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  • 24 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

Matrix's management team wonders whether the recent market volatility presents an opportunity to add to their existing long position. This case highlights a variety of methodologies to valuate a high-growth company in the tech View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Fall 2011
  • Article

A Brief Postwar History of U.S. Consumer Finance

By: Gunnar Trumbull and Peter Tufano
In this brief history of U.S. consumer finance since World War II, the sector is defined based on the functions delivered by firms in the form of payments, savings and investing, borrowing, managing risk, and providing advice. Evidence of major trends in consumption,... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Finance; Consumer Credit; U.s. History; Consumer Behavior; Personal Finance; Credit; Trends; History; United States
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  • 2011
  • Working Paper

Do Powerful Politicians Cause Corporate Downsizing?

By: Lauren H. Cohen, Joshua D. Coval and Christopher J. Malloy
This paper employs a new empirical approach for identifying the impact of government spending on the private sector. Our key innovation is to use changes in congressional committee chairmanship as a source of exogenous variation in state-level federal expenditures. In... View Details
Keywords: Economic Growth; Investment; Spending; Government Administration; Employment; Managerial Roles
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    Roy D. Shapiro

    Roy D. Shapiro is the Philip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration.  He is currently the faculty co-chair of the School's Technology and Operations Management Unit... View Details

    • May 2007
    • Article

    The Governance of Open Source Initiatives: What Does it Mean to be Community Managed?

    The concept of 'open source' software initially referred to software projects managed by grassroots communities in public forums. Since 1998, the concept has been adapted and diffused to new settings that extend beyond software. While the open source community has... View Details
    Keywords: Governance; Open Source Distribution
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    • Teaching Interest

    Overview

    By: John F. Batter
    As as Senior Lecturer I teach the EC course Law, Management and Entrepreneurship (cross-listed in the General Management and Entrepreneurial Management Units) in both the Fall and Spring semesters. While I have retired from my public and private company litigation... View Details
    Keywords: Fiduciary Duty; Securities; Private Equity; Entrepreneurship; Mergers; Law
    • 10 Sep 2010
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Investment Recommendations

    Keywords: by Ioannis Ioannou & George Serafeim; Financial Services

      Henry W. McGee

      Henry McGee joined the HBS faculty in 2013 after retiring as President of HBO Home Entertainment, the digital and DVD program distribution division of Home Box Office, the pioneering premium television company. A member of the Entrepreneurial Management Unit,... View Details

      Keywords: television; motion pictures; media; e-commerce industry; entertainment; broadcasting; distribution; health care; journalism; wholesale; arts; nonprofit industry
      • April 2015 (Revised April 2022)
      • Case

      Bankruptcy in the City of Detroit

      By: Stuart Gilson, Kristin Mugford and Annelena Lobb
      The June 2013 bankruptcy of the city of Detroit, Michigan was, at the time, the largest municipal bankruptcy in American history. Detroit had struggled for years with a weakening tax base, high unemployment, a heavy debt load and increasing retiree costs. These... View Details
      Keywords: Chapter 9; Chapter 11; Bankruptcy; Municipal Finance; Restructuring; Financial Liquidity; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; City; Government Administration; Public Sector; Financial Crisis; Financial Management; Failure; Labor Unions; Urban Development; Budgets and Budgeting; Decision Making; Demographics; Economics; Finance; Public Administration Industry; Michigan; Detroit
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      • January 2010 (Revised December 2012)
      • Case

      Knight the King: The Founding of Nike

      By: Noam Wasserman and Kyle Anderson
      It had taken Phil Knight 16 long years to build Nike into the number one athletic-shoe company in the country. When Knight had first conceived of the company for an MBA class project, Adidas had had more than 80% market share, but Knight's marketing approach had... View Details
      Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Initial Public Offering; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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      • January 2002 (Revised February 2002)
      • Case

      Valuing the AOL Time Warner Merger

      By: Lynda M. Applegate, Rena Miller and John N Rei
      On January 11, 2000, AOL and Time Warner announced their intention to merge, creating what AOL CEO Stephen Case and Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin called the 21st century's first fully integrated communications, media, and entertainment company. This case, prepared from... View Details
      Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Valuation; Situation or Environment; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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      • March 2022
      • Teaching Note

      Sawiris Foundation: Elevating Education in Egypt

      By: Brian Trelstad and Alpana Thapar
      Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 322-023. Founded in 2001 by the Sawiris family, one of the wealthiest families in Egypt, the Sawiris Foundation for Social Development (SFSD) invested in human capital and provision of basic social services for the most marginalized... View Details
      Keywords: Sustainable Development; Human Capital; Equality and Inequality; Education; Business Strategy; Social Enterprise; Social Issues; Partners and Partnerships; Growth and Development Strategy; Education Industry; Egypt
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      • 29 Oct 2019
      • Blog Post

      Merging the Worlds of Finance, Investing, and Environmental Impact

      Established in 2010, the HBS Business & Environment Initiative (BEI) works to deepen understanding of the environmental challenges facing business leaders and inspire new ideas and practical, effective solutions. BEI has established a network of 5,000 alumni whose... View Details
      • 17 Jun 2021
      • News

      "Happiness Scholar" Cites Three Ways to Start Healing Rifts

      • August 2007
      • Case

      The Battle Of Union Square

      Union Square Ventures, a Private Equity firm founded in 2003, filed a trademark infringement suit against Union Square Partners, another private equity firm founded in November 2006. Examines the possible impact that public litigation will have on the two firms. The... View Details
      Keywords: Private Equity; Investment; Trademarks; Lawsuits and Litigation; Conflict Management; Reputation; Financial Services Industry
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      • 2013
      • Article

      The Strategic Fitness Process: A Collaborative Action Research Method for Developing Organizational Prototypes and Dynamic Capabilities

      By: Michael Beer
      Organizations underperform and sometimes fail because their leaders are unable to learn the unvarnished truth from relevant stakeholders about how the design and behavior of the organization is misaligned with its goals and strategy. The Strategic Fitness Process (SFP)... View Details
      Keywords: Organization Alignment; Dynamic Capabilities; Organization Design; Organizational Prototyping; Organizational Silence; Organizational Learning; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategic Planning; Organizational Design
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        Nien-he Hsieh

        Nien-hê Hsieh is the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration in the General Management Unit at Harvard Business School. His research and teaching aims at helping business leaders and organizations determine and deliver on their responsibilities. He... View Details

        • 21 Nov 2014
        • News

        Pension Funds Lambaste Private-Equity Fees

        • 02 Nov 2019
        • News

        American Business Schools Are Reinventing the MBA

        • 09 Apr 2021
        • Blog Post

        Reflections on Student Conferences in 2020

        changes that businesses across sectors will have to make in order to confront challenges from climate change. Energy & Environment Club: Energy and Environment in the New Economy Leading off the week was the Energy & Environment... View Details