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  • June 2001
  • Case

AtomFilms

By: Bharat N. Anand and Taslim Pirmohamed
Examines the evolution of AtomFilms--one of the few companies that survived the spate of failures in digital entertainment in 2000--from the time of its founding in 1998 to its merger with Shockwave in December 2000. Within a short period of time, AtomFilms had built... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Resource Allocation; Brands and Branding; Organizational Structure; Problems and Challenges; Alliances; Strategy; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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  • 01 Sep 2023
  • News

Solving for Z

With nearly 20 years of experience as a senior human resources executive, Matthew Breitfelder (MBA 2002) has seen a lot of change in the corporate talent space. But what’s happening now looks like a tectonic generational shift. From his... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Illustrations by Doug Chayka; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Administration of Human Resource Programs
  • 2007
  • Other Unpublished Work

Influence and Inefficiency in the Internal Capital Market

By: Julie Wulf
I model inefficient resource allocations in M-form organizations due to influence activities by division managers that skew capital budgets in their favor. Corporate headquarters receives two types of signals about investment opportunities: private signals that can be... View Details
Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Investment; Knowledge Acquisition; Managerial Roles; Resource Allocation; Power and Influence
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    Ray A. Goldberg

    A native of North Dakota, Dr. Goldberg received his A.B. from Harvard University in 1948, his MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1950 and his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Minnesota in 1952.

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    Keywords: agribusiness; agriculture; fast food; food; food processing; forest products; grocery; high technology; information; restaurant; retailing; soft drink; textiles; tobacco; transportation; wholesale; wine
    • Web

    Accounting & Management - Faculty & Research

    the acquisition and operations of key CenterWell assets. Broussard and his top team now convened to review the merits of a potential acquisition of a large group of primary care clinics. The discussion... View Details
    • Web

    Strategy - Faculty & Research

    buying, selling, opening and closing plants. We structurally estimate the model on Census microdata, fitting our key dynamic moments, and then use it to establish three additional results. First, mergers and acquisitions raise... View Details

      Boris Groysberg

      Boris Groysberg is a professor of business administration in the Organizational Behavior unit at the Harvard Business School. Currently, he teaches courses on talent management and leadership in the school's MBA and Executive Education programs. He has won numerous... View Details
      Keywords: asset management; banking; brokerage; information technology industry; investment banking industry; professional services
      • 23 Feb 2009
      • Research & Ideas

      Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn

      tempered with great caution," says Chakravorti. "The entrepreneurs who can capture the limited resources have the potential to do well. Shortage and adversity are powerful stimuli for focusing the mind." At HBS, Chakravorti... View Details
      Keywords: by Martha Lagace
      • December 2019
      • Case

      Walmart Ecommerce (A): Picking up the Pace

      By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Karen Elterman
      This case is an abridged version (part 1 of 2) of "Walmart's Omnichannel Strategy: Revolution or Miscalculation?" HBS Case No. 720-370. The (A) case discusses Walmart's early forays into online retail, as well as improvements made under Doug McMillon beginning in 2014.... View Details
      Keywords: Acquisition; Strategy; Internet and the Web; Distribution; Distribution Channels; Competitive Strategy; Retail Industry; Bentonville; Arkansas; United States
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        Srikant M. Datar

        Srikant M. Datar became the eleventh dean of Harvard Business School on 1 January 2021. During his tenure as a faculty member, he served as Senior Associate Dean for University Affairs (including Faculty Chair of the Harvard Innovation Lab), for Research, for... View Details

        Keywords: accounting industry; airline; automobiles; banking; biotechnology; communications; consumer products; e-commerce industry; health care; high technology; investment banking industry; management consulting; manufacturing; pharmaceuticals; venture capital industry
        • April 2020
        • Case

        Ment.io: Knowledge Analytics for Team Decision Making

        By: Yael Grushka-Cockayne, Jeffrey T. Polzer, Susie L. Ma and Shlomi Pasternak
        Ment.io was a software platform that used proprietary data analytics technology to help organizations make informed and transparent decisions based on team input. Ment was born out of founder Joab Rosenberg’s frustration that, while organizations collected ever... View Details
        Keywords: Decision Making; Information Technology; Knowledge; Knowledge Acquisition; Knowledge Management; Operations; Information Management; Product; Product Development; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Communications Industry; Information Industry; Information Technology Industry; Web Services Industry; Middle East; Israel
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        • November–December 2019
        • Article

        Head, Heart or Hands: How Do Employees Respond to a Radical Global Language Change Over Time?

        By: Sebastian Reiche and Tsedal Neeley
        To understand how recipients respond to radical change over time across cognitive, affective, and behavioral dimensions, we conducted a longitudinal study of a mandated language change at a Chilean subsidiary of a large U.S. multinational organization. The... View Details
        Keywords: Language; Communication; Change; Employees; Attitudes; Emotions; Globalized Firms and Management
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        • 2011
        • Working Paper

        Do U.S. Market Interactions Affect CEO Pay? Evidence from UK Companies

        By: Joseph J. Gerakos, Joseph D. Piotroski and Suraj Srinivasan
        This paper examines the extent that interactions with U.S. markets impact the compensation practices of non-U.S. firms. Using a sample of large U.K. companies, we find that the total compensation of U.K. CEOs is positively related to the extent of the firm's... View Details
        Keywords: Globalized Markets and Industries; Corporate Governance; Executive Compensation; Management Practices and Processes; Motivation and Incentives; United Kingdom; United States
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        Rock Summer Fellows - Entrepreneurship

        Acquisition (ETA) are encouraged to find internships with search funds and apply to the General Summer Fellows Joiner track. Rock Summer Fellows does not support an ETA pathway through the Founder track. Start-up joiners, please contact... View Details
        • Web

        Courses - Entrepreneurship

        including entrepreneurial management. The Entrepreneurial Manager Entrepreneurial managers transform opportunities into companies and institutions that make a difference in the world. In their successful “pursuit of opportunity without regard to View Details
        • Web

        Global Impact of the Collapse | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

        Skip to Main Content Lehman Brothers Collection Resources Baker Library Collections Corporate Reports Collection R. G. Dun & Co. Credit Reports HBS Cases Baker Old Class Collection Related Archival Collections Bibliography Site Credits... View Details
        • 23 Mar 2011
        • Working Paper Summaries

        Do US Market Interactions Affect CEO Pay? Evidence from UK Companies

        Keywords: by Joseph J. Gerakos, Joseph D. Piotroski & Suraj Srinivasan
        • November 2008
        • Article

        Winning the Race for Talent in Emerging Markets

        By: Douglas A. Ready, Linda A. Hill and Jay A. Conger
        "This war for talent is like nothing we've ever seen before," write the authors, who have spent decades studying talent management and leadership development. Recently they interviewed executives at more than 20 global companies to identify strategies for attracting... View Details
        Keywords: Leadership Development; Selection and Staffing; Talent and Talent Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Organizational Culture; Recruitment; Diversity; Developing Countries and Economies
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        Finance - Faculty & Research

        Government Legislation ; Recruitment ; Innovation and Invention ; Disruptive Innovation ; Knowledge ; Resource Allocation ; Industry Clusters ; Infrastructure ; Family Ownership ; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving ; Business and... View Details
        • 10 Sep 2013
        • First Look

        First Look: September 10

        Gino, F., and C. Mogilner Abstract—Money, a resource that absorbs much daily attention, seems to be present in much unethical behavior thereby suggesting that money itself may corrupt. This research examines a way to offset such... View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne