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- October 2023
- Article
Matching Mechanisms for Refugee Resettlement
By: David Delacrétaz, Scott Duke Kominers and Alexander Teytelboym
Current refugee resettlement processes account for neither the preferences of refugees nor the priorities of hosting communities. We introduce a new framework for matching with multidimensional knapsack constraints that captures the (possibly multidimensional) sizes of...
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Keywords:
Refugee Resettlement;
Matching;
Matching Markets;
Matching Platform;
Matching With Contracts;
Algorithms;
Refugees;
Market Design
Delacrétaz, David, Scott Duke Kominers, and Alexander Teytelboym. "Matching Mechanisms for Refugee Resettlement." American Economic Review 113, no. 10 (October 2023): 2689–2717.
- January 2021 (Revised March 2022)
- Teaching Note
Ureed.com: The Marketplace for Language
This case explores the growth of Ureed, an online marketplace for translation services that is powered by a workforce consisting of remote freelancers who are based in the United Arab Emirates. Nour Al Hassan, the founder and CEO faced the challenge of how best to...
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- February 2018
- Case
EmQuest: Travel Distribution in the Digital Era
By: Karim R. Lakhani and Gamze Yucaoglu
EmQuest, Emirates Group’s travel distribution company, must decide what to do with its contract with the global distribution system it uses, Sabre. Since its founding in 1988, EmQuest was servicing travel agents in the MENA region by providing a connection to over 400...
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Keywords:
UAE;
Decision;
Business Model;
Competitive Strategy;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Business Strategy;
Value Creation;
Change Management;
Emerging Markets;
For-Profit Firms;
Competitive Advantage;
Travel Industry;
United Arab Emirates
Lakhani, Karim R., and Gamze Yucaoglu. "EmQuest: Travel Distribution in the Digital Era." Harvard Business School Case 618-040, February 2018.
- 01 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
A Penny for Your Thoughts? For Big-Picture Ideas, the Right Pay Structure Matters
Columbia Business School, and Jee-Eun Shin, an assistant professor at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. The paper urges managers to carefully consider “the spillover effects” when...
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by Scott Van Voorhis
- April–May 2021
- Article
Labor Mobility and Antitakeover Provisions
By: Aiyesha Dey and Joshua White
How do firms protect their human capital? We test whether firms facing an increased threat of being acquired strengthen their antitakeover provisions (ATPs) in order to bond with their employees. We use the adoption of the Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine (IDD) by U.S....
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Keywords:
Labor Mobility;
Antitakeover Provisions;
Trade Secrets;
Implicit Contracting;
Employee Bonding;
Corporate Governance;
Acquisition;
Human Capital;
Strategy;
Innovation and Invention;
Intellectual Property;
Safety
Dey, Aiyesha, and Joshua White. "Labor Mobility and Antitakeover Provisions." Art. 101388. Journal of Accounting & Economics 71, nos. 2-3 (April–May 2021).
- 01 Feb 2012
- News
How business differs in the emerging world
- Article
Contested Meanings of Freedom: Workingmen's Wages, the Company Store System and the Godcharles v. Wigeman Decision
By: Laura Phillips Sawyer
In 1886, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court struck down a law that prohibited employers from paying wages in company store scrip and mandated monthly wage payments. The court held that the legislature could not prescribe mandatory wage contracts for legally competent...
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Phillips Sawyer, Laura. "Contested Meanings of Freedom: Workingmen's Wages, the Company Store System and the Godcharles v. Wigeman Decision." Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 12, no. 3 (July 2013): 285–319.
- November 1990 (Revised March 1994)
- Supplement
Digital Equipment Corp.: The Kodak Outsourcing Agreement (B)
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Herminia M. Ibarra
Describes "Frantic Friday," the day the Digital-Kodak contract was scheduled to be signed. Designed to be handed out in class.
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Applegate, Lynda M., and Herminia M. Ibarra. "Digital Equipment Corp.: The Kodak Outsourcing Agreement (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 191-040, November 1990. (Revised March 1994.)
- September 2001
- Background Note
Financial Reporting Environment, The
Provides a framework for understanding the role of financial reporting and various intermediaries as mechanisms for reducing both adverse selection and moral hazard problems in capital markets. Financial reports reduce adverse selection by providing basic information...
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Keywords:
Financial Reporting;
Financial Statements;
Capital Markets;
Venture Capital;
Corporate Disclosure;
Conflict of Interests
Healy, Paul M., Amy P. Hutton, Robert S. Kaplan, and Krishna G. Palepu. "Financial Reporting Environment, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 102-029, September 2001.
- November 2021 (Revised January 2024)
- Case
The Global Great Depression, 1929-1939
By: Alberto Cavallo, Sophus A. Reinert and Federica Gabrieli
The Great Depression was, by far, the worst economic contraction of the twentieth century, and some of the most important ideas about both fiscal and monetary policy in the second half of the century were developed in response to it. The economic collapse, which...
