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  • May 2004 (Revised April 2005)
  • Case

Prudential Securities

By: Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy and Amanda Cowen
Prudential Insurance Co. attempted to diversify into financial services by building an investment banking franchise. Prudential's initial foray into the industry was its acquisition of The Bache Group in 1982. In 2000, the company decided to exit investment banking.... View Details
Keywords: Investment Banking; Corporate Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Diversification; Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Services Industry; Insurance Industry
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  • 01 Sep 2024
  • News

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Thirteen years ago, Marcelo Claure, founder of wireless services company Brightstar, discussed with a reluctant Steve Jobs the idea of launching a trade-in and recycling program for iPhones. It was a business move that expanded the market and created a new profit... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Meyers
  • January 2014 (Revised October 2014)
  • Supplement

Mittal Steel's Pursuit of Arcelor (B)

By: Paul M. Healy and Penelope Rossano
Lakshmi Mittal, CEO of Mittal Steel, a UK-based company with Indian roots, took advantage of a weakened Arcelor that had successfully won a bidding war for Canadian steel company Dofasco, with an unsolicited bid to buy the company. Mittal's plans for acquiring Arcelor... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Fiduciary Duty; Negotiation; Steel; India; Europe; Governance; Mergers; Board Decisions; White Knight; Valuation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Governance; Economics; Steel Industry; Canada; United Kingdom; India
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  • January 2014 (Revised September 2015)
  • Case

Mittal Steel's Pursuit of Arcelor (A)

By: Paul M. Healy and Penelope Rossano
Lakshmi Mittal, CEO of Mittal Steel, a UK-based company with Indian roots, took advantage of a weakened Arcelor that had successfully won a bidding war for Canadian steel company Dofasco, with an unsolicited bid to buy the company. Mittal's plans for acquiring Arcelor... View Details
Keywords: Fiduciary Duty; Steel; India; Europe; Governance; Mergers; Board Decisions; White Knight; Strategy; Negotiation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Governance; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Steel Industry; Canada; United Kingdom; Russia; India
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  • Web

Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

“Creditor Rights, Enforcement, and Debt Ownership Structure: Evidence from the Global Syndicated Loan Market” with William L. Megginson, sponsored by the Tuck Business School View Details
  • Web

Diversity on Boards - Alumni

HBR. By: J. Yo-Jud Cheng, Boris Groysberg and Paul M. Healy Gender Diversity at the Board Level Can Mean Innovation Success January 2020, Article... View Details
  • Web

Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

Ahmedabad, and the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India. A chartered accountant, he holds two master's degrees and a Ph.D. from Stanford University. Cited View Details
  • 14 Sep 2010
  • First Look

First Look: September 14, 2010

Evidence from Social, Environmental and Governance Scores Authors:Ioannis Ioannou and George Serafeim Abstract We investigate the institutional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2000
  • News

Faculty News

Changes Several chaired professors, listed at right with their new titles, have moved to vacated professorships. Teresa M. Amabile Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration Paul View Details
Keywords: H. Naylor Fitzhugh (MBA '33); Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
  • 15 Nov 2016
  • News

Cultivating the Next Generation of Thought Leaders

Associate Professor George Serafeim (photo by Susan Young) Michael E. Porter was an associate professor at HBS when he first developed his now-renowned five forces framework... View Details
  • March 2016
  • Article

An Analysis of Firms' Self-reported Anticorruption Efforts

By: Paul M. Healy and George Serafeim
We use Transparency International's ratings of self-reported anticorruption efforts for 480 corporations to analyze factors underlying the ratings. Our tests examine whether these forms of disclosure reflect firms' real efforts to combat corruption or are cheap talk.... View Details
Keywords: Corruption; Corporate Performance; Growth; Disclosure; Disclosure Strategy; Sustainability; Crime and Corruption; Corporate Disclosure; Performance; Sales
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  • 2016
  • Working Paper

What Factors Drive Director Perceptions of Their Board's Effectiveness?

By: Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy and Richard Ellis Crum
We use a survey of directors to collect data on their ratings of board effectiveness as well as board internal dynamics and key processes. Controlling for many of the governance metrics examined by prior research, we find that directors’ ratings of their boards’... View Details
Keywords: Board Of Directors; Corporate Governance; Performance Effectiveness; Perception; Risk Management
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  • 24 Mar 2015
  • First Look

First Look: March 24

George Serafeim, and David Wood Abstract—A new generation of corporate reporting-integrated reporting-is emerging that will help investors and other key stakeholders such as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Nov 2012
  • First Look

First Look: November 13

http://www.people.hbs.edu/mnorton/gray ward norton.pdf What Makes Analysts Say 'Buy'? Authors:Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy, Nitin Nohria, and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: January 4

changing circumstances, both within and outside of the gaming context. Market Interest in Nonfinancial Information Authors:R. G. Eccles, Michael P. Krzus, and George View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 17 Apr 2012
  • First Look

First Look: April 17

be a race that could be won by the cautious. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/812133-PDF-ENG Ultimate Fighting Championship: License to Operate (B) George View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 17 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: January 17

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/books.htm?issn=0733-558x&volume=33 Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements Authors:Krishna G. Palepu and Paul View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • July–August 2019
  • Article

How to Scandal-Proof Your Company

By: Paul M. Healy and George Serafeim
Despite efforts to crack down on illegal activity, crimes like fraud, bribery, embezzlement, and money laundering are rampant in corporations. What steps can leaders take to fix this growing problem? View Details
Keywords: Organizations; Crime and Corruption; Organizational Culture; Leadership; Ethics
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  • September 2011
  • Article

What Drives Sell-Side Analyst Compensation at High-Status Investment Banks?

By: Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy and David A. Maber
We use proprietary data from a major investment bank to investigate factors associated with analysts' annual compensation. We find compensation to be positively related to "All-Star" recognition, investment-banking contributions, the size of analysts' portfolios, and... View Details
Keywords: Investment Banking; Research; Compensation and Benefits; Investment Portfolio; Forecasting and Prediction; Resource Allocation; Status and Position; Business Earnings; Quality; Revenue; Stocks; Voting
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  • Web

Business, Government & the International Economy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

was selected for the 2022 Books of the Year by History Today . Caroline M. Elkins : Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire (Alfred A. Knopf, 2022) was selected for the 2022 Books of the Year... View Details