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Negotiation - Course Catalog

(often-overlooked) value-creating potential in different situations; Design and execute agreements that unlock maximum value on a sustainable basis; End up with an appropriate share of the value that is negotiated; Understand the vital role of ethics in negotiation,... View Details
  • June 2010 (Revised August 2021)
  • Case

Vereinigung Hamburger Schiffsmakler und Schiffsagenten e.V. (VHSS): Valuing Ships

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Albert Sheen
After booming for more than five years, the global shipping (maritime) industry experienced a dramatic crash in late 2008 as the global financial system froze and the global economy slid into recession. Ship charter rates (revenue) fell by as much as 90% causing prices... View Details
Keywords: Fair Value Accounting; Financial Crisis; Capital Markets; Financial Liquidity; International Finance; Globalized Markets and Industries; Valuation; Banking Industry; Shipping Industry; Germany
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  • 01 Dec 2002
  • News

Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao Advises New MBA Students on Business Values

Dean Kim B. Clark for founding the Leadership and Values Initiative, an effort that for the last two years has sought to more fully integrate the School's community standards of integrity and honesty, respect for others, and personal... View Details
  • 02 Jul 2015
  • Op-Ed

The Future of the Greek Economy

not just the politically connected or the business elite. Necessary steps to ensure this include the promotion of transparency in government affairs through the adoption of high-quality standards for government View Details
Keywords: by Laura Alfaro, Dante Roscini & George Serafeim; Banking
  • 01 Oct 2002
  • News

John R. Davis

and accounting for all 800 “cow units” (a standard measurement that in this case means about 1,175 actual cattle). Calving season calls for constant monitoring of the pregnant cows and helping them give... View Details
  • 02 Jan 2019
  • What Do You Think?

SUMMING UP: Do We Need an Artificial Intelligence Czar?

AI oversight and regulation. At least that’s the impression created by a small sample of comments on this month’s column. Sandeep made the case for an AI czar. “Any public servant is accountable to you and me and we can fire him and find... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology
  • 16 Mar 2003
  • Research & Ideas

At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?

of logic to the problems we see in the economy as a whole. That is, we need individuals who, through their experiences, have learned how to internalize high standards and principles. They in turn need a... View Details
Keywords: by Kim B. Clark
  • 15 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 15, 2008

newer technologies have been adopted faster than old ones. The cross-country variation in the adoption of technologies accounts for at least a quarter of per capita income differences. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Feb 2006
  • What Do You Think?

Should CEOs of Public Companies Offer Earnings Guidance?

amounts of internal energy go to 'making the quarter return' rather than serving the customer and building the future. Why did quarter returns develop in the first place?" Bill Hubbell added, "The market has many mechanisms to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services
  • 24 Apr 2007
  • First Look

First Look: April 24, 2007

account for such agglomeration have been proposed. We note that these theories make different predictions about which pairs of industries should be coagglomerated. We discuss the measurement of coagglomeration and use data from the Census... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Apr 2008
  • Op-Ed

The Gap in the U.S. Treasury Recommendations

not disappear. With tightened credit standards and higher capital requirements on loans, it became more profitable for banks to package loans as securities and sell the credit risk to the buyers of securities in the domestic and View Details
Keywords: by Dwight Crane; Banking; Construction; Real Estate; Financial Services
  • 29 May 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Howard Stevenson on the Lessons of the Internet Era

something," and identify ways to change the business. Also on the technology front, Stevenson urged companies to consider using hosting services and application service providers to manage non-mission-critical applications, and to emphasize View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2008
  • News

The CEO and the Functions of Leadership

standards can be treated as part of setting direction. Coordination: Organizational structure defines how individuals in the organization are grouped into units, and how these units coordinate with each other. Processes such as the... View Details
  • 02 Oct 2007
  • First Look

First Look: October 2, 2007

Tatiana Sandino Abstract In this paper we examine the economic consequences of over 150 shareholder proposals to expense employee stock options (ESO) submitted during the proxy seasons of 2003 and 2004—the first case where the SEC has allowed an View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Jun 2018
  • News

In Memoriam: Hugo Uyterhoeven

World War II, including rationing, bombardments, and Nazi occupation. Uyterhoeven joined the HBS faculty in 1960; his interests focused on business policy and the role of the middle manager. He taught many courses in the MBA Program, including Management of View Details
  • 12 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 12, 2007

produces slower learning in human subjects than the standard second price auction mechanism. Our results also serve to highlight differences in behavior between simulated agents and human bidders that mechanism designers should take into... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Apr 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Three Steps for Crisis Prevention

the chain—failures of mobilization—occur when leaders recognize and give adequate priority to a looming problem but fail to respond effectively. When the Securities and Exchange Commission tried to reform the U.S. accounting system—well... View Details
Keywords: by Michael D. Watkins & Max H. Bazerman
  • April 2009 (Revised March 2010)
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Nippon Steel Corporation

By: Srikant M. Datar and Akiko Kanno
Nippon Steel Corporation, the largest Japanese steel producer and second largest in the world faces challenges in pursuing strategy to become a true global player. Nippon Steel had long been the top Japanese company, however the emergence of a global player,... View Details
Keywords: History; Corporate Strategy; Problems and Challenges; International Accounting; Change Management; Restructuring; Competitive Strategy; Emerging Markets; Globalization; Global Strategy; Steel Industry; Japan
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FAQ - U.S. Competitiveness

supporting high and rising living standards for the average American. The Project focuses especially on the roles that business leaders can play in improving the U.S. business environment. How does HBS define "U.S. competitiveness"? The... View Details
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Full Circles | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

address the gap in academic achievement between African American students and other groups through policy and programs that enhance accountability for African American achievement, strengthen community engagement, and target... View Details