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- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Books
Back to the Drawing Board by Colin B. Carter and Jay W. Lorsch (Harvard Business School Press) Corporate boards are frequent targets of criticism in the wake of recent corporate scandals. But in their new... View Details
- 09 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 9
agreement to give ownership of the Canal back to Panama in the 1970s was not a gesture of magnanimity, but because the strategic and economic value of ownership had since disappeared. In a surprise to those who argued that it was... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
matter as well? What kind of corporate citizen you are, what kind of employer you are, whether you are a steward of and not a destroyer of the environment, and of your communities? Don’t people prefer to work for and do business with a... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
New Releases
professor Sumantra Ghoshal. In The Differentiated Network: Organizing Multinational Corporations for Value Creation, Nohria and Ghoshal assert that the traditional, hierarchical "spoke-and-hub" forms of... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
Five Receive 2013 HBS Alumni Achievement Award
School has selected a number of outstanding men and women to receive its most important honor, the Alumni Achievement Award. Throughout their careers, these distinguished graduates have contributed significantly to their companies and communities while upholding the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Fall Reunions
today. In mentioning the School's Leadership and Values Initiative, Clark noted, “The world rightly holds us to a higher standard. And so we must have great aspirations.” With more than thirty faculty presentations and panels to chose... View Details
- 04 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Lose Money With Customers
Investors diligently manage financial portfolios to maximize returns on their assets; yet corporate managers who invariably proclaim their business customers to be "valuable assets" rarely manage their relationships with them... View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs
- 06 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
How to Do Away with the Dangers of Outsourcing
The recent collapse of the eight-story Rana Plaza garment factory in Bangladesh was a red alert for every company that has embraced the "virtual organization" model and the outsourcing that goes with it. The lure of the model is obvious. Virtual View Details
- 19 May 2016
- Blog Post
Finding the Path: Making Space for Reflection During Recruiting
balance. While it's critical to love and enjoy the work, you also have to consider your level of skill and the prospects for continuous improvement, how the work is valued by society, and the daily rhythm that the job creates. After about... View Details
Keywords: Consulting
- 15 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
Deconstructing the Price Tag
consumers tend to value the product more." Mohan is an author of the paper Lifting the Veil: The Benefits of Cost Transparency, written with HBS assistant professors Ryan W. Buell and Leslie K. John. Intimate Disclosure Since cost... View Details
- January 2024 (Revised May 2024)
- Case
Pioneer Natural Resources: Enhancing the Capital Return Strategy with Variable Dividends
In February 2021, Scott Sheffield, the CEO of Pioneer Natural Resources (an independent oil and gas company based in Texas), was considering the possibility of enhancing the firm’s capital return strategy by introducing a variable dividend tied to cash flows in... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Finance; Cash Flow; Financial Management; Financial Strategy; Value Creation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Investment Return; Profit; Policy; Business and Shareholder Relations; Energy Industry; United States; North America; Texas
Esty, Benjamin C., Elisabeth Kempf, and E. Scott Mayfield. "Pioneer Natural Resources: Enhancing the Capital Return Strategy with Variable Dividends." Harvard Business School Case 224-001, January 2024. (Revised May 2024.)
- April 2019
- Teaching Note
The a2 Milk Company
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel Fisher
The a2 Milk Company (a2MC) became the most valuable company listed on the New Zealand stock exchange in 2018 by capitalizing on a biochemical discovery related to the protein composition of cow's milk. Because many people find the A1 protein difficult to digest, and... View Details
Keywords: Judo Economics; Market Entry; Innovation; Barriers To Response; Industry Attractiveness; Advantage Horizon; Sustainability; First-mover Advantage; Scope; Strategy Execution; Strategic Evolution; Biochemistry; Genetics; Branding; Commodity; Milk; Dairy; Infant Formula; Farming; Porter's Five Forces; Market Entry and Exit; Disruption; Innovation and Invention; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Strategy; Value Creation; Competition; Brands and Branding; Five Forces Framework; Consumer Products Industry; New Zealand; Australia; China
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Gardella Joins Alumni Career Services
Previously, Gardella had served for five years as an outplacement consultant and trainer for a variety of firms, including Polymer Technology Corporation and Stratus Computer, Inc. "My mission," he explains, "is to increase the visibility... View Details
Keywords: Caroline Chauncey
- Web
Winning with Digital Platforms Online Course | HBS Online
. Overview Syllabus Enrollment Stories FAQs Enroll Now Key Concepts Define what platforms are and how they create and capture value Understand network effects and how to leverage them to achieve growth Discover how to launch, scale, and... View Details
- Profile
Farah Ahmed
Going outside of her comfort zone, Farah Ahmed, MBA 2015, put nine hours of distance between herself and her family, her friends, and the corporate networking opportunities she would otherwise have in her company's Houston office, to gain... View Details
- 27 Jan 2011
- News
The Joys of Cooking
THE JOYS OF COOKING: Bibi Kasrai (MBA '96) has hit an entrepreneurial sweet spot as the Harvard Cookie Girl. After years in high-tech marketing and non-profit fundraising, Bibi Kasrai (MBA ’96) found a way to blend her talent for business with her passion for cooking.... View Details
- 25 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 25, 2006
pursued flexible business strategies beyond its "core" business, even distributing condoms. It maintained a high standard of corporate ethics. It was effective at building contacts with local business and government elites,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- August 1994
- Case
Intuit, Inc.
The merger of two computer software firms with very rapidly growing non-overlapping products makes great strategic sense, but presents difficult valuation and accounting problems. How can a firm pay $225 million to acquire another firm with negligible current earnings,... View Details
Keywords: Valuation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Applications and Software; Accounting; Financial Strategy; Goodwill Accounting; Corporate Finance; Information Technology Industry; United States
Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Intuit, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 295-028, August 1994.
- January 2016 (Revised January 2019)
- Supplement
The Allergan Board Under Fire (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine, Suraj Srinivasan, John C. Coates and David Lane
In 2014, the Allergan Inc. board of directors received a surprise takeover offer from Valeant Pharmaceuticals in alliance with hedge fund activist Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management. In the unprecedented arrangement between an acquirer and a hedge fund... View Details
Keywords: Allergan, Inc.; Valeant; Ackman; Pershing Square; Tender Offer; Activist Investors; Business Models; R＆D; Board Of Directors; Securities Litigation; Acquisition Strategy; Takeover Defenses; Hedge Funds; Shareholder Rights; Proxy Contest; Shareholder Special Meetings; Legal Issues In Contested Takeovers; Corporate Governance; Investment Activism; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Business Model; Business and Shareholder Relations; Valuation; Pharmaceutical Industry
Paine, Lynn S., Suraj Srinivasan, John C. Coates, and David Lane. "The Allergan Board Under Fire (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 316-029, January 2016. (Revised January 2019.)
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Faculty Books
of international capital markets. Several cases go inside multinational firms to consider how hedging strategies can be devised, how to value assets around the world, and how to pursue major financings that capitalize on distinct legal... View Details