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- 09 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
These Employers Pay Higher Salaries than Necessary
comparatively in the dark, creating an “information friction” that the freelancers can exploit. In a March 2015 working paper, Information Frictions and Observable Experience, Stanton, along with Catherine Thomas (PhDBE 2006) of the...
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- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Geography of Corporate Giving
Silverthorne: How does your work advance other research done on corporate social activities? Christopher Marquis: Most research on why companies are involved in social activities has looked at the financial impact of such behavior, essentially an attempt to justify...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Charitable Organizations Can Thwart Excuses for Not Giving
(Photo source: Catherine Lane) Giving to charity is the ultimate act of selflessness. We offer our own hard-earned money to those in need, with no thought of return. The reality of altruism, however, is much more complicated, as Harvard...
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by Michael Blanding
- 19 Mar 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Overcoming the Stress of ‘Englishnization’
program successful. Neeley, who has studied this unmined subject for nearly 10 years, worked closely on the case with Mikitani, described by some as Japan's Bill Gates. Mikitani expected that the initial global English-only conversion...
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by Kim Girard
- February 2024
- Case
FIGS: Scrubbing the Status Quo
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and Nicole Tempest Keller
In October 2023, FIGS had revolutionized the medical scrubs industry with its fashionable and functional designs, but the venture was at a critical juncture. The digitally native vertical brand (DNVB) had gone public in a successful IPO in 2021 and reached $500 million...
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- November 2005 (Revised October 2012)
- Case
The Auction for Burger King (A)
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and James Quinn
Paul Walsh, CEO of Diageo, must evaluate bids received in an auction of the Burger King restaurant unit. Describes how Diageo came to own Burger King, the attempts to turn the unit around, the strategic reasons for its sale, the auction process, and various bidders'...
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Management Teams;
Leveraged Buyouts;
Bids and Bidding;
Valuation;
Auctions;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Negotiation Tactics;
Service Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry
Baldwin, Carliss Y., and James Quinn. "The Auction for Burger King (A)." Harvard Business School Case 906-012, November 2005. (Revised October 2012.)
- 13 Apr 2016
- Research Event
What Does 'Diversity' Really Mean?
business executives who attended the symposium to discuss how to address inequality issues and encourage greater diversity in the workplace. Held on the Harvard Business School campus on March 31 and April 1, the symposium was co-organized View Details
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Nov 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is Less Becoming More?
marketers as "post-purchase dissonance" and "buyer's regret." He maintains that increasingly these are contributors to depression. Catherine Getches, who asks "whatever happened to the generic aisle" in...
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- 19 Nov 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching The Moral Leader
taught the course. First introduced to HBS in the late 1980s by Harvard psychiatrist and educator Robert Coles, The Moral Leader uses literature to study moral decision-making and leadership. Individual faculty teach the course using...
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- 08 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Unplugged: What Happened to the Smart Grid?
two decades, according to the 2010 case The Smart Grid, prepared by Henderson, Associate Professor Noel Maurer, and former research associate Catherine Ross. When demand peaks beyond the capacity of the base...
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- 12 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting
shareholders by attracting customers who support this. A sustainable strategy with a multi-stakeholder perspective means that sometimes trade-offs must be made. As Joshua Margolis and James Walsh point out,...
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by Martha Lagace
- 22 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 22
manage talent effectively. It illustrates how law firms can significantly increase the performance, engagement, and retention of their lawyers by giving them the tools to develop and support the development of others. It also describes...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 2016
- Book
Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 17
By: Shane Greenstein, Josh Lerner and Scott Stern
The seventeenth volume of the National Bureau of Economic Research’s Innovation Policy and the Economy provides an accessible forum for bringing the work of leading academic researchers to an audience of policymakers and those interested in the interaction...
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Greenstein, Shane, Josh Lerner and Scott Stern, eds. Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 17. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016.
- 30 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30
2017 Advances in Strategic Management Geography, Location, and Strategy By: Alcácer, Juan, Bruce Kogut, Catherine Thomas, and Bernard Yin Yeung, eds. Abstract—Changes in both technology and global political economy have vastly accelerated...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2016
- Research Event
Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium
Research Symposium, an annual event that allows HBS faculty members to highlight a variety of research findings to an audience of doctoral students, staff members, and other professors. This year’s symposium, held last week on the HBS campus, was a joint effort View Details
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by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel
- 26 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 26
April 2016 Review of Economic Studies Landing the First Job: The Value of Intermediaries in Online Hiring By: Stanton, Christopher, and Catherine Thomas Abstract—Online markets for remote labor services allow workers and firms to contract...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 27
select reimportation of exported ideas. Put otherwise, top North American journals tend to reimport ideas authored (and exported) by select North American scholars in Organizations Studies. Third, we discuss the implications of this...
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Martha Lagace
- September 1999 (Revised April 2000)
- Case
drugstore.com
By: Richard L. Nolan
On a clear day in August 1999 in the new headquarters of drugstore.com, against a backdrop of the Blue Angels flying in formation over Lake Washington practicing for their hydroplane Seafare Cup performance, Peter Neupert was pleased with his company's IPO performance....
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Business Growth and Maturation;
Internet and the Web;
Problems and Challenges;
Business Startups;
Retail Industry
Nolan, Richard L. "drugstore.com." Harvard Business School Case 300-036, September 1999. (Revised April 2000.)
- Web
Business Economics - Doctoral
Gortmaker Shlok Goyal Helene Hall Ruru (Juan Ru) Hoong Catherine Huang Baiyun Jing Nathan Kaplan Justin Katz Lev Klarnet Shira Li Angela Ma Alex Magnuson Fanele Mashwama Marcela Mello Laura Nicolae Lauren Rice Maya Roy Dominic Russel...
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Placement - Doctoral
studies, are uniquely individualized. Factors like departmental fit, location preferences, dual career choices, and family needs shape these decisions. We celebrate when students secure a position that brings them joy! Students are supported throughout their job search...
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