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  • 03 Apr 2008
  • Working Paper Summaries

Bridge Building in Venture Capital-Backed Acquisitions

Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Yuhai Xuan
  • May 2018
  • Case

Inditex: 2018

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
In 2018, Inditex, based in Spain, was the largest specialist fashion retailer in the world, generating sales of $31.5 billion in 2017 from a portfolio of eight retail brands selling through a total of 7,475 stores located in 96 countries and from websites in 49... View Details
Keywords: Fashion; Succession; IPO; Competition; Initial Public Offering; Multinational Firms and Management; Management Succession; Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Retail Industry; Fashion Industry
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  • 2002
  • Book

Searching for a Corporate Savior: The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs

By: Rakesh Khurana
Corporate CEOs are headline news. Stock prices rise and fall at word of their hiring and firing. Business media debate their merits and defects as if individual leaders determined the health of the economy. Yet we know surprisingly little about how CEOs are selected... View Details
Keywords: Managerial Roles; Selection and Staffing; Personal Characteristics; Experience and Expertise; Investment Activism; Corporate Strategy
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  • 06 Oct 2020
  • Sharpening Your Skills

18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters

Use this period as an opportunity to take stock of your own life. Does your work reflect your values? Have you let some important relationships languish? Did you give up on a dream too soon? You're not going to be a good business leader... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Jul 2019
  • Book

Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence

disproportionate stock price hit to an earnings miss reflects that informational problem. The promise of private equity involves solving that gap between owners and managers. Buybacks must be interpreted in that context as either... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • Fast Answer

What are the best finance interview prep resources?

href="https://inside.hbs.edu/Departments/mba/prematric/default.aspx?page=prematric-wall-street-prep">Wall Street Prep on the HBS Career and Professional Development site Equity research Data and background information for stock... View Details
  • October 2013
  • Article

Corporate Venturing

By: Josh Lerner
For decades, large companies have been wary of corporate venturing. But as R&D organizations face pressure to rein in costs and produce results, companies are investing in promising start-ups to gain knowledge and agility. The logic of corporate venturing is... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Knowledge Acquisition; Corporate Strategy; Research and Development; Business Startups; Innovation and Invention
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  • May 2004
  • Article

The Risky Business of Hiring Stars

By: Boris Groysberg, Ashish Nanda and Nitin Nohria
With the battle for the best and brightest people heating up again, you're most likely out there looking for first-rate talent in the ranks of your competitors. Chances are, you're sold on the idea of recruiting from outside your organization, since developing people... View Details
Keywords: Staffing; Employee Retention; Selection and Staffing; Employees; Retention; Competitive Advantage; Human Resources; Performance
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  • 01 Jun 2007
  • What Do You Think?

How Should Pay Be Linked to Performance?

for shareholders. However, there is a sense, expressed by John Ippolito, that there is a lack of perception in boards of directors of "what constitutes 'creating value' in the enterprise many boards are too ready to turn over the keys to the incoming CEO—then... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 11 May 2009
  • Research & Ideas

The IT Leader’s Hero Quest

company badly needs a jolt of energy and expertise to grow and to resuscitate its declining stock price. The chief executive who promoted Barton is hopeful but hard-nosed; and Barton's IT group—while talented and tech-savvy—is impatient,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • Web

1929: The Great Crash - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

the 1920s Research Links Site Credits 1929: The Great Crash Unique historical materials in Harvard University collections throw light on the role of the regional exchanges in the stock market crash of 1929, and the regulation of the... View Details
  • 29 Aug 2018
  • What Do You Think?

What Should Harley-Davidson’s Management Do?

tax cut in 2017 he did it by visiting Harley-Davidson’s facilities in his home state of Wisconsin. The Company had not performed well in recent years. By 2017, its profits were $521 million on revenues of about $5.6 billion; both figures were below 2013 results. Over... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Auto
  • 18 Nov 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Who Really Determines CEO Salary Packages?

compensation package added up to $15.2 million in 2013, according to the Economic Policy Institute. That compensation includes a vast array of factors, such as salary, bonuses, stock options, and long-term incentive payouts. Interlocking... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consulting
  • Web

Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

of Financial Economics in the Areas of Capital Markets and Asset Pricing for "Legislating Stock Prices" (with Karl Diether and Christopher Malloy, December 2013). Benjamin C. Esty : Received the 2012 Charles M. Williams Award for... View Details
  • Web

Poor’s Manual: The Rise of Business Analysts - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

and useful comparative ratios among states such as net earnings to cost, net earnings to gross, and stocks to bonds. Managers and investors eagerly bought copies of Poor’s Manual , which allowed them to follow a company’s growth and... View Details
  • 18 Nov 2022
  • HBS Case

What Does It Take to Safeguard a Legacy in Asset Management?

structures follow a similar pattern. Brown decided to go another route—an Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP). In 2016, Brown agreed to sell 100 percent of his ownership stake to the firm’s employees. The move helps preserve the... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services
  • 11 Jul 2019
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Deconstructing 'Customer Experience'

customer-centric. Thinking Twice About Supply-Chain LayoffsCutting the wrong employees can be counterproductive for retailers, One suggestion: Pay special attention to staff who handle mundane tasks such as stocking and labeling. Your... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail; Service
  • 20 Sep 2022
  • Research & Ideas

How Partisan Politics Play Out in American Boardrooms

Republican—are 3.2 percent more likely to leave their companies when they are “politically misaligned” with their colleagues. Shareholders collectively lose $238 million, on average, after their departure is announced, the research shows. When politically misaligned... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
  • 16 Mar 2020
  • Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

intermediate term, we will see companies that rely on global supply chains be hurt. Once companies run through their existing safety stocks of raw materials or parts provided by a far-flung supplier base, they may face challenges filling... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 08 Mar 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Representation Matters: Building Case Studies That Empower Women Leaders

the New York Stock Exchange, to campus. Ten years ago, the HBS Women’s 50th commemoration offered an opportunity for HBS to recognize the enormous impact that women leaders have had on the School and on the world. The work continues... View Details
Keywords: by Colleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg