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Adelina Pak
Informed by her prior experiences in the Technology industry, Adelina enjoys helping students understand the various roles within tech and navigate recruiting specific to the industry. She has experience working at both software and...
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- March 2018
- Case
Sachem Head's Activism at Autodesk
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Quinn Pitcher
In 2015, activist hedge fund Sachem Head Capital, led by founder Scott Ferguson, launched an activist campaign at computer aided design (CAD) software maker Autodesk. The activist campaign, waged mainly in private, was over Autodesk's lackluster financial performance,...
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Keywords:
Shareholder Activism;
Investing;
Activist Investing;
Technology;
CEO Turnover;
Hedge Fund Activism;
Benchmarking;
Corporate Governance;
Information Technology;
Investment Activism;
Performance Improvement;
Management Succession;
United States
Srinivasan, Suraj, and Quinn Pitcher. "Sachem Head's Activism at Autodesk." Harvard Business School Case 118-086, March 2018.
- September 2014
- Case
Landmark Facility Solutions
By: William Fruhan and Wei Wang
Landmark Facility Solutions presents a situation in which a medium-sized facility management company assesses whether to acquire a larger facility management company that is known for its high-quality services and technical expertise. The acquirer believes the...
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Fruhan, William, and Wei Wang. "Landmark Facility Solutions." Harvard Business School Brief Case 915-527, September 2014.
- 9 AM – 9 AM EST, 07 Mar 2018
- HBS Online
HBX Leading with Finance
Leading with Finance helps you build an intuitive understanding of finance to better communicate with key stakeholders and grow your career. Target audience: HBS alumni and colleagues; recommend to someone from your professional of personal network. Program Dates:...
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- 9 AM – 9 AM EST, 17 Jan 2018
- HBS Online
HBX Leading with Finance
Leading with Finance helps you build an intuitive understanding of finance to better communicate with key stakeholders and grow your career. Target audience: HBS alumni and colleagues; recommend to someone from your professional of personal network.
Program Dates:...
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- 07 Dec 2016
- HBS Case
Why Millennials Flock to Fintech for Personal Investing
example, tax-loss harvesting aims at realizing capital losses that help offset realized capital gains to reduce the amount of capital gains tax paid. Capital gains are computed based on when each individual made contributions to her...
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- 20 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
Summer Snapshot: Interning for the City of Philadelphia
in city government in my hometown of Philadelphia. After decades of economic decline there are signs of a resurgence. My work this summer has been to help create a government strategy that supports and accelerates this resurgence while...
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Nonprofit / Government
- 01 Jul 2020
- News
20-30% of Small Businesses Will Fail Despite PPP
- 10 Apr 2023
- Video
Career Journeys | John Guzek
- 2010
- Working Paper
Do Bonuses Enhance Sales Productivity? A Dynamic Structural Analysis of Bonus-Based Compensation Plans
By: Doug J. Chung, Thomas J. Steenburgh and K. Sudhir
We estimate a dynamic structural model of sales force response to a bonus based compensation plan. The paper has two main methodological innovations: First, we implement empirically the method proposed by Arcidiacono and Miller (2010) to accommodate unobserved latent...
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Keywords:
Compensation and Benefits;
Performance Productivity;
Mathematical Methods;
Salesforce Management;
Motivation and Incentives
Chung, Doug J., Thomas J. Steenburgh, and K. Sudhir. "Do Bonuses Enhance Sales Productivity? A Dynamic Structural Analysis of Bonus-Based Compensation Plans." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-041, October 2010.
Stefan H. Thomke
Stefan Thomke (sthomke@hbs.edu), an authority on the management of innovation, is the William Barclay Harding Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He has worked with firms on product, process, and... View Details
Keywords:
aerospace;
automobiles;
automotive;
banking;
biotechnology;
chemical;
computer;
defense;
electronics;
health care;
high technology;
home video games;
information technology industry;
manufacturing;
marketing industry;
pharmaceuticals;
plastics;
semiconductor;
service industry;
telecommunications;
video games
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Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Accountability Course | HBS Online
Benefit First-Time Managers Mid-Career & Senior Professionals Entrepreneurs Determine and deliver on your responsibilities to investors, customers, employees, and society. "Don't lose hope. These courses helped change my career...
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Entering StartUpLand: An Essential Guide to Finding the Right Job
Many professionals aspire to work for a start-up. Executives from large companies view them as models to help them adapt to today’s dynamic innovation economy. Yes, start-ups look magical, but they can also be chaotic and inaccessible. Many books are written for... View Details
- January 2009 (Revised March 2010)
- Case
LeBron James
By: Anita Elberse and Jeff McCall
In 2005, to the astonishment of many sports industry insiders, superstar basketball player LeBron James fired his agent and established his own firm, LRMR, to handle all aspects of his business ventures and marketing activities and named his childhood friend Maverick...
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Keywords:
Talent and Talent Management;
Compensation and Benefits;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Strategy;
Sports;
Sports Industry
Elberse, Anita, and Jeff McCall. "LeBron James." Harvard Business School Case 509-050, January 2009. (Revised March 2010.)
- 05 Mar 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Nowcasting Gentrification: Using Yelp Data to Quantify Neighborhood Change
- September 2011 (Revised October 2014)
- Supplement
Ganesh Natarajan: Leading Innovation and Organizational Change at Zensar (B)
By: Michael Tushman and David Kiron
After proposing a fourth business unit to help grow the market for Zensar's innovative technology, to be led by Dilip Ittyera, CEO Natarajan adopted a new organizational structure focused on industry verticals.
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Keywords:
Growth and Development;
Innovation Leadership;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Structure;
Information Technology Industry
Tushman, Michael, and David Kiron. "Ganesh Natarajan: Leading Innovation and Organizational Change at Zensar (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 412-037, September 2011. (Revised October 2014.)
- March 2001 (Revised March 2002)
- Background Note
Service Recovery
Discusses the value of service recovery to service organizations working to enhance customer loyalty. Also provides practical advice to managers and examines strategies proven helpful to service organizations in their recovery objectives.
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Hallowell, Roger H. "Service Recovery." Harvard Business School Background Note 801-342, March 2001. (Revised March 2002.)
- 09 Dec 2015
- News
The $3.9 Trillion Impact Of A Harvard Degree
- 25 Apr 2022
- Video
IFC Intro: Henry McGee
- January 2023 (Revised November 2023)
- Technical Note
Ethical Analysis: Honesty and Self-Interest
By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Christopher Diak
Information asymmetry is pervasive in business and can often confer great advantage. This note distinguishes forms of deceptive behavior in the face of information asymmetry and aims to help students analyze their impermissibility.
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Hsieh, Nien-hê, and Christopher Diak. "Ethical Analysis: Honesty and Self-Interest." Harvard Business School Technical Note 323-067, January 2023. (Revised November 2023.)