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- March 2021
- Article
Assortment Rotation and the Value of Concealment
By: Kris J. Ferreira and Joel Goh
Assortment rotation—the retailing practice of changing the assortment of products offered to customers—has recently been used as a competitive advantage for both brick-and-mortar and online retailers. We focus on product categories where consumers may purchase multiple...
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Keywords:
Assortment Optimization;
Retailing;
Imperfect Information;
Sales;
Strategy;
Consumer Behavior
Ferreira, Kris J., and Joel Goh. "Assortment Rotation and the Value of Concealment." Management Science 67, no. 3 (March 2021): 1489–1507.
- February 2013
- Supplement
The Pritzker Architecture Prize: Building Value (B)
By: Mukti Khaire and Eleanor Kenyon
The case provides a history of the architectural profession and the Pritzker Prize and also describes the role of prizes in validating innovations and making them acceptable and valuable in creative industries. By providing their imprimatur, coveted Prizes with good...
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Making Seconds Count: When Valuing Time Promotes Subjective Well-being
By: Alice Lee-Yoon and A.V. Whillans
Time is a finite and precious resource, and the way that we value our time can critically shape happiness. In this article, we present a conceptual framework to explain when valuing time can enhance vs. undermine well-being. Specifically, we review the emotional...
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Lee-Yoon, Alice, and A.V. Whillans. "Making Seconds Count: When Valuing Time Promotes Subjective Well-being." Current Opinion in Psychology 26 (April 2019): 54–57.
- July 1987 (Revised October 2009)
- Background Note
A Method For Valuing High-Risk, Long-Term Investments: The "Venture Capital Method"
By: William A. Sahlman and Daniel R Scherlis
Describes a method for valuing high-risk, long-term investments such as those confronting venture capitalists. The method entails forecasting a future value (e.g., five years from the present) and discounting that terminal value back to the present by applying a high...
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Keywords:
Forecasting and Prediction;
Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
Investment;
Risk Management;
Valuation
Sahlman, William A., and Daniel R Scherlis. A Method For Valuing High-Risk, Long-Term Investments: The "Venture Capital Method". Harvard Business School Background Note 288-006, July 1987. (Revised October 2009.)
- July 2020
- Article
Intra-firm Geographic Mobility: Value Creation Mechanisms and Future Research Directions
This paper argues that intra-firm geographic mobility is an understudied mechanism that can help mitigate coordination failures in a geographically distributed organization. The paper presents an organizing framework on how intra-firm geographic mobility creates value...
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Choudhury, Prithwiraj. "Intra-firm Geographic Mobility: Value Creation Mechanisms and Future Research Directions." Special Issue on Employee Inter- and Intra-Firm Mobility. Advances in Strategic Management 41 (July 2020).
- March 2011
- Supplement
Valuation of AirThread Connections, Spreadsheet Supplement (Brief Case)
By: Erik Stafford and Joel L. Heilprin
- 2014
- Other Teaching and Training Material
Strategy Reading: Setting Aspirations—Mission, Vision, and Values
"Setting Aspirations-Mission, Vision, and Values" introduces students to the concepts of organizational aspirations and the link to strategy. The Reading presents a framework for analyzing aspirations, discusses the differences between mission and vision, and uses...
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Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon. "Strategy Reading: Setting Aspirations—Mission, Vision, and Values." Core Curriculum Readings Series. Boston: Harvard Business Publishing 8114, 2014.
- March 2011
- Supplement
Valuation of AirThread Connections, Faculty Spreadsheet Supplement (Brief Case)
By: Erik Stafford and Joel L. Heilprin
- 8 Oct 2007
- Other Presentation
What is Value in Health Care?
This presentation draws on Michael E. Porter and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg: Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results, Harvard Business School Press, May 2006. Earlier publications about health care include the Harvard Business Review article...
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Porter, Michael E. "What is Value in Health Care?" Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC, October 8, 2007.
- February 2001 (Revised June 2002)
- Case
Customer Value Measurement at Nortel Networks--Optical Networks Division
By: Das Narayandas
Since 1995, Nortel Networks' Optical Networks (ON) division has been incorporating customer satisfaction and loyalty measures into its business practices to increase customer value. Over the years, key process owners in various parts of the organization have become...
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Keywords:
Business Divisions;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Customer Satisfaction;
Management Teams;
Marketing Strategy;
Value Creation;
Telecommunications Industry
Narayandas, Das. "Customer Value Measurement at Nortel Networks--Optical Networks Division." Harvard Business School Case 501-050, February 2001. (Revised June 2002.)
- March 2022 (Revised April 2022)
- Case
MTN: Unlocking Value While Driving Socioeconomic Progress
By: Benjamin C. Esty, Pippa Tubman Armerding and Dilyana Karadzhova Botha
On March 10, 2021, Ralph Mupita the new CEO of MTN Group, Africa's largest telecommunications company, presented the group’s 2020 annual results and unveiled a new strategy to “drive growth and unlock value.” Despite MTN’s leadership in most of its markets, the...
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Keywords:
Decision Making;
Goals and Objectives;
Valuation;
Emerging Markets;
Business Strategy;
Financial Management;
Information Technology;
Corporate Finance;
Telecommunications Industry;
Africa;
South Africa;
Ghana;
Nigeria
Esty, Benjamin C., Pippa Tubman Armerding, and Dilyana Karadzhova Botha. "MTN: Unlocking Value While Driving Socioeconomic Progress." Harvard Business School Case 722-371, March 2022. (Revised April 2022.)
- 29 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Organizations Create Social Value
A recent study on the factors that contribute to successful high-performance social enterprises finds a connection between enterprises that link economic value with social value. This was the focus of a study View Details
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by Manda Salls
- 29 Jan 2010
- Other Presentation
Ideas Lab: Value Based Healthcare Delivery
This presentation draws on Michael E. Porter and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg: Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results, Harvard Business School Press, May 2006, and ―How Physicians Can Change the Future of Health Care, Journal of the American...
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Porter, Michael E. "Ideas Lab: Value Based Healthcare Delivery." IdeasLab with Harvard University, World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland, January 29, 2010.
- 24 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
SuperCorp: Values as Guidance System
principles help them create continuity through time, from past successes and traditions to present goals to future visions and changes. They become institutions that have meaning beyond the current bundle of assets or lines of business....
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by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 15 Feb 2012
- Other Presentation
The New Competitive Advantage: Creating Shared Value
This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's books and articles, in particular, Competitive Strategy (The Free Press, 1980); Competitive Advantage (The Free Press, 1985); "What is Strategy?" (Harvard Business Review, Nov/Dec 1996); and On...
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Porter, Michael E. "The New Competitive Advantage: Creating Shared Value." Owner/President Management Program Session, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, February 15, 2012.
- 18 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
Where Morals and Profits Meet: The Corporate Value Shift
Harvard Business School professor Lynn S. Paine's new book, Value Shift, argues that companies can't consider themselves amoral or apart from society anymore—that the relationship between companies and society at large necessitates...
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by Carla Tishler
- 20 Apr 2011
- Other Presentation
The New Competitive Advantage: Creating Shared Value
This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's books and articles, in particular, Competitive Strategy (The Free Press, 1980); Competitive Advantage (The Free Press, 1985); "What is Strategy?" (Harvard Business Review, Nov/Dec 1996); and On Competition...
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Porter, Michael E. "The New Competitive Advantage: Creating Shared Value." HBS Earth Week, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, April 20, 2011.
- 3 Dec 2014
- Other Presentation
The New Competitive Advantage: Creating Shared Value
This presentation given by Professor Michael Porter covers the role of business in society, the concept of shared value, the difference between CSR and CSV, the three levels of shared value, implications for government and civil society, and examples of companies that...
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Keywords:
Society;
Value Creation;
Competitive Advantage;
Civil Society or Community;
Business and Community Relations;
Government and Politics
Porter, Michael E. "The New Competitive Advantage: Creating Shared Value." Porter Prize for Excellence in CSV, Seoul, South Korea, December 3, 2014.
- 5 Nov 2013
- Other Presentation
The New Competitive Advantage: Creating Shared Value
This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's articles and books, in particular, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (The Free Press, 1990), "Building the Microeconomic Foundations of Competitiveness," in The Global Competitiveness Report (World Economic...
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Porter, Michael E. "The New Competitive Advantage: Creating Shared Value." Tetra Pak Customer Event, Tetra Pak, Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 5, 2013.
- November 2022
- Article
The Psychosocial Value of Employment: Evidence from a Refugee Camp
By: Reshmaan Hussam, Erin M. Kelley, Gregory Lane and Fatima Zahra
Employment may be important to wellbeing for reasons beyond its role as an income source. This paper presents a causal estimate of the psychosocial value of employment in refugee camps in Bangladesh. We involve 745 individuals in a field experiment with three arms: a...
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Hussam, Reshmaan, Erin M. Kelley, Gregory Lane, and Fatima Zahra. "The Psychosocial Value of Employment: Evidence from a Refugee Camp." American Economic Review 112, no. 11 (November 2022): 3694–3724.