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- 05 Aug 2010
- News
The curse of the alien boss
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Power? You Likely Have More Of It Than You Think
- 07 Jul 2021
- News
Peter Tufano Leaves An Impressive Record At Oxford Saïd
- 30 Oct 2019
- Video
María Emilia Correa
María Emilia Correa, co-founder of Sistema B, a Latin American organization promoting B Corporations and sustainability, discusses the impact of attending the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 on her...
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- August 2020 (Revised May 2021)
- Case
PayPal: The Next Chapter
By: Michael Porter, Mark Kramer and Annelena Lobb
Can a social purpose and stakeholder capitalism confer a powerful competitive advantage in the age of COVID-19? For PayPal, the answer is yes. After spinning off from eBay in a 2015 IPO, the company declared its purpose as "democratizing financial services" by ensuring...
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Keywords:
Mission and Purpose;
Finance;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Competitive Advantage;
Financial Services Industry
Porter, Michael, Mark Kramer, and Annelena Lobb. "PayPal: The Next Chapter." Harvard Business School Case 721-378, August 2020. (Revised May 2021.)
- 2013
- Chapter
Behavioral Corporate Finance: A Current Survey
By: Malcolm Baker and Jeffrey Wurgler
We survey the theory and evidence of behavioral corporate finance, which generally takes one of two approaches. The market timing and catering approach views managerial financing and investment decisions as rational managerial responses to securities mispricing. The...
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Keywords:
Managerial Roles;
Theory;
Corporate Finance;
Financial Management;
Investment;
Market Timing;
Behavioral Finance;
Prejudice and Bias;
Economics;
Forecasting and Prediction
Baker, Malcolm, and Jeffrey Wurgler. "Behavioral Corporate Finance: A Current Survey." In Handbook of the Economics of Finance, Volume 2A: Corporate Finance, edited by George M. Constantinides, Milton Harris, and Rene M. Stulz, 357–424. Handbooks in Economics. New York: Elsevier, 2013.
- September–October 2023
- Article
A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats: The Effects of Common Ownership on Corporate Social Responsibility
By: Mark R. DesJardine, Jody Grewal and Kala Viswanathan
Common owners face an incredible investment challenge: managing systematic risk. Because common owners hold shares in multiple firms across an industry, an action (or inaction) by one firm that affects industry peers is felt more severely by common owners than by...
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Keywords:
Common Ownership;
Environmental Sustainability;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Institutional Investing;
Corporate Governance;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Investment Return
DesJardine, Mark R., Jody Grewal, and Kala Viswanathan. "A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats: The Effects of Common Ownership on Corporate Social Responsibility." Organization Science 34, no. 5 (September–October 2023): 1716–1735.
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Additional Harvard Funding - MBA
reflects the foundation's commitment to enhancing public service by investing in character formation and leadership development. Horace W. Goldsmith Fellowship Open to students demonstrating nonprofit leadership. Junior Achievement...
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- October 2009
- Supplement
Noble Group (CW)
By: C. Fritz Foley and Matthew Johnson
What role does trade finance play in facilitating global supply chain management? Richard S. Elman, founder and CEO of Noble Group Ltd., a global commodities trading company based in Hong Kong, must raise capital to support the firm's working capital and investment...
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Keywords:
Risk Management;
Supply Chain Management;
Trade;
Global Strategy;
Investment;
Capital;
Hong Kong
- November 2009 (Revised August 2010)
- Case
NovoCure Ltd.
By: William A. Sahlman and Sarah Flaherty
Venture capitalist William Doyle must raise $35 million for a portfolio company with a promising, novel cancer therapy, just as global capital markets are imploding in the fall of 2008. NovoCure, Ltd., has developed an electrical-field-based therapy, called Tumor...
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Keywords:
Financial Crisis;
Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
Investment;
Health Care and Treatment;
Health Testing and Trials;
Technological Innovation;
Financial Services Industry
Sahlman, William A., and Sarah Flaherty. "NovoCure Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 810-045, November 2009. (Revised August 2010.)
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Research Community - Doctoral
Research Community Innovative Research, Lasting Relationships Harvard Business School invests more than $140 million in research annually—more than any other school. These funds give researchers at the School the freedom, flexibility, and...
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- 03 Oct 2023
- HBS Case
Layoffs Can Be Bad Business: 5 Strategies to Consider Before Cutting Staff
apology “builds a bridge” between the company and its stakeholders. 5. Invest in laid-off employees Companies can reinforce the bridge by committing to help downsized employees get back on their feet. Many organizations address this...
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- 27 Nov 2013
- News
U.S. Companies Should Show Confidence in the U.S.
- 27 May 2020
- News
Why the SpaceX manned mission is critical to the private space race
- 31 Oct 2022
- Video
Health Minute: Tracy Perry
- April 2004 (Revised July 2007)
- Case
OfficeTiger
By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Johanna Regine Naunton Blaxall
OfficeTiger was founded in late 1999 with an innovative approach to global outsourcing. The company's employees, located primarily in India, provided services for corporations, investment banks, and professional services firms throughout the United States, Europe, and...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Job Cuts and Outsourcing;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Service Operations;
India
Lassiter, Joseph B., III, and Johanna Regine Naunton Blaxall. "OfficeTiger." Harvard Business School Case 804-109, April 2004. (Revised July 2007.)
- 1998
- Book
The Multinational Traders
By: Geoffrey Jones
This book examines the history and theory of multinational trading companies. The essays in this volume demonstrate the importance of trading companies in trade and investment flows in the world economy from the nineteenth century to the present day. The empirical...
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Keywords:
Company History;
Trade;
Globalization;
Books;
Organizational Structure;
Perspective;
Diversification;
Theory;
Asia;
Europe;
United States
Jones, Geoffrey, ed. The Multinational Traders. Routledge International Studies in Business History. London: Routledge, 1998.
- 08 Sep 2014
- News
What You Don’t Know About Sales Can Hurt Your Strategy
- 23 Nov 2012
- News
Hewlett-Packard: Down in the valley
- 14 Jul 2022
- News