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- 16 Feb 2023
- HBS Case
ESG Activists Met the Moment at ExxonMobil, But Did They Succeed?
The impact-investment hedge fund Engine No. 1 made a big splash in May 2021 when it managed to get three nominees elected to the ExxonMobil board of directors. It was an open effort to prod the oil giant toward renewable energy and test whether activist investing could... View Details
- 25 Jul 2023
- Research & Ideas
Could a Business Model Help Big Pharma Save Lives and Profit?
by harnessing a new business model. The bold approach worked. Gilead, one of the world’s leading antiviral makers, would sell its branded Hepatitis C medicines while offering local manufacturers voluntary licenses to produce generics,... View Details
- 15 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next
Is there a light at the end of the tunnel for General Motors? Or are those just headlights from an oncoming train? Among Harvard Business School faculty, it depends on whom you ask. The carmaker—home to such storied brands as Cadillac,... View Details
- October 2016
- Supplement
24 Hour Fitness (B): Ownership Changes, 2005–2016
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
In 2016, 24 Hour Fitness was the number-two fitness chain in the United States, generating revenues of $1.4 billion from 441 clubs serving 3.8 million members. Based in San Ramon, California, 24 Hour Fitness operated clubs in 13 states. Having grown rapidly to become... View Details
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Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "24 Hour Fitness (B): Ownership Changes, 2005–2016." Harvard Business School Supplement 717-423, October 2016.
- 02 Apr 2020
- What Do You Think?
What Are Lessons for Leaders from This Black Swan Crisis?
outbreaks Climate change and its ensuing environmental, economic and social disasters is the next White Swan.” JSD saw a possible motive behind the debate when he opined that, “In the corporate sector, the continuing effort to brand the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 10
tool to alleviate capital constraints in scarce credit markets and unlock productive investments, others see those banks as conduits of cheap loans to politically connected firms that could obtain capital elsewhere. We test these contrasting views using data on loans... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company
that has been suggested is to increase the firm's financial leverage (so it has less of a cushion when the business begins to suffer); another is to increase senior managers' equity stake so they are directly rewarded for restructuring... View Details
Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson
- 13 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 13
1980s by her physician parents, and although operating a healthcare company in Nigeria offered challenges particularly in human resources and infrastructure, by 2011, it had expanded to include three hospital and clinic sites and a large insurance company. The company... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 18, 2018
U.S. private equity industry over 10 years, we investigate the consequences of the ideological misfit that arises when individuals’ political ideologies diverge substantially from the prevailing ideology of their firms. We hypothesize... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
display promotions away from smaller revenue brands and toward larger ones following periods of poor financial performance, indicating the behavior is being driven by parties higher in the firm than the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Using the Law to Strategic Advantage
protection, such as patents, trade secrets, and trademarks. A trademark offers a way to capture the brand equity of a company or a product. BusinessWeek recently calculated that the value of the Coca-Cola... View Details
- 27 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 27, 2016
equity investors (Gompers, Kaplan, and Mukharlyamov forthcoming). Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51659 Executive Development Programs Enter the Digital Vortex: I. Disrupting the Demand Landscape By:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
on those less familiar with the reporting standards. Publisher's link: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1430589 Working Papers Monetary Policy Drivers of Bond and Equity Risks By: Campbell, John Y., Carolin E.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
society as a whole. Publisher's link: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118646983.html April 2015 Management Science Private Equity and Industry Performance By: Bernstein, Shai, Josh Lerner, Morten Sorensen, and Per... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities
to decide how. Your job is to make the desired outcomes clear. Outcomes are not just financial either–everything from the culture of your company, the reputation of your products and services, and your brand is for you to make clear. As a... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 25 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 25
reduced the temptation governments face to intervene in the operation of large strategic enterprises. In the Leviathan as a minority shareholder mode, governments have small equity ownership in corporations and in general do not intervene... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 03 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Is the Future of MBA Education?
economics and political system. Datar: MBAs need to understand what it means to be a general manager in a global world and the differences in institutions, norms, cultures, and legal frameworks. It would be fascinating, for example, to have student teams work on an... View Details
- 28 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?
these efforts have brought real results. For example, many companies have increased diversity in their workforce. But overall, all these efforts have not been enough to actually stop or reverse serious challenges we are facing. Environmental degradation and challenges... View Details
- 15 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 15
and the Allocation of Investment Authors:Bo Becker, Marcus Jacob, and Martin Jacob Abstract When corporate payout is taxed, internal equity (retained earnings) is cheaper than external equity (share issues).... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Privatization and the New European Economy
competitiveness." In addition, he commented, an increased need for capital and scarcity of public resources have influenced the phenomenon. Brand noted that worldwide, 60 percent of privatizations were done via public offerings in... View Details