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  • 02 May 2022
  • What Do You Think?

Can the Case Method Survive Another Hundred Years?

comfort, optimism, and joy to our communities and inspire hope, especially for children.” This may help explain why many people went to work for Disney and why the company’s CEO took a stand that favored the views of some employees at the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Education
  • 08 Sep 2020
  • Blog Post

2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Ashley Zumwalt-Forbes (MBA 2017)

surface. I absolutely love the variety of my work and the joy I get from knowing that I am adding real, tangible value. What projects/roles/opportunities did you pursue before HBS? Prior to HBS, I worked at ExxonMobil as the Lead Engineer... View Details
  • 07 May 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Rediscovering Schumpeter: The Power of Capitalism

feelings toward the man? Did your impressions of him change while writing the book? A: One of the joys of writing this book was dealing with Schumpeter's personal life. I knew it was going to be interesting, but not nearly so much as it... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education
  • 10 Sep 2020
  • Research & Ideas

The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

opportunities out there for brands that can sell online and provide people with products that can bring them joy at home.” Both companies were forced to leverage ecommerce in unexpected ways to survive the COVID-19 outbreak, but in the... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden
  • Web

Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

(with Joy L. Ishii and Andrew Metrick, Quarterly Journal of Economics , February 2003). Josh Lerner : Received the 2002 All Star Paper Award from the Journal of Financial Economics for “Venture Capitalists and the Decision to Go Public”... View Details
  • June 2014
  • Article

Acquirer-Target Social Ties and Merger Outcomes

By: Joy Ishii and Yuhai Xuan
This paper investigates the effect of social ties between acquirers and targets on merger performance. Using data on educational background and past employment, we construct a measure of the extent of cross-firm social connection between directors and senior executives... View Details
Keywords: Mergers; Acquisitions; Social Ties; Social Connections; Mergers and Acquisitions; Relationships; Outcome or Result
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  • 02 Dec 2021
  • News

Learning Curve

told Melcher, but she also needed interaction with other children. “They also said there were lots of other kids in Houston who needed this,” Melcher observes. The Joy School began in 1997 as an experiment, with just four students—Katie... View Details
  • Portrait Project

Shani Carter

Joy is all around me. It even compels me to dance while shopping in the frozen food section. Sadly, I almost lost my joy after Daddy passed away. Our move to Raleigh, NC from Plainfield, NJ a few years prior... View Details
  • Portrait Project

M. Monique McCloud-Manley

joys of singing aloud... even if they don't have a great voice. Teach others the joys of dancing... even if they have no rhythm Show others how fulfilling life can be when you're not worried about being... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2012
  • News

It’s a Small World

PASRICHA: Accentuating the positive and the small, everyday joys that make life “awesome.” A few years ago, Neil Pasricha’s (MBA 2007) personal life took a turn for the worse. To cheer himself up during a dark time, the Toronto resident... View Details
Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information
  • Profile

Florence Evina-Ze

For Florence Evina-Ze, the composition of her FIELD 2 project team in itself reflects something special about her HBS experience. “I had teammates from England, Brazil, Bangladesh Utah!” she says. Their assignment: to help a large Chinese restaurant conglomerate, View Details
  • 08 Sep 2022
  • News

Learning Curve

Courtesy Patti Melcher Patti Melcher (MBA 1986) never intended to open a school but when her first child, Katie, struggled with learning disabilities, the private equity strategist turned her attention to finding the best learning environment for her daughter. Melcher... View Details
  • 2004
  • Working Paper

Incentives vs. Control: An Analysis of U.S. Dual-Class Companies

By: Paul A Gompers, Joy Ishii and Andrew Metrick
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  • March 2010
  • Article

Extreme Governance: An Analysis of Dual-Class Firms in the United States

By: Paul A. Gompers, Joy Ishii and Andrew Metrick
We construct a comprehensive list of dual-class firms in the United States and use this list to analyze the relationship between insider ownership and firm value. Our data have two useful features. First, since dual-class stock separates cash-flow rights from voting... View Details
Keywords: Voting; Cash Flow; Stocks; Rights; Ownership Stake; Value; United States
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  • 19 Jun 2013
  • News

Strong Bonds, New Records

been an excellent way to continue friendships," says Sacks, emphasizing that the other five section reps play a key role. Cochair Ferris agrees. "I have an annual excuse to get in touch with every person in my section," he says. "It is a genuine View Details
  • Article

Corporate Governance and Equity Prices

By: Paul A. Gompers, Joy L. Ishii and Andrew Metrick
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Equity; Price
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  • 03 Jan 2017
  • News

Using Technology to Tailor Learning to Each Child

now, we’re cramming so much technology into schools and we’re not really leveraging the power that the internet can bring to connect students to all sorts of experiences and to invite us to redesign how a typical classroom and class day feels. Ready to Blend is working... View Details
  • 17 Dec 2018
  • Blog Post

Thinking of Joining a Board? Christiana Smith Shi (MBA 1986) Shares Her Experience

San Francisco after graduation, and stayed there for 24 years, retiring as a senior partner in 2010. Along the way I had my son, Tim, who is about to graduate from HBS himself. After McKinsey, I joined Nike in Portland, Oregon, and had the View Details
  • Portrait Project

Allison Floam

really remembers why they are laughing. Disruptive? Perhaps. But I have learned that laughter is infectious and that I want to spread the giggles throughout the world. I am determined to bring this joy and positive energy to everyone I... View Details
  • 13 Jul 2015
  • News

A passion for teaching

For Felix Oberholzer-Gee, chair of the MBA Program, the joy of teaching comes in seeing students learn how to make better decisions and gain the tools they need to be successful. (Published July 2015) View Details