Forest Grows in Brooklyn: Joint Venturing with the Chinese." Harvard Business School Case 218-010, July 2017.
- March 2009
- Article
Trade-offs in Staying Close: Corporate Decision Making and Geographic Dispersion
By: Augustin Landier, Vinay Nair and Julie Wulf
We document the role of geographic dispersion on corporate decision-making. Our findings include: (i) geographically dispersed firms are less employee friendly; (ii) dismissals of divisional employees are less common in divisions located closer to corporate... View Details
Keywords: Business Divisions; Business Headquarters; Decision Choices and Conditions; Geographic Location; Employees; Resignation and Termination; Retention
Landier, Augustin, Vinay Nair, and Julie Wulf. "Trade-offs in Staying Close: Corporate Decision Making and Geographic Dispersion." Review of Financial Studies 22, no. 3 (March 2009): 1119–1148.
- September 2020
- Teaching Plan
Harlem Capital: Changing the Face of Entrepreneurship
By: George Serafeim
Jarrid Tingle and Henri Pierre-Jacques had spent the summer between their first and second years of their MBA program fund raising for their start-up venture capital (VC) firm, Harlem Capital Partners. Harlem Capital was founded upon the principle that addressing the... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital Firm Compensation; Entrepreneurial Finance; Entrepreneurial Financing; Black Entrepreneurs; Black Leadership; Black Inventors; Inclusion; Minority-owned Businesses; Race And Ethnicity; Race Characteristics; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Diversity; Race; Gender; Mission and Purpose; Social Enterprise; Financial Services Industry; United States
- 1994
- Other Unpublished Work
Losing Interest: Interest Allocation Rules and the Cost of Debt Finance
By: K. A. Froot and J. Hines
- 2015
- Working Paper
Lost in the Clouds: The Impact of Changing Property Rights on Investment in Cloud Computing Ventures
By: Josh Lerner and Greg Rafert
Our analysis seeks to understand the impact of changing allocations of property rights on investment in new firms. We focus on the Cartoon Network, et al. v. Cablevision decision in the U.S., which narrowed the protection enjoyed by content creators (e.g., movie... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Venture Capital; Internet and the Web; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Copyright
Lerner, Josh, and Greg Rafert. "Lost in the Clouds: The Impact of Changing Property Rights on Investment in Cloud Computing Ventures." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-082, April 2015.
- 06 Oct 2021
- News
Pivot for Equity: Lessons from Melinda Gates’ Pivotal Ventures
- March–April 1997
- Article
Virtuous Capital: What Foundations Can Learn From Venture Capitalists
By: Allen Grossman
Grossman, Allen. "Virtuous Capital: What Foundations Can Learn From Venture Capitalists." Harvard Business Review 75, no. 2 (March–April 1997).
- 10 Sep 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Investment Recommendations
- 20 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School
With corporate America rocked by revelations of conflict of interest, malfeasance, negligence, and greed, a group of HBS professors recently gathered to review the current crisis. Is it a case of dé jà vu or an unprecedented, systemic... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- February 2005
- Article
European Integration and Corporate Restructuring: The Strategy of Unilever c1957-c1990
By: Geoffrey Jones and Peter Miskell
This article examines the role of the large Anglo-Dutch consumer products company in promoting European integration. It shows that Unilever contributed financially to campaigns to support the creation of the European Union, and its subsequent expansion, despite a... View Details
Keywords: Horizontal Integration; Organizations; Policy; Expansion; Market Transactions; Geographic Location; Restructuring; Competition; Brands and Branding; Production; Capital Structure; Value; Consumer Products Industry; European Union; United States
Jones, Geoffrey, and Peter Miskell. "European Integration and Corporate Restructuring: The Strategy of Unilever c1957-c1990." Economic History Review 58, no. 1 (February 2005): 113–139.
- March 2001 (Revised August 2001)
- Exercise
Ginny's Restaurant: An Introduction to Capital Investment Valuation
An individual is considering the development of a new restaurant. To make the decision, she uses NPV analysis to determine whether she should undertake the investment, and, if so, the optimal size of the investment. View Details
"Ginny's Restaurant: An Introduction to Capital Investment Valuation." Harvard Business School Exercise 201-099, March 2001. (Revised August 2001.)
- 1993
- Book
Men and Women of the Corporation
By: R. M. Kanter
Kanter, R. M. Men and Women of the Corporation. NY: Basic Books, 1993.
- 13 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Venturing: Entrepreneurship on the Inside
for those who want to help them reinvent themselves. "We think about all these great large companies that have failed," said HBS professor Michael Roberto, who moderated the discussion. "But there are lots of great examples of new business creation and... View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
- 12 Jun 2020
- Working Paper Summaries