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- September 2012
- Teaching Note
Stryker Corporation: Capital Budgeting (TN)
By: Timothy A. Luehrman
This case examines some parts of Stryker Corporation's systems and procedures for approving and authorizing capital spending of many different types, including buildings, machinery, and working capital for existing businesses, as well as transactions with third parties...
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- October 2000
- Case
Tree Values
By: Richard S. Ruback and Kathleen Luchs
Describes two alternative tree cutting strategies. The first is to cut all trees that are at least 12 inches in diameter at breast height. The second is to thin the forest by cutting less desirable trees immediately and harvesting the crop trees later. The case...
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Keywords:
Strategy;
Decision Making;
Cash Flow;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Management Practices and Processes;
Value Creation;
Forestry Industry
Ruback, Richard S., and Kathleen Luchs. "Tree Values." Harvard Business School Case 201-031, October 2000.
- April 1997
- Background Note
Note on Value Drivers
By: Benjamin C. Esty
Presents a framework for analyzing strategic decisions. Takes as given the practice of value-based management whereby managers use value as a primary criterion when making financial, strategic, or investment decisions. Through a simple valuation model, it shows how...
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Keywords:
Decisions;
Equity;
Financial Strategy;
Investment;
Profit;
Framework;
Growth Management;
Value Creation
Esty, Benjamin C. "Note on Value Drivers." Harvard Business School Background Note 297-082, April 1997.
- Article
Creating Value Together
By: Maxim Sytch and Ranjay Gulati
Conventional wisdom suggests that companies should avoid growing dependent on their business partners. If one company, the thinking goes, grows too dependent on a counterpart by getting the entire input for a particular activity from it and is not able to switch...
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Keywords:
Supply Chain Management;
Performance Improvement;
Partners and Partnerships;
Power and Influence;
Value Creation
Sytch, Maxim, and Ranjay Gulati. "Creating Value Together." Business Intelligence. MIT Sloan Management Review 50, no. 1 (Fall 2008): 12–13.
- October 2014 (Revised November 2016)
- Technical Note
Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) vs. Customer Lifetime Return on Investment (CLROI)
By: Elie Ofek
This note presents two related measures for assessing the financial value of a customer to the firm. The first is the well-known measure of Customer Lifetime Value, or CLV for short. The second, which has received much less attention, treats the acquisition of a...
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Keywords:
Customer Lifetime Value;
Return On Investment;
Segmentation;
Social Networks;
Customer Relationship Management;
Marketing Strategy;
Investment Return;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Social Media
Ofek, Elie. "Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) vs. Customer Lifetime Return on Investment (CLROI)." Harvard Business School Technical Note 515-049, October 2014. (Revised November 2016.)
- 12 May 2015
- Conference Presentation
Shared Value and Strategy
The best companies don't compete to be the best—they compete to be unique. Harvard Business School's Prof. Michael E. Porter applies his classic strategy framework to shared value as a differentiating strategy to enhance competitiveness. This slide presentation was...
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Porter, Michael E. "Shared Value and Strategy." Paper presented at the Shared Value Leadership Summit, FSG, New York, NY, May 12, 2015.
- Web
2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
Reunions 2023 Reunion Presentations At Reunions, HBS faculty and other thought leaders address a range of issues facing business and society. Program recordings and materials (slide deck, handouts, etc.) are made available only when...
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- 12 May 2015
- Other Presentation
Shared Value and Strategy (Video)
Harvard Business School Professor Michael E. Porter presents at the Shared Value Leadership Summit on how creating both business and social value makes a company stand out against the competition.
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Porter, Michael E. "Shared Value and Strategy (Video)." Shared Value Leadership Summit, FSG, New York, NY, May 12, 2015.
- June 2009
- Supplement
Economic Value of the Advertising Supported Internet Ecosystem, presented by Professor John Quelch, Harvard Business School
By: John A. Quelch
Quelch, John A. "Economic Value of the Advertising Supported Internet Ecosystem, presented by Professor John Quelch, Harvard Business School." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 509-732, June 2009.
- 2013
- Tool
Harvard Business Review's Go to Market Tools: Customer Lifetime Value
By: Thomas Steenburgh and Jill Avery
How much are your customers worth? Has your marketing budget been slashed? Need to figure out the best place to invest your time and effort to reach your growth target? HBR's Go to Market Tool helps calculate your customer's lifetime value, allowing you to prioritize...
