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- January 2004
- Case
Macroeconomic Policy and the State of the U.S. Economy, 2003
By: David A. Moss
Based on excerpts from Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on July 16, 2003, as well as economic data that were available to Chairman Greenspan at the time. Taken together, the text...
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- December 2003
- Teaching Note
Collabrys, Inc. (A)-The Evolution of a Startup (TN)
Teaching Note for (9-603-064).
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- November 2003 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
Federal Express: Early History
Describes key events in the start-up of Federal Express. Outlines the company's value proposition and provides an overview of key competitors in the air freight industry. This case is used with Teledesic (Abridged), HBS No. 9-804-096, which describes a failed project...
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Lovelock, Christopher H. "Federal Express: Early History." Harvard Business School Case 804-095, November 2003. (Revised March 2004.)
- December 2007
- Journal Article
Industrial Policy in the United States
By: Christian H.M. Ketels
Does US government policy purposefully benefit particular industries or is industrial policy absent in the USA? Based on a review of recent US policies this paper argues that the USA applies many policies with an industry-specific impact. But these policies do not...
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Keywords:
Microeconomics;
Entrepreneurship;
Policy;
Innovation and Invention;
Supply and Industry;
Business and Government Relations;
United States
Ketels, Christian H.M. "Industrial Policy in the United States." Special Issue on The Future of Industrial Policy Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade 7, nos. 3-4 (December 2007): 143–323.
- 2003
- Working Paper
The Flattening Firm: Evidence from Panel Data on the Changing Nature of Corporate Hierarchies
By: Raghuram G. Rajan and Julie Wulf
Using a detailed database of managerial job descriptions, reporting relationships, and compensation structures in over 300 large U.S. firms, we find that firm hierarchies are becoming flatter. The number of positions reporting directly to the CEO has gone up...
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Rajan, Raghuram G., and Julie Wulf. "The Flattening Firm: Evidence from Panel Data on the Changing Nature of Corporate Hierarchies." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 9633, April 2003. (Published in Review of Economics & Statistics 2006.)
- 2009
- Book
Who Killed Health Care? America's $2 Trillion Medical Problem—and the Consumer-Driven Cure
A best seller in its category, with many printings. It has been recognized by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as one of the books that made a difference in public policy in 2008.
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Herzlinger, Regina. Who Killed Health Care? America's $2 Trillion Medical Problem—and the Consumer-Driven Cure. McGraw-Hill, 2009.
- November 2006
- Article
The Flattening Firm: Evidence from Panel Data on the Changing Nature of Corporate Hierarchies
By: Raghuram G. Rajan and Julie Wulf
Using a detailed database of managerial job descriptions, reporting relationships, and compensation structures in over 300 large U.S. firms, we find that firm hierarchies are becoming flatter. The number of positions reporting directly to the CEO has gone up...
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Keywords:
Geographic Location;
Change;
Business Ventures;
Compensation and Benefits;
Rank and Position;
Wages;
Motivation and Incentives;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Jobs and Positions;
United States
Rajan, Raghuram G., and Julie Wulf. "The Flattening Firm: Evidence from Panel Data on the Changing Nature of Corporate Hierarchies." Review of Economics and Statistics 88, no. 4 (November 2006): 759–773.
- August 2003 (Revised December 2003)
- Background Note
Doctrine of Stare Decisis and Lawrence v. Texas, The
Explains the difference between civil law and common law systems and explores the role of precedent in a common law jurisdiction, such as the United States. Includes extensive excerpts from both the majority and the dissenting opinions in Lawrence v. Texas, in which...
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Bagley, Constance E. "Doctrine of Stare Decisis and Lawrence v. Texas, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 804-016, August 2003. (Revised December 2003.)
- July 2003 (Revised January 2013)
- Background Note
Note on Organized Labor in U.S. Public Education
Surveys the history, structure, and activities of the two dominant U.S. teachers unions—the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). The NEA and AFT represent approximately 90% of U.S. public school teachers and have grown...
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Leschly, Stig. "Note on Organized Labor in U.S. Public Education." Harvard Business School Background Note 804-018, July 2003. (Revised January 2013.)
- July 2003 (Revised August 2005)
- Teaching Note
Future of Hybrid Electric Vehicles, The (TN)
Teaching Note for (9-502-025).
