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HBS Home HBS Index Contact Us Home About This Collection Using the Business Records Using the Deal Books Chronology Company Industry Glossary History of Lehman Brothers History of Lehman Brothers With a special focus on recognizing the potential of promising industries and helping finance the expansion of these enterprises, Lehman Brothers played an important part in the financial and commercial history of the United States for more than 150 years. The history of the firm offers an inside

BUAD 490 3/14/13 Team Written Case Analysis (Concise) Biodel, Inc. BIODEL INC. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Biodel’s use of biotechnology expertise in the three prime areas of Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, and Immunodiagnostics has led their company into some great opportunities. Biodel created a synthetic serum to replace fetal calf serum and horse serum, and provide a more consistently available product for scientific researchers. Biodel’s Molecular Biology division used DNA technology to

Do I need help anymore? Throughout most of history, women were seen as inferior to men. Men were viewed as more capable and smarter than women: men worked while women stayed at home; men were given control of the household and their wives, and men obtained education while women learned how to do household chores at home. Many of these inequalities were displayed in early literature, such as Andromeda and the Sea Monster and “Rapunzel”, where women, dubbed Damsels in Distress, either made unintelligent

Did you know that Poseidon, known mainly for being the god of the sea, was also the god of earthquakes and horses (Taft 103)? Poseidon is involved in many of the popular myths about the Greek gods. There are many interesting facts about the different myths of Poseidon. In order to fully explain these myths and Poseidon's life, it is necessary to examine the various aspects of his family, childhood, love interests, and children. In the same way as humans today, Poseidon has meaning behind his name

Collapse of Lehman Brothers Lehman Brothers was an investment bank that went back to the 1850s, surviving the Civil War, two World Wars, the Great Depression and any other great misfortune that this 160 year old company’s history had gone bankrupt. Lehman brothers were an important part in the financial and commercial industries in the United States. People may have thought that leverage was a bad thing; they should have realized that a dry-goods store turned into a huge investment bank then

TOP-TEAM POLITICS…page 90 WHEN YOUR CORE BUSINESS IS DYING…page 66 Y GE SE PA IN DS CK R M WA A 53 www.hbr.org April 2007 58 What Your Leader Expects of You Larry Bossidy 66 Finding Your Next Core Business Chris Zook 78 Promise-Based Management: The Essence of Execution Donald N. Sull and Charles Spinosa 90 The Leadership Team: Complementary Strengths or Conflicting Agendas? Stephen A. Miles and Michael D. Watkins 100 Avoiding Integrity Land Mines Ben