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- 08 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 8
J. Davis, John Haltiwanger, Ron Jarmin, Josh Lerner, and Javier Miranda Abstract Private equity critics claim that leveraged buyouts bring huge job losses. To investigate this claim, we construct and analyze a new dataset that covers U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 3, 2007
investigation was launched in response to a series of leaks to the press that could only have come from highly placed members of the company. Fully understanding the context of the events of September, however, requires knowledge of board personalities and events that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Markets or Communities? The Best Ways to Manage Outside Innovation
business units to access the outside world. For established firms, CEO interest and commitment is necessary to make this happen. Q: The design of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner involved more than 100 outside firms collaborating for years on the... View Details
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
fiscal 2000, Circuit City was at the top of its game. The world's leading consumer electronics retailer had delivered record sales and profits for the first year of the new millennium. It was a fitting moment for Richard Sharpe, the View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 24 Jan 2011
- HBS Case
Terror at the Taj
world's collective conscience. “Not even the senior managers could explain the behavior of these employees.” A new multimedia case by HBS professor Rohit Deshpandé offers a flip side to the nightmarish scenes that unfolded in real time on... View Details
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
new distribution methods, rising costs of production in China, and changing customer behavior. The company lacked a clear strategy and suffered from organizational misalignment. Rick Woldenberg, the former View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
What Would It Take to Unlock Microfinance's Full Potential?
new borrowers who are taking loans and repaying them is evidence enough that this sector has had enormous impact. But another view that we’re also deeply sympathetic to is that, 30 years into the microfinance story, around 2005 and 2010,... View Details
- 14 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 14, 2010
wholly owned by Tennant and run by a Tennant manager. The case examines the decisions the CEO and new venture head must make to best structure and position the venture to succeed. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- September 2020 (Revised June 2021)
- Case
Algramo
By: Michael Chu, Monica Silva and Mariana Cal
Founded in 2013 by José Manuel Moller in Chile, Algramo first became known for addressing the “poverty tax” (the surcharge paid by lower income families for staples sold in smaller sizes) through specially-designed dispensers in low-income neighborhood grocery stores... View Details
Keywords: Packaging-as-a-wallet; Plastic Waste; Business At The Base Of The Pyramid; Reusable Packaging; Alliances With FMCGs To Meet ESG Goals; Social Entrepreneurship; Environmental Sustainability; Strategy; Value Creation; Goals and Objectives; Business Model; Consumer Products Industry; Latin America; South America; Chile
Chu, Michael, Monica Silva, and Mariana Cal. "Algramo." Harvard Business School Case 321-079, September 2020. (Revised June 2021.)
- 19 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 19
312-002 McKesson, a large, diversified drug distribution and health care IT company, is considering development of new business offerings to help private practice physicians remain independent. The company, with $122 billion in 2010... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Getting Down to the Business of Creativity
new applications, and second, to shift the mindset of an organization that has held the identity of an ‘imaging' company for decades." The case details how President and CEO Shigetaka Komori implements... View Details
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
FDI" in several different ways. First, we look at the possibility that the effects of FDI differ by sector. Second, we differentiate FDI based on objective qualitative industry characteristics including the average skill intensity and reliance on external capital.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
J’s board, became its new CEO and was able to successfully manage competing stakeholder demands, keep the business running, and ultimately paid back every dollar it owed to its creditors by selling the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 27
participants who were hired before the Roth introduction. In essence, once an employee joins a 401(k) she becomes passive/inattentive, thereby reducing the likelihood of reacting to the introduction of a new Roth option. Conditional on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis
quickly to produce and air new advertising creative that tapped into the rapidly changing zeitgeist. The result, the Retail Heroes campaign, featured CEO McMillon Zooming in remotely from home to thank the... View Details
Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman
- 15 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Does a Social Startup Decide to Commercialize? It May Depend on the Founder's Gender
2016 Echoing Green Fellow Christine Su is co-founder and CEO of PastureMap. The for-profit software company helps sustainable ranchers record their grazing practices on mobile devices. (Photo courtesy of Echoing Green.) A division of... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
When our team reached out to 600 CEOs during the pandemic’s early stages to ask them about their greatest concerns, many cited communication with employees. While the right communication strategy has been critical during the pandemic, it... View Details
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Research
The founding and expansion of new firms is central to innovation and economic growth, but the determinants of a new idea’s success are difficult to ascertain. The decision to form a new firm and its ultimate outcome are impacted by ownership structure, financing... View Details
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
communication of new safety principles, the plans made to implement them, and the role that each employee had in sustaining them over time. Involvement of top executives ensured that new expected norms of... View Details
- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
investors and fiduciaries. A wide range of contributors offer new perspectives on dynamics that drive the current emphasis on short-term investment returns. Moreover, they analyze the forces at work in markets around the world, which are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne