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  • 03 Sep 2015
  • News

Why Boards Must Look Beyond Shareholders

  • February 1993 (Revised October 1993)
  • Case

Brent Walker Group PLC,The

The Brent Walker Group completed the largest out-of-court restructuring in the United Kingdom. After overexpansion in the 1980s, the company pursued a large acquisition financed with debt and then encountered falling asset prices. With the assistance of the Bank of... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; United Kingdom
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  • 2021
  • Working Paper

Who Closed the Schools?

By: Joshua D. Coval
This paper examines the differences in characteristics between U.S. public schools that opted for virtual instruction because of COVID-19, and schools that did not. Much of the variation can be explained by measures of the degree to which districts favored teachers... View Details
Keywords: Public Education; COVID-19; Virtual Learning; Education; Health Pandemics; Teaching; Internet and the Web; Policy; Outcome or Result; United States
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  • December 2006 (Revised May 2009)
  • Background Note

Project Finance Acronyms

By: Benjamin C. Esty
Contains two parts: Part I contains a list of more than 500 acronyms for official institutions and other project finance terms; Part II contains a description of various interest and debt coverage ratios used in the field of project finance. View Details
Keywords: Project Finance; Borrowing and Debt
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  • Career Coach

Cat Davidson

candid picture of and advice on breaking into the industry, 2) big tech recruiting - she succeeded as an industry outsider to whom the case interview was foreign, and 3) narrowing focus on a job search - she relates to being View Details
  • 02 Aug 2018
  • News

Smaller Grocery Stores Might Be Making A Comeback

    Paul Hamilton

    Paul studies the economic complements needed for firms to realize productivity gains from machine learning and artificial intelligence. These complements include data, human capital & skills, organizational processes, and business models. 
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    • 12 Apr 2012
    • News

    An Innovative Education

    • 13 Sep 2018
    • HBS Seminar

    Nitin Joglekar, Boston University

    • Teaching Interest

    Investment Managment for Professional and Personal Investors

    By: Luis M. Viceira
    IMPPI is suitable for all students interested in gaining a broad perspective on investing and the asset management business, including those targeting careers in asset management and those interested in learning how to become sophisticated consumers of investment... View Details
    • 23 Jun 2016
    • Blog Post

    How I Structured My Second Year at HBS

    Formally trained as an engineer, Matt Holzapfel (MBA 2015) worked at both Sears and Dell in the years before business school. While at HBS he discovered a budding interest in entrepreneurship, and took advantage View Details
    • 2008
    • Case

    Thomas Green:Power, Office Politics and a Career in Crisis

    By: W. Earl Sasser
    The case describes the dilemma of a marketing manager, Thomas Green, who, after being rapidly promoted, is harshly criticized by his boss, Frank Davis. Green and Davis disagree on work styles and market projections. Green believes the sales goals set by Davis are based... View Details
    Keywords: Relationships; Personal Development and Career; Conflict and Resolution; Failure; Accounting; Creativity
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    Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution

    By: Michael A. Wheeler

    Disputes between organizations and among individuals are an all-too-familiar feature of modern life. Lengthy court proceedings consume resources, damage relationships, and often yield outcomes that do not fully satisfy the real needs of the litigants. As a result,... View Details

    • Career Coach

    David Woodman

    David (HBS '92) uses his experience in starting and running media companies to assist students in matching their skills and interests with opportunities in the Media, Sports, and Entertainment sectors.Work Experience: General Manager... View Details
    Keywords: Entertainment / Media; Publishing / Communications / Advertising; Sports
    • 14 Dec 2016
    • Blog Post

    Career Paths: From Finance to Social Enterprise

    Business school was my escape. I saw it as a way out of a career in finance that I could no longer envision myself in. It was an opportunity to open the door to social enterprise, what I saw as the nexus of... View Details
    • June 2013 (Revised June 2014)
    • Case

    Valero Energy Corporation and Tight Oil

    By: Richard H.K. Vietor, Eric Adamson, Aaron Byrd, Ned Chiverton, Mariko Meier and Rob Rain
    Valero Energy, an incredibly successful US refiner, needs to make some decisions about tight oil. As production of light tight oil increases—from Eagle Ford, Bakken and elsewhere—Valero considers whether to add topping capacity to handle it, on top of its recent... View Details
    Keywords: Petroleum; Oil ＆ Gas; Energy; Environment; Refining; Globalization; Tight Oil; Strategy; Natural Environment; Demand and Consumers; Supply and Industry; Policy; Energy Sources; Energy Industry; United States
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    • 02 May 2019
    • News

    When good executives go bad

    • May 2009 (Revised November 2009)
    • Case

    Ralph Nader: When Purpose and Legacy Collide

    By: Nitin Nohria and Umaimah Mendhro
    This case tells the story of Ralph Nader's leadership, from his success as a crusader for consumer interests and active public participation in the political process to his controversial campaigns for the U.S. presidency. View Details
    Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Government and Politics; Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Reputation; Public Opinion; Public Administration Industry
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    David Kay

    David Kay was the first employee and Director of Communications at UPSIDE Foods (formerly Memphis Meats). In his 7.5 years there he wore many hats including in PR, operations, business development, fundraising, marketing, government... View Details
    • September 2013
    • Article

    Women Rising: The Unseen Barriers

    By: Herminia Ibarra, Robin Ely and Deborah Kolb
    Even when CEOs make gender diversity a priority—by setting aspirational goals for the proportion of women in leadership roles, insisting on diverse slates of candidates for senior positions, and developing mentoring and training programs—they are often frustrated by a... View Details
    Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Leadership Development; Working Conditions; Organizational Culture; Gender; Diversity
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