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  • 04 Apr 2016
  • Blog Post

Meet the Middle East & North Africa Club

hope the MENA Club helps each of its members identify ways through which they can add the most value to the region and find potential like-minded business partners at HBS to get them on board for their regional plans. In addition, we hope... View Details
  • 21 Sep 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?

crescendo last March when insurance conglomerate AIG, kept on life support with up to $183 billion in taxpayers' cash, dished out bonuses totaling $165 million to 400 employees in the London office whose derivatives trading nearly... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
  • 05 Feb 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Business and the Global Poor

undertaking traditional value creation activities—from sourcing to engaging the poor in production to distribution and sales—in low-income markets. To the degree that these ventures empower the poor—either by improving their quality of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • August 2014 (Revised March 2016)
  • Case

Thomas Cook Group on the Brink (A)

By: Benjamin C. Esty, Stuart C. Gilson and Aldo Sesia
Harriett Green, the newly appointed CEO of Thomas Cook Group, faces a daunting set of business and financial challenges at the 171-year old UK travel services company. The company has lost almost £600 million in the last three quarters; has seen its stock price fall... View Details
Keywords: Turnaround; Corporate Restructuring; Change Leadership; Female Ceo; Change Management; Communication Strategy; Borrowing and Debt; Cash Flow; Cost Management; Financial Liquidity; Financial Management; Executive Compensation; Leading Change; Crisis Management; Value Creation; Travel Industry; United Kingdom
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  • 28 Nov 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

problems valuing the business, which seemed at times to resemble more of a holding company or conglomerate than anything else, nor that most consumers barely knew that Unilever as such existed. There was, in... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products
  • Web

Information Technology - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Measure Outcomes & Cost for Every Patient Aligning Reimbursement with Value Systems Integration Geography of Care Information Technology Information Technology Information Technology To make the transformation to value-based health care... View Details
  • 13 Feb 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Managing the Family Business: Leadership Roles

Harvard, Nelson Sirotsky spent a lot of his time as CEO of RBS managing (that is, developing the efficiency and effectiveness of) particular aspects of the business. He did a lot of planning, organizing, and problem solving. Most of the... View Details
Keywords: by John A. Davis
  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

A Continuum of Innovation

As senior associate dean and chair of the MBA Program, Matt Weinzierl has a running list of questions that he and Jana P. Kierstead, the executive director of MBA and Doctoral programs, always keep in mind. They range from the curricular (How can we ensure that the MBA... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
  • March 2013
  • Case

NovaStar Financial: A Short Seller's Battle

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Amy Kaser
The NovaStar case describes the challenges faced by short seller Marc Cohodes of hedge fund Rocker Partners as he tried to expose what he thought was widespread fraud in mortgage lender NovaStar Financial. The case is set in the time period from 2001 to 2007 and tracks... View Details
Keywords: Short Selling; Financial Accounting; Financial Analysis; Financial Analysts; Valuation; Business Analysis; Financial Statement Analysis; Financial Statements; Securitization; Securities Analysis; Fraud; Accounting Quality; Accounting Red Flags; Accounting Restatements; Hedge Fund; Hedge Funds; Accounting Scandal; Accounting Fraud; Financial Crisis; Financial Intermediaries; Financial Firms; Corporate Accountability; Subprime Lending; Mortgage Lending; Accounting; Accrual Accounting; Fair Value Accounting; Governance; Governance Compliance; Corporate Governance; Governance Controls; Financial Services Industry; United States; California
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Alternative Investments Course | HBS Online

next level by learning how to maximize investment portfolio value with alternative investments, including private equity and real estate. 5 weeks 6-7 hours per week 5 modules Self-Paced with regular deadlines This course earns you a... View Details
  • 24 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 24

  Publications August 2013 Harvard Business Review Press Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation By: Hill, Linda A., Greg Brandeau, Emily Truelove, and Kent Lineback Abstract—Why can some organizations innovate time... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Sep 2012
  • HBS Case

HBS Cases: Branding Yoga

Bikram," he says. "She's not as regimented in her form of yoga. There's no Sanskrit in her yoga. Bikram is about Sanskrit. Bikram is about India. She's quintessentially American." Adding Value Deshpandé taught the case for... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 11 Oct 2023
  • News

Soldier On

responsibilities of a leader at a moment like that? PJ: I think the majority of my leadership training comes from my time that I spent in the Marine Corps as an infantry officer. We were always taught that the leader should be at the... View Details
  • 18 Jan 2023
  • Blog Post

Career Planning and Development: Interview with Career Coach Wendi Zhang (MBA/MPP 2013)

completely unsure of what to do or they seem to be exactly where they want to be, one thing is certain: the only constant is change when it comes to life/career planning. Life is dynamic, and as a result, preferences and needs naturally... View Details
  • Blog

Making the Decision to Attend: Our Participants Share Their Stories

"Overall, the experience was incredible—completely life changing. It's changed how I look at the world. It's changed how I look at myself. And it's definitely changed how I look at my organization and how we're going to be able to move... View Details
  • 10 Nov 2015
  • Op-Ed

Authentic Leadership Rediscovered

authentic leadership in which the importance of leaders’ life stories became paramount. In spite of widespread acceptance of authentic leadership—or perhaps because of it—several authors have recently challenged the View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
  • 20 Jul 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Five Discovery Skills that Distinguish Great Innovators

possibilities, and directions. We found that innovators consistently demonstrate a high Q/A ratio, where questions (Q) not only outnumber answers (A) in a typical conversation, but are valued at least as highly as good answers. Observing.... View Details
Keywords: by Jeff Dyer, Hal Gergersen & Clayton M. Christensen
  • March 2013 (Revised March 2015)
  • Case

iMatari

By: Joseph L. Badaracco and Matthew Preble
In late 2012, recent Harvard Business School graduate Hannah Lopez is given the opportunity to lead entry into a new market for Plámo, a company that created startup companies in Europe and emerging markets based upon existing successful business models. She had only... View Details
Keywords: Ethical Behavior; Ethical Judgment; Entrepreneurship; Imitation; Ethics; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Europe; Middle East
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  • 20 Jan 2015
  • First Look

First Look: January 20

rededicating themselves to improving the value they deliver to their patients: better outcomes and lower costs. Time-driven activity-based costing offers the potential for clinicians to redesign their care processes toward that end. This... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Jul 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Are You a Level-Six Leader?

people who always ask, "What's in it for me?" Their moral compass is guided primarily by the accumulation of wealth and power, all else be damned. Bernie Madoff, now in prison, is a poster boy for the Opportunists. While Madoff enjoyed the luxuries of a View Details
Keywords: by Mitch Maidique