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Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Overview Faculty Curriculum Seminars & Conferences Awards & Honors Doctoral Students 2022 Francesca Gino: Received the Wyss Award for Excellence in Doctoral Student Mentoring in 2022. Ashley V....
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- July 2007 (Revised February 2010)
- Case
Saffronart.com: Bidding for Success
By: Mukti Khaire and R. Daniel Wadhwani
Saffronart, a five-year-old online art auction company, leads the market for modern Indian art and now faces competitors in the market it created. Established in 2000 by the wife-and-husband team of Minal and Dinesh Vazirani, Saffronart.com is an innovative online...
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Keywords:
Arts;
Business Startups;
Entrepreneurship;
Auctions;
Industry Growth;
Competition;
Online Technology;
Fine Arts Industry;
India
Khaire, Mukti, and R. Daniel Wadhwani. "Saffronart.com: Bidding for Success." Harvard Business School Case 808-027, July 2007. (Revised February 2010.)
- 20 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Markets or Communities? The Best Ways to Manage Outside Innovation
Thanks to technology and instant global communication, it has never been easier for companies to seek solutions to problems or find new ideas from sources outside their own corporate walls. But the art of managing these external...
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- July 2016 (Revised June 2019)
- Case
Hamilton: An American Musical
By: Anita Elberse and Jennifer Schoppe
In July 2013, composer, writer, actor and rapper Lin-Manuel Miranda, director Tommy Kail, and producer Jeffrey Seller met to discuss how to launch Hamilton, a new musical based on the life of the first Treasury Secretary of the United States, Alexander Hamilton....
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Keywords:
Entertainment;
Creative Industries;
Performing Arts;
(General) Management;
Blockbusters;
Non-profit;
Theater Entertainment;
Strategy;
Risk Management;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Arts;
Creativity;
Product Launch;
Product Development;
Marketing;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
United States
Elberse, Anita, and Jennifer Schoppe. "Hamilton: An American Musical." Harvard Business School Case 517-015, July 2016. (Revised June 2019.)
- July 2015 (Revised January 2020)
- Case
Horst Dassler, Adidas, and the Commercialization of Sport
By: Geoffrey Jones, Michael Norris and Sophi Kim
The case focuses on the career of Horst Dassler, the son of the founder of the German-based sports shoe manufacturer Adidas. The origins of the firm were in the interwar years, and it rose to public prominence after it provided spikes for Jesse Owens, the famous...
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Keywords:
Corruption;
Economic History;
Business History;
Entertainment;
Business;
Strategy;
Media;
Digital Technology;
Blockbuster;
Superstar;
Film;
Television;
Music;
Publishing;
Performing Arts;
Nightlife;
Crime and Corruption;
Entrepreneurship;
Globalization;
History;
Sports;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Fashion Industry;
Sports Industry;
Germany;
South America;
Europe;
Asia;
North and Central America
Jones, Geoffrey, Michael Norris, and Sophi Kim. "Horst Dassler, Adidas, and the Commercialization of Sport." Harvard Business School Case 316-007, July 2015. (Revised January 2020.)
- April 2019
- Case
American Ballet Theatre
By: Anita Elberse, Tsubasa Nakajima and Melissa Rodman
Kara Medoff Barnett, executive director of American Ballet Theatre (ABT), widely regarded as one of the world’s premier ballet companies, faces several challenges. It is June 2018. Despite its prestige, the company’s $45 million annual budget and $22 million endowment...
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Keywords:
Performing Arts;
Superstars;
Talent;
Talent Development;
Non-profit;
Contracts;
Labor Economics;
General Management;
Arts;
Entertainment;
Media;
Talent and Talent Management;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Marketing;
Strategy
Elberse, Anita, Tsubasa Nakajima, and Melissa Rodman. "American Ballet Theatre." Harvard Business School Case 519-085, April 2019.
- 2013
- Book
Blockbusters: Hit-making, Risk-taking, and the Big Business of Entertainment
By: Anita Elberse
What's behind the phenomenal success of entertainment businesses such as Warner Bros., Marvel Enterprises, and the NFL—along with such stars as Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, and LeBron James? Which strategies give leaders in film, television, music, publishing, and sports an edge...
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Keywords:
Entertainment;
Business;
Strategy;
Media;
Digital Technology;
Blockbuster;
Superstar;
Film;
Television;
Music;
Publishing;
Performing Arts;
Nightlife;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Information Technology;
Marketing Strategy;
Music Entertainment;
Success;
Sports;
Business Strategy;
Film Entertainment;
Television Entertainment;
Fine Arts Industry;
Fine Arts Industry;
Fine Arts Industry;
Fine Arts Industry
Elberse, Anita. Blockbusters: Hit-making, Risk-taking, and the Big Business of Entertainment. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 2013.
- 2007
- Book
An Experiment in Fair Value Accounting? The State of the Art in Research and Thought Leadership on Accounting for Life Assurance in the UK and Continental Europe
By: Joanne G Horton, Richard H. Macve and George Serafeim
"Fair value" is currently the central topic of debate in the development of accounting standards. While it has now been defined to mean an exit price in US GAAP, the IASB is still considering its own definition, and some commentators are arguing for versions of entry...
