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- March 2010 (Revised June 2010)
- Case
Whose Money Is It Anyway? (A)
By: V.G. Narayanan, Richard G. Hamermesh and Rachel Gordon
The Brigham and Women's Physician's Organization (BWPO) and its corporate parent disagree over who has jurisdiction over significant legacy funds. Are they controlled by the BWPO or do they belong to BWPO's corporate parent? The BWPO and its corporate parent must...
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Keywords:
Accounting;
Investment Funds;
Governance Controls;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Boundaries;
Health Industry
Narayanan, V.G., Richard G. Hamermesh, and Rachel Gordon. "Whose Money Is It Anyway? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 810-008, March 2010. (Revised June 2010.)
- April 1999 (Revised August 2004)
- Case
Tarnished Rings? Olympic Games Sponsorship Issues
By: John A. Clendenin and Stephen A. Greyser
Focuses on the impacts for Olympic sponsor companies of the bribery allegations related to the Salt Lake City Olympic Committee's successful bid for the 2002 Winter Games. The spread of the scandal to the International Olympic Committee board members and the recent...
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Keywords:
Crime and Corruption;
Crisis Management;
Marketing Channels;
Consumer Behavior;
Value Creation;
Sports Industry
Clendenin, John A., and Stephen A. Greyser. "Tarnished Rings? Olympic Games Sponsorship Issues." Harvard Business School Case 599-107, April 1999. (Revised August 2004.)
- 1991
- Book
Competitiveness and the State: Government and Business in Twentieth-Century Britain
By: G. Jones and M. W. Kirby
This book looks at the relationship between the British government and business since 1900, and examines the impact of government policies on business, productivity and competitiveness. The authors argue that government has a legitimate role to play in improving...
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Keywords:
Political History;
Policy;
Business History;
Performance Consistency;
Performance Effectiveness;
Performance Productivity;
Business and Government Relations;
Competitive Strategy;
Europe
Jones, G., and M. W. Kirby, eds. Competitiveness and the State: Government and Business in Twentieth-Century Britain. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1991.
- 01 Oct 2012
- News
Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are
- 28 Apr 2022
- News
Why Companies Should Pay More Attention to Customers Last in Line
- TeachingInterests
Driving Digital Strategy (DIGS)
By: Sunil Gupta
Digital technologies have changed the way consumers search for information, communicate with each other, and buy products. Rapid changes in technology and consumer behavior have had a profound impact on business models and marketing practices. This program equips...
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In the area of equity valuation, Professor Wang explores how firm fundamentals and valuation models can be used to understand expected return variation, with a focus on valuation-implied cost of capital and its use as a proxy for expected returns. In his study of...
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- 02 Dec 2019
- Video
Fadi Ghandour
Fadi Ghandour, Founder of Dubai-based courier company Aramex and a leading entrepreneur in the Gulf, speaks about the "youth bulge" in the Arab world, his decision to prioritize educational provision...
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- January 2021
- Case
Bespoken Spirits: Disrupting Distilling
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel Fisher
On October 7, 2020, Bespoken Spirits publicly announced it had received $2.6 million of seed funding for its “sustainable maturation process,” a process that could produce award-winning whiskeys in just days rather than years using a novel technology and data science. ...
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Keywords:
Business Ventures;
Business Strategy;
Competitive Advantage;
Disruption;
Entrepreneurship;
Environmental Sustainability;
Cash Flow;
Disruptive Innovation;
Innovation Strategy;
Brands and Branding;
Business Model;
Consumer Products Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Service Industry;
United States;
California
Esty, Benjamin C., and Daniel Fisher. "Bespoken Spirits: Disrupting Distilling." Harvard Business School Case 721-419, January 2021.
- 27 Sep 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
How Does Foreign Direct Investment Promote Economic Growth? Exploring the Effects of Financial Markets on Linkages
- 07 Oct 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
What Environmental Ratings Miss
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by Auden Schendler & Michael Toffel
- Article
Rethinking the Profession Formerly Known as Advertising: How Data Science Is Disrupting the Work of Agencies
By: John A. Deighton
The article discusses the notion of advertising as a profession in relation to the impact of digital analytics and data-driven marketing. Topics include the history of internet marketing, the investments of the content-driven internet firms Facebook Inc. and Google...
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Keywords:
Data Science;
Digital Marketing;
Marketing;
Internet and the Web;
Analytics and Data Science;
Disruption
Deighton, John A. "Rethinking the Profession Formerly Known as Advertising: How Data Science Is Disrupting the Work of Agencies." Journal of Advertising Research 57, no. 4 (December 2017): 357–361.
- July 2007
- Case
Kroger Union Negotiations 2005
By: Dennis A. Yao and Mary L. Shelman
A stylized version of the negotiations between Kroger Company and its local unions during 2005. Management faces a sequence of individual negotiations with local unions in addition to meeting the new competitive challenges presented by Wal-Mart's expansion in the...
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- November 2006
- Case
Kroger Union Negotiations
By: Dennis A. Yao
A stylized version of the negotiations between Kroger Company and its local unions during the mid-1980s. Management faces a sequence of individual negotiations with local unions during a time of weak economic performance when management is seriously considering...
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- September 2003 (Revised January 2004)
- Case
Giant Cinema
The owner of Giant Cinema must decide whether to invest in a digital projector, a new technology for screening films, or purchase a traditional projector. The impact of the new technology is uncertain, and the case describes probabilities for different outcomes that...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Film Entertainment;
Technology Adoption;
Financial Strategy;
Investment;
Outcome or Result;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Technology;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Baker, Malcolm P., Richard S. Ruback, Erik Stafford, and Kathleen Luchs. "Giant Cinema." Harvard Business School Case 204-052, September 2003. (Revised January 2004.)
- November 1994 (Revised May 1998)
- Background Note
Strategic Sales Management: A Boardroom Issue
By: Benson P. Shapiro, Stephen X. Doyle and Adrian J. Slywotsky
Explains why sales management has become an increasingly important and complex topic for top managers. Demonstrates the financial impact of a superior salesforce and then describes a way to gain superiority. The focus is on a salesforce that is responsive to customer...
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Shapiro, Benson P., Stephen X. Doyle, and Adrian J. Slywotsky. "Strategic Sales Management: A Boardroom Issue." Harvard Business School Background Note 595-018, November 1994. (Revised May 1998.)
- 10 Apr 2012
- News
Heroic vs. Homegrown Entrepreneurs?
- 13 Apr 2012
- News