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- Faculty Publications (142)
- 02 Nov 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
Accounting for Organizational Employment Impact
- 19 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
Studying How Income Inequality Shapes Behavior
It's clear that inequality in America has grown at a fast clip in recent years. From 1980 to 2010, the top 1 percent's share of income has doubled from 10 percent to 20 percent, while the income share of the bottom 90 percent fell from 65 percent to 52 percent. Those...
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by Michael Blanding
- July 2022 (Revised January 2024)
- Case
Call of Fiduciary Duty: Microsoft Acquires Activision Blizzard
By: Jonas Heese, Joseph Pacelli and James Barnett
In January 2022, Microsoft announces its acquisition of the video game company Activision Blizzard, in a deal valued at $68.7 billion, which would make Microsoft the world’s third largest video game company. The deal came as Activision Blizzard faced gender pay...
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Accounting;
Goodwill Accounting;
Analysis;
Decision Making;
Talent and Talent Management;
Games, Gaming, and Gambling;
Ethics;
Leadership;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Video Game Industry;
North America;
California
Heese, Jonas, Joseph Pacelli, and James Barnett. "Call of Fiduciary Duty: Microsoft Acquires Activision Blizzard." Harvard Business School Case 123-011, July 2022. (Revised January 2024.)
- 19 Aug 2013
- News
Studying How Income Inequality Shapes Behavior
- 17 Mar 2015
- News
Laissez-faire fix to labour-market inequality?
- Research Summary
Overview
My research focuses on issues related to the structure and functioning of the financial system, including risk, competition and disparities in the banking system
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- 10 Mar 2016
- News
Salary negotiation classes teach women how to "push back"
- Awards
American Accounting Association. Financial Accounting and Reporting Section. Best Dissertation Award
By: Ethan C. Rouen
Winner of the 2018 Best Dissertation Award from the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section of the American Accounting Association for "Rethinking Measurement of Pay Disparity and Its Relation to Firm Performance" (Ph.D. diss., Columbia Business School, 2017).
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- September 2020
- Case
West Side United: Hospitals Tackle the Racial Health and Wealth Gap
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Paul Stramaglia
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. David Ansell, Darlene Hightower, and Ayesho Jaco, leaders of West Side United (WSU), a coalition of Chicago hospitals, community residents, banks, and small businesses conceived in 2016, reviewed progress toward WSU’s goal of ending...
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Keywords:
COVID;
COVID-19;
Hospital;
Coalition;
Health Pandemics;
Race;
Health;
Wealth and Poverty;
Equality and Inequality;
Change;
Leadership;
Chicago
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Paul Stramaglia. "West Side United: Hospitals Tackle the Racial Health and Wealth Gap." Harvard Business School Case 321-026, August 2020.
- Research Summary
Overview
By: Olivia S. Kim
My research examines how firms and households make financial decisions, with a focus on the role of the family. My work evaluates how financial regulations shape credit and consumption disparities within the household and the extent to which business owners' family...
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- 22 Aug 2010
- News
Income Inequality and Financial Crises
- March 1996 (Revised April 2006)
- Case
Global Equity Markets: The Case of Royal Dutch and Shell
By: Kenneth A. Froot and Andre F. Perold
Royal Dutch and Shell common stocks are securities with linked cash flow, so that the ratio of their stock prices should be fixed. In fact, the ratio is highly variable, moving with the markets where the securities are intensively traded. Royal Dutch trades more...
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International Equity Markets;
International Cost Of Capital;
Cross-border Valuation;
International Finance;
Equity;
Cost of Capital;
Valuation;
Cash Flow
Froot, Kenneth A., and Andre F. Perold. "Global Equity Markets: The Case of Royal Dutch and Shell." Harvard Business School Case 296-077, March 1996. (Revised April 2006.)
- 10 Sep 2010
- News
How to Handle CEO Pay Before Dodd-Frank Hits
- July 1993 (Revised April 1999)
- Case
ABB's Relays Business: Building and Managing a Global Matrix
Describes the development and management of the relays business area (BA) in ABB's global matrix organization. Focuses on three levels of management--corporate, BA, and operating company. Highlights the roles and responsibilities of individuals at each level as ABB...
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Multinational Firms and Management;
Business or Company Management;
Business Strategy;
Organizational Structure;
Managerial Roles;
Management Practices and Processes;
Employees;
Organizational Culture;
Success;
Manufacturing Industry
Bartlett, Christopher A. "ABB's Relays Business: Building and Managing a Global Matrix." Harvard Business School Case 394-016, July 1993. (Revised April 1999.)
Olivia S. Kim
Olivia Kim is an assistant professor of business administration in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School. She teaches the Entrepreneurial Management course in the MBA required curriculum.
Professor Kim's research examines how firms... View Details
- 11 Nov 2012
- News
Private Enterprise for Public Health
- 05 May 2017
- News