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- October 2001 (Revised February 2002)
- Case
Nasdaq Japan: E-Merging Markets
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Kristin M. Kohler
Describes the design and launch of Nasdaq Japan. Addresses issues concerning the design of electronic markets, the impact of information technology on market structures and relationships, the launch of new ventures by established firms, and the cultural issues that...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Financial Markets;
Technological Innovation;
Management;
Industry Structures;
Competitive Strategy;
Information Technology;
Internet and the Web;
Information Technology Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
Japan
Applegate, Lynda M., and Kristin M. Kohler. "Nasdaq Japan: E-Merging Markets." Harvard Business School Case 802-056, October 2001. (Revised February 2002.)
- 08 Jul 2020
- News
FACULTY SUMMER READING RECOMMENDATIONS
- December 2016
- Article
Deal Process Design in Management Buyouts
Management buyouts (MBOs) are an economically and legally significant class of transaction: not only do they account for more than $10 billion in deal volume per year, on average, but they also play an important role in defining the relationship between inside and...
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Subramanian, Guhan. "Deal Process Design in Management Buyouts." Harvard Law Review 130, no. 2 (December 2016): 590–658.
- January 1997 (Revised March 1997)
- Background Note
Note on Money and Monetary Policy
By: David A. Moss and Wyatt C. Wells
Offers a brief overview of economic thinking about the nature of money and about how the central bank can affect the economy through monetary policy.
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Keywords:
Sovereign Finance;
Government Administration;
Policy;
Central Banking;
Money;
Inflation and Deflation;
Financial Crisis
Moss, David A., and Wyatt C. Wells. "Note on Money and Monetary Policy." Harvard Business School Background Note 797-094, January 1997. (Revised March 1997.)
- 14 Dec 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
Business Groups Exist in Developed Markets Also: Britain Since 1850
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by Geoffrey Jones
- April 2001 (Revised April 2002)
- Background Note
Note on Pre-Money and Post-Money Valuation (A &B), A
Provides a brief introduction to calculations inherent in pre-money and post-money evaluations at multiple stages of financing. Relies on three different examples to illustrate how valuations can be calculated depending on the information provided.
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Cyr, Linda A. "Note on Pre-Money and Post-Money Valuation (A &B), A." Harvard Business School Background Note 801-446, April 2001. (Revised April 2002.)
Rebecca A. Karp
Rebecca Karp is an Assistant Professor in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School. She teaches Strategy in the MBA required curriculum. Professor Karp is a field researcher and ethnographer. Her research examines how companies formulate and... View Details
- February 1998 (Revised January 2002)
- Case
China: Facing the 21st Century
After 20 years of strong economic performance, economic czar Zhu Rongji considers whether it is time to rethink China's development strategy. The case reviews China's development strategy since 1978 and considers the challenges facing the country as it enters the 21st...
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Kennedy, Robert E., and Katherine Marquis. "China: Facing the 21st Century." Harvard Business School Case 798-066, February 1998. (Revised January 2002.)
Richard S. Ruback
Richard S. Ruback is a Baker Foundation Professor and the Willard Prescott Smith Professor of Corporate Finance, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School. He is currently focusing his research in applied corporate finance, especially... View Details
- 27 Nov 2019
- News
Beware Footnote Mischief
- 05 Oct 2018
- News
Why the Global Race for Talent Is in High Gear
- Research Summary
Overview
An economist by training, Professor Greenstein spans boundaries in his research, which extends to issues of strategy, regulation, history, marketing, information systems, and organization design.
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- 2018
- Chapter
Why Do So Many Chinese Students Come to the United States?
By: William C. Kirby
Many books offer information about China, but few make sense of what is truly at stake. The questions addressed in this unique volume provide a window onto the challenges China faces today and the uncertainties its meteoric ascent on the global horizon has provoked....
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Keywords:
Asia;
China;
Emerging Country;
Students;
Education;
Higher Education;
Globalization;
International Relations;
History;
Society;
Education Industry;
Asia;
China;
United States
Kirby, William C. "Why Do So Many Chinese Students Come to the United States?" Chap. 27 in The China Questions: Critical Insights into a Rising Power, edited by Jennifer Rudolph and Michael Szonyi, 219–230. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2018.
- March 2019
- Article
Antitrust as Speech Control
By: Hillary Greene and Dennis Yao
Antitrust law, at times, dictates who, when, and about what people can and cannot speak. It would seem then that the First Amendment might have something to say about those constraints. And it does, though perhaps less directly and to a lesser degree than one might...
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Greene, Hillary, and Dennis Yao. "Antitrust as Speech Control." William & Mary Law Review 60, no. 4 (March 2019): 1215–1267.
- November 2015 (Revised August 2016)
- Case
Unilever's New Global Strategy: Competing through Sustainability
In January 2009, when Paul Polman was appointed CEO of Unilever, he inherited a company in long-term decline at the beginning of a major global financial crisis. As the first outsider ever recruited to lead the company, Polman lost little time in challenging the...
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Keywords:
Globalized Firms and Management;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Competitive Strategy;
Environmental Sustainability;
Consumer Products Industry
Bartlett, Christopher A. "Unilever's New Global Strategy: Competing through Sustainability." Harvard Business School Case 916-414, November 2015. (Revised August 2016.)
- September–October 2013
- Article
Discretion Within Constraint: Homophily and Structure in a Formal Organization
By: Adam M. Kleinbaum, Toby E. Stuart and Michael Tushman
Homophily in social relations results from both individual preferences and selective opportunities for interaction, but how these two mechanisms interact in large, contemporary organizations is not well understood. We argue that organizational structures and geography...
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Keywords:
Familiarity;
Interpersonal Communication;
Information Technology;
Organizational Structure;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Gender;
Information Technology Industry
Kleinbaum, Adam M., Toby E. Stuart, and Michael Tushman. "Discretion Within Constraint: Homophily and Structure in a Formal Organization." Organization Science 24, no. 5 (September–October 2013): 1316–1336.
- 2021
- Working Paper
Soliciting Advice Rather Than Feedback Yields More Developmental, Critical, and Actionable Input
By: Hayley Blunden, Jaewon Yoon, Ariella S. Kristal and Ashley V. Whillans
Asking for feedback is a popular way to solicit third-party input at work. However, feedback seeking is only weakly related to performance, and employees often report that the feedback that they receive is unhelpful. Addressing this discrepancy, across six studies...
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- 20 Aug 2012
- News
Can America Compete?
- March 2010
- Article
Contractibility and Contract Design in Strategic Alliances
By: Josh Lerner and Ulrike Malmendier
Earlier version distributed as National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. 11292.
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Lerner, Josh, and Ulrike Malmendier. "Contractibility and Contract Design in Strategic Alliances." American Economic Review 100, no. 1 (March 2010): 44.
- March 2015
- Case
Discover Capital
By: William Sahlman, Robert White and Stephanie Puzio
"Discover Capital" provides an in-depth look at a first time search fund run by the tenacious Kelly Quann Bianucci. It provides background information about search funds and follows Kelly as she successfully raises her over-subscribed fund and begins the search...
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Sahlman, William, Robert White, and Stephanie Puzio. "Discover Capital." Harvard Business School Case 815-097, March 2015.