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Maren Quezada
“It was a big setback. I couldn’t get financial aid, I couldn't finish school or get a job. When I went to adult school to learn English, I was looking for next steps, not big dreams.” But night school quickly turned into coursework at a... View Details
- 21 Jul 2015
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First Look: July 21, 2015
Publications In press Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes When Doing Good Is Bad in Gift-giving: Mis-predicting Appreciation of Socially-responsible Gifts By: Cavanaugh, A., F. Gino, and G.J. Fitzsimons Abstract—Gifts... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- February 2006 (Revised August 2006)
- Case
Auctioning Morningstar
By: Malcolm P. Baker and James Quinn
Morningstar, a publisher of data and ratings for mutual fund investors, is considering an auction-based approach to the company's upcoming IPO, with management weighing the risks and benefits of the auction approach vs. a traditional underwritten offering. View Details
Keywords: Financial Strategy; Initial Public Offering; Stock Shares; Cost vs Benefits; Strategy; Auctions; Business or Company Management; Conflict of Interests; Publishing Industry
Baker, Malcolm P., and James Quinn. "Auctioning Morningstar." Harvard Business School Case 206-023, February 2006. (Revised August 2006.)
- 10 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 10, 2007
was concerned, however, that the firm's success, and the changing landscape of the financial services industry, were challenging the core aspects of the strategy that had brought the firm so far. He knew that the impending strategic View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- November 2003 (Revised November 2004)
- Case
Ottawa Devices, Inc. (B)
By: Henry B. Reiling and Harry Clegg Midgley IV
The Rollins family assembly was meeting to discuss and decide which one or combination from among an estate freeze, installment sale of stock, ESOP (employee stock ownership plan), leveraged capitalization, annual gifts of stock, one-time outright gift of stock, or... View Details
Keywords: Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Property; Mergers and Acquisitions; Decision Choices and Conditions; Stocks; Business Exit or Shutdown; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Family Business; Human Needs; Financial Strategy; Manufacturing Industry
Reiling, Henry B., and Harry Clegg Midgley IV. "Ottawa Devices, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 204-102, November 2003. (Revised November 2004.)
- 16 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 16
Managing such a firm in the era of globalization posed enormous challenges. The book covers the company's strategies and provides compelling evidence of its decision making, marketing, brand management, innovation, acquisition strategies,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Sustainable Investing - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Sustainable Investing Course Number 1495 Senior Lecturer Vikram Gandhi Fall; Q2; 1.5 credits Paper/project The course won the 2021 Teaching Recognition Award for Excellence in Sustainable Finance Education from the View Details
- 23 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 23
suppliers and selling them to buyers). We model this as a choice between whether control rights over a non-contractible decision variable (the level of marketing activities) are better held by suppliers (the marketplace-mode) or by the... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
HBS Curricula Explore the Complexities of Innovation
and evaluate data-driven insights to inform managerial decisions. Giving Executives New Insight Through its Executive Education programs, taught on campus and online, HBS is advancing business leaders’ knowledge of the digital world, giving them the skills and insight... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 23 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 23, 2008
welfare. Yet, our understanding of this decision is limited. Using an instrumental variables strategy and dataset new to this literature, we provide the first precise, causal estimates of the effects of education on View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Mark Mason (MBA 1995)
different perspectives. But I’m also willing to take ownership. That’s not in contradiction to the first point. Leaders have to make decisions and provide vision and direction to motivate people to execute. Unlike the last crisis, which... View Details
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Andrew Goldin
faculty were." Though a relative newcomer to business, Andrew has found his teaching experience relevant to his class work. "In case after case," he says, "my experiences as a teacher have been directly applicable to the View Details
- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
here’s where the historical philanthropic paradigm gets turned upside down: Rodríguez wants IGNIA investors to get real financial returns on their money. Not just make their money back—money that can be reinvested—but maybe even beat the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Letters to the Editor
are 1.57 billion Muslims in the world; a very small number have extreme views, and even fewer act on them. In my own life, through speaking engagements, op-ed articles, and financial support, I focus on three areas that I think... View Details
- November 2010
- Supplement
Dow's Bid for Rohm and Haas (CW)
By: Benjamin C. Esty
Spreadsheet Supplement for 211020. View Details
- 09 Nov 2017
- News
A Chance to Lead
in the mutual fund business. An opportunity that in many ways you couldn't make up. Somebody came and went as the president pretty quickly in that era, and I sort of quickly replaced him. I was young—30, I guess—and formally became the chief View Details
- August 2003
- Article
When Does the Market Matter? Stock Prices and the Investment of Equity-Dependent Firms
By: Malcolm Baker, Jeremy Stein and Jeffrey Wurgler
We use a simple model of corporate investment to determine when investment will be sensitive to non-fundamental movements in stock prices. The key cross-sectional prediction of the model is that stock prices will have a stronger impact on the investment of firms that... View Details
Baker, Malcolm, Jeremy Stein, and Jeffrey Wurgler. "When Does the Market Matter? Stock Prices and the Investment of Equity-Dependent Firms." Quarterly Journal of Economics 118, no. 3 (August 2003): 969–1006.
- 16 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 16, 2008
estate firms' decisions to provide investment property fair values prior to the required disclosure of this information under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). We find evidence that... View Details
- 05 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
It’s Alive! Business Scholars Turn to Experimental Research
behavioral research from CEOs, policymakers, and high-stakes decision makers." —Francesca Gino "It's always been obvious to social scientists and business scholars that there are lots of things that you can't learn in the laboratory, but... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
All Hands on Deck
been upended by the global pandemic. We wanted to provide flexibility to those whose employment, health, visa, or financial situation may have changed significantly since they applied,” says Chad Losee (MBA 2013), managing director of MBA... View Details
Keywords: Jen Mele