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- February 1984 (Revised November 1993)
- Case
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.--1983
Reviews changes in Du Pont's debt policy from 1965 to 1982. This period ended with a dramatic increase in Du Pont's debt level attendant upon the merger with Conoco. Students are asked to develop a new debt policy for Du Pont in the 1980s.
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Glauber, Robert R. "E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.--1983." Harvard Business School Case 284-062, February 1984. (Revised November 1993.)
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General Management Program
facilitate your growth. Your learning will take place on your own, in your learning/living group, and in the larger classroom, driven by the renowned HBS case method. Review Our Campus Health & Safety Protocols Alumni Status Upon...
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- 2010
- Article
Has the Shift to Stronger Intellectual Property Rights Promoted Technology Transfer, FDI, and Industrial Development?
By: Lee Branstetter, C. Fritz Foley and Kamal Saggi
This article reviews recent research conducted by the authors that finds that intellectual property rights reform increases technology transfers, foreign direct investment inflows, and industrial development. It also places the findings of this work in the broader...
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Keywords:
Intellectual Property;
Rights;
Information Technology;
Body of Literature;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Industry Growth
Branstetter, Lee, C. Fritz Foley, and Kamal Saggi. "Has the Shift to Stronger Intellectual Property Rights Promoted Technology Transfer, FDI, and Industrial Development?" WIPO Journal 2, no. 1 (2010): 93–98.
- Web
The Five Forces - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
value is divided among industry actors. First described by Michael Porter in his classic 1979 Harvard Business Review article, Porter’s insights started a revolution in the strategy field and continue to shape business practice and...
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- March 2007 (Revised August 2014)
- Case
Survey Masters LLC (A)
By: William J. Bruns
Partners in a service firm are reviewing results for 2006, wondering whether large or small projects are more profitable. Present reports make small projects look more profitable. However, activity-based accounting reveals that large projects are more profitable and...
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Keywords:
Activity Based Costing and Management;
Financial Reporting;
Cost vs Benefits;
Financial Strategy;
Service Industry
Bruns, William J. "Survey Masters LLC (A)." Harvard Business School Case 107-061, March 2007. (Revised August 2014.)
- 05 May 2021
- News
Crisis Could Be the Mother of Reinvention for Business Schools
- 30 Nov 2011
- News
Yelp's IPO Will Test the Flaws in Its Business Model
- 2023
- Book
Workplace Conditions
By: Jill Maben, Jane Ball and Amy C. Edmondson
This Element reviews the evidence for three workplace conditions that matter for improving quality and safety in healthcare: staffing; psychological safety, teamwork, and speaking up; and staff health and well-being at work. The authors propose that these are...
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Maben, Jill, Jane Ball, and Amy C. Edmondson. Workplace Conditions. Cambridge Elements, Improving Quality and Safety in Healthcare. Cambridge University Press, 2023.
- 28 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 28, 2015
Publisher's link: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49412 Forthcoming Management Science Fake It Till You Make It: Reputation, Competition, and Yelp Review Fraud By: Luca, Michael, and Georgios Zervas Abstract—Consumer View Details
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Carmen Nobel
- 22 Jan 2015
- News
Food Safety in Numbers
Caroline M. Elkins
Caroline Elkins is the Thomas Henry Carroll/Ford Foundation Professor of Business Administration in the Business, Government and International Economy unit at HBS. She is also Professor of History and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University, an... View Details
- April 6, 2023
- Article
A New NFT Launch Strategy: The Wave Mint
By: Scott Duke Kominers and 1337 Skulls Sers
In an NFT project, the mint—the process by which tokens are initially allocated—largely determines who your community is and how they and the broader market view the project going forward. In this piece, we review a new minting strategy recently introduced by 1337...
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Keywords:
NFTs;
Mechanism Design;
Sales Management;
Sales Model;
Crypto Economy;
Non-fungible Tokens;
Networks;
Product Launch;
Auctions;
Market Design
Kominers, Scott Duke, and 1337 Skulls Sers. "A New NFT Launch Strategy: The Wave Mint." a16zcrypto.com (April 6, 2023).
- 2021
- Article
Venture Capital Booms and Startup Financing
By: William Janeway, Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
We review the growing literature on the relationship between venture capital booms and startup financing, focusing on three broad areas: First, we discuss the drivers of large inflows into the venture capital asset class, particularly in recent years—which are related...
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Janeway, William, Ramana Nanda, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf. "Venture Capital Booms and Startup Financing." Annual Review of Financial Economics 13 (2021): 111–127.
- November 2010 (Revised October 2011)
- Case
Oriflame S.A. (A)
By: David F. Hawkins, Karol Misztal and Daniela Beyersdorfer
A direct-selling cosmetics company involved in emerging markets exhibits significant foreign exchange risk exposure and profitability swings in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Students must review the company's use of derivative instruments and other hedging...
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Keywords:
Accounting;
Financial Crisis;
Currency Exchange Rate;
Financial Strategy;
Investment;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Risk Management;
Emerging Markets;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
Hawkins, David F., Karol Misztal, and Daniela Beyersdorfer. "Oriflame S.A. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 111-050, November 2010. (Revised October 2011.)
- October 2004 (Revised July 2006)
- Background Note
Ownership Structure in Professional Service Firms: Partnership versus Public Corporation
By: Ashish Nanda
This case reviews the relative merits of partnership and public ownership structures in professional services firms. It also evaluates the various rationales for converting partnership professional services firms to publicly owned firms. Finally, the case highlights...
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Keywords:
Private Ownership;
Transition;
Partners and Partnerships;
Public Ownership;
Service Industry
Nanda, Ashish, and Lauren Prusiner. "Ownership Structure in Professional Service Firms: Partnership versus Public Corporation." Harvard Business School Background Note 905-038, October 2004. (Revised July 2006.)
- November 2003
- Supplement
P&G Japan: The SK-II Globalization Project
Paolo de Cesare and A.G. Lafley review the strategic and organizational challenges they face in deciding whether to make the prestigious Japanese beauty product, SK-II, a global brand. In a three-part videotaped interview, they discuss the challenges, reveal the...
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Keywords:
Globalization;
Brands and Branding;
Organizational Structure;
Strategy;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Japan
Bartlett, Christopher A. "P&G Japan: The SK-II Globalization Project." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 304-803, November 2003.
- July 2002 (Revised August 2002)
- Case
Washington Hospital Center (B): The Power of Insight
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Michelle Heskett
Dr. Craig Feied considers how to take a major technical innovation beyond his own department into a large hospital system. Reviews how proprietary information systems became indispensable in the department of emergency medicine and what it took to introduce the change...
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- May 1999
- Background Note
Broadband Race, The
By: David B. Yoffie and Mary Kwak
Surveys developments in broadband in the late 1990s, focusing on the rivalry between telecom companies deploying DSL and cable companies rolling out cable modem service. Reviews the major broadband technologies, examines the state of competition in the United States,...
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Keywords:
Technological Innovation;
Internet and the Web;
Competition;
Telecommunications Industry;
United States;
Hong Kong;
Singapore
Yoffie, David B., and Mary Kwak. "Broadband Race, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 799-106, May 1999.
- 14 May 2013
- News