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Keywords:
Transition;
Financial Instruments;
Framework;
Market Entry and Exit;
Insurance;
Revenue Recognition;
Fair Value Accounting;
Standards;
United Kingdom
Horton, Joanne G., Richard H. Macve, and George Serafeim. An Experiment in Fair Value Accounting? The State of the Art in Research and Thought Leadership on Accounting for Life Assurance in the UK and Continental Europe. London, UK: Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, Centre for Business Performance, 2007.
- January 2015 (Revised December 2015)
- Case
Mauboussin
By: Anat Keinan, Sandrine Crener and Audrey Azoulay
Mauboussin is a French jewelry brand founded in 1827 in Paris. In the 1920s, the company earned a huge notoriety for capturing the aesthetic and emotional dimension of the Art Deco movement in its design and gained a worldwide reputation for innovation and expertise in...
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Keywords:
Luxury;
Luxury Brand;
Luxury Goods;
Jewelry;
Jewels;
Retail;
Brand Repositioning;
Brand Rejuventation;
Brand Positioning;
New Market Development;
Entry In The US Market;
American Jewelry Market;
Global Brands;
Growth Strategy;
Mauboussin;
Entrepreneurship;
Failure;
International Marketing;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Wealth;
Marketing Strategy;
Expansion;
Brands and Branding;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
France
Keinan, Anat, Sandrine Crener, and Audrey Azoulay. "Mauboussin." Harvard Business School Case 515-076, January 2015. (Revised December 2015.)
- 2022
- Working Paper
Communicating Corporate Culture in Labor Markets: Evidence from Job Postings
A company’s culture represents one of the most important factors that job seekers consider. In this study, we examine how firms craft their job postings to convey their cultures and whether doing so helps attract employees. We utilize state-of-the art machine learning...
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Keywords:
Corporate Culture Significance;
Labor Markets;
Disclosure;
Organizational Culture;
Recruitment;
Talent and Talent Management
Pacelli, Joseph, Tianshuo Shi, and Yuan Zou. "Communicating Corporate Culture in Labor Markets: Evidence from Job Postings." Working Paper, October 2022.
Angela Tian Ma
Angela Ma is a PhD Candidate in Business Economics joint between Harvard Economics Department and Harvard Business School. Previously, she earned a B.A. in Economics with a secondary concentration in Computer Science from Harvard College.
She is on the...
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Shira Li
Shira Li is a first-year doctoral student in the Business Economics program. Her research interests include finance, industrial organization, and market design. She graduated from Harvard College in 2019 with an A.B. in Math and Computer Science...
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- Research Summary
Attention Arousal Through Price Partitioning
Existing evidence suggests that preferences are affected by whether a price is presented as one all-inclusive expense or partitioned into a set of mandatory charges. To explain this phenomenon, we introduce a new mechanism whereby price partitioning affects a consumers...
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- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
Working PapersDon't Just Survive—Thrive: Leading Innovation in Good Times and Bad (revised) Authors:Lynda M. Applegate and Bruce Harreld Abstract Battered by contracting markets and frozen credit, many businesses today are fighting for...
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Martha Lagace
- November 1992 (Revised July 1993)
- Case
Fischer Francis Trees & Watts
By: Erik R. Sirri
Fisher Francis Trees & Watts is a New York fixed-income investment management firm. A portfolio manager needs to purchase $375 million of 5-year notes at the Treasury auction. Unlike previous auctions, however, this is the first time the Treasury will auction the notes...
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Sirri, Erik R. "Fischer Francis Trees & Watts." Harvard Business School Case 293-056, November 1992. (Revised July 1993.)
- 2019
- Book
Problem Solving: HBS Alumni Making a Difference in the World
By: Howard H. Stevenson, Russ Banham and Shirley Spence
Problem Solving is the culmination of four years of research conducted by a small project team from 2015 through 2018 in collaboration with HBS alumni, students, faculty, and staff. Its broad and deep knowledge base is derived from a survey of 13 MBA classes...
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Stevenson, Howard H., Russ Banham, and Shirley Spence. Problem Solving: HBS Alumni Making a Difference in the World. Southwestern Publishing Group, 2019.
- 16 May 2017
- Video
Getting to Know Student Class Day Speaker: Andrew Cone, MBA 2017
- 23 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Lessons on Life, Graffiti, and Value: 'It's in That Darkness That You Can Actually Develop and Evolve'
range of experiences and institutions, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, MOCA, and Barnsdale Art Park. “You were exposed to the best of everything the city had to offer, for better or worse,” Riley said. A fan of Wu-Tang...
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by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
Rohit Deshpande
Rohit Deshpandé is a Baker Foundation Professor and Sebastian S. Kresge Professor of Marketing, Emeritus at Harvard Business School, where he has been teaching in the Advanced Management Program,... View Details