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- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Investing in Innovation
On April 25, Harvard Business School launched a campaign that will position the School for leadership in management education in the 21st century. The primary objectives of The Harvard Business School Campaign are to: Inspire...
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- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
the importance of manufacturing for driving innovation in the U.S. economy. This paper proposes an alternative framework that focuses on the role of suppliers of goods and...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Award-Winning Article Urges Companies to Loosen Ties that Bind
John Hagel III (MBA '77) and Marc Singer are the winners of the 1999 McKinsey Award for the best article published in the Harvard Business Review. "Unbundling the Corporation," which appeared in the March/April 1999 HBR, argues that most...
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- 05 Jul 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Float Manipulation and Stock Prices
- June 2014
- Case
Making Progress at IDEO
By: Teresa M. Amabile and Katrina Flanagan
This case focuses on different types of client relationships at IDEO, the value of these relationships for IDEO and clients, and the implications for IDEO designers' everyday experience of work. As new types of client work have shifted away from the more classic design...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Motivation and Incentives;
Employees;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Service Industry
Amabile, Teresa M., and Katrina Flanagan. "Making Progress at IDEO." Harvard Business School Case 814-123, June 2014.
- September 2009 (Revised March 2015)
- Case
eBay Partner Network (A)
By: Benjamin Edelman and Ian Larkin
eBay considers adjustments to the structure and rules of its affiliate marketing program, eBay Partner Network (ePN). In particular, eBay reevaluates affiliate compensation structure, the role of bonuses for especially productive affiliates, and the overall rationale...
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Compensation and Benefits;
Marketing Strategy;
Partners and Partnerships;
Motivation and Incentives;
Online Technology;
Service Industry
Edelman, Benjamin, and Ian Larkin. "eBay Partner Network (A)." Harvard Business School Case 910-008, September 2009. (Revised March 2015.) (request a courtesy copy.)
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Presentation Round-Up
creation, production, delivery and use of the Web, as well as toward a service delivery infrastructure. Panelist Katie Burke (HBS MBA '95) noted Web-based e-mail as a good example View Details
- November 1996 (Revised July 1997)
- Case
Alexander Plaza
By: Arthur I Segel and William J. Poorvu
In May 1996, Henry Bower, an asset manager for a real estate adviser, Medcem, has to negotiate the details of a lease after signing a letter of intent with a high technology company, Defentek, Inc. Defentek, Inc. is a fast-growing company with limited net worth that is...
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Keywords:
Negotiation Tactics;
Negotiation Preparation;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Financial Services Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
District of Columbia
Segel, Arthur I., and William J. Poorvu. "Alexander Plaza." Harvard Business School Case 897-066, November 1996. (Revised July 1997.)
- September 1983
- Case
Bennett, Strang & Farris
A law firm must decide how to split partnership profits among the partners. Issues of seniority versus performance, performance evaluation, and lack of consensus of values dominate the discussions.
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Maister, David H. "Bennett, Strang & Farris." Harvard Business School Case 684-027, September 1983.
- 14 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 14
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/109071-PDF-ENG foursquare Mikołaj Jan Piskorski, Thomas R. Eisenmann, Jeffrey J. Bussgang, and David ChenHarvard Business School Case 711-418 Co-founders of foursquare are deciding how to respond...
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Sean Silverthorne
- December 2010 (Revised June 2014)
- Supplement
eBay Partner Network — slide supplement
By: Benjamin Edelman
eBay considers adjustments to the structure and rules of its affiliate marketing program, eBay Partner Network (ePN). In particular, eBay reevaluates affiliate compensation structure, the role of bonuses for especially productive affiliates, and the overall rationale...
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- February 2010 (Revised October 2010)
- Case
Re-THINK-ing THINK: The Electric Car Company
By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and David Kiron
On January 5, 2010, 48-year-old Richard Canny was on his way to meet the governor of Indiana. He was reading his newly issued press release announcing that THINK planned to start automobile production in Elkhart County, Indiana to launch its THINK City battery-operated...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Entrepreneurship;
Investment;
Global Strategy;
Market Entry and Exit;
Product Development;
Production;
Pollutants;
Environmental Sustainability;
Auto Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Norway;
Indiana
Lassiter, Joseph B., III, and David Kiron. "Re-THINK-ing THINK: The Electric Car Company." Harvard Business School Case 810-105, February 2010. (Revised October 2010.)
