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  • November 2020
  • Teaching Note

Valuing Celgene's CVR

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel Fisher
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 221-031. When Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) acquired Celgene Corporation in November 2019, Celgene shareholders received cash, BMS stock, and a contingent value right (CVRs) that would pay $9 if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Valuation; Value; Judgments; Decision Making; Cash Flow; Financial Instruments; Cognition and Thinking; Pharmaceutical Industry; Biotechnology Industry; United States
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  • June 2011 (Revised September 2011)
  • Case

Two Key Decisions for China's Sovereign Fund

By: Robert C. Pozen and Xiaoyu Gu
The China Investment Corporation (CIC) was China's sovereign wealth fund (SWF), established with $200 billion of registered capital in September 2007 to diversify China's foreign exchange holdings and increase risk-adjusted returns on those assets. CIC was unusual in... View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Business Growth and Maturation; Decisions; Capital; Investment Banking; Investment Funds; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Ownership; Business and Shareholder Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Wealth; Expansion; Financial Services Industry; China; United States
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  • July–August 2025
  • Article

Case Study: Do We Reskill or Replace Our Workforce?

By: William R. Kerr
To remain competitive in the internet-of-things era, should the CEO of SolidTech Innovations, a fictional elevator company, invest a lot of money in reskilling its entire staff? The industry is moving from hardware to software in the form of smart, connected elevators.... View Details
Keywords: Training; Competency and Skills; Employees; Change Management; Leading Change
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  • 23 Apr 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 23, 2019

managers have to learn how to lead others rather than do the work themselves, to win trust and respect, to motivate, and to strike the right balance between delegation and control. Many fail to make the transition successfully. In this... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 24 Sep 2001
  • Research & Ideas

How To Be an Angel Investor

over 100 early-stage deals, we believe that an investment opportunity has four essential elements, that, when brought together in the right form, represent a high-potential opportunity to make money. If only one of the elements is out of... View Details
Keywords: by David Amis & Howard Stevenson
  • 16 Feb 2004
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Center Focuses on Europe

The Center runs roundtable discussions that give faculty an opportunity to meet with the business community.— Anders Sjöman Another trend, just as in the U.S., is shareholder activism and corporate governance rules, which have been made... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • 13 Sep 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Why Public Companies Underinvest in the Future

that public-firm managers will care about the stock price to the extent that analysts and their shareholders care, Farre-Mensa adds. Management compensation at public firms is often linked to the stock price of the firm; a manager may... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
  • January 2022
  • Background Note

The Florange Law: Encouraging Long-Termism in Equity Markets?

By: Charles C.Y. Wang and Tonia Labruyere
This note provides background information on a French law (“the Florange law”) passed in 2014 that the French government said would encourage long-term shareholdings. The note describes the law, what led to it, the reactions it evoked, and similar initiatives in other... View Details
Keywords: Equity; Financial Markets; Investment Activism; Institutional Investing; Corporate Governance; Policy; Rights; Laws and Statutes; Business and Government Relations; Accounting Industry; France
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  • 24 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

long-run growth dynamics. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52130 Short-Termism and Shareholder Payouts: Getting Corporate Capital Flows Right By: Fried, Jesse M., and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Aug 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Are the Olympics a Catalyst for China Reforms?

during tumultuous change—the Taiping Rebellion in China and the Civil War in the United States—yet accomplished an enormous amount during this time of ferment: for example, technology transfer to China, helping Chinese students in the United States, promoting human... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Mar 2015
  • First Look

First Look: March 10

Abstract—Can a business case be made for acting sustainably? This is a difficult question to answer precisely, largely because there is no generally accepted definition of the term "sustainability." Is it acting sustainably to protect the human View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 18 Feb 2015
  • First Look

First Look: February 18

state-sanctioned intellectual property (IP) rights are ineffective or costly to enforce, modularity can be used to hide information and thus protect IP. We investigate the impact of modularity on IP protection by formally modeling the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jan 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Activist Board Members Increase Firm’s Market Value

behavior.) Presumably, these were the shareholders who would have been most likely to nominate new board members if the SEC hadn't delayed the rule. "The Business Roundtable could be right that some... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

    Reinventing State Capitalism

    In this book we study the evolution of corporate governance arrangements that governments have adopted for their state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the last 20 years. We show that the process of privatization and liberalization of the 1990s and early 2000s created... View Details

    • 5 Feb 2013
    • Conference Presentation

    Financing Entrepreneurial Growth

    By: Tom Alberg, Andrew A. Bogan, Harold Bradley, Robert D. Cooter, Monika Gruter Cheney, Oliver R. Goodenough, William R. Hambrecht, Frank Hatheway, Thomas F. Hellmann, Marianne Hudson, Jared Konczal, Josh Lerner, Robert E. Litan, Diane Mulcahy, Ramana Nanda, Frank Partnoy, Joe Ratterman, Nava Ravikant, Jay R. Ritter, Alicia Robb, David T. Robinson, Allison Schrager, Barry Silbert, E. R. Sirri, Daniel Stangler and Sharon Vosmek

    Despite recent innovations in entrepreneurial finance, particularly at the early stage of business creation, many new and young companies continue to face hurdles to acquire capital.

    The Kauffman Foundation addressed current challenges and opportunities in... View Details

    Keywords: Finance; Entrepreneurial Finance; Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship; United States
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    • April 2009
    • Case

    Merck: Managing Vioxx (A)

    By: Robert L. Simons, Kathryn Rosenberg and Natalie Kindred
    This two-class case series allows students to stand in the shoes of CEO Ray Gilmartin during the unfolding stages of a reputational crisis. Merck's mission statement claims to "put patients first," but the company is widely criticized for putting profit before patient... View Details
    Keywords: Ethics; Crisis Management; Reputation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Customers; Business or Company Management; Cost vs Benefits; Corporate Accountability; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Customer Focus and Relationships; Pharmaceutical Industry
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    • 05 Oct 2009
    • Research & Ideas

    The Vanguard Corporation

    They differentiated themseves in the marketplace by centering their strategy around social and environmental responsibility. They said, they don't want to be a "green" bank—they are a for-profit endeavor—but they want to do the View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • 20 Dec 2006
    • Op-Ed

    Investors Hurt by Dual-Track Tax Reporting

    Since when do the taxman and the shareholder agree? IRS Commissioner Mark Everson and SEC Chairman Christopher Cox (HBS MBA '76) have advanced a simple, but controversial proposal. Companies would be required to disclose how much they pay... View Details
    Keywords: by Mihir Desai
    • 30 Jan 2013
    • Working Paper Summaries

    These Are the Good Old Days: Foreign Entry and the Mexican Banking System

    Keywords: by Stephen Haber & Aldo Musacchio; Banking
    • 21 Sep 2009
    • Research & Ideas

    Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?

    clubby groups that are widely criticized as the handpicked "captives" of self-serving management. With White House support, congressional leaders are intent on shifting the balance of power in the boardroom away from management. Senator Chuck Schumer's (D-NY)... View Details
    Keywords: by Roger Thompson