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- 2023
- Working Paper
Applications or Approvals: What Drives Racial Disparities in the Paycheck Protection Program?
By: Sergey Chernenko, Nathan Kaplan, Asani Sarkar and David S. Scharfstein
We use the 2020 Small Business Credit Survey to study the sources of racial disparities in use of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Black-owned firms are 8.9 percentage points less likely than observably similar white-owned firms to receive PPP loans. About 55% of...
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Chernenko, Sergey, Nathan Kaplan, Asani Sarkar, and David S. Scharfstein. "Applications or Approvals: What Drives Racial Disparities in the Paycheck Protection Program?" NBER Working Paper Series, No. 31172, April 2023.
- January 2013 (Revised October 2014)
- Case
Barclays and the LIBOR Scandal
By: Clayton S. Rose and Aldo Sesia
In June of 2012, Barclays plc admitted that it had manipulated LIBOR—a benchmark interest rate that was fundamental to the operation of international financial markets and that was the basis for trillions of dollars of financial transactions. Between 2005 and 2009...
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Keywords:
Financial Systems;
Financial Services;
Corruption;
Regulation;
General Management;
Management;
Leadership;
Economic Systems;
Crime and Corruption;
Ethics;
Culture;
Banking Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
United Kingdom
Rose, Clayton S., and Aldo Sesia. "Barclays and the LIBOR Scandal." Harvard Business School Case 313-075, January 2013. (Revised October 2014.)
- December 1996 (Revised June 1998)
- Case
Midnight Networks, Inc.
By: H. Kent Bowen and Marilyn Matis
Midnight Networks, Inc., is a small computer network validation company. This case describes how the five founders built their business from operations earnings and how they established "best practices" operational processes to run their firm successfully. Operational...
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Keywords:
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Business or Company Management;
Operations;
Organizational Culture;
Applications and Software;
Business Startups;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Information Technology Industry;
Massachusetts
Bowen, H. Kent, and Marilyn Matis. "Midnight Networks, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 697-019, December 1996. (Revised June 1998.)
- December 2001
- Case
Sarah Vickers-Willis: Career Decisions (A)
By: Myra M. Hart, Lynda M. Applegate, Sarah Harden and Susan Saltrick
Sarah Vickers-Willis, HBS MBA 1999, faces a critical career decision: Does she redirect the Internet start-up she helped found or join in shaping a for-profit firm with a social mission? Sarah, a young Australian business executive, has always strived to "find space"...
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Keywords:
Decisions;
Leadership;
Internet and the Web;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Personal Development and Career;
Gender;
Business Startups
Hart, Myra M., Lynda M. Applegate, Sarah Harden, and Susan Saltrick. "Sarah Vickers-Willis: Career Decisions (A)." Harvard Business School Case 802-111, December 2001.
- December 2011
- Article
Do Powerful Politicians Cause Corporate Downsizing?
By: Lauren Cohen, Joshua Coval and Christopher J. Malloy
This paper employs a new empirical approach for identifying the impact of government spending on the private sector. Our key innovation is to use changes in congressional committee chairmanship as a source of exogenous variation in state-level federal expenditures. In...
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Keywords:
Spending;
Private Sector;
Taxation;
Innovation and Invention;
Interest Rates;
Business and Government Relations;
Investment;
Employment;
Power and Influence
Cohen, Lauren, Joshua Coval, and Christopher J. Malloy. "Do Powerful Politicians Cause Corporate Downsizing?" Journal of Political Economy 119, no. 6 (December 2011): 1015–1060. (Click here for a response to Snyder and Welch, click here for the data, and click here for the code.)
Do Powerful Politicians Cause Corporate Downsizing?
This paper employs a new empirical approach for identifying the impact of government spending on the private sector. Our key innovation is to use changes in congressional committee chairmanship as a source of exogenous variation in state-level federal xpenditures. In...
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Competing Platforms
This paper focuses on platform-intermediated markets where there
are a small number of firms on one side and analyzes the strategic
competition among platforms to get the oligopolistic side
on-board. Due to the prevalence of both same and cross-side
externalities,...
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- February 2011 (Revised August 2021)
- Case
Gemini Investors
By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
Gemini Investors was a private equity firm focused on small and lower middle market businesses. Gemini's target investment size was between $4 million and $6 million and a typical portfolio company had revenue of between $8 million and $30 million. In early 2015,...
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Keywords:
Private Equity;
Investment;
Investment Funds;
Markets;
Size;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Ruback, Richard S., and Royce Yudkoff. "Gemini Investors." Harvard Business School Case 211-066, February 2011. (Revised August 2021.)
- 28 Jun 2017
- News
Patent Trolling Isn’t Dead — It’s Just Moving to Delaware
- April 2020
- Supplement
Luvo (B)
By: José B. Alvarez and Natalie Kindred
This case, a follow on to HBS No. 517-049 "Luvo," provides a brief look at changes that have occurred at Luvo, now called Performance Kitchen, since the timing of the first case (mid-2016). Set in January 2020, “Luvo (B)” touches on developments such as the company's...
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Keywords:
Consumer Behavior;
Health;
Health Care and Treatment;
Nutrition;
Food;
Strategy;
Product Positioning;
Product Marketing;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Retail Industry;
United States;
Canada
Alvarez, José B., and Natalie Kindred. "Luvo (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 520-101, April 2020.
- August 2010
- Case
Flash Memory, Inc.
