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- 09 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Challenge of the Multi-site Nonprofit
unique characteristics that differentiate them from for-profit concerns: The real value creators for nonprofits are the dispersed units, where money is raised and good deeds accomplished. With for-profits, headquarters is usually where... View Details
Keywords: by 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.)
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Gender Backlash: Does Exposure to Female Labor Market Participation Fuel Gender Conservatism? - Blog: RGE Report
Female Labor Market Participation Fuel Gender Conservatism? tag RGE Blog In the decades since women began entering the corporate workforce at higher rates, our society’s gender dynamics have begun to shift dramatically. Women’s... View Details
- 09 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Does Misery Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off
Corporations have responded to society's plea to provide innovative solutions to deep-seated problems of human misery. Organization and management scholarship can play an important role in understanding and guiding this View Details
Keywords: by Joshua D. Margolis & James P. Walsh
- 14 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Polluters, Encouraging Protectors
Citizens, industrial polluters, and scholars do not usually see eye to eye—but that may change with a new Web site that monitors corporate environmental performance in the United States. According to the university professors who created... View Details
- 26 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Clear Eye for Innovation
The Roman god Janus had two sets of eyes—one pair focusing on what lay behind, the other on what lay ahead. General managers and corporate executives should be able to relate. They, too, must constantly look backward, attending to the... View Details
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Leading Change and Organizational Renewal | HBS Online
career by learning to respond to external shifts, drive transformation, and lead change initiatives within your organization. "HBS Online courses are excellent for anyone who wishes to learn more about a particular subject area or further develop their career." Corina... View Details
- 05 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
In Praise of Marketing
latent or explicit. It involves branding these products and services, communicating their benefits to intermediaries and end consumers, and distributing them. All of these activities involve value creation. In return, producers extract... View Details
- 04 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Tapping into “Nontraditional” Private Equity and Venture Capital Talent at HBS
work, so I approached my search explaining that I may not have an investing background, but I have unique and technical knowledge in this space that you need, so I add value here and can learn new skills,” said Sheil. She advises other... View Details
- 22 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23
incumbents must ensure that they do not become self-complacent but instead look to renew themselves through corporate entrepreneurship (sometimes also called intrapreneurship). Many books and articles document the overall importance of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
has opened satellite offices in Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Chennai to serve a client roster of more than 40,000 employees from among its growing list of corporate clients. If We Had Only Known INDIA RISING: iTrust’s View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Kash Rangan
CSR often cite Milton Friedman, who famously said that “the social responsibility of business is to increase profits.” Do you agree? I absolutely think it’s too narrow a view. In the decade of the ’90s, maximizing shareholder value became... View Details
- 12 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019
successful dual-purpose companies build a commitment to creating both economic and social value into their core activities. This approach, which they call hybrid organizing, includes: setting and monitoring social goals alongside... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Networked Incubators: Hothouses of the New Economy
mechanisms of a properly designed incubator transcend any individual's capacity to network. To summarize, networked incubators provide value through preferential network access while fostering entrepreneurial drive and offering economies... View Details
- Profile
Behrad Mahdi
able to have an impact." HBS, says Behrad, "felt like the right fit." What's impressed him the most about HBS is the regular, sustained discipline of the case method. "Each day is different," Behrad says. "But whether the subject is... View Details
- 03 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 3
quite limited. The best path forward involves extensive experimentation and careful evaluation. Publisher's link: http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/I/bo18508109.html August 2013 Advances in Strategic Management The Effect of Institutional Factors on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Estate Finance Spring 2025 Q4 1.5 Stuart C. Gilson Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring Finance Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Paul Gompers Entrepreneurship Outside the Valley Entrepreneurial Management,... View Details
- February 2009 (Revised June 2010)
- Background Note
Note on Measuring Controlling Shareholder's Ownership, Voting, and Control Rights
Founders and their families can raise equity without relinquishing control of their companies through the use of mechanisms such as dual-class stock, pyramidal ownership, voting agreements, and disproportionate board representation. The use of these mechanisms in... View Details
Keywords: Equity; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Measurement and Metrics; Ownership Stake; Business and Shareholder Relations; Valuation
Villalonga, Belen. "Note on Measuring Controlling Shareholder's Ownership, Voting, and Control Rights." Harvard Business School Background Note 209-109, February 2009. (Revised June 2010.)
- 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