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- 2019
- Working Paper
The Comprehensive Effects of a Digital Paywall Sales Strategy
By: Doug J. Chung, Ho Kim and Reo Song
This paper explores the multiple and comprehensive effects of a digital paywall sales strategy, an increasingly common means of go-to-market for media firms. Specifically, we examine the effects of a digital paywall on a media firm’s two sources of income—subscription...
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Keywords:
Digital Paywall;
Demand Substitution;
Spillover Effect;
Synthetic Control;
Sales;
Strategy;
Media;
Newspapers;
Publishing Industry
Chung, Doug J., Ho Kim, and Reo Song. "The Comprehensive Effects of a Digital Paywall Sales Strategy." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-118, May 2019.
- 11 May 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
What Do Private Equity Firms Say They Do?
- January 1987 (Revised May 1989)
- Case
Merck-Banyu
By: Timothy A. Luehrman
Merck acquired control of Banyu in 1983. This was the first acquisition by outsiders of a major publicly traded Japanese company. This case is focused on valuing strategic investments in an environment of global competition. The case is complex because of the...
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Keywords:
Acquisition;
Investment;
Globalization;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Industry Structures;
Negotiation Deal;
Public Ownership;
Competition;
Valuation;
Japan
Luehrman, Timothy A. "Merck-Banyu." Harvard Business School Case 287-061, January 1987. (Revised May 1989.)
- April 2010
- Case
George Martin at The Boston Consulting Group (A)
By: Leslie A. Perlow and Kerry Herman
George Martin, managing partner at The Boston Consulting Group, is worried as some of his best performers have recently pulled him aside to discuss the challenges they face managing the demands of their work lives with their desire for more predictable time with their...
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Keywords:
Problems and Challenges;
Work-Life Balance;
Management Teams;
Interpersonal Communication;
Jobs and Positions;
Employees;
Consulting Industry;
Boston
Perlow, Leslie A., and Kerry Herman. "George Martin at The Boston Consulting Group (A)." Harvard Business School Case 410-112, April 2010.
- 21 Aug 2012
- News
Your paycheck and the CEO's - side by side
- 2016
- Article
Integrated Care from the Patient's Perspective and its Relationship to Medical Group Attributes.
By: Michaela Kerrissey, Jonathan Clark, Ashley-Kay Fryer, Wei Jiang, Maryaline Catillon, Patricia Ramsay, Stephen Shortell, Lawrence Casalino, Mark Friedberg and Sara J. Singer
Integrating care for patients with multiple chronic conditions is essential to improving quality. Yet little is known about care integration from the patient’s perspective and how it relates to medical group characteristics. We created a nationally representative...
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Keywords:
Care Coordination;
Integrated Care;
Health;
Health Care and Treatment;
Quality;
Perspective;
Health Industry
Kerrissey, Michaela, Jonathan Clark, Ashley-Kay Fryer, Wei Jiang, Maryaline Catillon, Patricia Ramsay, Stephen Shortell, Lawrence Casalino, Mark Friedberg, and Sara J. Singer. "Integrated Care from the Patient's Perspective and its Relationship to Medical Group Attributes." Academy of Management Proceedings (2016).
- October 2013
- Article
The Strategy That Will Fix Health Care
By: Michael E. Porter and Thomas H. Lee
In health care, the days of business as usual are over. Around the world, every health care system is struggling with rising costs and uneven quality, despite the hard work of well-intentioned, well-trained clinicians. Health care leaders and policy makers have tried...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Strategy;
Value;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Health Care and Treatment;
Health Industry
Porter, Michael E., and Thomas H. Lee. "The Strategy That Will Fix Health Care." Harvard Business Review 91, no. 10 (October 2013): 50–70.
- Program
Leading in the Digital Era
professional service firms, unless they are currently leading a digital transformation for a client organization in which they are embedded Individuals and teams are welcome to attend. Participation by multiple company representatives...
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- March 2017 (Revised December 2018)
- Case
Reawakening the Magic: Bob Iger and the Walt Disney Company
By: David Collis and Ashley Hartman
Mickey Mouse, Snow White, and Buzz Lightyear strolled down Main Street at the grand opening of Hong Kong Disney in the fall of 2005, pausing to snap selfies with enthusiastic children in Mickey Mouse ears. Bob Iger, newly appointed CEO of The Walt Disney Company,...
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Keywords:
Franchise Management;
Brand Management;
Culture Change;
Business Units;
Acquisition Strategy;
Technological Change;
Disney;
ESPN;
Cord-cutting;
Bob Iger;
Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Competitive Advantage;
Diversification;
Integration;
Media;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Consumer Products Industry
Collis, David, and Ashley Hartman. "Reawakening the Magic: Bob Iger and the Walt Disney Company." Harvard Business School Case 717-483, March 2017. (Revised December 2018.)
- 12 Mar 2017
- News
Wal-Mart Doubles Down in Brazil Despite Sluggish Sales
The Price of Fairness
We study resource allocation problems that involve multiple self-interested parties and a central decision maker. We introduce and study the price of fairness, which is the... View Details
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Information, Coordination and the Industrialisation of Countries (with Markus Reisinger)
The industrialization process of a country is often plagued by a failure to coordinate firms' investment decisions. Using the Global Games approach we can solve this coordination problem and eliminate the problem of multiple equilibria. We show how appropriate...
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- 25 May 2011
- News
Healthcare Entrepreneur Kathy Giusti Addresses MBA Class of 2011
- 24 Jul 2019
- Blog Post
Growing the Seeds of an Early-Stage Startup
was no MBA internship opening, so I was pleasantly surprised when Aaron replied and gave me a shot anyway! After going through multiple interviews and being asked for numerous references, I realized that no matter how resource constrained...
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- February 2001 (Revised April 2001)
- Background Note
Note on Valuing Private Businesses
By: Dwight B. Crane and Indra Reinbergs
This case provides a brief overview of valuation for owners of closely held companies. The focus is on a comparable transactions approach, although rules of thumb and discounted cash flow are mentioned. Earnings multiples and their drivers are discussed. It uses...
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Keywords:
Earnings Management;
Finance;
Cash Flow;
Analytics and Data Science;
Private Ownership;
Valuation
Crane, Dwight B., and Indra Reinbergs. "Note on Valuing Private Businesses." Harvard Business School Background Note 201-060, February 2001. (Revised April 2001.)
Linda A. Hill
Linda A. Hill is the Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and Faculty Chair of the Leadership Initiative. Hill is regarded as one of the top experts on leadership and innovation. Hill is... View Details
- January 2004 (Revised July 2006)
- Background Note
Incentives within Organizations
By: Brian J. Hall
Serves as a brief introduction to incentive design and implementation. The analysis first locates incentive strategy within the larger structure of organizations and markets and then helps to define the central components and difficulties of incentive design. Focuses...
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Hall, Brian J. "Incentives within Organizations." Harvard Business School Background Note 904-043, January 2004. (Revised July 2006.)
- October 2020 (Revised March 2021)
- Case
Pete Carroll: Building a Winning Organization through Purpose, Caring, and Inclusion
By: Ranjay Gulati, Matthew Breitfelder and Monte Burke
Competing at the highest levels of the National Football League (NFL) requires tremendous skill, dedication and persistence. The most successful coaches in the NFL know how to draw out a higher level of performance and consistency from their players. This is typically...
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Keywords:
National Football League;
Leadership Style;
Organizational Culture;
Mission and Purpose;
Relationships;
Performance;
Success;
Sports;
Sports Industry
Gulati, Ranjay, Matthew Breitfelder, and Monte Burke. "Pete Carroll: Building a Winning Organization through Purpose, Caring, and Inclusion." Harvard Business School Case 421-020, October 2020. (Revised March 2021.)