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- Faculty Publications (186)
- 14 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
Embracing Activism for Social Change
professionals in situations where their expertise would make a critical difference in resolving crisis situations, or even preventing them in the first place,” explains 2020–2021 HBS Leadership Fellow Sarika Mendu (MBA 2020). As senior View Details
- August 2018 (Revised October 2021)
- Case
Edward Jones: Implementing the Solutions Approach
By: David Collis and Ashley Hartman
In 2017 Edward Jones, the largest brokerage firm in the U.S., is deciding whether and how to implement a new "solutions" business model to replace its traditional "product" or "transactional" approach. Many of the required changes appeared to violate some of the...
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Keywords:
Strategy Formulation;
Strategic Change;
"Brokerage Industry;
"Solutions Approach;
Strategy Implementation;
"USA,";
Business Model Innovation;
Change Management;
Strategy;
Business Model;
Innovation and Invention;
Financial Services Industry;
North and Central America;
United States
Collis, David, and Ashley Hartman. "Edward Jones: Implementing the Solutions Approach." Harvard Business School Case 719-411, August 2018. (Revised October 2021.)
- March 2013
- Article
The Unintended Consequences of Ownership Transfer Planning
By: Josh Baron and Marion McCollom Hampton
The article discusses the challenges of passing down family businesses across generations, highlighting complexities in executive succession and estate planning. It emphasizes how emotional factors, complicated family dynamics, and unintended consequences influence...
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Keywords:
Estate Planning;
Family Business;
Family and Family Relationships;
Management Succession;
Family Ownership;
Manufacturing Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Education Industry;
Fashion Industry
Baron, Josh, and Marion McCollom Hampton. "The Unintended Consequences of Ownership Transfer Planning." Trust & Estates 152, no. 3 (March 2013): 52–56.
- 2017
- Blitz Discussions
Of Margins and Modalities
- Career Coach
Jim Warner
Jim (HBS ’80, Yale ‘75) is a board member and advisor to technology and services companies in marketing and media and a veteran of the media and entertainment business. He guides students and alums interested in careers in entertainment,...
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Julia B. Austin
Julia Austin is a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School’s Rock Center for Entrepreneurship where she currently teaches Startup Operations. Julia is also a certified Executive Coach, board member, startup advisor and angel investor... View Details
- March 2001 (Revised April 2002)
- Case
Rent-Way, Inc. (A)
By: David F. Hawkins
The company uses the units of activity method to account for its rental inventory. A prominent hedge fund advisor recommends the company's stock be sold short.
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Keywords:
Mathematical Methods;
Stock Shares;
Fair Value Accounting;
Quality;
Investment Funds;
Service Industry
Hawkins, David F. "Rent-Way, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 101-089, March 2001. (Revised April 2002.)
- 10 Jun 2020
- News
Embark on a journey of discovery
- Career Coach
Cheryl Rousseau
While a Senior Vice President for global consulting firm Lee Hecht Harrison (LHH), Cheryl was invited to join their International Center for Executive Options (ICEO) practice where she is a Confidential Advisor and Coach to C-Suite and...
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- 02 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
HBS Career Journeys | Segolene Mahe
HBS Career & Professional Development sat down with students to talk about their career journeys. “Flexibility can open doors to unexpected opportunities”, says Segolene Mahe (MBA 2023). She shares how HBS peers and CPD Student View Details
- Video
Matt Segneri
- 01 Nov 2019
- Video
Mavath R. Chandran
Mavath R. Chandran, a veteran executive in the Malaysian palm oil industry and an advisor to the Roundtable of Sustainable Palm Oil, discusses sustainability in the palm oil industry and the challenge of...
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- 20 Aug 2021
- Video
Career Vision Workshop: Introduction
- June 2014 (Revised May 2017)
- Case
Southeastern Asset Management Challenges Buyout at Dell
By: Paul Healy, Suraj Srinivasan and Aldo Sesia
In late 2012, Michael Dell wants to take Dell Inc., the company he founded, private. Mr. Dell believes that the successful company's transformation from a personal computer (PC) manufacturer to an enterprise solutions and services provider (ESS) is dependent on going...
