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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
Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Financial Services
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
Keywords: Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Buildings and Facilities; Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Customers; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Age; Training; Private Equity; Financing and Loans; Price; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Location; Geographic Scope; Health; Nutrition; Business History; Human Resources; Employees; Employee Relationship Management; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Journals and Magazines; Human Capital; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Teams; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Marketing Channels; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Social Marketing; Demand and Consumers; Market Entry and Exit; Media; Organizational Design; Private Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Groups and Teams; Sales; Salesforce Management; Situation or Environment; Welfare or Wellbeing; Sports; Strategy; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Segmentation; Information Technology; Internet; Mobile Technology; Online Technology; Software; Web Sites; Value; Valuation; Health Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States; California; San Francisco
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  • 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
  • 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
  • 10 Jan 2012
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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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 01 Nov 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 1

repatriated earnings from foreign affiliates exceeded net capital investments by $1.1 trillion in 2010 dollars; and from 1950 to 2010, repatriated earnings and net interest from foreign affiliates exceeded net equity investments and loans... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 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
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Legal Services
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
Keywords: by Staff; Auto
  • 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
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education
  • 07 Nov 2007
  • Op-Ed

How Marketing Hype Hurt Boeing and Apple

damage to Apple brand equity among its core customers. After heavy blogging complaints about Apple exploiting its loyal followers, Steve Jobs had to apologize publicly (after a curt "That's... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch; Aerospace; Consumer Products
  • 28 Aug 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?

Source: Cecilie_Arcurs George Serafeim has a startling suggestion to fix the world’s biggest environmental, social, and governance (ESG) problems such as water pollution, deforestation, and wealth inequality: encourage companies within industries to do less competing... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Manufacturing; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Mining
  • 26 Jan 2016
  • First Look

January 26, 2016

round. This impact largely persisted in later elections, suggesting that even brief one-on-one discussions can have a large and lasting persuasion effect. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50425 Replicating Private View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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