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- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
VP for North Asia, had been negotiating a possible acquisition with Jackie Jin, the chairman of a leading Chinese appliance manufacturer named Hefei Rongshida Sanyo Electric Company (Hefei Sanyo), for almost six months when suddenly Hefei...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
find that GPs are associated with higher expected acquisition premiums and that this association is at least partly due to the effect of GPs on executive incentives. However, we also find that firms that adopt GPs experience negative...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
challenges students to think about target customer identification and talent management in a start-up environment. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/818001 Harvard Business School Case 915-418 The China Dairy...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jul 2019
- Book
How to Be a Digital Platform Leader
higher cost strategy, but it accelerates engagement in platform businesses. For some companies, it may be the best way to get the talent and culture required to operate a platform. The example we use in the book is Walmart trying to...
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by Martha Lagace
- 28 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged
what hasn’t? The four drives themselves, fundamental to human psychology, have not changed. The COVID-19 pandemic has not altered these dynamics as much as it has intensified or complicated them: Cost-cutting and remote work mean that both the View Details
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- 08 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged
what hasn’t? The four drives themselves, fundamental to human psychology, have not changed. The COVID-19 pandemic has not altered these dynamics as much as it has intensified or complicated them: Cost-cutting and remote work mean that both the View Details
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HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer
in the prior year, primarily reflecting higher customer acquisition costs amid increased competition in the educational technology market. Total enrollment grew to 40,667 participants, 5 percent higher than the prior year. Although down...
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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog
Matheson Spring2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Field Course: Entrepreneurship through Acquisition (Application Only) (also listed under Finance) Richard Ruback Royce Yudkoff Spring2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Field Course: Field X (also listed under Finance) Randolph...
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- 12 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 12
whether a common system allowed IDFC to recognize and retain talent across its diverse businesses. This case examines whether a uniform performance management system provided the autonomy and flexibility needed to build a culture of high...
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Sean Silverthorne
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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
firmwide. Prior to joining the firm, Elena worked for Inroads, where she led Talent Acquisition for their Northern New Jersey affiliate. She was responsible for placing View Details
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207005 The Dubai Ports World Debacle and Its Aftermath Harvard Business School Case 707-014 Describes the political ramifications in the United States of Dubai-based DP World's View Details
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Martha Lagace
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HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer
pressured by higher student acquisition costs amid heightened competition from other online offerings. The School’s annual endowment distribution revenue for fiscal 2023 increased 9 percent year over year to $208 million, or 20 percent of...
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- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could
snacks are the company’s most recent innovations.) By mid-1994, Dreyer’s fulfilled its dream of becoming the leading premium ice-cream brand in the United States — a mixed blessing. “As we approached a billion dollars in sales, it was clear that we were a plump target...
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- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
Entrepreneurial Acquisitions: The Roadmap for Buying a Business and Leading It to the Next Level By Jan Simon (AMP 199) TellWell Talent In the mid-1980s, a group of enterprising and industrious MBA students at Harvard Business School and...
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- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
and they will have to shift their very strong culture in ways that will be uncomfortable if not impossible. I believe this may push Walmart to make their first major acquisition in the US. Q: For what companies will 2015 be a...
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Courses by Title - Course Catalog
Spring2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Field Course: Entrepreneurship through Acquisition (Application Only) Entrepreneurial Management, Finance Richard Ruback,Royce Yudkoff Spring2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Field Course: Field X Finance, Entrepreneurial Management...
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- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
across functions, businesses, and your industry. Engage your peers to deliver solutions to real business problems. Know the customer and the competitor. When you are at the top, be a talent magnet and then build the next generation of...
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- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
measures' informativeness about managerial effort and talent depends critically on the judicious selection of peer firms as performance benchmarks. By evaluating the efficacy of firms' chosen relative TSR benchmarks in performance-based...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 3
were in a precarious position. One such institution was Wachovia, which entered acquisition talks with Citigroup and Wells Fargo. This case describes the development of these negotiations throughout the week of September 26-October 3,...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
the company, from light bulbs to medical systems to financial services. It was a very valuable time for me because I gained hands-on experience applying 'quality' principles to the environmental health and safety arena. I worked with wonderfully View Details