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Valuation of Bankrupt Firms
By: S. C. Gilson, E. S. Hotchkiss and R. S. Ruback
This study compares the market value of firms that reorganize in bankruptcy with estimates of value based on management's published cash flow projections. We estimate firm values using models that have been shown in other contexts to generate relatively precise...
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Gilson, S. C., E. S. Hotchkiss, and R. S. Ruback. "Valuation of Bankrupt Firms." Review of Financial Studies 13, no. 1 (Spring 2000): 43–74. (Abridged version reprinted in The Journal of Corporate Renewal 13, no. 7 (July 2000))
- March 2010 (Revised September 2010)
- Case
TeamLease: Putting India to Work (Il) Legally
By: Tarun Khanna and Anjali Raina
This case focuses on the growth dilemmas facing Manish Sabharwal, co-founder, TeamLease Services Pvt. Ltd. TeamLease is a human resource outsourcing and temp staffing company located in India, which has grown rapidly from 2002 to 2009. Set in the context of the highly...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Employment;
Human Capital;
Lawfulness;
Leadership;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Demand and Consumers;
Power and Influence;
Employment Industry;
India
Khanna, Tarun, and Anjali Raina. "TeamLease: Putting India to Work (Il) Legally." Harvard Business School Case 710-402, March 2010. (Revised September 2010.)
- August 2007 (Revised May 2009)
- Case
PlaNet Finance: Broad Scope in Microfinance
By: Andrei Hagiu and Elena Corsi
PlaNet Finance was a French NGO providing technical support and training services to microfinance institutions (i.e., institutions providing financial services to the poor) and other microfinance actors, rating of microfinance institutions and management, and advisory...
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Keywords:
Financial Institutions;
Microfinance;
Growth Management;
Networks;
Non-Governmental Organizations;
Service Industry;
France
Hagiu, Andrei, and Elena Corsi. "PlaNet Finance: Broad Scope in Microfinance." Harvard Business School Case 708-441, August 2007. (Revised May 2009.)
- February 2007 (Revised April 2007)
- Case
Banca Regional Andino: Facing the Globalization of Microfinance
By: Michael Chu and Jean Hazell
Three leading Latin American microfinance banks join forces to face the new challenges of globalization, competition, and politics while common shareholder ACCION investments considers its options. From an initial project to share costs in the revamping of their IT...
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Keywords:
History;
Microfinance;
Competitive Strategy;
Globalization;
Problems and Challenges;
Growth and Development;
Bolivia;
Ecuador;
Peru
Chu, Michael, and Jean Hazell. "Banca Regional Andino: Facing the Globalization of Microfinance." Harvard Business School Case 307-060, February 2007. (Revised April 2007.)
- April 2005 (Revised May 2005)
- Case
Exel PLC--Supply Chain Management at Haus Mart
By: Zeynep Ton and Steven C. Wheelwright
Exel plc is a global third-party logistics provider, serving clients such as Home Depot, Dell, Unilever, and Marks & Spencer. Describes the range of activities Exel performs for its clients and the capabilities the company has developed. Exel traditionally focused on...
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Ton, Zeynep, and Steven C. Wheelwright. "Exel PLC--Supply Chain Management at Haus Mart." Harvard Business School Case 605-080, April 2005. (Revised May 2005.)
- Teaching Interest
Applied Business Analytics
Course Overview:
Business Analytics has become a core function in many firms today and is driving innovation in the form of new business and operating models. Data-driven decision-making requires understanding of statistics, computer...
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- 24 Jan 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Punctuated Generosity: How Mega-events and Natural Disasters Affect Corporate Philanthropy in US Communities
Keywords:
by András Tilcsik & Christopher Marquis
- November 2019
- Teaching Note
Hacking Heroin
By: Mitchell Weiss and Sarah Mehta
This teaching note pairs with a case that is used in a course on Public Entrepreneurship, for a first module on "ideas." The case is designed to help students work through the question: where do new ideas to stubborn problems come from? And, in particular, the question...
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- May 2018 (Revised June 2018)
- Case
Ashar Group: Brokers and Co-opetition in the Life Settlement Industry
By: Alexander Braun, Lauren H. Cohen, Christopher J. Malloy and Jiahua Xu
Connecting life insurance policyholders with potential investors (called Life Settlement Providers), Ashar Group plays a pivotal role in the industry. Its current position is, however, increasingly being challenged by consumer-direct models, led by major providers...
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Keywords:
Insurance;
Investment;
Markets;
Competitive Strategy;
Cooperation;
Financial Services Industry
Braun, Alexander, Lauren H. Cohen, Christopher J. Malloy, and Jiahua Xu. "Ashar Group: Brokers and Co-opetition in the Life Settlement Industry." Harvard Business School Case 218-109, May 2018. (Revised June 2018.)
- 2015
- Working Paper
Expertise vs. Bias in Evaluation: Evidence from the NIH
By: Danielle Li
Evaluators with expertise in a particular field may have an informational advantage in separating good projects from bad. At the same time, they may also have personal preferences that impact their objectivity. This paper develops a framework for separately identifying...
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Li, Danielle. "Expertise vs. Bias in Evaluation: Evidence from the NIH." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-053, October 2015.
- 2008
- Article
Market Leadership and Strategic Investments in Innovation: The Adoption of E-Business Capabilities
By: Kristina Steffenson McElheran
This study focuses on whether more-productive firms are more likely to adopt process innovations and why. The empirical context is the adoption of e-business practices among U.S. manufacturing plants in early 2000. Based on detailed data from the U.S. Census of...
