Corporate Structure - Publications - Faculty & Research

November 2019
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United Technologies Corp.: Are the Parts Worth More Than the Whole?

After spending more than 50 years creating a diversified industrial conglomerate that Fortune Magazine described as “arguably the most profitable conglomerate in America” in 2014, UTC’s CEO Greg Hayes was under pressure from activist investors (Dan Loeb and Bill... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Business Conglomerates; Financial Management; Corporate Governance; Organizational Structure; Diversification; Valuation; Investment Activism; Financial Strategy; Investment Funds; Value Creation; Aerospace Industry; Electronics Industry; Industrial Products Industry; United States

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16 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 16

of integrated services. Executive Peter Barge is put in charge of a new team, called Corporate Solutions, whose mission was to draw connections between the service lines in order to foster integration. How should Barge View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 1998
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Beyond the Numbers

tell a tale, the unassuming Robinson is a kind of John Grisham of the corporate financial world. For the past 25 years, he has been teasing out the narrative thread behind companies' financial data and helping them use the information to... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

15 Sep 2015
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September 15, 2015

2015 Research Handbook on Shareholder Power Thirty Years of Evolution in the Roles of Institutional Investors in Corporate Governance By: Coates, John C. Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 May 2010
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First Look: May 25

PublicationsHeterogeneity and Graceful Technology Retreats: A New Perspective on Responding to Dominant Technological Threats Authors:Ron Adner and Daniel Snow Publication:Industrial and Corporate Change (forthcoming) Abstract We... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 Feb 2022
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Lessons Learned from My HBS Career Journey in Environmental Sustainability

often comes with startups did not fit my learning style; I needed more structure and guidance. In addition, I realized that being remote comes with its own challenges and not having any peers in the same role proved to be difficult.... View Details

Keywords: Energy / Cleantech

03 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 3, 2009

Authors:Joseph Rhatigan, Sachin H. Jain, Joia S. Mukherjee, and Michael E. Porter Abstract The care delivery value chain is a framework that can help conceptualize the organization and structure of care delivery for medical conditions. We... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Feb 2001
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Q&A - Dirty Money: Raymond Baker Explores the Free Market's Demimonde

movement of capital, but illegal movement is damaging to corporate interests, to our society, and, of course, to the countries of origin — because it's illegal money, it's almost never repatriated. What evidence do you have for your... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Government

September 2017 (Revised April 2022)
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Tempur Sealy International (A)

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Lauren G. Pickle

This case explores the long-term relationship between Tempur Sealy (TPX, a mattress manufacturer) and Mattress Firm (MFRM, a bedding retailer and TPX's largest customer). For almost 20 years, the firms enjoyed a mutually beneficial and commercially prosperous... View Details

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01 Sep 2006
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East to West

Issues surrounding corporate governance are a source of ongoing debate in the boardrooms of companies around the world — not just the United States. A new case, “Governing Sumida Corporation,” takes readers inside a Japanese manufacturer... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Management

01 Jun 2004
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New MBA Leadership Course

Paine: “We want students to realize their full potential as business leaders.” Courtesy HBS Communications When Andy Mulkerin (HBS ’05), a chemical engineer by training, came to HBS he knew that his class would be the first to take Leadership and View Details

Keywords: HBS; LCA; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

12 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 12

link: http://francescagino.com/#/judgment_research Working Papers When 3+1>4: Gift Structure and Reciprocity in the Field By: Gilchrist, Duncan, Michael Luca, and Deepak Malhotra Abstract—Do higher wages elicit reciprocity and hence... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Jul 2006
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First Look: July 25, 2006

pursued flexible business strategies beyond its "core" business, even distributing condoms. It maintained a high standard of corporate ethics. It was effective at building contacts with local business and government elites,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Jul 2016
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Career Resources to Consider Before You Arrive at HBS

before. Others have worked with coaches or had other similar support structures in place in college or through their previous employer. Regardless of your past experience, becoming familiar with this resource and preparing for the... View Details

01 Oct 2000
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Hawes Hall Groundbreaking

chairman and CEO of the Connecticut-based Life Re Corporation (purchased in 1998 by Swiss Re of Zurich, Switzerland), also emphasized the importance of service. "Most of the world's problems are talked about by politicians," he noted,... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

06 Dec 2004
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Why Do Managers Fail to Act on Their Predictions?

stating company action taken to prepare for the expected events." The latter would certainly encourage, perhaps at a substantial cost, what Conway proposes, as we've seen with recent legislative and regulatory rulings on corporate... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Shabrina Jiva

With a father who bought out his corporate employer and a mother who managed businesses from laundries to hotels, the Jiva family enjoyed dinners lively with business conversations. "We'd sit every night and discuss the issues they... View Details

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BiGS Research | Institute for Business in Global Society

BiGS Research At the Institute for Business in Global Society (BiGS), we advance rigorous, practice-oriented research at the intersection of business and society. Our projects explore corporate ownership structures, sustainable industrial... View Details

01 Dec 2009
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Hope for Reform Dims

excessive consumer and corporate debt. “Regulatory structures failed to keep up” with innovations in the marketplace, he added. Thain took the top spot at Merrill Lynch in December 2007, resigning as CEO of... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

January 1985 (Revised February 1997)
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Lotus Development Corp.

By: William A. Sahlman

Contains a description of the history and venture capital financing of Lotus Development. Focuses on issues related to the possible terms of investment in Lotus by a major venture capital firm. The pedagogic objectives in the case are: to explore the elements of the... View Details