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- 2003
- Book
Business History Around the World
By: Franco Amatori and Geoffrey Jones
This book offers the first in-depth international survey of current research and debates in business history. It provides wide-ranging surveys of the literature in the United States, Europe, Latin America, Japan and the Chinese-speaking world, and examines...
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Keywords:
Family Business;
Debates;
Business History;
Body of Literature;
Surveys;
Business and Government Relations;
Research;
China;
Japan;
Europe;
Latin America;
United States
Amatori, Franco, and Geoffrey Jones, eds. Business History Around the World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
- October 2002 (Revised February 2006)
- Case
Codex Alimentarius and Food Labeling
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Hal Hogan
Codex Alimentarius is a set of international food standards devised by the Codex Commission, a body within the United Nations jointly sponsored by the FAO and WHO. The purpose of the standards is to harmonize global trade in food products and agricultural commodities,...
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Keywords:
Standards;
Trade;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Food;
Agribusiness;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Globalization;
Health;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Goldberg, Ray A., and Hal Hogan. "Codex Alimentarius and Food Labeling." Harvard Business School Case 903-417, October 2002. (Revised February 2006.)
- October 2002
- Teaching Note
Strategy in Emerging Markets (TN)
By: Tarun Khanna
Provides an overview of several cases on multinational and local companies (including business groups) operating in settings in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and worldwide. Also provides a conceptual framework for thinking about these cases and links to related academic...
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- 2002
- Working Paper
Design of Financial Systems: Towards a Synthesis of Function and Structure
By: Robert C. Merton and Zvi Bodie
- Article
International Pension Swaps
By: Zvi Bodie and Robert C. Merton
Bodie, Zvi, and Robert C. Merton. "International Pension Swaps." Journal of Pension Economics & Finance 1, no. 1 (March 2002): 77–83.
- December 2001
- Background Note
A Note on Critical Moments in Negotiation
By: Michael A. Wheeler and Gillian Morris
This case provides an introduction to the wide field of literature that addresses the presence of critical moments--moments that fundamentally can change the negotiation. Critical moments have been examined by a range of theorists and scientists, from mathematicians to...
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Keywords:
Negotiation Tactics;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Change;
Negotiation Process;
Body of Literature
Wheeler, Michael A., and Gillian Morris. "A Note on Critical Moments in Negotiation." Harvard Business School Background Note 902-163, December 2001.
- November 2001 (Revised March 2002)
- Case
Digital Angel
By: Youngme E. Moon and Kerry Herman
Digital Angel is considering the appropriate marketing plan for the launch of its new locator device. The device, a watch and pager worn in combination, provides GPS location information and monitors heart rate and body temperature via body sensors. Parents of young...
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Keywords:
Information;
Safety;
Rights;
Market Entry and Exit;
Ethics;
Product Launch;
Brands and Branding;
Product Development
Moon, Youngme E., and Kerry Herman. "Digital Angel." Harvard Business School Case 502-021, November 2001. (Revised March 2002.)
- Winter 2001
- Other Article
Competition and Antitrust: A Productivity-Based Approach to Evaluating Mergers and Joint Ventures
This article seeks to contribute thinking on how the intellectual foundations of antitrust might be updated, based on a large body of theoretical and empirical research on company strategy, competition, and economic development. The aim is to outline a new direction...
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Porter, Michael E. "Competition and Antitrust: A Productivity-Based Approach to Evaluating Mergers and Joint Ventures." Antitrust Bulletin 46, no. 4 (Winter 2001): 919–958. (Revised May 30, 2002.)
- 2000
- Book
Finance
By: Zvi Bodie and Robert C. Merton
Keywords:
Finance
Bodie, Zvi, and Robert C. Merton. Finance. NJ: Prentice Hall, 2000. (Translations in modern and traditional Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Russian, Korean, and Polish.)
- April 2000
- Article
The Fable of Fisher Body
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Daniel F. Spulber
General Motors' (GM) acquisition of Fisher Body is the classic example of market failure in the literature on contracts and the theory of the firm. According to the standard account, GM merged vertically with Fisher Body in 1926, a maker of auto bodies, because of...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Failure;
Contracts;
Vertical Integration;
Market Transactions;
Investment;
Trust;
Production;
Assets;
Supply Chain;
Opportunities;
Technology;
Auto Industry
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Daniel F. Spulber. "The Fable of Fisher Body." Journal of Law & Economics 43, no. 1 (April 2000): 67–104.
- January 2000 (Revised March 2001)
- Teaching Note
Competition & Strategy: Course Structure TN
By: Michael E. Porter and Jan W. Rivkin
Provides an overview of the Competition & Strategy course, a first course on business strategy, as taught at Harvard Business School during the summer of 1999. Describes the role of the course in the overall MBA curriculum, the superstructure of the course, and the...
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- 2000
- Article
Georgia Regional Transportation Authority: A Case Study of an Innovative Regional Planning Institution
By: Brian Trelstad
The Georgia Regional Transportation Authority (GRTA), a new regional planning institution, is a governor-appointed body of 15 regional leaders with broad authority over land use and transportation planning throughout the state. Created in the summer of 1999, GRTA...
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Trelstad, Brian. "Georgia Regional Transportation Authority: A Case Study of an Innovative Regional Planning Institution." Berkeley Planning Journal 14 (2000): 23–45.
- April 1999
- Article
Diversification Strategies of British Trading Companies: Harrisons & Crosfield c1900-c1980
By: G. Jones and Judith Wale
This article examines the diversification strategies and organisational competencies of Harrisons & Crosfield, a British-based multinational, between 1900 and 1980. There is an accumulating body of case study evidence on the historical evolution of British...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Diversification;
Knowledge Use and Leverage;
Competency and Skills;
Great Britain
Jones, G., and Judith Wale. "Diversification Strategies of British Trading Companies: Harrisons & Crosfield c1900-c1980." Business History 41, no. 2 (April 1999): 69–101.
- winter 1999
- Article
The Design and Production of New Retirement Savings Products
By: Dwight B. Crane and Z. Bodie
Crane, Dwight B., and Z. Bodie. "The Design and Production of New Retirement Savings Products." Journal of Portfolio Management 25, no. 2 (winter 1999): 77–82.
- 1998
- Working Paper
The Design and Production of New Retirement Savings Products
By: Zvi Bodie and Dwight B. Crane
- Article
Personal Investing: Advice, Theory, and Evidence
By: Z. Bodie and D. B. Crane
Bodie, Z., and D. B. Crane. "Personal Investing: Advice, Theory, and Evidence." Financial Analysts Journal 53, no. 6 (November–December 1997).
- 1997
- Working Paper
Personal Investing: Advice, Theory, and Evidence from a Survey of TIAA-CREF Participants
By: Zvi Bodie and D. B. Crane
- April 1996
- Case
Confronting the Third Industrial Revolution
By: David A. Moss
Comprises three pieces. The first piece, which forms the body of the case, is adapted from a speech delivered by the author before the Harvard Business School Political Forum in early 1995. Originally entitled "The Economic Foundations of American Social Policy:...
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Moss, David A. "Confronting the Third Industrial Revolution." Harvard Business School Case 796-161, April 1996.
- March–April 1996
- Article
Form Follows Function: The Transformation of Banking
By: D. B. Crane and Z. Bodie
Crane, D. B., and Z. Bodie. "Form Follows Function: The Transformation of Banking." Harvard Business Review 74, no. 2 (March–April 1996): 109–117.
- 1995
- Chapter
A Conceptual Framework for Analyzing the Financial Environment
By: Robert C. Merton and Zvi Bodie
Merton, Robert C., and Zvi Bodie. "A Conceptual Framework for Analyzing the Financial Environment." Chap. 1 in The Global Financial System: A Functional Perspective, by D. B. Crane, K. A. Froot, Scott P. Mason, André Perold, R. C. Merton, Z. Bodie, E. R. Sirri, and P. Tufano, 3–31. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1995.