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Keywords:
Quantitative Analysis;
Tools;
Customer Lifetime Value;
Customer Defection;
CRM;
Customer Relationship Management;
Marketing;
Marketing Strategy;
Customer Focus and Relationships
Steenburgh, Thomas, and Jill Avery. Harvard Business Review's Go to Market Tools: Customer Lifetime Value. Tool. Harvard Business Review Press, 2013. Electronic.
- 21 Mar 2013
- Other Presentation
Transforming Strategy: Creating Shared Value
Strategy and Creating Shared Value Presentation
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Porter, Michael E. "Transforming Strategy: Creating Shared Value." Nigeria50 Awards, AllWorld Network and Tony Elumelu Foundation, Lagos, Nigeria, March 21, 2013.
- Web
2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
Reunions 2022 Reunion Presentations Slides and materials have been added for many of the faculty presentations. Session recordings from the Live from Klarman Hall series are available here and on the Klarman series page. June 3-4 June 7-8...
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- 13 Feb 2014
- Other Presentation
Shared Value in Extractives (Video)
Michael Porter presentation at the Next-Gen CSR and Shared Value Forum in Calgary, Alberta
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Porter, Michael E. "Shared Value in Extractives (Video)." Next-Gen Corporate Social Responsibility and Shared Value Forum, Shared Value Initiative, February 13, 2014.
- April 2021
- Exercise
Valuing Employment Exercise
By: George Serafeim, Ethan Rouen and Katie Panella
The Valuing Employment exercise can be used to show the importance of impact measurement in designing incentives and contracts. The exercise has two phases. In the first phase, participants play the role of managers at the State of Massachusetts Infrastructure...
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Keywords:
Bid Evaluation;
Workforce;
Impact Measurement;
Bids and Bidding;
Contracts;
Design;
Measurement and Metrics
Serafeim, George, Ethan Rouen, and Katie Panella. "Valuing Employment Exercise." Harvard Business School Exercise 121-086, April 2021.
- November–December 2010
- Article
A Method for Defining Value in Healthcare Using Cancer Care as a Model
By: Thomas W. Feeley, Heidi Albright, Ronald Walters and Thomas W. Burke
Value-based healthcare delivery is being discussed in a variety of healthcare forums. This concept is of great importance in the reform of the US healthcare delivery system. Defining and applying the principles of value-based competition in healthcare delivery models...
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Keywords:
Value Creation;
Cancer Care In The U.S.;
Healthcare;
Health;
Management;
Measurement and Metrics;
Health Industry;
North and Central America
Feeley, Thomas W., Heidi Albright, Ronald Walters, and Thomas W. Burke. "A Method for Defining Value in Healthcare Using Cancer Care as a Model." Journal of Healthcare Management 55, no. 6 (November–December 2010): 399–412. (This article won the Edgar C. Hayhow Award from the American College of Healthcare Executive in 2012 as the article of the year in the Journal of Healthcare Management.)
- 2004
- Other Unpublished Work
Capital and Value of Risk Transfer: Presented at Actuarial Approach for Financial Risks (AFIR) Colloquium, Boston, MA, November
By: K. Froot, G. Venter and J. Major
Froot, K., G. Venter, and J. Major. "Capital and Value of Risk Transfer: Presented at Actuarial Approach for Financial Risks (AFIR) Colloquium, Boston, MA, November." November 2004.
- August 1972 (Revised September 2000)
- Background Note
Introduction to Accumulated Value, Present Value, and Internal Rate of Return
A simple, intuitive introduction to the usually-difficult topics of discounting and present value. While the mechanics of computing present value and internal rate of return are covered well, the emphasis is more about how to think about these concepts (for example,...
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Keywords:
Accounting
Hammond, John S. "Introduction to Accumulated Value, Present Value, and Internal Rate of Return." Harvard Business School Background Note 173-003, August 1972. (Revised September 2000.)
- Web
Presentations - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Health Care Core Concepts by Professor Michael E. Porter Professor Michael E. Porter presents the current status of value based health care as a strategy to improve health care. January 2020 Time-Driven...
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Making Sense of Past and Present
studies in international relations, my father “strongly recommended” that I study business or engineering instead. According to him, it was more pragmatic and would ensure that I got a job. I rediscovered the immense joy of learning and understanding how to better make...
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