- 30 Dec 2013
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: What Warren Buffett Saw in Newspapers
When Warren Buffett made a bid for troubled Media General's newspapers, analysts wondered whether the legendary investor had lost his fastball. Hardly, as Benjamin Esty's case reveals. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 02 Apr 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Making the Move to General Manager
Managers face a critical transition when they rise from functional expert to general manager. It's an exciting shift but it's also fraught with pitfalls. A new executive education program at Harvard Business School aims to smooth and accelerate this transition, as professor and program chair Benjamin C. Esty explains. Key concepts include: The first big challenge for general managers with newly acquired or significantly expanded responsibilities is learning to see linkages and interconnections across the organization. The second is transitioning from the role of "doer" to the role of managing through other people—and that's a big change. The General Management Program helps participants lead through two big sources of turbulence: globalization—what happens when market boundaries change—and shifts in technology. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 14 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Big Money for Big Projects
This isn't your father's venture capital. Amusement parks, satellite networks, oil fields, toll roads: HBS Professor Benjamin Esty studies financing of large projects. Q&A Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 18 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Big Deals: Financing Large-Scale Investments
Multimillion dollar start-ups are all over the news these days. But HBS Professor Benjamin Esty's research provides insight into a much bigger kind of venture, with start-up costs on the order of billions, rather than millions, of dollars. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
First Look at New Ideas, April 18
A traditional offline business learns from big data ... Interest rate conundrums ... De Beers looks beyond diamonds in the rough.