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P.F. Chang's
Excited yet apprehensive after being named CEO of P.F. Chang's beginning July 1st, 2020, Damola Adamolekun was well aware of the extraordinary challenges facing the firm. The closure of businesses deemed "nonessential" owing to the COVID-19 pandemic had...
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- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Professors Introduce Valuation Software
In an age when mergers, acquisitions, and spin-offs are increasingly common in business, you need a new skill in your kit bag: the ability to analyze and value potential partners, deals, investments—even your own company. The Business...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- January 2024 (Revised March 2024)
- Case
Uncle Nearest: Creating a Legacy
By: Hise Gibson, Archie L. Jones, Nicole Gilmore and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
Fawn Weaver, as a Black woman and industry outsider in a capital-intensive, highly regulated, competitive and male-dominated spirits industry, successfully overcame numerous obstacles to launch a premium American whiskey brand, Uncle Nearest in 2017, which became the...
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Marketing;
Product Marketing;
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Organizational Culture;
Private Ownership;
Performance Effectiveness;
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Social Issues;
Strategy;
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Food and Beverage Industry;
Tourism Industry;
United States;
Tennessee;
France
Gibson, Hise, Archie L. Jones, Nicole Gilmore, and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone. "Uncle Nearest: Creating a Legacy." Harvard Business School Case 824-047, January 2024. (Revised March 2024.)
- July 2023
- Case
Honeycomb
By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Kumba Sennaar
Honeycomb, an audio app enabling seniors to record stories and save family memories, suddenly draws interest from a younger user demographic. The co-founders consider pivoting to better serve this new user demographic. How should they think about strategy, brand, and...
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Faculty & Research
founder and CEO of U.K. startup Matillion, faced a decision about which term sheet to accept for the lead investor in his company’s $35 million Series C financing round. Would the connections and opportunities offered by Silicon...
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- 15 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise
hot topic lately. Is venture philanthropy a good idea? A: The first generation of venture philanthropy had its roots in the success of venture capital. Investors were carried away by the notion of gaining economic returns on their...
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by Roger Thompson
- 28 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 28
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-071.pdf Short-Termism, Investor Clientele, and Firm Risk Authors:Francois Brochet, Maria Loumioti, and George Serafeim Abstract Using conference call transcripts, we measure the time horizon that senior...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Aug 2023
- Book
You’re More Than Your Job: 3 Tips for a Healthier Work-Life Balance
what I can to be happy now.” Wallace was inspired to write the book—a mix of case study, research, and memoir—by witnessing the mindset shift among her millennial peers, who came of age during a recession, pandemic-related instability,...
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by Kara Baskin
- Web
Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Accountability Course | HBS Online
and Self-Reflection Featured Exercises Analyze your biases and reflect on past decisions to help identify problem areas Consider how employee rights factor into firing decisions Identify three types of fairness in employee-employer relationships 7-9 hrs Module 3 - 1...
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Faculty & Advisors - MBA
Venture, Enke has been an early investor and advisor to over thirty transformational Health & Bio companies including Parsley Health, Tia, Sollis, CertifyOS, Cofertility and Nanite Bio. Enke serves on the Board of Directors of the Tisch...
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Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni
Recording Dean’s Welcome Address Speaker: Dean Srikant Datar Dean Datar kicked off Reunion Weekend by sharing his key priorities, which will strengthen and accelerate the School’s impact in the world. Video Recording Competing in the Age...
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- August 2021 (Revised November 2021)
- Case
The NCB Capital Turnaround: Waking the Sleeping Giant
By: Sandra J. Sucher, Gamze Yucaoglu, Shalene Gupta and Fares Khrais
The case opens in 2019, five years after, Sarah Al Suhaimi, CEO of NCB Capital (NCBC), the investment arm of Saudi’s largest bank, NCB, took the helm. Having successfully turned the business to make it the market leader, she was contemplating her next steps as...
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Turnaround;
Investment Banking;
Financial Institutions;
Change Management;
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Business Model;
Strategy;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Management Teams;
Asset Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Saudi Arabia
Sucher, Sandra J., Gamze Yucaoglu, Shalene Gupta, and Fares Khrais. "The NCB Capital Turnaround: Waking the Sleeping Giant." Harvard Business School Case 322-043, August 2021. (Revised November 2021.)
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Hiring Organizations
Alpine Investors Altem Technologies Pvt Ltd Amansa Capital Amazon Amazon Web Services - AWS American Century Investments American Express American Industrial Partners American Securities Amiti aMoon Fund aMORA Ampersand Capital Partners...
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- 20 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 20
future research. Specifically, I call for research on the materiality of environmental and social issues for the future financial performance of corporations, the design of incentive and control systems to guide strategy execution, corporate reporting, and the role of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 9, 2015
are high. With more time and capital, the cofounders are confident they can resolve operational problems. But will they be able to persuade investors to provide more capital? Purchase this case:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Clayton Christensen’s “How Will You Measure Your Life?”
investors were starting to get nervous—there was clearly something to what Netflix was doing. Many pressured the incumbent to look more closely at the market. "Obviously, we pay attention to any way people are getting home...
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- 04 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Money Connection—Understanding VC Networks
essential to the functioning of VC and the technology-based industries in which VCs often invest. And in addition to person-to-person social networks, firm-to-firm networks are vital in both contexts. "For example, about two-thirds of venture capital financing...
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- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
a natural experiment. Because firms with substantial institutional ownership would have been most affected by the SEC's now-delayed changes, we use the share and composition of institutional investors to sort firms into those more and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Students on the Job Market - Doctoral
Vitae | Website | Email Yina Yang Abstract: Transparency in Private Equity Funds and Investor Returns I find that the first disclosure regulation on funds’ conflicts of interest (COI) in private equity (PE) funds results in an 8.59%...
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- 17 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 17
Publications March 2015 Journal of Financial Economics Banks as Patient Fixed-Income Investors By: Hanson, Samuel G., Andrei Shleifer, Jeremy C. Stein, and Robert W. Vishny Abstract—We examine the business model of traditional...
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Sean Silverthorne