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- 11 Aug 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Decision Making Under Information Asymmetry: Experimental Evidence on Belief Refinements
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by William Schmidt & Ryan W. Buell
- 07 Jun 2014
- News
Planting for Profit, and Greater Good
- 11 Dec 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
When to Apply?
- October 2001
- Case
Healthcare Brands Corporation
By: David F. Hawkins
A U.K. and a U.S. firm are entering into a merger agreement. Management must decide whether the merged companies should be domiciled in the United Kingdom and account for the merger as a pooling of interests or the United States and account for the merger as a...
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Keywords:
International Accounting;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Contracts;
Health Industry;
United Kingdom;
United States
Hawkins, David F. "Healthcare Brands Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 102-032, October 2001.
- June 1995
- Case
AT&T's Acquisition of NCR
Dennis R. Beresford, Chairman of the FASB, reflects on the AT&T and NCR merger and AT&T's desire to qualify the transaction for pooling of interest treatment, an accounting method allowing companies to record assets acquired in business combinations at historical cost...
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Barth, Mary E., and Dale Coxe. "AT&T's Acquisition of NCR." Harvard Business School Case 195-239, June 1995.
- 26 Sep 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Merchants and the Origins of Capitalism
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by Sophus A. Reinert and Robert Fredona
- 07 Oct 2014
- News
How to Select Sales Managers Who Can Actually Manage
- June 2021
- Case
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments): April 2021
By: Josh Lerner, Reza Satchu and Alys Ferragamo
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is one of the largest pools of investment capital in the world and follows a rigorous “Total Portfolio Framework” in its approach to investment management. In April of 2021, John Graham was just two months into his role...
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Keywords:
Pension Funds;
Investment Strategy;
Capital Markets;
Financial Strategy;
Investment;
Asset Management;
Financial Institutions;
Private Equity;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Investment Portfolio;
Assets;
Financial Markets;
Financial Services Industry;
Canada
Lerner, Josh, Reza Satchu, and Alys Ferragamo. "The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments): April 2021." Harvard Business School Case 821-125, June 2021.
- Awards
Young Global Leader (World Economic Forum)
By: Tarun Khanna
Nominated as a Young Global Leader 2007 by the World Economic Forum. The honor, bestowed annually, recognizes a group of 250 top leaders in business, government, academia, and the media--all below the age of 41--for their professional accomplishments, their commitment...
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- January 2016
- Case
SAP SE: Autism at Work
By: Gary P. Pisano and Robert D. Austin
This case describes SAP's "Autism at Work" program, which integrates people with autism into the company's workforce. The company has a stated objective of making 1% of its workforce people with autism by 2020. SAP's rationale for the program is based on the belief...
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Keywords:
Software;
Human Resource Management;
Diversity Management;
Germany;
Selection and Staffing;
Innovation and Management;
Applications and Software;
Recruitment;
Diversity;
Information Technology Industry;
Germany
Pisano, Gary P., and Robert D. Austin. "SAP SE: Autism at Work." Harvard Business School Case 616-042, January 2016.
- Research Summary
Globalization of Human Capital
By: Nitin Nohria
One of the most significant dimensions of the current wave of globalization is the globalization of human capital. Whether it is low cost, skilled manufacturing workers in China, software and customer service professionals in India, or highly skilled employees in...
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- 01 Oct 2015
- News
The Real Reason Men and Women Prefer Male Bosses
- 2012
- Working Paper
The Need for (long) Chains in Kidney Exchange
By: Itai Ashlagi, David Gamarnik, Michael A. Rees and Alvin E. Roth
It has been previously shown that for sufficiently large pools of patient-donor pairs, (almost) efficient kidney exchange can be achieved by using at most 3-way cycles, i.e., by using cycles among no more than 3 patient-donor pairs. However, as kidney exchange has...
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Keywords:
Networks;
Complexity;
Performance Efficiency;
Medical Specialties;
Health Care and Treatment;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving
Ashlagi, Itai, David Gamarnik, Michael A. Rees, and Alvin E. Roth. "The Need for (long) Chains in Kidney Exchange." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 18202, July 2012.
- 04 Jun 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Can a Continuously-Liquidating Tontine (or Mutual Inheritance Fund) Succeed where Immediate Annuities Have Floundered?
- 30 Nov 2019
- News
Elon Musk and the Dying Art of the Big Bet
- 07 Apr 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Location Strategies for Agglomeration Economies
- October 1996 (Revised January 1997)
- Case
AT&T Resource Link: Revisioning the Managerial Workforce
Resource Link is an in-house temporary firm, supplying managers and technical workers to the 26 business units of AT&T on a contract basis. The challenge facing Resource Link is how to grow, since an increasing number of managers are eager to use variable workers to...
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Keywords:
Selection and Staffing;
Organizational Design;
Personal Development and Career;
Employment Industry;
Telecommunications Industry
Bradach, Jeffrey L., and Nicole Sackley. "AT&T Resource Link: Revisioning the Managerial Workforce." Harvard Business School Case 497-004, October 1996. (Revised January 1997.)