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- April 1987 (Revised April 1987)
- Case
Tiberg Co.
By: Michael Beer and Daniel J. Isenberg
Describes the efforts of a vice president of purchasing to coordinate and centralize purchasing procedures in a multinational company. He encounters a lack of active cooperation. A rewritten version of an earlier case by G. Lombard.
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Keywords:
Cost Management;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Governance Controls;
Managerial Roles;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Design;
Power and Influence
Beer, Michael, and Daniel J. Isenberg. "Tiberg Co." Harvard Business School Case 487-079, April 1987. (Revised April 1987.)
- November 2010
- Case
Gilt Groupe
By: Michael J. Roberts, William A. Sahlman and Tamara Obradov
The case explores decisions faced by Gilt Groupe co-founders in 2009 regarding how rapidly to grow, which growth strategies to pursue and how much capital to raise.
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Finance;
Growth Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Decision Making
Roberts, Michael J., William A. Sahlman, and Tamara Obradov. "Gilt Groupe." Harvard Business School Case 811-049, November 2010.
- 11 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11
July–August 2017 Harvard Business Review Finding the Platform in Your Product: Four Strategies That Can Reveal Hidden Value By: Hagiu, Andrei, and Elizabeth J. Altman Abstract—Five of the 10 most valuable companies in the world...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 22, 2016
November 2016 Quarterly Journal of Economics Stereotypes By: Bordalo, Pedro, Katherine Baldiga Coffman, Nicola Gennaioli, and Andrei Shleifer Abstract—We present a model of stereotypes based on Kahneman and Tversky's representativeness heuristic. A decision maker...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory
Courses & Case Studies Case Studies Middlebury College: Energy2028 (320029) by Brian Trelstad , Michael Norris and John McKinley APRIL 2020 (REVISED MAY 2021) Not all social change happens with new...
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- 13 Feb 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018
2018 Pearson Education Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis By: Datar, Srikant M., and Madhav Rajan Abstract—Horngren’s Cost Accounting defines the cost accounting market and continues to innovate today by consistently...
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Sean Silverthorne
- June 2007 (Revised March 2008)
- Case
Zoots - Financing Growth (A)
By: Michael J. Roberts, William A. Sahlman and Todd Krasnow
Traces the genesis and founding of Zoots, the largest chain of dry cleaning establishments in the U.S. Founded by some of the founders of the very successful Staples chain, the company raises a very large amount of capital without fully proving its business model, and...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Venture Capital;
Financial Strategy;
Investment Return;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Valuation;
United States
Roberts, Michael J., William A. Sahlman, and Todd Krasnow. "Zoots - Financing Growth (A)." Harvard Business School Case 807-139, June 2007. (Revised March 2008.)
- Web
Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
2006 Kulp-Wright Book Award for Predictable Surprises (with Michael D. Watkins, Harvard Business School Press, 2004), presented by the American Risk and Insurance Association for the book considered to be...
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- Web
Team - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
by Professor Michael E. Porter and is based in the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at Harvard Business School. Faculty and staff engaged in research and education in value based health care form...
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- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
worker productivity by using data from two important applications—police hiring and teacher tenure decisions. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50430 December 2015 Current Opinion in Psychology The What and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- June 1984 (Revised July 1999)
- Background Note
Securities Law and Private Financing
By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts
Describes the issues an entrepreneur faces in the process of raising private funds, and the securities laws which impact the process. Based in part on a note by R.E. Floor of the law firm of Goodwin, Procter & Hoar.
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Stevenson, Howard H., and Michael J. Roberts. "Securities Law and Private Financing." Harvard Business School Background Note 384-164, June 1984. (Revised July 1999.)
- 2018
- Article
Service Operations: What's Next?
By: Joy M. Field, Liana Victorino, Ryan W. Buell, Michael J. Dixon, Susan M. Goldstein, Larry J. Menor, Madeleine E. Pullman, Aleda Roth, Enrico Secchi and Jie J. Zhang
The purpose of this article is to present exciting and innovative research questions in service operations that are aligned with eight key themes and related topics determined by the Journal of Service Management (JOSM) Service Operations Expert Research Panel....
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Field, Joy M., Liana Victorino, Ryan W. Buell, Michael J. Dixon, Susan M. Goldstein, Larry J. Menor, Madeleine E. Pullman, Aleda Roth, Enrico Secchi, and Jie J. Zhang. "Service Operations: What's Next?" Journal of Service Management 29, no. 1 (2018): 55–97.
- Web
Research - Health Care
burnout is a payment model that rewards volume over quality, leaving physicians overburdened and unfulfilled. The aim of this... May 2, 2024 Article Require Hospitals to Disclose Their Pandemic Plans Now By: Regina E. Herzlinger , Richard View Details
- June 2006 (Revised December 2006)
- Case
Housatonic Partners - ArchivesOne, Inc.
By: Michael J. Roberts and Nabil N. El-Hage
Describes Housatonic Partners' investment in ArchivesOne, a records management company. The original investment was made in 1998, and subsequent investments are made by Housatonic. In 2005, as the life of the investment fund is coming to an end, Housatonic must work...
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Roberts, Michael J., and Nabil N. El-Hage. "Housatonic Partners - ArchivesOne, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 806-193, June 2006. (Revised December 2006.)
- 31 May 2016
- First Look
May 31, 2016
June 2016 Medical Care Vaccination Rates Are Associated with Functional Proximity but Not Base Proximity of Vaccination Clinics By: Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian, and Gwendolyn I. Reynolds...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 5, 2010
Right Way Authors:Todd Rogers and Michael I. Norton Abstract What happens when people try to "dodge" a question they would rather not answer by answering a different question? In four online...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 11
Demographic Changes By: Bardhan, Pranab, Michael Luca, Dilip Mookherjee, and Francisco Pino Abstract—This paper studies how land reform and population growth affect land inequality and landlessness, focusing particularly on indirect...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
rental housing challenges. Publisher's site: http://www.brookings.edu Behavioral Frontiers in Choice Modeling Authors:Wiktor Adamowicz, David Bunch, Trudy Ann Cameron, Benedict G.C. Dellaert, Michael Hanneman, View Details
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Martha Lagace
- Web
General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
School Professors by Poets and Quants . 2011 Leemore S. Dafny : Received a Faculty Impact Teaching Award from the Kellogg School of Management in 2010 and 2011. Leemore S. Dafny : Received a Sidney J. Levy...
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- 2012
- Working Paper
Author-Level Eigenfactor Metrics: Evaluating the Influence of Authors, Institutions and Countries within the SSRN community
By: Jevin D. West, Michael C. Jensen, Ralph J. Dandrea, Gregg Gordon and Carl T. Bergstrom
In this paper, we show how the Eigenfactor® score, originally designed for ranking scholarly journals, can be adapted to rank the scholarly output of authors, institutions, and countries based on author-level citation data. Using the methods described herein, we...
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Keywords:
Body of Literature;
Measurement and Metrics;
Networks;
Rank and Position;
Research;
Motivation and Incentives
West, Jevin D., Michael C. Jensen, Ralph J. Dandrea, Gregg Gordon, and Carl T. Bergstrom. "Author-Level Eigenfactor Metrics: Evaluating the Influence of Authors, Institutions and Countries within the SSRN community." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-068, February 2012.