Publications

Portrait Project

Michael Holt

"Once you jump, you're already dead. Now change the outcome," said my jumpmaster when I completed my first skydiving solo jump. That moment, I discovered the enlightened thrill of putting your life in your own hands, leaving no one else responsible for your... View Details

November 1998 (Revised December 1998)
Case

Holts (B), The

By: Howard H. Stevenson

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

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November 1998
Case

Holts (A), The

By: Howard H. Stevenson

Focuses on the decision of whether to sell a business or to continue it. Issues regarding the family's roles, the replacement of the business's earning power, and the owner's future roles are discussed. Among the issues raised are the values being transmitted. View Details

Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Family Business; Financial Management; Business or Company Management; Value

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July 2006 (Revised September 2012)
Teaching Note

Holt Lunsford Commercial (TN)

By: Arthur I Segel

Teaching Note for case number 804012. View Details

06 Dec 2024
News

Asklepios holt Harvard-Experten für neue Patienten-Steuerung

01 Jun 2003
News

Male Consumers as Man-of-Action Heroes

products and activities that help them escape the daily pressures of families and careers, in order to become rebels for a day. But in a working paper titled “Man–of–Action Heroes: How the American Ideology of Manhood Structures Men’s Consumption,” HBS assistant... View Details

Keywords: Douglas; Holt; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

Awards

Amazon Best Books of the Year: Business & Investing

By: Anita Elberse

Awarded Amazon’s "Best Books of 2013," Business and Investing category, for Blockbusters: Hit-making, Risk-taking, and the Big Business of Entertainment (Henry Holt and Company). View Details

24 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Building ’Brandtopias’—How Top Brands Tap into Society

Customers value some of the most powerful brands in the world primarily for their "cultural value": They provide imaginative resources that people use to build their identities. These are what Harvard Business School professor Douglas View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

02 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Have Marketers Ignored America’s Man-of-Action Hero?

Douglas B. Holt says brand managers have little appreciation for how myths in American culture can be used to create "extraordinary" brand-building opportunities. In this e-mail interview, Holt... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

April 2015 (Revised December 2015)
Case

Resuscitating Monitter

By: Benjamin Edelman and Wei Sun

After a Twitter API change and policy change block his fledgling startup, solo entrepreneur Alex Holt evaluates his options. Should he double-down with a major investment in new servers, rewriting his app from scratch, and charging users for a service that he had... View Details

Keywords: Platform Strategy; Envelopment; Dependence; Social Media; Business Strategy; Vertical Integration; Information Technology; Digital Platforms; Advertising Industry; Information Technology Industry; Australia

January 2008 (Revised October 2010)
Case

Sara Campbell Ltd. (A)

By: Romana Autrey, V.G. Narayanan and Julia Rozovsky

Describes a situation in which Sara Campbell, the CEO of a women's apparel company, must decide how to resolve the tense relationship with her Financial Controller and ex-brother-in-law, Stephen Holt. Holt was employed by Campbell for 10 years, took on the majority of... View Details

Keywords: Accounting; Judgments; Governance Controls; Employee Relationship Management; Behavior; Apparel and Accessories Industry

Inconsistencies in accounting treatment across countries are a major obstacle for global equity investment. Founded in 1985, HOLT is an equity valuation service provider that offers its clients (e.g., global equity investors) a consistent performance metrics from... View Details

11 Oct 2013
News

Book Excerpt: Harvard Business School Professor Reveals the Hidden Truth About Hits

January 1999 (Revised July 2003)
Case

Shady Trail

By: Arthur I Segel

Holt Lunsford was intrigued by the packet of papers that lay in front of him. The papers comprised a brochure that Lonestar Bank had put together in an effort to sell the Shady Trail Distribution Center in Dallas, Texas. Shady Hill was a five-year-old,... View Details

Keywords: Investment; Acquisition; Buildings and Facilities; Property; Partners and Partnerships; Decision Choices and Conditions; Distribution Industry; Real Estate Industry; Texas