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When Does Leadership Matter: A Contingent Opportunities View of CEO Leadership
Wasserman, Noam; Anand, Bharat N.; Nohria, NitinBook Chapter HBS-6122BC-ELeadership and People ManagementTo what extent does leadership influence organizational performance? In this chapter, Noam Wasserman, Bharat Anand, and Nitin Nohria try to provide a balanced answer to this question. Replicating the variance partitioning method used by Stanley Lieberson and James O'Connor in their 1972 study on leadership and organizational performance, they analyze the performance of more than 500 publicly held U.S. companies (across 42 industries) over a 20-ye...Starting at €8.20
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Framework for Risk Management
Froot, Kenneth A.; Scharfstein, David S.; Stein, Jeremy C.Article HBS-94604-EStrategyIn recent years, managers have become aware of how their companies can be buffeted by risks beyond their control. To insulate themselves from such risks, many companies are turning to the derivatives markets, taking advantage of instruments like forwards, futures, options, and swaps. Although heavily involved in risk management, most companies do not have clear goals underlying their hedging programs. Without such goals, using derivatives can be ...Starting at €8.20
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Oaktree and the Restructuring of CIT Group (B)
Ivashina, Victoria; Scharfstein, David S.Case HBS-214036-EFinanceThis supplement presents the actual terms of the rescue financing provided by a group of private investors to CIT. It is intended to be distributed at the end of the discussion of "Oaktree and the Restructuring of CIT Group (A)" (HBS No. 214-035) and can be used as background to reflect on the students' proposal of financing terms for the $3 billion rescue financing of CIT.Starting at €5.74
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Les is More, Times Four, Teaching Note
Wasserman, NoamTeaching Note HBS-809138-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching Note for [807173].Starting at €0.00
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Career at a Crossroad: Packing Up
Wasserman, Noam; Brem, LisaCase HBS-812013-EEntrepreneurshipAkhil Patel is passionate about his business idea: an innovative green technology fuel cell. He wants to dive in and commit to his startup, but Roopa Rao, his fiancee, is much more risk averse, his parents don't approve of the startup, and Akhil has an enticing alternative offer from a prestigious consulting firm. Should Akhil follow his dream and become an entrepreneur? Or should he acquiesce to the other forces in his life and take the "safer" ...Starting at €8.20
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Curt Schilling's Next Pitch (B)
Wasserman, Noam; Braid, YaelCase HBS-813156-EEntrepreneurshipContinuation of the 'Curt Schilling's Next Pitch' case series.Starting at €5.74
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Oaktree and the Restructuring of CIT Group (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Ivashina, Victoria; Scharfstein, David S.Teaching Note HBS-214058-EFinanceTeaching Note for 214035 and 214036.Starting at €0.00
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The Financial Crisis: Hank Paulson in 2008
Sunderam, Adi; Greenwood, Robin; Hanson, Samuel G.; Scharfstein, David S.Case HBS-219037-EEconomicsOn the afternoon of Monday October 13, 2008, Hank Paulson Jr., the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, walked into the large conference room across the hall from his office in the Treasury Department. Joining him were Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Timothy Geithner, Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporate Sheila Bair, and the Chief Executive Officers of nine of the lar...Starting at €8.20
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Tale of the Lynx (B)
Wasserman, NoamCase HBS-810029-EEntrepreneurshipContinuation of the 'Tale of the Lynx' case series.Starting at €5.74
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A "Rich-vs.-King" Approach to Term Sheet Negotiations
Wasserman, Noam; Nazeeri, Furqan; Anderson, KyleCase HBS-810119-EEntrepreneurshipThis note offers a new approach to Venture Capital term-sheet negotiations, with actionable steps based on insights from Prof. Wasserman's "Rich-vs.-King" approach to founder decisions. A core thesis of this note is that trying to negotiate all terms in a term sheet will be less effective than focusing on the terms that are most important to the specific entrepreneur in question, taking into account the entrepreneur's goals and motivations in fou...Starting at €8.20