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Keywords:
Great Depression;
Economic Conditions;
Unemployment;
Homelessness;
Financial Crisis;
History;
Economy;
Policy;
Poverty;
Social Issues;
Economic Slowdown and Stagnation
Cavallo, Alberto, Sophus A. Reinert, and Federica Gabrieli. "The Global Great Depression, 1929-1939." Harvard Business School Case 722-034, November 2021. (Revised January 2024.)
- May 2021
- Article
Stability, Strategy-Proofness, and Cumulative Offer Mechanisms
By: John William Hatfield, Scott Duke Kominers and Alexander Westkamp
We consider the setting of many-to-one matching with contracts, where firms may demand multiple contracts, but each worker desires at most one contract. We introduce three novel conditions—observable substitutability, observable size monotonicity, and...
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Keywords:
Matching With Contracts;
Stability;
Strategy-proofness;
Substitutability;
Size Monotonicity;
Cumulative Offer Mechanism;
Marketplace Matching;
Balance and Stability
Hatfield, John William, Scott Duke Kominers, and Alexander Westkamp. "Stability, Strategy-Proofness, and Cumulative Offer Mechanisms." Review of Economic Studies 88, no. 3 (May 2021): 1457–1502.
- 8:30 AM – 6:45 PM EDT, 20 Oct 2020
- Virtual Programming
The Future of Work - and Managing the Impact of COVID-19
Forces such as automation, demographics, and globalization were already changing how and where we work at a bewildering pace, then COVID happened. In the months ahead, companies need to prepare for three areas where their decisions and actions will play out in...
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- March 2017 (Revised December 2017)
- Case
The Ready-Made Garment Industry: A Bangladeshi Perspective (A)
By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Saloni Chaturvedi
Responsibility for working conditions in contract factories within the supply chain presents an ongoing challenge for managers and an area of debate. Much of the debate approaches the challenge from the perspective of large global apparel brands. This case helps...
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Keywords:
Apparel;
Bangladesh;
Corporate Responsibility;
Human Rights;
Supply Chains;
Labor;
Working Conditions;
Supply Chain;
Safety;
Rights;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Bangladesh
Hsieh, Nien-hê, and Saloni Chaturvedi. "The Ready-Made Garment Industry: A Bangladeshi Perspective (A)." Harvard Business School Case 317-052, March 2017. (Revised December 2017.)
- March 2014
- Teaching Note
Barclays Bank, 2008
By: Lucy White
In the midst of the financial crisis, Barclays (the world's 4th largest bank by assets) is forced by UK regulators to raise more capital. Should it take up the UK government's offer to invest, or take funding from investors from the Middle East? Students may price the...
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- October 2009
- Journal Article
Testing the Commitment Hypothesis in Contractual Settings: Evidence from Soccer
By: Oriol Carbonell and Diego A. Comin
This paper designs and implements an empirical test to discern whether the parties to a contract are able to commit not to renegotiate their agreement. We study optimal contracts with and without commitment and derive an exclusion restriction that is useful to identify...
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Carbonell, Oriol, and Diego A. Comin. "Testing the Commitment Hypothesis in Contractual Settings: Evidence from Soccer." Art. 1. Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports 5, no. 4 (October 2009).
- 09 Jun 2021
- News
How the Retail Workforce Has Changed for Good
- 13 Dec 2014
- News
The openness revolution
- July 2020
- Teaching Note
COVID-19: The Global Shutdown
By: Laura Alfaro and Sarah Jeong
In the first months of 2020, a pandemic overwhelmed the world. COVID-19, commonly known as the coronavirus, spread from China and created a severe public health emergency across countries. While an immediate fear of the disease’s impact on human life permeaacted...
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- spring 1987
- Article
Second-Sourcing and the Experience Curve: Price Competition in Defense Procurement
By: James J. Anton and Dennis A. Yao
We examine a dynamic model of price competition in defense procurement that incorporates the experience curve, asymmetric cost information, and the availability of a higher cost alternative system. We model acquisition as a two-stage process in which initial production...
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Anton, James J., and Dennis A. Yao. "Second-Sourcing and the Experience Curve: Price Competition in Defense Procurement." RAND Journal of Economics 18, no. 1 (spring 1987): 57–76. (Harvard users click here for full text.)
- October 2023 (Revised December 2023)
- Case
Compound: Lending on the Blockchain
By: Marco Di Maggio, George Gonzalez and Richard Dulude
This case critically examines Compound, an innovative decentralized finance (DeFi) platform. Focusing on Compound’s blockchain-based borrowing and lending protocol, the case explores its automated, intermediary-free system using Ethereum smart contracts. This system...
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Keywords:
Blockchain;
Cryptocurrency;
Disruptive Innovation;
Borrowing and Debt;
Financing and Loans;
Organizational Design;
Technological Innovation
Di Maggio, Marco, George Gonzalez, and Richard Dulude. "Compound: Lending on the Blockchain." Harvard Business School Case 224-041, October 2023. (Revised December 2023.)