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- October 1996 (Revised April 2011)
- Module Note
Venture Capital and Private Equity: Module IV
By: Josh Lerner, G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
Provides an overview of a module that focuses on the adaptation of the private equity model to corporate and nonprofit settings.
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Lerner, Josh, G. Felda Hardymon, and Ann Leamon. "Venture Capital and Private Equity: Module IV." Harvard Business School Module Note 297-043, October 1996. (Revised April 2011.)
- October 2007 (Revised November 2007)
- Case
Barclays Global Investors and Exchange Traded Funds
By: Luis M. Viceira and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
Provides an overview of the Exchange Traded Funds (EFT) industry and highlights the leadership role that Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has played in this developing asset class. BGI launched its first ETFs under the iShares brand name in 2000, and by mid-2007 BGI was...
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History;
Venture Capital;
Asset Management;
Stocks;
Investment Funds;
Leading Change;
Expansion;
Competitive Strategy;
Capital Markets;
Global Strategy;
Financial Strategy;
Banking Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Asia;
Europe
Viceira, Luis M., and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Barclays Global Investors and Exchange Traded Funds." Harvard Business School Case 208-033, October 2007. (Revised November 2007.)
- 21 Mar 2016
- Blog Post
MBA/MPA-ID: The Intersection of Policy and Business
I often get asked if I could choose between the Kennedy School and Business School, which one would I choose? I often respond, “You are asking a parent to point out their favorite child.” Although my friends laugh it off, I really think...
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- 05 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
How To Deceive Others With Truthful Statements (It's Called 'Paltering,' And It's Risky)
than both lying by commission and lying by omission. People who lie by commission have trouble justifying the behavior in their minds because they are aware they gave statements that were explicitly false. However, many View Details
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 20, 2018
School Case 919-403 Philanthropy and Brand Building: Jeff Vinik and the Tampa Bay Lightning Owner Jeff Vinik and top management of the NHL Tampa Bay Lightning are reviewing...
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Dina Gerdeman
- September 1996 (Revised March 1999)
- Background Note
Sustaining Superior Profits: Customer and Supplier Relationships
Explains relationships between asset specificity, holdup, and vertical integration. In particular, it emphasizes solutions to the holdup problem through vertical integration and contracting.
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McGahan, Anita M. "Sustaining Superior Profits: Customer and Supplier Relationships." Harvard Business School Background Note 797-045, September 1996. (Revised March 1999.)
- Article
Political Skill: Explaining the Effects of Nonnative Accent on Managerial Hiring and Entrepreneurial Investment Decisions
By: Laura Huang, Marcia Frideger and Jone L. Pearce
We propose and test a new theory explaining glass-ceiling bias against nonnative speakers as driven by perceptions that nonnative speakers have weak political skill. Although nonnative accent is a complex signal, its effects on assessments of the speakers' political...
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Keywords:
Spoken Communication;
Prejudice and Bias;
Competency and Skills;
Selection and Staffing;
Entrepreneurship;
Investment;
Decisions
Huang, Laura, Marcia Frideger, and Jone L. Pearce. "Political Skill: Explaining the Effects of Nonnative Accent on Managerial Hiring and Entrepreneurial Investment Decisions." Journal of Applied Psychology 98, no. 6 (November 2013): 1005–1017.
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Channel Integration, Sales Dispersion, and Inventory Management
By: Santiago Gallino, Antonio Moreno and Ioannis Stamatopoulos
We study the effects of the introduction of cross-channel functionalities on the overall sales dispersion of retailers and the implications of these effects for inventory management. To do that, we analyze data from a leading U.S. retailer who introduced a...
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Retail Operations;
Online Retail;
Channel Integration;
Sales Dispersion;
Long Tail;
Empirical Operations;
Inventory Management;
Omnichannel Retail;
Marketing Channels;
Integration;
Sales;
Logistics;
Operations;
Management;
Retail Industry
Gallino, Santiago, Antonio Moreno, and Ioannis Stamatopoulos. "Channel Integration, Sales Dispersion, and Inventory Management." Management Science 63, no. 9 (September 2017): 2813–2831.
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
December 2021 Alumni and Faculty Books
rescue a leading energy corporation from ever-increasing debt and a lack of executive accountability, he faced an uphill battle. Not only had he never before stepped into the role of CEO, he also had no...
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- 2002
- Chapter
Information and Competition: Early 21st Century
- 25 Aug 2015
- Blog Post
Why an MD/MBA from HBS and HMS?
therefore physicians and patients were often frustrated by the design of health care delivery systems. As an aspiring physician, I wanted to understand these conversations. This led me to an internship at a View Details
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
connections to other European networks, a failure in Swissgrid’s network could interrupt the supply of electricity in Switzerland and much of Europe. Meyer describes the periodic interactive risk workshops conducted at each business unit...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Dec 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Heterogeneous Technology Diffusion and Ricardian Trade Patterns
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by William R. Kerr
- 22 Jan 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
“Don’ts" and "Do’s”: Insights from Experience in Mitigating Risks of Western Investors in Post-Communist Countries
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
and that anyone can use to turn a problem into a solution with impact. In See, Solve, Scale, Danny Warshay, the creator of the Entrepreneurial Process course and founding View Details
- 30 Oct 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
The Value Structure of Technologies, Part 2: Technical and Strategic Bottlenecks as Guides for Action
- March 2017
- Case
Intellectual Ambition at Harvard Business School: Elton Mayo and Fritz Roethlisberger
By: Jan W. Rivkin and Amram Migdal
This case, set in the 1920s and 1930s, discusses the contributions of Harvard Business School (HBS) Professors Elton Mayo and Fritz Roethlisberger to management research and to the Human Relations Movement in management scholarship. The case focuses on their research...
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Education;
Business Education;
Curriculum and Courses;
Executive Education;
Higher Education;
Interdisciplinary Studies;
Learning;
History;
Business History;
Human Resources;
Employees;
Employee Relationship Management;
Management;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Organizations;
Practice;
Relationships;
Groups and Teams;
Labor and Management Relations;
Rank and Position;
Research;
Social Psychology;
Attitudes;
Behavior;
Emotions;
Motivation and Incentives;
Power and Influence;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Status and Position;
Trust;
Society;
Social Issues;
Theory;
Education Industry;
United States;
Massachusetts;
Illinois
Rivkin, Jan W., and Amram Migdal. "Intellectual Ambition at Harvard Business School: Elton Mayo and Fritz Roethlisberger." Harvard Business School Case 717-469, March 2017.
- 09 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Education, Technology, and Business: What’s the Catch?
including K-12, higher education, and executive education. Interesting Opportunities Frustrating yes, but full of interesting opportunities to try new ideas and make a...
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- June 15, 2021
- Article
Cutting the Gordian Knot of Employee Health Care Benefits and Costs: A Corporate Model Built on Employee Choice
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Barak D. Richman
President Joe Biden’s promise to give every American access to affordable health insurance is well-intentioned, but his plan’s policy elements—a public option, a permanent expanded tax credit—require congressional approval and would expend significant political and...
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Keywords:
Health Insurance;
Health Insurance Marketplaces;
Health Care Delivery;
Health Care Financing;
Health Care Industry;
Health Care and Treatment;
Insurance;
Service Delivery;
Cost Management;
Health Industry;
United States
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Barak D. Richman. "Cutting the Gordian Knot of Employee Health Care Benefits and Costs: A Corporate Model Built on Employee Choice." Health Affairs Blog (June 15, 2021).
- 18 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018
peers. Across three online experiments and a field experiment of entrepreneurs, we identify an interpersonal strategy that can mitigate feelings of malicious envy in observers: revealing one’s failures....
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Dina Gerdeman