By: William E. Fruhan and Craig Stephenson
The CFO of Flash Memory, Inc. prepares the company's investing and financing plans for the next three years. Flash Memory is a small firm that specializes in the design and manufacture of solid state drives (SSDs) and memory modules for the computer and electronics...
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Keywords:
Forecasting;
Financial Management;
Cash Flow;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Capital Budgeting;
Computer Industry;
Electronics Industry;
United States
Fruhan, William E., and Craig Stephenson. "Flash Memory, Inc." Harvard Business School Brief Case 104-230, August 2010.
- 04 Aug 2014
- Op-Ed
Why Small-Business Lending Is Not Recovering
more tentative for small firms than for large firms. Regarding points of access to capital, community banks have long been crucial to small business lending. But community bank...
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How to Capture Value from Innovation: Shaping Intellectual Property and Industry Architecture
By: Gary P. Pisano and David J. Teece
Capturing value from innovation requires innovators to figure out how to blunt inroads into the profit stream by imitators, customers, suppliers, and other providers of complementary products and services. In making strategic decisions around technology...
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Keywords:
Technological Innovation;
Intellectual Property;
Knowledge Management;
Knowledge Sharing;
Industry Structures;
Standards;
Commercialization;
Value
Pisano, Gary P., and David J. Teece. "How to Capture Value from Innovation: Shaping Intellectual Property and Industry Architecture." Special Issue on Leading Through Innovation (50th Anniversary Issue). California Management Review 50, no. 1 (Fall 2007): 278–296.
- March 2020 (Revised January 2023)
- Case
Nadine Vogel: Transforming the Marketplace, Workplace, and Workforce for People with Disabilities
By: Lakshmi Ramarajan, Hannah Riley-Bowles and Michael Norris
In 2019, Nadine Vogel, founder and CEO of Springboard Consulting, a firm that worked with Fortune 500 companies on issues related to disability and their workforce, faced the decision of the best path forward to grow her small company. Should she build more and better...
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Keywords:
Diversity;
Entrepreneurship;
Personal Development and Career;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Product Development;
Market Entry and Exit;
Consulting Industry;
United States;
Florida;
New York (state, US)
Ramarajan, Lakshmi, Hannah Riley-Bowles, and Michael Norris. "Nadine Vogel: Transforming the Marketplace, Workplace, and Workforce for People with Disabilities." Harvard Business School Case 420-062, March 2020. (Revised January 2023.)
- 2011
- Working Paper
Do Powerful Politicians Cause Corporate Downsizing?
By: Lauren H. Cohen, Joshua D. Coval and Christopher J. Malloy
This paper employs a new empirical approach for identifying the impact of government spending on the private sector. Our key innovation is to use changes in congressional committee chairmanship as a source of exogenous variation in state-level federal expenditures. In...
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Keywords:
Economic Growth;
Investment;
Spending;
Government Administration;
Employment;
Managerial Roles
Cohen, Lauren H., Joshua D. Coval, and Christopher J. Malloy. "Do Powerful Politicians Cause Corporate Downsizing?" NBER Working Paper Series, No. 15839, March 2011.
- September 2018 (Revised June 2019)
- Case
THE VELUX FOUNDATIONS: Selecting Impact Funds
By: Vikram Gandhi, Caitlin Reimers Brumme and Nathaniel Schwalb
After much internal debate, THE VELUX FOUNDATIONS of Denmark have decided to allocate a small percentage of their investment portfolio to impact investments. Cambridge Associates, one of the leading investment advisory firms in the world, has been engaged to assist...
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Keywords:
Impact Investing;
Mission-Related Investing;
Foundations;
Investment;
Venture Capital;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Strategy;
Investment Funds;
Decision Making;
Consulting Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Denmark;
Europe
Gandhi, Vikram, Caitlin Reimers Brumme, and Nathaniel Schwalb. "THE VELUX FOUNDATIONS: Selecting Impact Funds." Harvard Business School Case 819-021, September 2018. (Revised June 2019.)
- November 1994 (Revised September 1996)
- Case
RiceSelect
By: Alvin J. Silk and Mary Shelman
In August 1994, Robin Andrews, President of RiceTec, Inc., faces a critical decision that will affect his firm's future: what policy should RiceTec follow for supplying grocery retailers with private label merchandise? RiceTec, a small privately owned firm engaged in...
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Keywords:
Cash Flow;
Leadership;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Strategy;
Supply Chain Management;
Private Ownership;
Research and Development;
Conflict Management;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Retail Industry
Silk, Alvin J., and Mary Shelman. "RiceSelect." Harvard Business School Case 595-033, November 1994. (Revised September 1996.)
- October 2000 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
Software Associates
By: Robert S. Kaplan
The president of a small consulting firm has just seen his second-quarter profit and loss statement, showing an increase in revenues but a substantial decline in profits. He asks his chief financial officer to explain the results. The CFO works hard to accumulate...
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Keywords:
Budgets and Budgeting;
Cost;
Financial Statements;
Production;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Information Technology Industry;
Consulting Industry
Kaplan, Robert S. "Software Associates." Harvard Business School Case 101-038, October 2000. (Revised March 2004.)
- September 1993
- Case
Rhone-Poulenc (A)
Rhone-Poulenc, France's largest chemical firm, with revenues of more than $7 billion in 1985, seeks to dramatically expand its presence in the United States. From 1986 to 1990, Rhone-Poulenc undertakes 18 separate acquisitions, ranging from small entrepreneurial firms...
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Rosenzweig, Philip M. "Rhone-Poulenc (A)." Harvard Business School Case 394-040, September 1993.
- 02 Oct 2020
- News