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Team - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
School, Harvard Law School, Dell Medical School, and the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement. Harvard Business School Michael E. Porter M.B.A., Ph.D., Bishop William Lawrence University Professor Robert S. Kaplan...
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- May 2010 (Revised July 2010)
- Case
Bank of America Acquires Merrill Lynch (A)
By: Robert C. Pozen and Charles E. Beresford
On December 22, 2008, Bank of America (BofA) chairman and CEO Ken Lewis convened a special board of directors meeting to review his company's pending acquisition of investment bank Merrill Lynch. Negotiations for the acquisition had begun a few months earlier, during...
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Mergers and Acquisitions;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Financial Crisis;
Corporate Governance;
Government Legislation;
Crisis Management;
Business and Government Relations;
Banking Industry
Pozen, Robert C., and Charles E. Beresford. "Bank of America Acquires Merrill Lynch (A)." Harvard Business School Case 310-092, May 2010. (Revised July 2010.)
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Business, Government & the International Economy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Marlous van Waijenburg: 2014: Recipient of a Presidential Fellowship from Northwestern University, 2014–2016. 2013 Rawi E. Abdelal: Received the 2012 Charles M. Williams Award for Excellence in Teaching. Rawi E. Abdelal: Received the 2013 View Details
- 03 Jul 2008
- What Do You Think?
Are Followers About to Get Their Due?
Summing Up Are leadership and followership joined at the hip? It seems impossible to separate the two. They are reflective of one another. These are two of the predominant opinions expressed in one way or another by respondents to this month's column. Phil View Details
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by Jim Heskett
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Events - Private Capital Project
National Competitiveness March 22, 2022 “HBS/Private Capital Project Webinar: The Challenges of 'Tough Tech': The American Venture System and National Competitiveness” with Ufuk Akcigit (The Arnold C. Harberger Professor of Economics,...
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- 02 Dec 2010
- What Do You Think?
Making Right Choices: Art or Science?
actually hurting our society rather than helping?" Whatever choosing may be, several commented on the importance of timing. As Phil Clark put it, "The longer you take to make a decision the further away you are from the reality...
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by Jim Heskett
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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
we will discuss the case of Olay, which is facing declining sales. In the second half, we will expand our discussion to explore how firms should think about their digital journey. Can Consumers, Big Tech, and Retailers Fix Health Care? Professor View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint
Since taking over as CEO of Tata Steel in 2013, T. V. Narendran had sought to transform India’s oldest steel manufacturing firm to ready it for a rapidly evolving business world. He instilled financial discipline, acquired new businesses, and launched digital...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 2009
- Book
Financial Economics
By: Zvi Bodie, Robert C. Merton and David L. Cleeton
This book seeks to explain finance through its functions rather than its institutions, concentrating on the three pillars of finance: optimization over time, asset valuation, and risk management.
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Bodie, Zvi, Robert C. Merton, and David L. Cleeton. Financial Economics. 2nd ed. NJ: Prentice Hall, 2009. (Overview; Translated into Korean and Hungarian.)
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HBS Fund Council - Alumni
HBS Fund Investors Society Douglas C. Grissom MBA 1993, Section H Chicago, IL Julie Neenan Souza MBA 2001, Section H Stamford, CT Reunion Giving Stacey Paddock Malcolmson MBA 1997, Section I Dallas, TX John T. Mapes MBA 1995, Section G...
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- 05 May 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Ethical Can We Be?
with whom we interact judge us differently than we judge ourselves? Phil Clark commented that "Ethics is in the 'eye of the beholder,' not the person carrying out the action." We may rationalize our behaviors depending on, as R....
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by Jim Heskett
- 04 Aug 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Dangerous Is Common Sense to Managers?
Common sense had its defenders. C. J. Cullinane commented that "Common sense and experience for all their faults are fast." Phil Clark added that "how man reacts to a situation is driven by...
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by James Heskett
- 1995
- Chapter
A Conceptual Framework for Analyzing the Financial Environment
By: Robert C. Merton and Zvi Bodie
Merton, Robert C., and Zvi Bodie. "A Conceptual Framework for Analyzing the Financial Environment." Chap. 1 in The Global Financial System: A Functional Perspective, by D. B. Crane, K. A. Froot, Scott P. Mason, André Perold, R. C. Merton, Z. Bodie, E. R. Sirri, and P. Tufano, 3–31. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1995.
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The Intersection of Public Relations and Photography | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Carlisle MacDonald headed the program, reporting directly to Myron C. Taylor, chairman of the board and chief executive officer. Public relations thus assumed a commanding presence at the company’s top management tier. Over the next two...
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- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
research is the basis for at least one case that Martínez-Jerez used in his class. "Teaching with the case method is extremely challenging," he comments. "I've learned to listen to my students a lot more. They surprise me all the time with new ways to face...
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2march2023program | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
McGuire (MBA 1983)View Video Thaddeus Mosley, Illusory Progression , 2020, bronze. 94 × 34 × 20 in., and Rhizogenic Rhythms , 2020. Bronze, 82 × 32 × 35 in. Installation view, Harvard Business School. Exhibition supported by the C. Ludens...
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- 2004
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Operations, Strategy, and Technology: Pursuing the Competitive Edge
Hayes, Robert H., Gary P. Pisano, David M. Upton, and S. C. Wheelwright. Operations, Strategy, and Technology: Pursuing the Competitive Edge. Indianapolis, IN: John Wiley & Sons, 2004.
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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Jeffrey J. Bussgang: Received the Robert F. Greenhill Award in 2021 for Outstanding Service to the HBS Community. Lauren H. Cohen: “AQR’s Momentum Funds (A)” (HBS Case 211-025) with Daniel Bergstresser, Randolph Cohen, and Christopher...
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- 19 Jan 2022
- In Practice
7 Trends to Watch in 2022
As 2022 gets underway we asked our faculty to highlight some trends worth watching in the coming year. Ariel Stern: A new future for digital health care While 2020 and 2021 were years of rapid innovation and deployment of new health care technologies and delivery...
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- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
cadavers. Such concern is also probably heightened by U.S. historical accounts of grave robbing (Goodwin 2006; Sappol 2002; Shultz 1991). Together these elements contribute to fears of "body-snatching." C. A Market in All but...
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