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- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
Once the hub of American manufacturing, Detroit is in a long state of economic decline. The rubber finally hit the road last week, when the city filed for bankruptcy protection. The challenges ahead for those that call the Motor City home... View Details
- 23 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 23
Abstract This chapter describes the concept of integrated reporting, provides a brief history of its development, reviews the current state of practice, presents a strategy for institutional change that will accelerate the adoption of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Nov 2024
- Book
Building the Road to 'Small Business Utopia' with AI and Fintech
on thousands of business owners in similar industries, what if this bot could help a business owner head off perilous trends and chart a plan for success? We call this future state “Small Business Utopia.” It may be that this name... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Books
the world as an economic miracle driven by better approaches to management and a seemingly superior form of capitalism. As HBS professor Michael Porter and his coauthors Hirotaka Takeuchi and Mariko Sakakibara state in their new book,... View Details
- January 2014
- Case
Maricopa, Inc.: Finding the Right Treatment for Growth
The founders of Maricopa, Inc., a startup that sold proprietary hair-care products directly to salons, were preparing a board presentation to address the young company's inability to meet financial projections. While the products had caught on with customers, the... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Financial Condition; Venture Capital; Financial Strategy; Financing and Loans; Expansion; Planning; Fashion Industry; Iowa
Sahlman, William A., Thomas R. Eisenmann, Joseph B. Fuller, and Shikhar Ghosh. "Maricopa, Inc.: Finding the Right Treatment for Growth." Harvard Business School Case 314-065, January 2014.
- 15 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Health Care Conundrum
services as well as information that assesses the relative value delivered by providers. Because the United States has competition in health care, we would expect to see improving value, but we see just the opposite. Value-based... View Details
- 30 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Reunions: Accelerating Climate Solutions with Professor Jim Matheson (MBA 2001)
Al Gore stated nearly 20 years ago, these facts remain “Inconvenient”. 2. We Have Solutions, a Roadmap and Plenty of Opportunity - there exist a significant number of frameworks, solutions, strategies and motivating examples that can... View Details
- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
examine the legal basis of applicable rights and identify the circumstances in which such transfers are permitted. Publisher's link: http://www.benedelman.org/publications/legal-aspects-of-transfer-of-ips-may2013.pdf 2006 Review of Financial Studies The Price of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Untold Story of ‘Green’ Entrepreneurs
considerably," says Jones. "But it doesn't appear to be a great driver at all." California was a hotbed of wind turbine development in the 1970s and 80s, yet far from the list of states ranked by wind resources. Areas with... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 15
PublicationsDo Strong Fences Make Strong Neighbors? Authors:Mihir Desai and Dhammika Dharmapala Publication:National Tax Journal 63 (December 2010) Abstract Many features of U.S. tax policy towards multinational firms—including the governing principle of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Taiwan Club President Thrives on Region's Entrepreneurial Energy
"Taiwan today is an exciting place to be in business," said Benjamin P.L. Feng (MBA 1975), managing director of All Asia Partners, a venture capital firm headquartered in Taipei. At HBS this fall to attend his 25th Reunion, Feng took time... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Profits and Purpose
second-year MBA course Reimagining Capitalism in 2012, Rebecca Henderson, the John and Natty McArthur University Professor, has been helping students explore the roles that the corporation and its leaders can play in addressing these... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Enabling the Dream of Building A Healthy Future for India
opportunities in relation to other countries. She also notes that Leadership and Organizational Behavior “opened my eyes to my own internal leadership strengths and weaknesses.” “I want to build a healthy future for India,” states... View Details
- 14 Jan 2002
- Research & Ideas
Countries on the Cusp: The Power of Nationalism
What does nationalism mean for the world economy? And what does it have to say in a world of ever-increasing globalization? We recently put those questions to political scientist and HBS professor Rawi Abdelal. His new book, National Purpose in the World Economy:... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
Buy Now, Pay Later: The Secondary Credit Market
universally recognized symbol was three golden balls. In twenty-first century China, where the demand for investment capital exceeds the capacity of the nation’s state-controlled financial sector, pawnshops and other informal sources of... View Details
- December 2002 (Revised October 2013)
- Case
Williams, 2002
By: Joshua Coval, Robin Greenwood and Peter Tufano
Williams, a Tulsa, Oklahoma-based firm in various energy businesses, must decide whether to accept a financing package offered by Berkshire Hathaway and Lehman Brothers. The proposed one-year credit facility would provide the firm with financial resources in a... View Details
Keywords: Financial Management; Crisis Management; Credit; Capital Structure; Financial Strategy; Financing and Loans; Financial Instruments; Energy Industry; United States
Coval, Joshua, Robin Greenwood, and Peter Tufano. "Williams, 2002." Harvard Business School Case 203-068, December 2002. (Revised October 2013.)
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Making It Possible to Explore and Grow
opportunity to learn how to raise institutional capital for their businesses. In two inaugural cohorts that summer— one in San Francisco, the other in New York City —18 female entrepreneurs participated in 12 workshop sessions organized... View Details
- Profile
Tyler Todd
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I love my engineering background, but my long-term goals of senior management and running my own company necessitated that I learn how to make sound business decisions. While you can learn finance or accounting basics... View Details
- 14 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Trust the Process, and Trust Yourself Even More: Interview with Wellness and Empowerment Leader, Dilan Gomih (MBA 2019)
sense, and this made sense to me,” she said. “I realized that there was some use of myself that I didn’t fully understand, and I wanted to learn the business of wellness.” With conviction, Gomih states that the decision to attend HBS was... View Details
- 01 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018
combined this bold national goal with an accountability structure (incentive plan) built on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), as more typically done at a company level. A key case protagonist is Ohood Al Roumi: the UAE and the world's first dedicated Minister of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne