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  • 22 Nov 2023
  • News

So You Want to Join a Startup

interesting. And there's a bit of the grass is greener syndrome where you get excited about something that you hear about. It's like a stock tip, somebody tells you about a hot stock and you want to go buy... View Details
  • March 2018
  • Article

Making the Numbers? 'Short Termism' and the Puzzle of Only Occasional Disaster

By: Hazhir Rahmandad, Rebecca Henderson and Nelson P. Repenning
Much recent work in strategy and popular discussion suggests that an excessive focus on "managing the numbers"—delivering quarterly earnings at the expense of longer-term investments—makes it difficult for firms to make the investments necessary to build competitive... View Details
Keywords: Capability; Short-termism; System Dynamics; Tipping Point; Business or Company Management; Earnings Management; Resource Allocation
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  • November 2015
  • Case

Katherine Schuler at Boxes & Bins, Inc.

By: Linda A. Hill and James Kindley
This case is about Katherine Schuler, soon to become senior vice president of marketing at a fast-growing retail organization, Boxes & Bins (B&B). Part of Schuler's success has been due to her "fit" into a company with clear values and principles. In particular, B&B... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Personal Development and Career; Growth and Development Strategy; Retail Industry
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  • June 2007 (Revised December 2007)
  • Case

AFL-CIO: Office of Investment and Home Depot

By: Rakesh Khurana and James Weber
Describes the AFL-CIO: Office of Investments activities in their campaign to improve governance at Home Depot by calling attention to Home Depot CEO Robert Nardelli's compensation package and the company's poor performance. The AFL-CIO Office of Investments advocates... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Executive Compensation; Labor Unions; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business and Shareholder Relations
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  • 14 May 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Amazon vs. Whole Foods: When Cultures Collide

from that.” The new inventory system was actually something Whole Foods had started to implement before the Amazon deal, pressured by activist shareholders who had seen the grocer’s stock and sales margins slipping for two years. “This is... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage
  • 16 Feb 2023
  • HBS Case

ESG Activists Met the Moment at ExxonMobil, But Did They Succeed?

The impact-investment hedge fund Engine No. 1 made a big splash in May 2021 when it managed to get three nominees elected to the ExxonMobil board of directors. It was an open effort to prod the oil giant toward renewable energy and test whether activist investing could... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Financial Services
  • Fast Answer

Bloomberg: tickers

How do I type tickers in Bloomberg? Examples: MSFT US [EQUITY] for Microsoft Corp. stock VOD LN [EQUITY] for Vodafone stock GSK 5.375 04/15/34 [CORP] for GlaxsoSmithKline bond Bloomberg tickers include... View Details
  • 07 Nov 2012
  • Working Paper Summaries

Causes and Consequences of Linguistic Complexity in Non-US Firm Conference Calls

Keywords: by Francois Brochet, Patricia Naranjo & Gwen Yu; Accounting
  • 2021
  • Article

Venture Capital Booms and Startup Financing

By: William Janeway, Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
We review the growing literature on the relationship between venture capital booms and startup financing, focusing on three broad areas: First, we discuss the drivers of large inflows into the venture capital asset class, particularly in recent years—which are related... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Business Startups; Innovation and Invention; Policy
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  • February 2017 (Revised March 2018)
  • Case

BIM: Finding New Ways to Grow

By: Michael Chu and Gamze Yucaoglu
BIM, Turkey’s giant retailer with a hard-discount model for the popular segments, must decide whether to launch a brand-new format challenging the modern supermarkets. Since its founding in 1995, BIM has adhered to a business model based on a relentless focus on costs... View Details
Keywords: Turkey; Decision; Emerging Markets; Private Sector; For-Profit Firms; Business Model; Business Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Growth and Development Strategy; Value Creation; Change Management; Decisions; Growth Management; Retail Industry; Turkey
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  • July 1998 (Revised August 1998)
  • Case

Optimark: Launching a Virtual Securities Market

Bill Lupien's OptiMark Technologies, Inc., plans to launch a super-computer system in September, 1998 that he believes will release previously withheld liquidity to the securities market. While today's market matches those trades based on price and size, Lupien's... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Financial Markets; Product Launch; Financial Services Industry; United States
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  • Web

Leadership - Faculty & Research

conglomerate with operations spanning hospitals, clinics, retail pharmacies, and diagnostic centers across India and the GCC. After its 2018 listing on India’s National Stock Exchange, Aster’s stock... View Details
  • 10 Jan 2023
  • Research & Ideas

How to Live Happier in 2023: Diversify Your Social Circle

strangers,” he says, “but you could reallocate an hour here and there from one person to another person and see how that goes.” He advises people to take stock of their own portfolio of social interactions, and, if it seems out of... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 10 Feb 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Why Are Prices So High Right Now—and Will They Ever Return to Normal?

including food and beverages, health products, household items, electronics, and personal products like shampoo. As the researchers looked closely at what stores were carrying, it became clear that three distinct phases to stocking woes... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • July 2021
  • Article

Medical Debt in the U.S., 2009–2020

By: Raymond Kluender, Neale Mahoney, Francis Wong and Wesley Yin
Importance: Medical debt is an increasing concern in the US, yet there is limited understanding of the amount and distribution of medical debt, and its association with health care policies.

Objective: To measure the amount of medical debt nationally and by... View Details
Keywords: Debt; Borrowing and Debt; Health Care and Treatment; United States
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  • 01 Feb 2001
  • News

What Makes a Good Leader

business leadership can benefit society." photo courtesy HBS Communications The ability to render that judgment can sometimes make or break a company. "The phrase 'public confidence, private doubt' comes to mind," observes Joe Badaracco. "If leaders disclosed all their... View Details
Keywords: Management
  • 16 Jun 2010
  • Working Paper Summaries

Does Diversification Create Value in the Presence of External Financing Constraints? Evidence from the 2008-2009 Financial Crisis

Keywords: by Venkat Kuppuswamy & Belén Villalonga
  • Web

Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

Standards (4) State Ownership (1) Status and Position (9) Stock Options (2) Stocks (11) Strategic Planning (17) Strategy (432) Success (15) Supply Chain Management (19) Supply Chain (61) Supply and Industry... View Details
  • Web

Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

increase is more pronounced when the VC investment demonstrates more promising financial prospects and has higher visibility. Additionally, incumbents with a pre-existing focus on climate solutions are more likely to respond, and their View Details
  • 02 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

What Makes a Good Leader?

of time, things are significantly better," observes Badaracco. "Now, are these mere managers because we can't compare them with Martin Luther King? Or are they leaders because they accomplished something that needed to be done?" If leaders disclosed all... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg & Susan Young