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- October 1996 (Revised May 2011)
- Module Note
Venture Capital and Private Equity: Module II
By: Josh Lerner, G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
Provides an overview of a module that focuses on the interaction between private equity investors and the firms they finance.
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Keywords:
Business Ventures;
Venture Capital;
Private Equity;
Financing and Loans;
Investment;
Business and Stakeholder Relations
Lerner, Josh, G. Felda Hardymon, and Ann Leamon. "Venture Capital and Private Equity: Module II." Harvard Business School Module Note 297-041, October 1996. (Revised May 2011.)
- 1995
- Chapter
Pharmaceutical Companies and Health Care Reform
By: Arthur A. Daemmrich
- 15 Mar 2019
- News
A Model of Drive and Impact
Pablo Fernandez Alvarez (GMP 17, 2014) is cofounder of Clicars, an e-commerce platform in Spain that allows users to buy and finance refurbished cars hassle-free. In this interview, Fernandez explains the View Details
- October 2021 (Revised May 2023)
- Case
Engine No.1: An Impact Investing Firm Engages with ExxonMobil
By: Mark Kramer, Shawn Cole, Vikram S. Gandhi and T. Robert Zochowski
ExxonMobil, the world's fifth largest source of carbon emissions, remained committed to aggressively expanding its oil & gas business despite global warming. During the COVID pandemic this strategy resulted in massive losses as the price and demand for oil declined. ...
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Keywords:
Carbon Emissions;
Global Warming;
Impact Investment Funds;
Hedge Fund Activism;
Leadership Development;
Business Model;
Renewable Energy;
Resource Allocation;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Governing and Advisory Boards
Kramer, Mark, Shawn Cole, Vikram S. Gandhi, and T. Robert Zochowski. "Engine No. 1: An Impact Investing Firm Engages with ExxonMobil." Harvard Business School Case 222-028, October 2021. (Revised May 2023.)
- 29 Jul 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Can Paying Firms Quicker Affect Aggregate Employment?
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by Jean-Noel Barrot and Ramana Nanda
- Summer 2018
- Article
CSR needs CPR: Corporate Sustainability and Politics
By: Thomas Lyon, Magali A. Delmas, John W. Maxwell, Pratima Bansal, Mireille Chiroleu-Assouline, Patricia Crifo, Rodolphe Durand, Jean-Pascal Gond, Andrew King, Michael Lenox, Michael W. Toffel, David Vogel and Frank Wijen
Corporate sustainability has gone mainstream, and many companies have taken meaningful steps to improve their own environmental performance. But while corporate political actions such as lobbying can have a greater impact on environmental quality, they are ignored in...
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Keywords:
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Environmental Sustainability;
Communication;
Policy;
Business and Government Relations
Lyon, Thomas, Magali A. Delmas, John W. Maxwell, Pratima Bansal, Mireille Chiroleu-Assouline, Patricia Crifo, Rodolphe Durand, Jean-Pascal Gond, Andrew King, Michael Lenox, Michael W. Toffel, David Vogel, and Frank Wijen. "CSR Needs CPR: Corporate Sustainability and Politics." California Management Review 60, no. 4 (Summer 2018): 5–24.
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Q&A: William Kerr and Joseph Fuller
William Kerr and Joseph Fuller at podcast studio in Klarman Hall on HBS campus (photo by Susan Young) HBS launched the Managing the Future of Work project in 2017 to advance research that business View Details
- April 2013 (Revised November 2013)
- Case
Microsoft in Korea
By: Jordan I. Siegel and Lynn Pyun
Microsoft Korea sees a potential opportunity to dramatically improve its subsidiary's performance by actively recruiting and promoting female senior managers in South Korea. The question is to what extent multinationals can gain competitive advantage by actively...
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Keywords:
Global;
International Business;
Multinational Management;
Human Resource Management;
Labor Market;
Global Human Resource Management;
Microsoft;
South Korea;
Asia;
East Asia;
Human Resources;
Strategy;
Global Strategy;
Computer Industry;
South Korea;
East Asia
Siegel, Jordan I., and Lynn Pyun. "Microsoft in Korea." Harvard Business School Case 713-522, April 2013. (Revised November 2013.)
- February 2007 (Revised April 2009)
- Case
Punjab and Kerala: Regional Development in India
By: Lakshmi Iyer
Between 2000 and 2004, India's economy grew by 6.35%. Focuses on the states of Punjab and Kerala, which emphasized sharply different development strategies. The states had to decide whether to focus their investment efforts on physical capital or improving social...
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Keywords:
Development Economics;
Capital;
Investment;
Policy;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Business and Government Relations;
Social Issues;
Kerala;
Punjab
Iyer, Lakshmi. "Punjab and Kerala: Regional Development in India." Harvard Business School Case 707-008, February 2007. (Revised April 2009.)
- 09 May 2017
- What Do You Think?
Should Management Be Primarily Responsible to Shareholders?
Shareholder value is easy to measure. Agency theory simplifies the mission for managers; they need only serve one primary master. Theorists have been hard-put to come up with notions as easy to understand View Details
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by James Heskett
- January 2018
- Supplement
In the Eye of a Geopolitical Storm: South Korea's Lotte Group, China and the U.S. THAAD Missile Defense System (B)
By: Andy Zelleke and Brian Tilley
This case explores Lotte Group’s challenge of how to respond to Chinese government pressure in 2017, following the Group’s February decision to transfer land to the South Korean government, on which Seoul intended to deploy the U.S.-built THAAD missile defense system....
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Institute Associates - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Residency training in the Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program, and additional Fellowship training in Adult Reconstructive Surgery at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. Dr. Bozic also holds a Masters of View Details
- 26 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
Business Review What’s the Right Kind of Bonus to Motivate Your Sales Force? By: Chung, Doug J., and Das Narayandas Abstract—Companies typically compensate their sales force by using some combination of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018
systems and implementation. Ozark is deciding among three ERP options; different senior executives support different options. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/616019-PDF-ENG Harvard View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Fit Across the Value Chain - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
HBS ISC Strategy Strategy Strategy Explained Business Strategy Creating a Successful Strategy Corporate Strategy The Role of Leaders Related Topics Creating a Successful St... Creating a Successful Strategy...
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- Web
A Web Guide to Photograph Collections | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
processes, and people at work in industrial settings. Researchers will find photographs relating to U.S. industry as well as business operations in Central View Details
- Fast Answer
Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise
aspects of business and management in emerging markets. Frost & Sullivan - reports on industry research, growing opportunities, market trends encompassing various tech View Details
- 2015
- Working Paper
Service Quality, Inventory and Competition: An Empirical Analysis of Mobile Money Agents in Africa
By: Karthik Balasubramanian and David F. Drake
The use of electronic money transfer through cellular networks ("mobile money") is rapidly increasing in the developing world. The resulting electronic currency ecosystem could improve the lives of the estimated 2 billion people who live on less than $2 a day by...
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Keywords:
Operations Strategy;
Base Of The Pyramid;
Mobile Money;
Inventory Management;
Competition;
Currency;
Service Operations;
Mobile and Wireless Technology
Balasubramanian, Karthik, and David F. Drake. "Service Quality, Inventory and Competition: An Empirical Analysis of Mobile Money Agents in Africa." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-059, January 2015. (Revised October 2015.)
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Privatization and the New European Economy
executive board of the Deutsche Bundesbahn and the Deutsche Reichsbahn from 1991 to 1994, Heinz Dürr played a leading role in unifying the East and West German railroads into one national system that is...
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- 1999
- Chapter
Biotechnology, Competitiveness and the Regulatory State
By: Arthur A. Daemmrich