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Keywords:
Leveraged Buyout Transaction;
Leveraged Recapitalization;
Management Buyout;
Dell, Inc.;
Hedge Fund;
Corporate Governance Theory;
Valuation;
Valuation Ratios;
Valuation Methodologies;
Board Of Directors;
Boards Of Directors;
Carl Icahn;
Computer Services Industries;
Proxy Contest;
Proxy Battles;
Proxy Fight;
Proxy Advisor;
Financial Accounting;
Financial Analysis;
Financial Ratios;
Finance;
Corporate Accountability;
Corporate Governance;
Corporate Finance;
Leveraged Buyouts;
Computer Industry;
United States
Healy, Paul, Suraj Srinivasan, and Aldo Sesia. "Southeastern Asset Management Challenges Buyout at Dell." Harvard Business School Case 114-015, June 2014. (Revised May 2017.)
- April 2018 (Revised June 2020)
- Case
Tesla's CEO Compensation Plan
By: Krishna G. Palepu and Sarah Mehta
Tesla’s board of directors proposed an unusual compensation plan for the company’s CEO Elon Musk. The plan payouts were entirely contingent on achieving very ambitious market value, sales, and EBIT targets over the next ten years. If all the targets were achieved,...
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Keywords:
CEO Compensation;
Compensation Committee;
Corporate Governance;
Executive Compensation;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Auto Industry;
United States
Palepu, Krishna G., and Sarah Mehta. "Tesla's CEO Compensation Plan." Harvard Business School Case 118-085, April 2018. (Revised June 2020.)
Erik Stafford
Erik Stafford joined the faculty at HBS in July 1999, where he has taught finance in the required and elective curricula of the MBA Program and in the CFA Investment Management Workshop.
Erik's research efforts focus on investment management, capital... View Details
Keywords:
financial services
- January 1996 (Revised November 1997)
- Case
Weston Presidio Offshore Capital: Confronting the Fundraising Challenge
By: Josh Lerner
Weston Presidio Capital encounters substantial difficulties while raising its first fund. The incentives and roles of investment advisors ("gatekeepers") pension funds and consultants are explored. The relationship with lead investors is considered.
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Keywords:
Private Equity;
Financing and Loans;
Investment Funds;
Markets;
Problems and Challenges;
Relationships;
Motivation and Incentives;
Financial Services Industry
Lerner, Josh. "Weston Presidio Offshore Capital: Confronting the Fundraising Challenge." Harvard Business School Case 296-055, January 1996. (Revised November 1997.)
- Person Page
Outside Activities
By: John Beshears
- Advisor to and equity holder in Nutmeg Saving and Investment, 2011-2021
- Member of 401k4USA Advisory Board (unpaid position), 2017-2019
- Member of Morningstar Behavioral Science Advisory Board (unpaid position), 2015-2017
- Member of... View Details
- 14 May 2013
- Blog Post
Alumni: Where are they now? Featuring Matt…
HBS alum, Matt Segneri, MBA 2010, provides an update on his career post-HBS. Check out his original profile at graduation. Current Position: Government Innovation at Bloomberg Philanthropies Current Location: New York Cit Tell us what you’re up to these days.After two...
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Keywords:
Nonprofit / Government
- December 2020 (Revised April 2021)
- Case
IBM Watson at MD Anderson Cancer Center
By: Shane Greenstein, Mel Martin and Sarkis Agaian
After discovering that their cancer diagnostic tool, designed to leverage the cloud computing power of IBM Watson, needed greater integration into the clinical processes at the MD Anderson Cancer Center, the development team had difficult choices to make. The Oncology...
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Keywords:
Decision Making;
Innovation Strategy;
Knowledge Management;
Knowledge Use and Leverage;
Operations;
Failure;
Information Technology;
Applications and Software;
Health Care and Treatment;
Product Development;
Health Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
Technology Industry;
United States;
Houston;
Texas
Greenstein, Shane, Mel Martin, and Sarkis Agaian. "IBM Watson at MD Anderson Cancer Center." Harvard Business School Case 621-022, December 2020. (Revised April 2021.)