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- spring 1976
- Article
The National Association of Manufacturers and Public Relations during the New Deal
By: R. S. Tedlow
Tedlow, R. S. "The National Association of Manufacturers and Public Relations during the New Deal." Business History Review 50, no. 1 (spring 1976): 25–45.
- May–June 2015
- Article
Big Data: Big Deal or Big Hype?
By: Sunil Gupta
Google Flu Trends article of November 2008 heralded a new age for big data where it is possible to leverage the vast amount of data to speak for itself, without theory or expert knowledge of the subject matter. However, in a short span the pendulum swung from big data...
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Gupta, Sunil. "Big Data: Big Deal or Big Hype?" European Business Review (May–June 2015).
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
The Heart of the Deal
BURKE: Behind a complicated deal, some high-profile HBSers and cloak-and-dagger secrecy. Stephen Chernin/Getty Images Comcast’s bid for a controlling stake in NBC Universal was a complex deal that featured many HBS alumni in starring,...
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- 17 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Amazon, Whole Foods Deal a Big Win for Consumers
Source: 400tmax Editor's Note. Online retailing behemoth Amazon announced June 16 that it would acquire upscale grocery chain Whole Foods Market in a deal valued at more than $13 billion. Though the company has dabbled with the idea of a brick-and-mortar footprint in...
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Mergers & Acquisitions: deal type
How can I find deals of specific types, such as spinoffs or LBOs? Capital IQ Select Screening and click Transactions In section, General Transaction Details (on the right) select features. Select from the available types,...
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- 02 Feb 2022
- News
How Dealing with Your Negative Emotions Can Impact Loneliness
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Supply Chain Risk: Deal With It
keeping your supply chain costs as low as possible. First, however, a little background on the nature of risk and how companies seek to deal with it. The Nature Of Risk Risks lurk along the entire length of supply chains, and are as...
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by David Stauffer
- 06 Nov 2008
- News
Google Won't Pursue Yahoo Ad Deal
- January 2014 (Revised May 2015)
- Case
Yahoo: Both Sides of the Stamped Deal
By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Lisa C. Mazzanti
In 2012, Marissa Mayer became the CEO of Yahoo!, a tech giant with a tumultuous past. When Mayer tries to reinvigorate the company, she hires Jacqueline Reses, who has a private equity background, to head both human resources and mergers and acquisitions (M&A). As part...
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Keywords:
Mobile App;
Acquisition-hire;
Exit Strategy;
Start-up;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Human Resources;
Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Product Development;
Technology Industry;
Sunnyvale;
New York (city, NY)
Bussgang, Jeffrey J., and Lisa C. Mazzanti. "Yahoo: Both Sides of the Stamped Deal." Harvard Business School Case 814-051, January 2014. (Revised May 2015.)
- 01 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Choose the Best Deal
deal work. But without knowing exactly what he'd need to pay for each, how can he determine which property is the better value? How can he judge success in his negotiations with one seller without knowing what the second seller might be...
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by Michael Wheeler
- 06 Jan 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Should Management Deal With “Anonymous”?
said, "maybe the only thing that can help is common sense and learning to keep our mouths, and e-mails, shut." The most prevalent attitude about dealing with a leaky Internet was to assume the worst and act accordingly. In Mike...
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by James L. Heskett
- December 2011
- Case
Roger Caracappa: Package Deals for the Estée Lauder Companies
Roger Caracappa must negotiate a cost-saving, innovative proposal from a potential French supplier that could displace the otherwise satisfactory, long-time incumbent supplier. Shortly after being promoted to executive vice president of the Estée Lauder Companies with...
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Keywords:
Operations;
Supply Chain Management;
Change;
Innovation and Invention;
Cost vs Benefits;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
Sebenius, James K. "Roger Caracappa: Package Deals for the Estée Lauder Companies." Harvard Business School Case 912-003, December 2011.
- 24 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Why Brexit is a Big Deal
States will reassert itself. Likewise, the trade links among British Commonwealth countries will be revitalized. Look for the UK to also accelerate its expanding business links with China. Brexit is not only bad news for the European ...
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by John Quelch
- September 2019
- Case
Teaming Up to Win the Rail Deal at GE (A)
By: Amy Edmondson, Ranjay Gulati and Rachna Tahilyani
In 2012, Nalin Jain, then head of GE aviation for South Asia, was given the added responsibility for GE’s transportation business in India, including bidding for a $2.5 billion contract to manufacture, service and maintain 1,000 diesel locomotives for state owned...
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Keywords:
Recruitment;
Selection and Staffing;
Human Capital;
Groups and Teams;
Leadership Style;
Leading Change;
Organizational Design;
Organizational Structure;
Industrial Products Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Rail Industry;
Transportation Industry;
United States;
India
Edmondson, Amy, Ranjay Gulati, and Rachna Tahilyani. "Teaming Up to Win the Rail Deal at GE (A)." Harvard Business School Case 420-058, September 2019.
- 27 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Rights of First Refusal Are a Bad Deal
economics, and market design, was that the right was structured as what he terms a Before and After Right of First Refusal (BA-ROFR). The right holder is offered an initial deal by the asset owner—the landlord offers to sell the flat to...
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- 2021
- Working Paper
Exclusive Dealing and Entry by Competing Two-Sided Platforms
By: Cristian Chica, Kenneth Chuk and Jorge Tamayo
We study competition between horizontally differentiated platforms offering exclusive and non-exclusive contracts to one side of the market (content providers). The introduction of non-exclusive contracts in addition to exclusive contracts softens the competition for...
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Keywords:
Two-Sided Markets;
Platform Price Competition;
Network Externalities;
Exclusive Contracts;
Multi-homing;
Digital Platforms;
Price;
Competition;
Contracts
Chica, Cristian, Kenneth Chuk, and Jorge Tamayo. "Exclusive Dealing and Entry by Competing Two-Sided Platforms." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-092, March 2021. (R&R International Journal of Industrial Organization.)
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
In My Humble Opinion: In the Deal
diverse personalities.” Travel trio: Exercise right off the plane. Find really great coffee in a new café. Bring lavender oil: “If I put some on my pillow, I have a sense of being at home.” Game changer: Launch X, an accelerator program...
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Julia Hanna
- 19 Aug 2013
- News
Bees Make a Sweet Deal for African Farmers
Drycleaners (established over 60 years ago), East Africa's largest chain of dry-cleaning franchises. White Rose was one of the first companies in East Africa to offer equity to its staff, assist company retirees who were establishing their own businesses, and provide...
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- November 1996 (Revised September 1997)
- Case
BancZero New Product Development
By: Marco Iansiti and Alberto Moel
The Mexico City office of a large U.S. bank is asked by clients to develop currency swaps, a derivative financial product. This case deals with the new product development process in financial services, and the problems and issues that are raised in product development...
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Keywords:
Product Development;
Banks and Banking;
Financial Instruments;
Situation or Environment;
Problems and Challenges;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Volatility;
Banking Industry;
Mexico City;
United States
Iansiti, Marco, and Alberto Moel. "BancZero New Product Development." Harvard Business School Case 697-044, November 1996. (Revised September 1997.)
Price Bargaining and Competition in Online Platforms: An Empirical Analysis of the Daily Deal Market
The prevalence of online platforms opens new doors to traditional businesses for customer reach and revenue growth. This research investigates platform competition in a setting where prices are determined by negotiations between platforms and businesses. We compile a...
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