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• Working Paper | HBS Working Paper Series | 2016

  Big History, Global Corporations, Virtual Capitalism

  Richard L. Nolan

  Homo sapiens has mastered its environment so thoroughly that, for the first time in history, a small minority of the population is capable of creating enough food and fuels to support not only itself, but also a growing majority of the 6 billion people now living on earth. This unparalleled abundance is allowing our species to develop, distribute, and profit from innovation in nearly every corner of civilization. Now key elements of the modern world such as the speed and connectedness of digital communication, the dynamic movement of capital, and the changing nature of political boundaries are propelling capitalism into a new form that can be characterized as "virtual capitalism." And global corporations in their size and global influence are leading the embodiment of virtual capitalism into the modern world.

  Keywords: Economic Systems; Internet; Innovation and Invention; United States;

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  Nolan, Richard L. "Big History, Global Corporations, Virtual Capitalism." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-116, March 2016. (Revised October 2016.)  View Details

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• Case | HBS Case Collection | September 2015 (Revised February 2016)

  Novell (A): When an Activist Hedge Fund Came Calling on the Board

  Richard L. Nolan

  No corporation and its board of directors is immune to a disruptive shareholder activist attack. The Novell (A) and (B) cases take students through a shareholder activist attack and its aftermath—a saga that spanned 5 years. The cases outline the activist playbook in conducting an attack, the board's response, and key decisions that must be made.

  Keywords: Investment Activism;

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  Nolan, Richard L. "Novell (A): When an Activist Hedge Fund Came Calling on the Board." Harvard Business School Case 916-404, September 2015. (Revised February 2016.)  View Details

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• Supplement | HBS Case Collection | September 2015 (Revised February 2016)

  Novell (B): Board of Directors Aftermath of Hedge Fund Attack

  Richard L. Nolan

  No corporation and its board of directors is immune to a disruptive shareholder activist attack. The Novell (A) and (B) cases take students through a shareholder activist attack and its aftermath—a saga that spanned 5 years. The cases outline the activist playbook in conducting an attack, the board's response, and key decisions that must be made.

  Keywords: Investment Activism;

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  Nolan, Richard L. "Novell (B): Board of Directors Aftermath of Hedge Fund Attack." Harvard Business School Supplement 916-405, September 2015. (Revised February 2016.)  View Details

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