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Keywords:
Investment;
Innovation Strategy;
Leadership;
Motivation and Incentives;
Competitive Advantage;
Technology Adoption;
Manufacturing Industry;
United States
McElheran, Kristina Steffenson. "Market Leadership and Strategic Investments in Innovation: The Adoption of E-Business Capabilities." Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings (2008): 1–6p, 4 charts. (Finalist for the 2008 Best Paper Award presented by Academy of Management, TIM Division.)
- November 2006 (Revised May 2007)
- Case
Hewlett-Packard Company: The War Within
By: Krishna G. Palepu, Jay W. Lorsch, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Eliot Sherman
In September 2006 it was revealed that the Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) had been carrying out an extended investigation of its own employees, board members, and journalists outside the company. The investigation was launched in response to a series of leaks to the...
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Keywords:
Problems and Challenges;
Employee Relationship Management;
Corporate Accountability;
Corporate Governance;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Communication Technology;
Conflict and Resolution;
Newspapers;
Computer Industry;
Information Technology Industry
Palepu, Krishna G., Jay W. Lorsch, Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Eliot Sherman. "Hewlett-Packard Company: The War Within." Harvard Business School Case 107-030, November 2006. (Revised May 2007.)
- April 2006 (Revised April 2012)
- Case
Ghana: National Economic Strategy
By: Michael E. Porter and Kjell Ke-Li Carlsson
Set in the year 2001, as President John Kufuor contemplates a national economic strategy following his election in the first democratic transfer of power in Ghana's history. Focuses on Ghana's long history of poor economic performance and intractable poverty,...
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Keywords:
History;
Economic Growth;
Government Administration;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Ghana
Porter, Michael E., and Kjell Ke-Li Carlsson. "Ghana: National Economic Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 706-497, April 2006. (Revised April 2012.)
- March 2005 (Revised April 2005)
- Module Note
A Relational Approach to Self-Assessment and Career Development
By: Monica C. Higgins
Describes the main ideas in a module on relational self-assessment as part of a course on self-assessment and career development or as part of a course on leadership and organizational behavior for MBA students or executives. Reflects a "relational" approach to career...
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Keywords:
Personal Development and Career;
Relationships;
Leadership;
Organizations;
Behavior;
Social and Collaborative Networks
Higgins, Monica C. "A Relational Approach to Self-Assessment and Career Development." Harvard Business School Module Note 405-076, March 2005. (Revised April 2005.)
- 2008
- Article
Governance and Merger Accounting: Evidence from Stock Price Reactions to Purchase versus Pooling
By: Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez
This paper examines the effect of corporate governance on investor reactions to accounting choice in the context of accounting for business combinations. Using a sample of 324 recent stock swap acquisitions I find that, contrary to practitioners' belief that capital...
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Keywords:
Financial Reporting;
Financial Statements;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Capital Markets;
Stocks;
Price;
Corporate Governance
Martinez-Jerez, Francisco de Asis. "Governance and Merger Accounting: Evidence from Stock Price Reactions to Purchase versus Pooling." Art. 1. European Accounting Review 17, no. 1 (2008): 5–35. (Lead Article.)
Design-Driven Innovation
How to create innovations that customers do not expect, but that they eventually love? How to create products and services, that are so distinct from those that dominate the market and so inevitable that make people passionate?
In a context where everyone is... View Details
- September 2016 (Revised April 2022)
- Case
Zhang Xin and the Emergence of Chinese Philanthropy
By: Geoffrey Jones and Amanda Yang
This case examines the recent emergence of Chinese business philanthropy through the case of the SOHO China Foundation established by the wife and husband real estate moguls Zhang Xin and Pan Shiyi. It begins by describing the early careers of Zhang and Pan, and how...
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Keywords:
China;
Philanthropy Funding;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Personal Development and Career;
Ethics;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Higher Education;
Real Estate Industry;
China
Jones, Geoffrey, and Amanda Yang. "Zhang Xin and the Emergence of Chinese Philanthropy." Harvard Business School Case 317-045, September 2016. (Revised April 2022.)
- March–April 2019
- Article
The Future of Leadership Development
By: Das Narayandas and Mihnea Moldoveanu
The need for leadership development has never been more urgent. Companies of all sorts realize that to survive in today’s volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous environment, they need different leadership skills and organizational capabilities from those that...
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Keywords:
Talent Management;
Executive Education;
Leadership Development;
Business Education;
Management Skills;
Learning;
Online Technology
Narayandas, Das, and Mihnea Moldoveanu. "The Future of Leadership Development." Harvard Business Review 97, no. 4 (March–April 2019): 40–48. (Spotlight Talent Management.)
- Research Summary
Meaningful Work as a Process of Imagination, Narrative, Self-Efficacy and Enactment
I am particularly concerned with the elicitation of images as they represent, in their association and amplification, the fullness of cognition in its affective, rational and behavioral dimensions. Careers may be conceptualized as a reciprocal interaction of...
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- 2020
- Chapter
Emotions and Emotion Regulation
By: Svenja A. Wolf, Amit Goldenberg and Mickaël Campo
This is the first textbook to explore and explain the contribution of social groups and social identity to all aspects of sports and exercise—from leadership, motivation and communication to mental health, teamwork, and fan behaviour.
In the context of increasing...
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Wolf, Svenja A., Amit Goldenberg, and Mickaël Campo. "Emotions and Emotion Regulation." In The New Psychology of Sport & Exercise: The Social Identity Approach, edited by S. Alexander Haslam, Katrien Fransen, and Filip Boen, 147–164. London: SAGE Publications, 2020.