[Assam] Harvard MBA Newsletter: Image Management: Using Investor Relations Proactively

Sat Sep 1 22:15:42 CDT 2007

some might like to learn how complex image management can be - and why it is important.
Umesh

HBS Working Knowledge <workingknowledge at hbs.edu> wrote: To: jaipurschool at YAHOO.COM
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 11:21:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: "HBS Working Knowledge" <workingknowledge at hbs.edu>
Subject: Newsletter: Using Investor Relations Proactively

   HBS Working Knowledge Newsletter                  
   Highlights this Week   
   HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively 
   3 Steps to Reduce Financial System Risk 
   New working paper: Improving Patient Outcomes 
   New working paper: Hedge Fund Investor Activism and Takeovers 
   What Do You Think? How Will Millennials Manage?  

 ==============================  New on the Site  HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5616.html
 Investor relations has a delicate balancing act. It communicates with stakeholders, of course, but can also help employees take a step back and analyze their firm as outsiders do. Harvard Business School's Gregory S. Miller, Vincent Dessain, and Daniela Beyersdorfer explain where IR is going, with energy giants BP and Total leading the way.

  3 Steps to Reduce Financial System Risk http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5745.html
 By using complex derivative products, banks are better able to manage risk. But this "credit risk transfer" technology is transferring risk to a new set of investors inexperienced in this arena and posing exposure problems for the international financial system as a whole, argues Harvard Business School professor Mohamed El-Erian. Here's how to fix the problem.

  Working paper: Improving Patient Outcomes http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5738.html
 Download the PDF. Health-care organizations have a well-documented, industry-wide need to improve their processes. This study by HBS professor Anita L. Tucker and 3 colleagues provides preliminary supporting evidence for the Institute of Medicine's recommendations to use a dual, front-line strategy of participation and collaboration to improve patient outcomes.

  Working paper: Hedge Fund Investor Activism and Takeovers http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5739.html
 Download the PDF. Are hedge funds better than large institutional investors at identifying undervalued companies, locating potential acquirers for them, and removing opposition to a takeover? Are they best equipped to monitor management? This working paper by HBS professor Robin Greenwood and coauthor Michael Schor outlines the advantages and limits of hedge funds to manage these tasks.

  What Do You Think? How Will Millennials Manage? http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5736.html
 Gen Yers or "millennials"—those born beginning at the end of the 1970s—are generally bright, cheery, seemingly well-adjusted, and cooperative, says Jim Heskett. Their work styles are sometimes confounding, though. As managers, how will they shape organizations of the future? What do you think? Online forum OPEN until Wednesday, August 29.

  First Look: New Research by HBS Faculty http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5744.html
 This week: The role of hedge funds in monitoring management ... Handling controversy at De Beers ... How advertising frames development.

  Most Popular Stories  
  The Dark Side of Trust http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5742.html

  3 Steps to Reduce Financial System Risk http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5745.html

  The Hard Numbers on Social Investments http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/3774.html

  How Much of Leadership Is About Control, Delegation, or Theater? http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5718.html

  What Do You Think? How Will Millennials Manage? http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5736.html

  Best of Faculty Q&As The Hard Numbers on Social Investments http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/3774.html
 The field of social-purpose investing is growing and becoming more sophisticated. Should investors expect lower returns to benefit society? A new Harvard Business School study examines the question. Lecturer and Senior Researcher Stacey Childress explains in this Q&A from 2003.

  Elsewhere at Harvard Business School  
  8th Annual HBS Health Industry Conference http://www.hbshealthconference.org
 HBS Health Industry Alumni Association
 November 2–4, 2007

  HBS Health West Conference (held in California) http://www.hbshealthconference.org/hbshealthwest
 HBS Health Industry Alumni Association
 September 20–21, 2007

  Advanced Management Program http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/amp_wk/index.html
 HBS Executive Education Program
 September 3–October 26, 2007

  Launching New Ventures: Jump-Starting Innovation for Entrepreneurs and Business Owners http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/lnv_wk/index.html
 HBS Executive Education Program
 September 30–October 5, 2007

  Corporate Governance Series http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/cgs_wk/index.html
 HBS Executive Education Program
 September 30–November 7, 2007

  Corporate Social Responsibility: Strategies to Create Business and Social Value http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/csr_wk/index.html
 HBS Executive Education Program
 October 10–13, 2007

  Consumer Financial Services http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/cfs_wk/index.html
 HBS Executive Education Program
 October 21–24, 2007

  Harvard Business Online http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/home/index.jhtml?_requestid=23929
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