- October 1992 (Revised February 1995)
- Background Note
Note on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations
By: Lynn S. Paine
Describes the federal guidelines used by judges for sentencing organizations convicted of criminal wrong-doing under U.S. law as of November 1, 1991. Describes the guidelines' approach to calculating criminal fines for organizations, determining an organization's...
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Keywords:
Crime and Corruption;
Governance Compliance;
Law Enforcement;
Laws and Statutes;
Organizations;
Legal Services Industry;
United States
Paine, Lynn S. "Note on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations." Harvard Business School Background Note 393-060, October 1992. (Revised February 1995.)
- 2012
- Working Paper
How Short-Termism Invites Corruption—And What to Do About It
Researchers and business leaders have long decried short-termism: the excessive focus of executives of publicly traded companies-along with fund managers and other investors-on short-term results. The central concern is that short-termism discourages long-term... View Details
Keywords:
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Public Ownership;
Performance Expectations;
Economy;
Crime and Corruption;
Ethics;
Trust;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Salter, Malcolm S. "How Short-Termism Invites Corruption—And What to Do About It." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-094, April 2012.
- June 2005 (Revised May 2006)
- Case
Vidient (A)
Vidient, a young company, is in the process of being spun out of a much larger, established Japanese business. Vidient is in the business of analyzing the feeds from security cameras and catches security breaches automatically, without human assistance. The parent...
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Keywords:
Technological Innovation;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Financing and Loans;
Business Startups;
Service Industry;
Japan
Roberts, Michael J. "Vidient (A)." Harvard Business School Case 805-163, June 2005. (Revised May 2006.)
- September 2015
- Case
Eco7: Launching a New Motor Oil
By: John Quelch and Sunru Yong
Aaron Jonnerson, vice president of marketing at the automotive division of Avellin, must make marketing mix decisions for the launch of Eco7, a new environmentally-friendly motor oil. The company's performance has been mediocre, shareholder pressure is increasing, and...
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Keywords:
Distribution Channels;
Environmental Sustainability;
Product Launch;
Transportation;
Energy Sources;
Auto Industry
Quelch, John, and Sunru Yong. "Eco7: Launching a New Motor Oil." Harvard Business School Brief Case 916-507, September 2015.
- 13 Jun 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
That Costs HOW Much?
graphicola Price is important to consumers not just because it determines whether they can afford to purchase that purse or patio set. The cost of an item sets the buyer's expectations as to how the product or View Details
- 20 Mar 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Sell Side School Ties
- August 2005 (Revised March 2007)
- Case
Politics and Prudential Supervision: ABN Amro's Bid for Antonveneta (A)
By: Rawi E. Abdelal and Christopher Bruner
Involves the March 2005 takeover bid launched by ABN Amro, the Dutch bank, for Padua-based Banca Antoniana Popolare Veneta S.p.A. (Antonveneta)--a bid that many would view as a test of Italy's commitment to the creation of a single European market for financial...
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Keywords:
History;
Transformation;
Business and Government Relations;
Integration;
Competitive Strategy;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Emerging Markets;
Financial Markets;
Banks and Banking;
Financial Services Industry;
European Union;
Italy
Abdelal, Rawi E., and Christopher Bruner. "Politics and Prudential Supervision: ABN Amro's Bid for Antonveneta (A)." Harvard Business School Case 706-009, August 2005. (Revised March 2007.)
- September 2008
- Article
Does Innovation Cause Stock Market Runups? Evidence from the Great Crash
By: Tom Nicholas
This article examines the stock market's changing valuation of corporate patentable assets between 1910 and 1939. It shows that the value of knowledge capital increased significantly during the 1920s compared to the 1910s as investors responded to the quality of...
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Keywords:
History;
Technological Innovation;
Patents;
Stocks;
Valuation;
Financial Crisis;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Nicholas, Tom. "Does Innovation Cause Stock Market Runups? Evidence from the Great Crash." American Economic Review 98, no. 4 (September 2008): 1370–1396.