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  • 15 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 15

Inclusion at Royal Dutch Shell Sandra J. Sucher and Elena CorsiHarvard Business School Case 610-056 Royal Dutch Shell has been among the early players to implement diversity and inclusion policies in the 1990s, first in the U.S. and then globally. In May 2009, Peter... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 Sep 2016
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September 27, 2016

post-investment value-added all contribute to value creation, the VCs rate deal selection as the most important of the three. We also explore (and find) differences in practices across industry, stage, geography, and past success. We compare our results to those for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 May 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Market Makers Bid for Success

fast. What has recently happened in that environment is it has become necessary to hire senior people with real experience. In September, we had the good fortune of hiring a world-class CFO. She had worked at AT&T for 15 years in various financial roles and had... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Web Services; Technology
  • 02 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019

Harvard Business School Case 119-029 Revenue Recognition at HBP In early 2014, Paul Bills, CFO of Harvard Business Publishing (HBP), sat down with David Wan, the company’s CEO, to discuss budget preparations for the coming year. Bills... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 28 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018

Brandless be the final nail in the coffin? Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/518044-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 418-011 Kids & Company: Entering the U.S. : In April 2017, Victoria Sopik and Jennifer Nashmi, CEO and View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 28 Jul 2015
  • First Look

First Look: July 28, 2015

Value at IBM (A)." Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/215059-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 215-079 Transforming Alkermes into a Global Biopharmaceutical Company In the summer of 2011, Jim Frates, CFO... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 01 May 2006
  • Research & Ideas

What Companies Lose from Forced Disclosure

more than 400 CFOs indicates that career concerns is a primary motivator for management—even more so than short-term compensation motivation—for hitting earnings benchmarks. View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services
  • 28 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 28, 2010

"hot money" moving quickly in and out of the Fund. This short-term trading is an attempt to take advantage of the difference between the closing times of the Tokyo and New York Stock Exchanges. The CFO of the fund manager... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 8

May 2009, Peter Voser, CFO and soon-to-be CEO, wants to adjust the company's business, headcount, and cost levels to adapt to changing economic conditions after one of the worst economic downturns in decades. His all-male executive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Mar 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Unlocking Your Investment Capital

extreme, poorly implemented risk management can lead to the firm's demise. Under Sarbanes-Oxley 404, both the CEO and CFO have to attest with personal liability to the accuracies of the financial statements (including footnotes with... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services
  • 13 Nov 2018
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New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018

higher-end goods at Target. In the 1990s, its growth stemmed mainly from acquisitions, not all of which proved beneficial in the long term. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/718510-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 218-048 The Transformation of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 30 Aug 2011
  • First Look

First Look: August 30

Rice. Additionally, three senior executives were appointed to Ireland's team: Lazarus Angbazo was promoted from president and CEO, sub-Saharan Africa, to president and CEO, GE West, East & Central Africa and Africa commercial leader; Thomas Konditi, a native of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018

materials for its biscuits and chocolate production, and Topbas family would be able to create its own private label dairy products for its nation-wide hard-discount chain BIM. Following Yıldiz Holding’s acquisition of United Biscuits for over $3 billion in 2014, the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 05 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 5, 2009

announcement of a huge and unexpected second quarter loss, the CFO was removed from her post after only seven months in the job. This case explores the challenges faced by a firm leader as she attempts to manage a situation that threatens... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Oct 2006
  • First Look

First Look: October 17, 2006

tremendous pressures in terms of managing time and limited resources, but the particular circumstances of each business made for some specific challenges. Remi Escurel, CFO for Animal Health in Australia and New Zealand and regional View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Jun 2020
  • Book

Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 16 Dec 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Mentoring—Using the Voice of Experience

people who are thinking about it. But the HR director is a very experienced and quite strategic thinker and he's an adviser to the CEO on strategy as well as the CFO and others. SS: How does a small business with limited resources, time... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 7, 2007

Technologies (B) Harvard Business School Supplement 407-093 Supplements the (A) case. Purchase this supplement: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=407093 JetBlue: Prepare for Financing Harvard Business School Case 207-061 The View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 20

commissioned his CFO Bonnie Tu to open the first all-women's bicycle store in Taipei and charged her not only with figuring out the needs of women customers, but also mandating that she turn a profit. "Because your only customers are... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 13

company as an undervalued stock. CEOs and CFOs put themselves in a bind by providing earnings guidance and then making decisions designed to meet Wall Street's expectations for quarterly earnings. When earnings appear to be coming in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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