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- 2007
- Working Paper
Taxes and Portfolio Choice: Evidence from JGTRRA's Treatment of International Dividends
By: Mihir A. Desai and Dhammika Dharmapala
This paper investigates how taxes influence portfolio choices by exploring the response to the distinctive treatment of foreign dividends in the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (JGTRRA). JGTRRA lowered the dividend tax rate to 15% for American equities...
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- March 2003 (Revised August 2005)
- Case
National Parks Conservation Association
By: Forest L. Reinhardt and Briana Huntsberger
The National Parks Conservation Association seeks to help the U.S. National Park Service increase its efficiency by incorporating principles of business management so that American national parks will be better managed. Its efforts raise fundamental questions about the...
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Keywords:
Nonprofit Organizations;
Business or Company Management;
Corporate Governance;
Government and Politics;
Natural Environment;
Cooperation;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Tourism Industry;
Public Administration Industry;
United States
Reinhardt, Forest L., and Briana Huntsberger. "National Parks Conservation Association." Harvard Business School Case 703-045, March 2003. (Revised August 2005.)
- February 2003 (Revised February 2006)
- Teaching Note
BMWFilms (TN)
By: Youngme E. Moon
Teaching Note for (9-502-046).
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Henry Heinz and Late Nineteenth-Century Brand Creation: Making Markets for Processed Food
By: Nancy F. Koehn
Koehn, Nancy F. "Henry Heinz and Late Nineteenth-Century Brand Creation: Making Markets for Processed Food." Business History Review 73, no. 3 (Fall 1999): 348–392.
- November 2002
- Background Note
Strategy and Sources of Motion Picture Finance, The
By: Mihir A. Desai, Gabriel J. Loeb and Mark Veblen
This case considers the alternative financing mechanisms for film financing, the evolution of film finance in the United States, and the nature of tax-motivated film financing in the United States and around the world. It develops the strategy driving motion picture...
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Keywords:
Film Entertainment;
Financial Instruments;
Financial Strategy;
Financing and Loans;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Taxation;
Motivation and Incentives;
Competitive Strategy;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
United States
Desai, Mihir A., Gabriel J. Loeb, and Mark Veblen. "Strategy and Sources of Motion Picture Finance, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 203-007, November 2002.
- November 2002 (Revised September 2013)
- Case
Building a Cluster: Electronics and Information Technology in Costa Rica
By: Michael E. Porter and Niels W. Ketelhohn
Describes the actions of Costa Rica President Figueres and his cabinet in attracting an Intel assembly and testing plant to their country. The effort was part of a government strategy that sought to develop further the Costa Rican electronics and information technology...
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Keywords:
Development Economics;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Industry Clusters;
Business and Government Relations;
Information Technology;
Electronics Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
Costa Rica
Porter, Michael E., and Niels W. Ketelhohn. "Building a Cluster: Electronics and Information Technology in Costa Rica." Harvard Business School Case 703-422, November 2002. (Revised September 2013.)
- October 2002 (Revised June 2003)
- Case
Restructuring the U.S. Steel Industry
Focuses on the competitive decline of the integrated steel producers in the United States from 1970 to 2002. Issues include: Should the U.S. government impose tariffs to try to protect the industry? What should labor unions do, if anything, to protect jobs and wage...
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Keywords:
Restructuring;
Jobs and Positions;
Labor Unions;
Wages;
Business and Government Relations;
Integration;
Steel Industry;
United States
Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Restructuring the U.S. Steel Industry." Harvard Business School Case 203-042, October 2002. (Revised June 2003.)
- September 2002
- Case
Pura Vida Coffee
By: James E. Austin and Allen S. Grossman
Tells the story of two HBS graduates who sell gourmet coffee over the Internet to support an outreach ministry in Costa Rica.
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Austin, James E., and Allen S. Grossman. "Pura Vida Coffee." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 303-051, September 2002.
- March 1989
- Article
Cheap Talk and the Fed: A Theory of Imprecise Policy Announcements
Stein, Jeremy. "Cheap Talk and the Fed: A Theory of Imprecise Policy Announcements." American Economic Review 79, no. 1 (March 1989): 32–42.
- May 2002
- Teaching Note
Circon (A), (B) and (C) (TN)
By: Brian J. Hall, Guhan Subramanian and Joseph N. Sanberg
Teaching Note for (9-801-403), (9-801-404), and (9-801-405).
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