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- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Buy Big, Sell Small
announced $16 million in Series A funding from investors, which it will use to expand its platform and offer more products and services to customers. Shruti likens the current phase of her entrepreneurial journey to “being on a hike where... View Details
- Research Summary
Corporate Governance
The characteristics and structure of boards of directors have important implications for firm performance. Professor Wang has found that firms with well-connected boards whose members have strong network connections provide economic benefits that are not immediately... View Details
- 24 May 2017
- News
John J. Brennan, MBA 1980
the company when Brennan announced his retirement. “But he put so much energy into the development of people that he was confident we would succeed.” Like so many colleagues, McNabb is clearly full of respect and admiration for his... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
Spangler Family Gift Endows New Campus Center
as his daughter Anna and her husband, Thomas C. Nelson (MBA '88), are graduates of the School. In addition, Spangler has been deeply involved in a broad range of HBS activities and was a 1988 recipient of the Alumni Achievement Award. An HBS professorship also bears... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
market participants and the financial press. Monetary policy announcements are analyzed word by word for clues to the central bank's future actions. Such scrutiny seems inconsistent to interest rate setting models in which policy makers... View Details
- 12 Oct 2021
- News
Apollo Hires Legendary Banker Bill Lewis (MBA 1982) to Boost Top Ranks
article announcing the move in Bloomberg. Before that, he spent 24 years at Morgan Stanley, becoming the firm's first African-American managing director in 1989. Lewis was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Harvard Management... View Details
- 04 Apr 2022
- What Do You Think?
As Disney Board Chair, What Would You Advise CEO Bob Chapek Regarding 'Don’t Say Gay'?
“many are upset that we didn’t speak out against the bill.” He stated that leaders in the company were opposed to the bill, but chose not to speak out, instead working behind the scenes to stop it, “engaging directly with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.” He then... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Globalization - Faculty & Research
leadership team was how to activate employees’ sense of ownership in the company to enhance Taylor Guitars’ performance. Keywords: Business Exit or Shutdown ; Communication Strategy ; Announcements ; Decisions ; Music Entertainment ;... View Details
- 06 Aug 2021
- Book
Steve Jobs and the Rise of the Celebrity CEO
up your mind.” "The computer industry creates more has-beens more quickly than any other. Steve was determined not to be one of them." There are two reasons that only Steve Jobs could have saved Apple in 1997. First, Jobs persuaded Bill Gates to continue supporting... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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Contact Us - Research Computing Services
remote (and using a VPN), include job IDs for your submitted jobs, and any error logs. Name* Email* Describe the Issue* Use 5 W's as your guide: who, what, where, when, and why. * Required field Live Demos Stay tuned for announcements... View Details
- May 2010
- Article
Is Delaware's Antitakeover Statute Unconstitutional? Evidence from 1988-2008
By: Guhan Subramanian, Steven Herscovici and Brian Barbetta
Delaware's antitakeover statute, codified at Section 203 of the Delaware corporate code, is by far the most important antitakeover statute in the United States. When it was first enacted in 1988, three bidders challenged its constitutionality under the Commerce Clause... View Details
Keywords: Courts and Trials; Opportunities; Bids and Bidding; Laws and Statutes; Decisions; Change; Acquisition; United States
Subramanian, Guhan, Steven Herscovici, and Brian Barbetta. "Is Delaware's Antitakeover Statute Unconstitutional? Evidence from 1988-2008." Business Lawyer 65, no. 3 (May 2010): 685–752. (Selected by academics as one of the “top ten” articles in corporate/securities law for 2010, out of 447 articles published in that year.)
- 28 Jun 2022
- Book
The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose
How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
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News - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Competitiveness Partner to Develop Value Measurement Tool for Hospitals Washington, DC (July 18, 2019): Leaders from the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and Harvard Business School’s (HBS) Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness gathered on Capitol Hill today to... View Details
- 06 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Four Strategies for Making Concessions
of the mediator, he opened discussions by announcing that the eventual outcome was obvious and that he was prepared to make a final offer: 3 percent, the most he could have offered. The union's leadership was pleased by this offer—yet... View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Hiroshi Mikitani, MBA 1993
forward, I will speak only in English,” he announced at his weekly asakai—the company-wide staff meeting. Within two years, he declared, all employees would be required to demonstrate proficiency in English. The motivation for... View Details
- 16 May 2013
- HBS Seminar
Robert Gierkink, Chairman, Datalogix
- 28 Sep 2023
- News
Meet the New HBS Team Helping Alumni Clubs and Associations to Thrive
director in Sarah Stockwell. “I’m delighted to announce that Sarah Stockwell has joined the Alumni Relations team as the new Director of Alumni Clubs & Associations,” says Gold, adding that Stockwell’s arrival this month completes a team... View Details
- June 2017 (Revised December 2017)
- Case
CJ E&M: KCON Goes Global
By: Elie Ofek and Michael Norris
In January of 2017, CJ Entertainment & Media (E&M) proudly announced that it will be holding its first ever KCON in Mexico City just two months later. CJ Group Chairman Jay Lee and Vice Chairwoman Miky Lee are pleased at the progress that KCON, a Korean-oriented music... View Details
Keywords: Music Entertainment; Cultural Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Food; Music Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
Ofek, Elie, and Michael Norris. "CJ E&M: KCON Goes Global." Harvard Business School Case 517-083, June 2017. (Revised December 2017.)
- 06 Jul 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Pay for the Costs of Globalization?
decision was announced captures the despair and anger of the workers to be displaced. It also captures a management team trying to act reasonably by giving workers a rare one-year notice of the move—but doing so with a tin ear. For... View Details
- 03 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Box Office Power of Stars
announcements such as "Tom Cruise dropped out of Cold Mountain" and "Angelina Jolie is attached to star alongside Brad Pitt in Mr. and Mrs. Smith," and matched those to their corresponding MovieStocks on HSX. To... View Details