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- 06 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017
grocery and dry goods, such as canned foods and boxed breakfast cereals. It was not until after World War II that the majority of American grocers adopted self-service to meat View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017
Business School’s Ranjay Gulati looks at how it tackled the challenge. He identifies several important takeaways for other multinationals: Give the local organizations clout, embrace creative abrasion, build strong functions, View Details
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Carmen Nobel
- 18 Sep 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
What Do We Know About Corporate Headquarters? A Review, Integration, and Research Agenda
- Article
Resources and Relationships in Entrepreneurship: An Exchange Theory of the Development and Effects of the Entrepreneur-Investor Relationship
By: Laura Huang and Andrew P. Knight
We develop a theoretical model, grounded in exchange theory, about the process through which relationships between entrepreneurs and investors develop and influence the growth of new ventures. Our theory highlights the multifaceted relationships that entrepreneurs and...
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Entrepreneurship;
Relationships;
Business Startups;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Theory
Huang, Laura, and Andrew P. Knight. "Resources and Relationships in Entrepreneurship: An Exchange Theory of the Development and Effects of the Entrepreneur-Investor Relationship." Academy of Management Review 42, no. 1 (January 2017): 80–102.
- 31 Aug 2021
- Book
Feeling Powerless at Work? Time to Agitate, Innovate, and Orchestrate
Although CEOs hold positions of power, many can feel powerless in certain ways—particularly when it comes to influencing the behaviors and performance of their employees. Yet perhaps they aren’t taking the time to understand what drives...
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by Jay Fitzgerald
- 2014
- Working Paper
Who Runs the International System? Power and the Staffing of the United Nations Secretariat
By: Paul Novosad and Eric Werker
National governments frequently pull strings to get their citizens appointed to senior positions in international institutions. We examine, over a 60 year period, the nationalities of the most senior positions in the United Nations Secretariat, ostensibly the world's...
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Novosad, Paul, and Eric Werker. "Who Runs the International System? Power and the Staffing of the United Nations Secretariat." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-018, September 2014.
- October 2009 (Revised November 2009)
- Case
Acciona and the Battle for Control of Endesa
Acciona, S.A. is a global infrastructure and renewable energy conglomerate that is publicly traded in Spain and controlled by the Entrecanales family. In 2006, the company joined the highly politicized cross-border takeover battle for Spain's largest electric utility,...
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Mergers and Acquisitions;
Business Conglomerates;
Renewable Energy;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Ownership Stake;
Business and Government Relations;
Business Strategy;
Energy Industry;
Utilities Industry;
Spain
Villalonga, Belen, and Rachelle Silverberg. "Acciona and the Battle for Control of Endesa." Harvard Business School Case 210-029, October 2009. (Revised November 2009.)
- 31 Jan 2014
- News
Where will young people live when they're old and gray?
- 27 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes
Harvard Business School professors often travel into the field to conduct business research, but it's a safe bet none have had the experience of Professor Robin Ely. She and...
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- March 2011
- Supplement
H Partners and Six Flags (B)
By: Robin Greenwood and Michael Gorzynski
Rehan Jaffer, the founder of hedge fund H Partners, is considering what to do with his investment in Six Flags. H Partners had invested a significant amount of the firm's capital in the senior bonds of U.S.-based Six Flags, following that company's bankruptcy filing.
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Equity;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Price;
Acquisition;
Decisions;
Borrowing and Debt;
Investment Funds;
Opportunities;
Bonds;
Investment Activism;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Greenwood, Robin, and Michael Gorzynski. "H Partners and Six Flags (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 211-096, March 2011.
- 21 Nov 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017
flows between markets and prices of risk become more closely aligned. While prices in the directly impacted market initially overreact to the supply shock, we show that prices in related asset classes...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 2021
- Working Paper
Trade and the Single Car Market: The EC-Japan Elements of Consensus, 1985–1999
By: Grace Ballor
In 1991, in the midst of the program to create a liberal Single European Market and in the context of a new Joint Declaration for cooperation with Japan, the European Commission brokered a private deal to restrict Japanese imports into the European Community for nearly...
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Market;
Protectionism;
Liberalization;
Trade;
Markets;
International Relations;
Auto Industry;
Europe;
European Union;
Japan
Ballor, Grace. "Trade and the Single Car Market: The EC-Japan Elements of Consensus, 1985–1999." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-145, June 2021.
- March 1991 (Revised January 1996)
- Case
The General Mills Board and Strategic Planning
By: Jay W. Lorsch
Examines the General Mills Board of Directors' role in the General Mills joint venture with Nestle S.A. to sell cereals outside of North America. It raises the more general question of the appropriate role for the board of directors in strategy formulation.
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Joint Ventures;
Trade;
Corporate Governance;
Managerial Roles;
Expansion;
Food and Beverage Industry;
North America
Lorsch, Jay W. "The General Mills Board and Strategic Planning." Harvard Business School Case 491-117, March 1991. (Revised January 1996.)
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016
set in 1972, involves a Pakistani professor, a CIA spy, an American businessman, and India’s secret development of an atomic bomb. Related events include the KGB’s influence on Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s...
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- July 2013 (Revised September 2019)
- Case
Say on Pay: Qualcomm, Inc. Shareholders Vote 'Maybe'
By: Suraj Srinivasan, Charles C.Y. Wang and Kelly Baker
This case centers around Qualcomm shareholders' 2012 Say-on-Pay vote and the dispute between the Institutional Shareholder Services and management regarding the appropriateness of the CEO's compensation plan. Was ISS right that Qualcomm's CEO's pay was inflated and...
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ISS;
Proxy Advisor;
Investor Communication;
Investor Relations;
Peers;
Say-on-Pay;
Benchmarking;
Peer Group;
Compensation Committees;
Board Of Directors;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Executive Compensation;
Corporate Governance;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Telecommunications Industry
Srinivasan, Suraj, Charles C.Y. Wang, and Kelly Baker. "Say on Pay: Qualcomm, Inc. Shareholders Vote 'Maybe'." Harvard Business School Case 114-005, July 2013. (Revised September 2019.)
- January 2007 (Revised August 2007)
- Case
Lobbying for Love? Southwest Airlines and the Wright Amendment
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Dennis A. Yao, Libby Cantrill and Patricia Wu
The fall of 2004 brought exciting news to Love Field, the Texas headquarters of Southwest Airlines. Delta Airlines, one of Southwest's main competitors, had announced that it would dramatically decrease service from the nearby Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW)...
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Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Government Legislation;
Business and Government Relations;
Opportunities;
Competitive Advantage;
Air Transportation Industry;
Texas
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Dennis A. Yao, Libby Cantrill, and Patricia Wu. "Lobbying for Love? Southwest Airlines and the Wright Amendment." Harvard Business School Case 707-470, January 2007. (Revised August 2007.)
- June 2013
- Teaching Plan
Citigroup-Wachovia-Wells Fargo
By: Guhan Subramanian and Charlotte Krontiris
This case follows the events of a crucial week in the 2008 financial crisis, when the federal government orchestrated the sale of Wachovia Bank first to Citigroup and then, in a surprise move, to Wells Fargo. We examine the extraordinary relations between government...
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Citigroup;
Wachovia;
Wells Fargo;
FDIC;
Acquisition;
Financial Crisis;
Banks and Banking;
Business and Government Relations;
Banking Industry;
United States
Subramanian, Guhan, and Charlotte Krontiris. "Citigroup-Wachovia-Wells Fargo." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 913-044, June 2013.
- November 1979 (Revised September 1980)
- Case
Procter & Gamble and the Federal Trade Commission
By: J. Ronald Fox
Fox, J. Ronald. "Procter & Gamble and the Federal Trade Commission." Harvard Business School Case 380-077, November 1979. (Revised September 1980.)
- 2007
- Chapter
Microfinance: Business, Profitability, and the Creation of Social Value
By: Michael Chu
The chapter examines the development of microfinance from its NGO origins to the present stage in which it is characterized by regulated commercial institutions capable of superior financial returns. It then looks at the creation of social value under these...
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Keywords:
Microfinance;
Investment Return;
Profit;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Social Enterprise;
Non-Governmental Organizations;
Perspective;
Value Creation
Chu, Michael. "Microfinance: Business, Profitability, and the Creation of Social Value." Chap. 28 in Business Solutions for the Global Poor: Creating Social and Economic Value, by V. Kasturi Rangan, John A. Quelch, Gustavo Herrero, and Brooke Barton, 309–320. John Wiley & Sons, 2007.
- April 2017
- Teaching Note
Golden Rule
By: Andrew Wasynczuk
Jim Golden wants to radically change how catastrophic trucking accident lawsuit claims are handled by his trucking company. He wants to “do the right thing” for both the claimant and his company. Golden is a former litigator with 16 years of experience defending...
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