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  • 24 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

By: Kerr, William R., and Ufuk Akcigit Abstract—We build a tractable growth model where multi-product incumbents invest in internal innovations to improve their existing products, while new entrants and incumbents View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • November 2000 (Revised November 2005)
  • Case

Tellme Networks, Inc.

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Nicole Tempest
Tellme, an early-stage, venture-backed company based in Silicon Valley, leverages speech-recognition technologies to provide: 1) a "voice portal" with news and other information accessible through any telephone, and 2) turnkey application development and hosting... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Digital Platforms; Business Conglomerates; Business Startups; Internet and the Web; Venture Capital; Technology Adoption; Internet and the Web; Brands and Branding; Information Technology; Telecommunications Industry; Technology Industry
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  • 22 Jan 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The Immigrant Technologist: Studying Technology Transfer with China

Chinese entrepreneurs educated or trained in the United States remained here to start their companies if they could do so. In Beijing, we met a number of these entrepreneurs who are choosing instead to be based full-time in China, even if they have U.S.-based venture... View Details
Keywords: Re: William R. Kerr; Technology; Computer
  • 10 Feb 2020
  • In Practice

6 Ways That Emerging Technology Is Disrupting Business Strategy

Innovation Science. 2. Technology is propelling business transformation   “While some firms think about technology merely as a different type of capital investment that does not impact their way of doing... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • Web

Entrepreneurial Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research

Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry (also listed under General Management) Michael S. Kaufman , Andy Pforzheimer Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 The Coming of Managerial Capitalism Tom Nicholas Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Entrepreneurial Finance (also... View Details
  • 02 Jul 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Corporate Tax Cuts Don't Increase Middle Class Incomes

they’re more likely to be investing in capital. So, it would increase returns, but those returns are going to the capital owners.” “Compensation and income inequality are very relevant to managers” In the... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
  • Person Page

Course Development

By: Debora L. Spar

Managing International Trade and Investment

Despite the ease with which it is often conducted, doing business across borders is not the same as doing it at home. Rather, it entails a whole new set of managerial challenges: re-assessing competitive... View Details

    Malcolm S. Salter

    Malcolm Salter has been a member of the Harvard Business School faculty since 1967. His teaching and research focus on issues of corporate strategy, organization, and governance.

    In addition to teaching at HBS, he has held faculty positions at the Harvard... View Details

    Keywords: investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry
    • April 2015 (Revised October 2017)
    • Teaching Note

    Buffett's Bid for Media General's Newspapers

    By: Benjamin C. Esty and Annelena Lobb
    On May 12, 2012, BH Media Group, a subsidiary of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, announced an offer to buy Media General's (MEG) newspaper division for $142 million in cash and provide debt financing to the struggling firm. Reactions from investors and industry... View Details
    Keywords: Mergers ＆ Acquisitions; Bankruptcy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Valuation; Capital Structure; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financial Strategy; Risk Management; Executive Compensation; Cash Flow; Business Exit or Shutdown; Media; Advertising; Restructuring; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Publishing Industry; United States
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    • June 2013 (Revised April 2015)
    • Case

    Buffett's Bid for Media General's Newspapers

    By: Benjamin C. Esty and Aldo Sesia
    On May 12, 2012, BH Media Group, a subsidiary of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, announced an offer to buy Media General's (MEG) newspaper division for $142 million in cash and provide debt financing to the struggling firm. Reactions from investors and industry... View Details
    Keywords: Mergers ＆ Acquisitions; Bankruptcy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Valuation; Capital Structure; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financial Strategy; Risk Management; Executive Compensation; Cash Flow; Business Exit or Shutdown; Media; Advertising; Restructuring; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Publishing Industry; United States
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    • December 2012
    • Case

    Trouble Brewing for Green Mountain Coffee Roasters

    By: Suraj Srinivasan and Michael Norris
    In October 2011, noted hedge fund manager David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital delivered a presentation at an investors' conference analyzing the business and accounting quality weaknesses of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters. Until then Green Mountain had exhibited rapid... View Details
    Keywords: Accounting Fraud; Accounting Quality; Accounting Red Flags; Accounting Restatements; Accounting Scandal; Accounting Information; Financial Accounting; Financial Analysts; Financial Analysis; Financial Intermediaries; Hedge Funds; Financial Ratios; Financial Statement Analysis; Valuation Methodologies; Earnings Quality; Accounting; Quality; Earnings Management; Valuation; Crime and Corruption; Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Reporting; Investment Funds; Financial Statements; Food and Beverage Industry
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    • 14 Jul 2015
    • First Look

    First Look: July 14, 2015

    Case 315-109 Pearson Affordable Learning Fund An in-house venture capital fund for affordable private schools at the base of the pyramid established by Pearson, the world's largest education company, PALF sought to View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • September 2006 (Revised November 2006)
    • Supplement

    SUN Brewing (A) (CW)

    The Khemka family of India--founders, managers, and majority owners of Russia-based SUN Brewing--faces a difficult decision in 1998. Following the ruble's massive devaluation in August 1998, the stock price of SUN brewing, which is publicly listed on the Luxemburg... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Crisis; Emerging Markets; Family Business; Financing and Loans; Capital Markets; Decision Choices and Conditions; Food and Beverage Industry; India; Russia
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    • Web

    In The Classroom - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

    Case 207-084 Selling Biovail Short By: Malcolm P. Baker , Chris Lombardi & Aldo Sesia NOV 2006 | Harvard Business School Case 207-071 Fortress Investment Group By: Malcolm P. Baker , Carlos M. Galvez & James Quinn JAN 2008 | Harvard... View Details
    • 01 Jun 2024
    • News

    Alumni Achievement Awards 2024

    his investments in Eastern Air Lines and what became McDonnell Douglas. He decided, hey, let’s have this HBS guy come clean up the files. My salary was $6,500 a year. And that began a 45-year relationship.” In the beginning: Venrock was... View Details
    • Web

    Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory

    annual conservation needs. What role should investment capital play? What role should TNC play? Key Themes: Impact investing is option proposed a new “tool” for... View Details
    • 16 Apr 2001
    • Research & Ideas

    Breaking the Code of Change

    overhead, and it was planning an additional layoff of 8,300 employees at the time Dunlap took over. At the same time it invested in new paper machines and attempted to consolidate its global position by acquiring several foreign... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Beer & Nitin Nohria
    • 25 Jun 2020
    • Blog Post

    Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles

    but also completed his undergraduate degree at Harold Washington College and Northwestern University, including internships in consulting and investment banking. HOME REGION Manassas, VA UNDERGRAD EDUCATION Northwestern University... View Details
    • Web

    Tata Hall | About

    learning about the company’s diverse operations along the way. In 1991 he became the group’s fifth chairman, succeeding his uncle, J.R.D. Tata, who had headed the business since 1938. Described by Bloomberg View as representing “Indian View Details
    • 30 May 2005
    • Research & Ideas

    Six Steps for Making Your Threat Credible

    reputational capital often entails sacrificing short-term gains in return for long-term profit. For example, some negotiators are habitually straightforward, guarding their integrity with great care despite the potential for short-term... View Details
    Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra