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- August 2018 (Revised February 2022)
- Case
Lexoo: Building a Long-Lasting Platform
By: Chiara Farronato and Elena Corsi
Daniel van Binsbergen, Lexoo’s CEO, and web developer Chris O’Sullivan, CTO, had set up Lexoo, a UK legal marketplace, to help small and medium enterprises (SME) find legal advice at low prices. Lexoo had recently invested in a new vertical focused on larger companies....
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Keywords:
Marketplaces;
Legal Services;
Growth Strategy;
Technology Ventures;
Service Operations;
Digital Platforms;
Marketplace Matching;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Legal Services Industry;
United Kingdom
Farronato, Chiara, and Elena Corsi. "Lexoo: Building a Long-Lasting Platform." Harvard Business School Case 619-019, August 2018. (Revised February 2022.)
- March 2016 (Revised January 2020)
- Teaching Note
Behavioural Insights Team (A) and (B)
By: Michael Luca and Patrick Rooney
The Behavioural Insights Team case introduces students to the concept of choice architecture and the value of experimental methods (sometimes called A/B testing) within organizational contexts. The exercise provides an opportunity for students to apply these principles...
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- March 2015 (Revised January 2020)
- Supplement
Behavioural Insights Team (B)
By: Michael Luca and Patrick Rooney
The Behavioural Insights Team case introduces students to the concept of choice architecture and the value of experimental methods (sometimes called A/B testing) within organizational contexts. The exercise provides an opportunity for students to apply these principles...
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Keywords:
Behavioral Economics;
Experiments;
Choice Architecture;
Public Entrepreneurship;
United Kingdom
Luca, Michael, and Patrick Rooney. "Behavioural Insights Team (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 915-025, March 2015. (Revised January 2020.)
- 16 Mar 2004
- Other Presentation
UK Competitiveness: Entering a New Stage
By: Christian H.M. Ketels
This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's articles and books, in particular, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (The Free Press, 1990), "The Microeconomic Foundations of Economic Development," in The Global Competitiveness Report 2003,...
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Ketels, Christian H.M. "UK Competitiveness: Entering a New Stage." Smith Institute, London, United Kingdom, March 16, 2004.
- October 1998
- Article
New Identical Provisions Standards Issued by UK and IASC
By: David F. Hawkins
Keywords:
United Kingdom
Hawkins, David F. "New Identical Provisions Standards Issued by UK and IASC." Accounting Bulletin, no. 71 (October 1998).
- Article
Lessons from England's Health Care Workforce Redesign: No Quick Fixes
By: Richard Bohmer and Candace Imison
In 2000 the English National Health Service (NHS) began a series of workforce redesign initiatives that increased the number of doctors and nurses serving patients, expanded existing staff roles and developed new ones, redistributed health care work, and invested in...
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Bohmer, Richard, and Candace Imison. "Lessons from England's Health Care Workforce Redesign: No Quick Fixes." Health Affairs 32, no. 11 (November 2013): 2025–2031.
- March 2011
- Supplement
Countrywide plc (CW)
By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah L. Abbott
One of the world's leading investors in distressed companies, Oaktree Capital Management is contemplating a "loan to own" investment in the debt f Countrywide plc, a financially troubled residential real estate agent based in the U.K. Only sixteen months earlier,...
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- Article
Market Reaction to and Valuation of IFRS Reconciliation Adjustments: First Evidence from the UK
By: Joanne Horton and George Serafeim
We investigate the market reaction to, and the value-relevance of, information contained in the mandatory transitional documents required by International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 1 (2005). We find significant negative abnormal returns for firms reporting...
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Keywords:
Valuation;
Markets;
Information;
International Finance;
Earnings Management;
Stock Shares;
Taxation;
Goodwill Accounting;
Price;
Financial Reporting;
Standards;
Corporate Disclosure;
United Kingdom
Horton, Joanne, and George Serafeim. "Market Reaction to and Valuation of IFRS Reconciliation Adjustments: First Evidence from the UK." Review of Accounting Studies 15, no. 4 (December 2010).
- January 1991
- Article
A Natural Experiment in the Organization of Entry Level Labor Markets: Regional Markets for New Physicians and Surgeons in the U.K.
By: A. E. Roth
Roth, A. E. "A Natural Experiment in the Organization of Entry Level Labor Markets: Regional Markets for New Physicians and Surgeons in the U.K." American Economic Review 81, no. 3 (January 1991): 415–440.
- April 2003
- Teaching Note
Energis (A) (TN)
By: John R. Wells
Teaching Note for (9-703-505).
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- March 2002 (Revised January 2003)
- Teaching Note
BP Amoco (A) & (B)TN
By: Benjamin C. Esty
Teaching Note for (9-201-054) and (9-201-067).
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- February 2001 (Revised April 2001)
- Case
CDC Capital Partners
By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
In 2001, CDC Capital Partners is facing the greatest challenge in its 53-year history. Founded as part of the U.K. government's post-war colonial reconstruction, it had operated as a developmental finance institution, largely issuing debt to the world's poorest...
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Keywords:
Business or Company Management;
Private Equity;
Emerging Markets;
Cost vs Benefits;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Partners and Partnerships;
Financial Institutions;
Financial Services Industry;
United Kingdom
Hardymon, G. Felda, Josh Lerner, and Ann Leamon. "CDC Capital Partners." Harvard Business School Case 801-333, February 2001. (Revised April 2001.)
- 1990
- Chapter
The British Government and Foreign Multinationals before 1970
By: G. Jones
Keywords:
Business History;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Business and Government Relations;
United Kingdom
Jones, G. "The British Government and Foreign Multinationals before 1970." In Governments, Industries and Markets: Aspects of Government-Industry Relations in Great Britain, Japan, West Germany and the United States of America since 1945, edited by M. Chick. Aldershot: Edward Elgar Publishing, 1990.
- October 1997 (Revised May 1998)
- Case
Asda (A1)
By: Michael Beer and James Weber
Supplements the (A) case.
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Keywords:
Restructuring;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Crisis Management;
Management Teams;
Business Strategy;
Retail Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
United Kingdom
Beer, Michael, and James Weber. "Asda (A1)." Harvard Business School Case 498-006, October 1997. (Revised May 1998.)
- May 1992 (Revised September 2019)
- Case
Richardson Sheffield
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Ashish Nanda
The case traces Bryan Upton’s 20-plus years as managing director of a Sheffield-based cutlery company and describes the strategic and organizational actions he took to raise sales and earnings at more than 25% annually, even as the local industry was in steep...
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Keywords:
Human Resource Management;
Human Resource Practices;
General Management;
Human Resources;
Management;
Leadership;
Strategy;
United Kingdom
Bartlett, Christopher A., and Ashish Nanda. "Richardson Sheffield." Harvard Business School Case 392-089, May 1992. (Revised September 2019.)
- May 2010
- Article
Modern Management: Good for the Environment or Just Hot Air?
By: Nicholas Bloom, Christos Genakos, Ralf Martin and Raffaella Sadun
We use an innovative methodology to measure management practices in over 300 manufacturing firms in the U.K. We then match this management data to production and energy usage information for establishments owned by these firms. We find that establishments in better...
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Keywords:
Energy Conservation;
Management Practices and Processes;
Performance Productivity;
Environmental Sustainability;
Pollutants;
Manufacturing Industry;
United Kingdom
Bloom, Nicholas, Christos Genakos, Ralf Martin, and Raffaella Sadun. "Modern Management: Good for the Environment or Just Hot Air?" Economic Journal 120, no. 544 (May 2010): 551–572.
- June 2024
- Teaching Note
Beamery: Using Skills and AI to Modernize HR
By: Boris Groysberg, David Lane, Susan Pinckney and Alexis Lefort
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 424-004. Unicorn human relationships startup Beamery evaluates it growth versus depth strategy as its strategic partners and customers could become future competitors in a quickly changing AI based human resources and talent management...
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Keywords:
Analysis;
Business Ventures;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Model;
Business Startups;
Business Plan;
Disruption;
Transformation;
Talent and Talent Management;
Decisions;
Diversity;
Ethnicity;
Gender;
Nationality;
Race;
Residency;
Education;
Higher Education;
Learning;
Entrepreneurship;
Fairness;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Global Strategy;
Growth and Development;
Information Technology;
AI and Machine Learning;
Digital Platforms;
Disruptive Innovation;
Technological Innovation;
Jobs and Positions;
Job Offer;
Job Search;
Knowledge Acquisition;
Knowledge Use and Leverage;
Product;
Mission and Purpose;
Strategic Planning;
Problems and Challenges;
Corporate Strategy;
Equality and Inequality;
Valuation;
Value Creation;
Employment Industry;
United Kingdom