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  • 15 Mar 2011
  • First Look

First Look: March 15

effect on the investment of firms. High taxes will favor investment by firms that can finance internally. Using an international panel with many changes in payout taxes, we show that this prediction holds well. Payout taxes have a large... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • June 2024 (Revised December 2024)
  • Case

Lana Ghanem: Pushing the Boundaries of Health Care Through Venture Capital

By: Joshua D. Margolis and Ahmed Dahawy
Lana Ghanem, managing director of Hikma Ventures, the corporate venture arm of larger pharmaceutical group Hikma, is considering how to grow the venture arm as well as progress her own career. Over the past few years Hikma's executive team had been pressuring the... View Details
Keywords: Business Divisions; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Investment; Corporate Governance; Health Care and Treatment; Leadership Development; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Venture Capital; Personal Development and Career; Health Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Jordan
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  • 09 Jun 2010
  • News

A Dedicated New Yorker

Keywords: Central Park
  • 31 Mar 2023
  • Blog Post

Bring your authentic self to work: Advice from HBS alumni

outcomes with diverse perspectives and lived experiences. HBS students and alumni advise their peers to own what they uniquely bring to the table – from both your professional and personal experience. From there, you’ll create... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 15 Jan 2018
  • Research & Ideas

A Better Business Model for Fighting Cancer

personalized medicine, among other approaches,” Giusti says. “For example, how would we design a model to allow investors the return they’re seeking?” Hamermesh also cites the possibility of funding open source challenges as a less... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health; Pharmaceutical
  • Web

Advanced Negotiation: Great Dealmakers, Diplomats, and Deals - Course Catalog

toughest deals. Examples: In business and finance : Steve Schwarzman on several early make-or-break deals for Blackstone; Sarah Frey negotiates advantageous supplier deals for her tiny farm with a vindictive Walmart enroute to building an... View Details
  • 01 Dec 1999
  • News

Q & A: Herb Kohl

single person who was hired during my time at Kohl's. How did you first get involved in politics? In the mid-1970s then Governor Pat Lucey asked me to be state chairman of the Democratic Party. When the Senate seat opened up in 1988, many... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • Web

Finalists | New Venture Competition

2025) Gabe Chrismon Oply is an AI-powered home management assistant that predicts, organizes and automates home maintenance, saving homeowners time and preventing costly repairs. By leveraging advanced agentic RAG, OCR, predictive analytics, IOT, and an AI-driven... View Details
  • 01 Oct 1996
  • News

Lasting Impressions

investment firms. "I decided I wanted to inject some of my own personal beliefs into the way I conduct business," he says. "I've had some Jesuit training, and I wanted to reconcile that part of my life with my professional activities in... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
  • 01 Jun 2012
  • News

Inspiration Is Not Enough

approved.” Like Hefner, other innovators in Harris’s pantheon never get dulled by the details. Southwest Airlines cofounder Herb Kelleher was known to personally load baggage to improve employee morale. Walt Disney, as much of a business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 05 Jun 2007
  • First Look

First Look: June 5, 2007

raised Audax Group's first fund, and are not able personally to finance the purchase, which would require approximately $30 million. They must decide whether to go through with the purchase, and how to View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • August 2008 (Revised May 2009)
  • Case

Consumer Payment Systems — Japan

By: Benjamin Edelman and Andrei Hagiu
In 2008, the Japanese consumer payments landscape featured ongoing widespread use of cash, limited use of credit cards and rapid rise of e-money systems based on contactless technology embedded in cards and especially mobile phones. The case details the alliances that... View Details
Keywords: Personal Finance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Digital Platforms; Alliances; Competitive Strategy; Information Infrastructure; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Japan
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  • 12 Dec 2018
  • News

Lesson Plan

hope. So last December, speaking in a crowded, harshly lit room typical of government offices the world over, Cognetti put herself forward as one of 10 candidates to vie for a seat on the Scranton School Board. As part of her personal... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Chris Sorensen
  • 16 Sep 2014
  • First Look

First Look: September 16

case: http://hbr.org/product/outotec-a-project-capture/an/514064-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 514-065 Outotec (B): Action Plan No abstract available. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/outotec-b-action-plan/an/514065-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2011
  • News

The House that Howard Built

legitimacy for an area of study considered difficult to teach and lacking intellectual heft. In 1978, Stevenson returned to the private sector, this time to become VP of finance and administration at Preco, a pulp and specialty-paper... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 11 Sep 2012
  • First Look

First Look: September 11

scale infrastructure issues on a global level. A related case, "Water Shortage and Property Investing in Mexico City," HBS No. 210-085, contains more real estate finance and less water infrastructure View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Sep 2012
  • First Look

First Look: September 25

http://hbr.org/product/producing-prosperity-why-america-needs-a-manufactu/an/10345-HBK-ENG?referral=00304 Relaxing the Taboo on Telling Our Own Stories: Upholding Professional Distance and Personal Involvement Author: Michel Anteby... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Mar 2017
  • What Do You Think?

Is China About to Overtake the US for World Trade Leadership?

U.S. The more interesting question is, does it matter?” So that’s it for this month. Does it matter if China assumes global trade leadership? What do you think? For once, I’ll disclose a personal bias up front. In the early 1960s, I... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • November 2005 (Revised November 2007)
  • Case

Tad O'Malley: December 2004

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner, Ann Leamon and Sean Klimczak
Tad O'Malley, a second-year student at Harvard Business School, must choose among three offers from private equity firms. Each firm presents a unique combination of history, culture, and compensation. Traces Tad's strategy in obtaining these offers and lets students... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Compensation and Benefits; Job Offer; Negotiation Tactics; Organizational Culture; Personal Development and Career
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  • 15 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 15

Conservative? Towards a Theory of the Role of Standard Setters in Standard Setting Authors:Abigail McIntosh Allen and Karthik Ramanna Abstract We investigate the role of standard setters in a standard setting. In particular, we examine how the backgrounds and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace