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- January – February 2011
- Article
Creating Shared Value
By: Michael E. Porter and Mark R. Kramer
The capitalist system is under siege. In recent years business has been criticized as a major cause of social, environmental, and economic problems. Companies are widely thought to be prospering at the expense of their communities. Trust in business has fallen to new...
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Keywords:
Customer Value and Value Chain;
Economic Growth;
Economic Systems;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Environmental Sustainability;
Trust;
Human Needs;
Welfare;
Competitive Advantage;
Value Creation
Porter, Michael E., and Mark R. Kramer. "Creating Shared Value." Harvard Business Review 89, nos. 1-2 (January–February 2011): 62–77.
Location Choices under Strategic Interactions
The literature on location choices has mostly emphasized the impact of location and firm characteristics. However, most industries with a significant presence of multi-location firms are oligopolistic in nature, which suggests that strategic interaction among firms...
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- February 2009 (Revised April 2011)
- Supplement
Mistry Architects (C)
By: Amy C. Edmondson, Robert G. Eccles and Mona Sinha
This case is a follow-up to "Mistry Architects: Innovating for Sustainability (A)" (Case 609-044) and (B) (Case 609-064). In Case (A) Sharukh and Renu Mistry founded and run an architectural firm dedicated to being both client-oriented and environmentally responsible....
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Management Succession;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Business and Community Relations;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Environmental Sustainability
Edmondson, Amy C., Robert G. Eccles, and Mona Sinha. "Mistry Architects (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 609-086, February 2009. (Revised April 2011.)
- March 2012
- Article
How to Make Finance Work
By: Robin Greenwood and David S. Scharfstein
Once a sleepy old boys' club, the U.S. financial sector is now a dynamic and growing business that attracts the best and the brightest. It is tempting to declare the industry a roaring success. But its purpose is to serve the needs of U.S. households and firms, and by...
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Keywords:
Business Ventures;
Value;
Competitive Advantage;
Investment;
Performance Evaluation;
Household;
Financial Crisis;
Finance;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Greenwood, Robin, and David S. Scharfstein. "How to Make Finance Work." Harvard Business Review 90, no. 3 (March 2012).
- Research Summary
Do Leaders Lead in Business Process Innovation? The Case(s) of E-Business Adoption
This paper investigates how market position influences firm propensity to adopt new process innovations. Using detailed data from the U.S. Census of Manufactures, I study the adoption of frontier e-business practices during the early diffusion of the commercial... View Details
- 12 Feb 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Do Bonuses Enhance Sales Productivity? A Dynamic Structural Analysis of Bonus-Based Compensation Plans
- 06 Oct 2016
- HBS Seminar
John Van Reenen, MIT Sloan School of Management
- Jan 2016
- Video
Video: The Challenge of Shared Prosperity
Professor Michael E. Porter and Professor Jan W. Rivkin discuss the findings of Harvard Business School’s 2015 Alumni Survey on U.S. Competitiveness, The Challenge of Shared Prosperity. Alumni are optmistic about the ability of U.S. View Details
- January 2024
- Technical Note
The ICARUS Principles: What It Takes to Tackle the World
By: Debora L. Spar and Julia M. Comeau
Over the course of the 20th century, most of the world’s major multinational corporations framed their mission around Milton Friedman’s famous mantra: that the sole purpose of the firm is to maximize its shareholders’ profits. Recently, however, growing numbers of...
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Keywords:
Purpose;
Mission;
Social Business;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Mission and Purpose;
Social Enterprise;
For-Profit Firms
Spar, Debora L., and Julia M. Comeau. "The ICARUS Principles: What It Takes to Tackle the World." Harvard Business School Technical Note 324-055, January 2024.
- January 2007 (Revised February 2009)
- Case
Austin, Blakeley, & Cambridge, LLC
The founding partners of ABC, LLC, one of the leading private equity firms in the world, are trying to understand why some of the other top firms in the business, such as KKR and Apollo, have been tapping the public equity markets for their own funds, and whether they...
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Keywords:
Private Equity;
Public Equity;
Investment Funds;
Going Public;
Financial Services Industry
El-Hage, Nabil N., and Christopher Laconi. "Austin, Blakeley, & Cambridge, LLC." Harvard Business School Case 207-098, January 2007. (Revised February 2009.)
- January 2009 (Revised April 2009)
- Case
The Carlyle Group
By: Robert G. Eccles and Carin-Isabel Knoop
This case describes the investment philosophy, organizational structure, management processes and culture of the largest private equity firm in the world measured in terms of assets under management ($89 billion). The Carlyle Group is distinctive in several ways,...
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Keywords:
Financial Crisis;
Assets;
Private Equity;
Investment;
Global Strategy;
Innovation and Invention;
Knowledge Use and Leverage;
Management Practices and Processes;
Organizational Structure;
Information Technology;
Asia;
Washington (state, US)
Eccles, Robert G., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "The Carlyle Group." Harvard Business School Case 409-050, January 2009. (Revised April 2009.)
- May 2009
- Article
Customer-Based Valuation
By: Sunil Gupta
Customer lifetime value (CLV) has emerged as an important metric to manage and grow customers. Marketing scholars have written many books and articles on this topic. However, most of this research has focused on tactical marketing decisions. While this is important, it...
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Gupta, Sunil. "Customer-Based Valuation." Journal of Interactive Marketing 23, no. 2 (May 2009): 169–178.
Jonas Heese
Jonas Heese is the Marvin Bower Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Accounting & Management Unit. He teaches the Business Analysis and Valuation course in the MBA elective curriculum. He has also taught first-year MBAs in Financial... View Details
- August 2013
- Article
Customer-Driven Misconduct: How Competition Corrupts Business Practices
By: Victor Manuel Bennett, Lamar Pierce, Jason A. Snyder and Michael W. Toffel
Competition among firms yields many benefits but can also encourage firms to engage in corrupt or unethical activities. We argue that competition can lead organizations to provide services that customers demand but that violate government regulations, especially when...
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Keywords:
Competition;
Crime and Corruption;
Management Practices and Processes;
Ethics;
Consumer Behavior;
Customer Satisfaction;
Auto Industry;
Service Industry
Bennett, Victor Manuel, Lamar Pierce, Jason A. Snyder, and Michael W. Toffel. "Customer-Driven Misconduct: How Competition Corrupts Business Practices." Management Science 59, no. 8 (August 2013): 1725–1742. (Online Appendix. Lead article. Nominated for "Best Conference Paper Award" and "SMS Best Conference Paper Prize for Practice Implications" at 2012 Strategic Management Society International Conference.)
- 2024
- Working Paper
The Value of Open Source Software
By: Manuel Hoffmann, Frank Nagle and Yanuo Zhou
The value of a non-pecuniary (free) product is inherently difficult to assess. A pervasive
example is open source software (OSS), a global public good that plays a vital role in the economy
and is foundational for most technology we use today. However, it is...
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Hoffmann, Manuel, Frank Nagle, and Yanuo Zhou. "The Value of Open Source Software." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-038, January 2024.
- September 2020 (Revised July 2021)
- Case
Moderna (A)
By: Marco Iansiti, Karim R. Lakhani, Hannah Mayer and Kerry Herman
In summer 2020, Stephane Bancel, CEO of biotech firm Moderna, faces several challenges as his company races to develop a vaccine for COVID-19. The case explores how a company builds a digital organization, and leverages artificial intelligence and other digital...
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Keywords:
COVID-19;
Vaccine;
Digital Organizations;
Organizational Structure;
Operations;
Management;
Health Pandemics;
Research and Development;
Goals and Objectives
Iansiti, Marco, Karim R. Lakhani, Hannah Mayer, and Kerry Herman. "Moderna (A)." Harvard Business School Case 621-032, September 2020. (Revised July 2021.)
- December 2004 (Revised April 2006)
- Case
Managing Diversity at Spencer Owens & Co.
By: Robin J. Ely and Ingrid Vargas
Spencer Owens & Co, a disguised consulting firm, focuses on domestic and international economic development. As an extension of the firm's commitment to social justice, 20 years ago, Spencer Owens management introduced an affirmative action hiring and promotion...
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Keywords:
Working Conditions;
Selection and Staffing;
Development Economics;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Employees;
Diversity;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Consulting Industry
Ely, Robin J., and Ingrid Vargas. "Managing Diversity at Spencer Owens & Co." Harvard Business School Case 405-048, December 2004. (Revised April 2006.)
- May 2010
- Case
Clayton Industries, Inc.: Peter Arnell, Country Manager for Italy
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Benjamin H. Barlow
Clayton Industries, a sixty-year-old U.S.-based firm in the HVAC industry (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning), with nearly $1 billion in revenues, has gradually built a presence in a number of countries, including several in Europe. Peter Arnell, previously...
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Keywords:
Business Subsidiaries;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Organizational Structure;
Corporate Strategy;
Problems and Challenges;
Conflict and Resolution;
Sales;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Manufacturing Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Wisconsin;
Italy;
United Kingdom
Bartlett, Christopher A., and Benjamin H. Barlow. "Clayton Industries, Inc.: Peter Arnell, Country Manager for Italy." Harvard Business School Brief Case 104-199, May 2010.
- 2013
- Working Paper
Securities Litigation Risk for Foreign Companies Listed in the U.S.
By: Beiting Cheng, Suraj Srinivasan and Gwen Yu
We study securities litigation risk faced by foreign firms listed on U.S. exchanges. We take into account not only the propensity for foreign firms to commit violations of U.S. securities laws but also the costs that investors face when suing foreign firms. We find...
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Keywords:
Litigation Risk;
Cross Listing;
Bonding;
10b-5;
Securities Litigation;
U.S.Listing;
Class Action;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Debt Securities;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Ethics;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
United States
Cheng, Beiting, Suraj Srinivasan, and Gwen Yu. "Securities Litigation Risk for Foreign Companies Listed in the U.S." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-036, October 2012. (Revised March 2014.)
- May 2022
- Article
Investment as the Opportunity Cost of Dividend Signaling
By: Zach Kaplan and Gerardo Pérez Cavazos
We provide evidence that firms with weak investment opportunities (those whose current earnings justify a greater valuation than firms with strong investment opportunities) signal their permanent earnings level through their dividends. In the cross-section, we show...
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Keywords:
Dividends;
Earnings;
Investment Opportunities;
Payout Policy;
Signaling;
Capital Structure;
Business Earnings;
Investment;
Opportunities
Kaplan, Zach, and Gerardo Pérez Cavazos. "Investment as the Opportunity Cost of Dividend Signaling." Accounting Review 97, no. 3 (May 2022): 279–308.