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  • 01 Mar 2004
  • News

Liquid and Efficient

president and COO of Goldman Sachs, with a background in both trading and investment banking as well as an electrical engineering degree from MIT, Thain is known for his understanding of markets and technology. At a press conference in... View Details
Keywords: Finance
  • 01 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 1, 2008

more "collaborative." Too often, however, companies fail to distinguish among the various choices they face with respect to alternative modes of collaboration. Collaborative innovation can take a wide variety of forms, each with... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Feb 2016
  • First Look

February 2, 2016

health care reform in driving the value. The case provides an opportunity to estimate the potential return on investment as well as to evaluate the structuring of the transaction. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Oct 2023
  • Blog Post

Alumni in Climate Networking Series: New York City

EnergyHub offices in Brooklyn to network with each other and discuss their career goals. While there, I met alumni working on a wide range of issues such as investing in the circular economy, starting a company focused on sustainable... View Details
  • 05 Nov 2014
  • What Do You Think?

Are We Entering an Era of Neuromanagement?

don't know enough about the human brain to make hiring judgments based on monitoring activity within certain parts of the brain, or about the people who plan to use neuromanagement or about their motives I caution you to be careful what you wish for." Others... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 06 Nov 2012
  • Op-Ed

Stop Talking About the Weather and Do Something: Three Ways to Finance Sustainable Cities

The wrath of Hurricane Sandy has illuminated a fundamental question: How do we ensure that our cities are resilient in the face of inevitable future disasters? A destroyed city is not a sustainable city. I'm making the case that it's time to stop complaining about... View Details
Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities
  • March 2009
  • Supplement

Groupe Eurotunnel S.A. (B): Restructuring Under the Procedure de Sauvegarde

By: Stuart C. Gilson, Vincent Marie Dessain and Sarah Abbott
In mid-2007 the chairman and CEO of Eurotunnel Group, having elected to file for bankruptcy under a newly-enacted French insolvency law, awaits the outcome of a vote by creditors and shareholders. At least 50% of the shareholders must approve the plan, however they... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Capital Structure; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Law; Valuation; Assets; Investment Funds; Voting; Business and Shareholder Relations; Ownership; Outcome or Result; France
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  • October 2019 (Revised February 2025)
  • Case

A Conversation with Ellen J. Kullman, Chairman & CEO of DuPont, 2009-2015

By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
Ellen J. Kullman, the retired Chairman and CEO of DuPont, describes how she guided the storied science and technology company through a contentious proxy battle with activist investor Trian Partners, which acquired DuPont shares in 2013 and sought to break up the... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Capital Structure; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Institutional Investing; Leadership; Leadership Style; Management; Transformation; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Chemical Industry; United States
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  • 09 Feb 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 9

  Working PapersThe Architecture of Complex Systems: Do Core-Periphery Structures Dominate? Authors:Alan MacCormack, Carliss Baldwin, and John Rusnak Abstract Any complex technological system can be decomposed into a number of subsystems... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 2015
  • News

Giving Advice

Record-keeping? Control?) —S.B. Master (MBA 1980) DITKOFF: Your first stop is probably a lawyer or tax advisor to analyze the financial impact on your specific portfolio. Your next goal is to find high-impact organizations that you care about. Luckily, you can make... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2016
  • Blog Post

Reflecting on the HKS/HBS Joint Degree Program

education at Harvard Business School. First, I can now speak the language of finance, marketing, or strategy. I can sit and have a conversation with someone from private equity, investment banking, or venture capital. Those areas are not... View Details
  • 22 Jan 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019

the importance of manufacturing for driving innovation in the U.S. economy. This paper proposes an alternative framework that focuses on the role of suppliers of goods and services (the “supply chain economy”) in national performance.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • Fast Answer

Resources for Harvard Economics Students

and private companies, investment firms, capital transactions, and people. Provides sophisticated retrieval and personalization tools to create numerous reports. An active account can be used to download the Capital IQ excel... View Details
  • Web

Real Property - Course Catalog

personal investments through direct ownership, partnerships, or securities. It is also an excellent precursor for related Spring electives including Real Estate Private Equity and Real Estate Investing. Course Content and View Details
  • 11 Jun 2020
  • Blog Post

Know Your Audience - Recruiting HBS Students for Venture Capital

backgrounds are a better match for others. For some roles, it’s a combination of the two. With a large class size, venture capital firms can find the skill sets they need coupled with the drive and passion of students who will enter their firm ready to make an... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity
  • Web

Charitable Remainder Trust - Alumni

Quarterly payments for life to you and/or the people you choose Charitable income tax deduction Avoid capital gains tax Gift and estate tax savings Your trust can be invested with the Harvard endowment or in View Details
  • 29 Mar 2011
  • First Look

First Look: March 29

http://www.francescagino.com/uploads/4/7/4/7/4747506/gino_shea_deception_chapter_2012.pdf Stock Price Fragility Authors:Robin Greenwood and David Thesmar Publication:Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract We investigate the relationship between ownership... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Apr 2013
  • First Look

First Look: April 23

but they are very concerned about competitors' ability to benefit from LEGO Group's R&D investments or alternately interfere with its freedom to operate. The case frames important intellectual property... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 10

menu. We illustrate this result empirically in the context of 401(k) plans, where we show a negative relation between the number of investment choices in a 401(k) plan and the quality of the optimal portfolio achievable given those View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Jul 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

assurances and guarantees were hard to come by, difficult to negotiate, and project inception could take decades. In this context could pension funds or private equity-type structures be viable alternative... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman