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A Journey of Discovery, Teamwork, and Impact with FIELD Global Immersion - MBA

Sciences Partners & Families Peek SVMP Social Enterprise Student Life Student Loans Student Profile Sustainability Video Blog Industries Industries Architecture Construction Consulting Consumer Packaged... View Details
  • 23 Aug 2016
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August 23, 2016

his firm had a large investment in FANUC Corporation, a leading producer of industrial robots and software for machine tools. Loeb was demanding that the Japanese firm change its financial and governance... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2010
  • Casebook

Global Capital and National Institutions: Crisis and Choice in the International Financial Architecture

By: Laura Alfaro
All managers face a business environment in which international and macroeconomic phenomena matter. International capital flows can significantly affect countries' development efforts and provide clear investment opportunities for businesses. During the 1990s and early... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Capital; International Finance; Globalized Economies and Regions; Policy; Government and Politics; Business and Government Relations
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  • August 2019
  • Background Note

Note on Shared Ownership

By: Ethan Bernstein and Nick Rekenthaler
While several tactics can drive company performance by instilling a sense of shared ownership among employees, perhaps the most direct is to actually share ownership with employees. Many public and private companies across industries have done just that, and studies... View Details
Keywords: Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Human Resources; Employees; Human Capital; Ownership; Cooperative Ownership; Employee Ownership; Customer Ownership; Governance
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  • September 1997 (Revised August 2007)
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Bankruptcy and Restructuring at Marvel Entertainment Group

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Jason Auerbach
Marvel Entertainment Group is the leading comic book publisher in the United States, with superheros like Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk, the X-Men, and Captain America. It is also one of the leading manufacturers of sports and entertainment trading cards under the... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Decision Choices and Conditions; Borrowing and Debt; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Governance Controls; Courts and Trials; Planning; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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A Guided Experience into the World of Entrepreneurship - MBA

Sciences Partners & Families Peek SVMP Social Enterprise Student Life Student Loans Student Profile Sustainability Video Blog Industries Industries Architecture Construction Consulting Consumer Packaged... View Details
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Alternative Investments Course | HBS Online

simulation 6-7 hrs Module 4 Real Estate Understand how real estate differs from the rest of the alternatives space and the types of real estate investments. Highlights Real Estate Industry Rick's Dilemma Show Hide Details Concepts... View Details
  • 05 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 5

role of firms as facilitators of globalization during the nineteenth century and more recently and as preservers of it when governments sought to close it down in the interwar years. However the ability of firms to shape the world was... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Oct 2017
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New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017

this new stream of research, which focuses on two related but distinct themes. The earliest theme to be explored, in a literature dating from the 1990s, is the story of how and why some conventional industries sought to become less... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Mar 2018
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March 13, 2018

Consequences of Mandatory Corporate Sustainability Reporting By: Ioannou, Ioannis, and George Serafeim Abstract—A key aspect of the governance process inside organizations and markets is the measurement and disclosure of important metrics... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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My HBS Student Loan Story: Ina Foalea (MBA 2018) - MBA

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Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory

of current and future teachers, calls for values-motivated screening or divestment always posed an inherently complex challenge. Having spearheaded the development of Principles for a Responsible Civilian Firearm Industry released on... View Details
  • October 2024
  • Teaching Plan

Teamworks: Tackling a Forecasting Fumble

By: Lou Shipley and Stacy Straaberg
In late March 2018, Teamworks CEO Zach Maurides learned Q1 2018 sales were at risk for a large forecasting miss. Founded in 2004, Teamworks’s software application assisted support staff in messaging, scheduling, and sharing documents with collegiate and professional... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Communication Strategy; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Business Cycles; Technological Innovation; Sports; Growth and Development Strategy; Resource Allocation; Marketing; Sales; Business Strategy; Expansion; Sports Industry; Sports Industry; United States; North Carolina
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  • 04 Feb 2022
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Beyond the Cold War: Reinventing Socialism in 5 Countries

Although many view socialism through the rigid lens of Soviet orthodoxy, it has always been a work in progress and an evolving and adaptable ideology on a global scale, says Harvard Business School Marvin Bower Associate Professor Jeremy Friedman. In his new book, Ripe... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Mar 2024
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books You Got This! A Straightforward, No-Nonsense Playbook for Crushing 130+ Workplace Challenges By Heidi Abelli (MBA 1993) Palmetto Publishing Stepping into the corporate world can feel like navigating a labyrinth, especially when... View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 31 May 2011
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First Look: May 31

  PublicationsDo Voters Demand Responsive Governments? Evidence from Indian Disaster Relief Authors:Shawn Cole, Andrew Healy, and Eric Werker Publication:Journal of Development Economics (forthcoming) Abstract Using rainfall, public relief, and election data from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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New Levels of Capitalism: Finance - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

Railroads Finance Management Business Analysts Mass Distribution Mergers & Syndicates Research Links New Levels of Capitalism: Finance The rapidly growing industry required an extraordinary amount of capital for construction and... View Details
  • April 2016 (Revised June 2017)
  • Teaching Note

Dollar General Bids for Family Dollar

By: Jonas Heese, Paula A. Price and Suraj Srinivasan
In spring 2015, Dollar General CEO Rick Dreiling was looking ahead to retiring at year's end but worried about ensuring continued growth for the company he had built since 2008 into a market leader in the U.S. discount retail world. Dollar General operated over 11,500... View Details
Keywords: Dollar General; Family Dollar; Dollar Tree; Antitrust; Board Of Directors; Activist Investors; Federal Trade Commission; Acquisition; Valuation; Corporate Strategy; Retail Industry
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5 Worries I Had about Applying to HBS - MBA

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  • 12 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 12

delayed. Additional tests show that the GQ project's effect operates in part through a stronger sorting of land-intensive industries from nodal districts to non-nodal districts located on the GQ network. The GQ upgrades further helped... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne