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Organization of Information and the Detection of Gender Discrimination
By: C. Rutte, T. Diekmann, J. Polzer, F. Crosby and D. Messick
Rutte, C., T. Diekmann, J. Polzer, F. Crosby, and D. Messick. "Organization of Information and the Detection of Gender Discrimination." Psychological Science 5, no. 4 (July 1994): 226–231.
- 17 Jul 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
The Relevance of Broker Networks for Information Diffusion in the Stock Market
- September 2011
- Article
Information Risk and Fair Value: An Examination of Equity Betas
By: Edward J. Riedl and George Serafeim
Using a sample of U.S. financial institutions, we exploit recent mandatory disclosures of financial instruments designated as fair value level 1, 2, and 3 to test whether greater information risk in financial instrument fair values leads to higher cost of capital. We...
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Keywords:
Forecasting and Prediction;
Assets;
Cost of Capital;
Financial Institutions;
Financial Instruments;
Corporate Disclosure;
Information;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Value;
United States
Riedl, Edward J., and George Serafeim. "Information Risk and Fair Value: An Examination of Equity Betas." Journal of Accounting Research 49, no. 4 (September 2011): 1083–1122.
- February 2011
- Background Note
GUIDESlines: Benchmark Values for the GUIDES Framework
By: Matthew C. Weinzierl, Jacob Kuipers and Jonathan Schlefer
GUIDESlines provides benchmark values of the key economic indicators identified in the GUIDES framework for both developed countries (the OECD) and fast-growing emerging markets (the BRINCS countries).
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Weinzierl, Matthew C., Jacob Kuipers, and Jonathan Schlefer. "GUIDESlines: Benchmark Values for the GUIDES Framework." Harvard Business School Background Note 711-067, February 2011.
- July 2007
- Article
A Two-Person Game of Information Transmission
By: Jerry R. Green and Nancy L. Stokey
We consider a statistical decision problem faced by a two player organization whose members may not
agree on outcome evaluations and prior probabilities. One player is specialized in gathering information
and transmitting it to the other, who takes the decision. This...
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Green, Jerry R., and Nancy L. Stokey. "A Two-Person Game of Information Transmission." Journal of Economic Theory 135, no. 1 (July 2007): 90–104.
- May 2007
- Article
Multi-agent Learning and the Descriptive Value of Simple Models
By: Ido Erev and Alvin E. Roth
Keywords:
Value
Erev, Ido, and Alvin E. Roth. "Multi-agent Learning and the Descriptive Value of Simple Models." Special Issue on Foundations of Multi-Agent Learning. Artificial Intelligence 171, no. 7 (May 2007): 423–428.
- 2016
- Report
The New Role of Business in Global Education
By: Mark R. Kramer, Greg Hills, Kate Tallant, Matt Wilka and Anjali Bhatt
Shared value defines a new role for business in helping to overcome the global education and unemployment crisis. By aligning profit with purpose, companies can become essential partners for schools, nonprofits, and governments while simultaneously discovering new ways...
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Kramer, Mark R., Greg Hills, Kate Tallant, Matt Wilka, and Anjali Bhatt. "The New Role of Business in Global Education." Report, FSG, 2016.
- 24 Oct 2011
- Other Presentation
The Role of Business in Society: Creating Shared Value
This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's books and articles, in particular, Competitive Strategy (The Free Press, 1980); Competitive Advantage (The Free Press, 1985); "What is Strategy?" (Harvard Business Review, Nov/Dec 1996); and On Competition...
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Porter, Michael E. "The Role of Business in Society: Creating Shared Value." Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Quito, Ecuador, October 24, 2011.
- Article
Landing the First Job: The Value of Intermediaries in Online Hiring
By: Christopher Stanton and Catherine Thomas
Online markets for remote labor services allow workers and firms to contract with each other directly. Despite this, intermediaries—called outsourcing agencies—have emerged in these markets. This paper shows that agencies signal to employers that inexperienced workers...
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Stanton, Christopher, and Catherine Thomas. "Landing the First Job: The Value of Intermediaries in Online Hiring." Review of Economic Studies 83, no. 2 (April 2016): 810–854.
- April 2006
- Background Note
Legal Aspects of Management: Increasing and Capturing the Value of Knowledge Assets
Describes the third module of the Harvard Business School MBA second-year elective course Legal Aspects of Management. This module deals with the way in which intellectual property rights--as protected by patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets--enable firms...
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Bagley, Constance E. "Legal Aspects of Management: Increasing and Capturing the Value of Knowledge Assets." Harvard Business School Background Note 806-137, April 2006.
- 7 Aug 2007
- Conference Presentation
From the Structure of the Value Chain to the Strategic Dynamics of Industry Sectors
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin, Michael Jacobides and Reza Dizaji
- March 2006
- Module Note
Valuing Cross-Border Investments
By: Mihir A. Desai and Kathleen Luchs
Describes a core module in the International Finance course at Harvard Business School. The module explores how valuation differs in an international context and introduces students to the major issues in cross-border valuations: how to value investments in currencies...
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Keywords:
International Accounting;
Currency Exchange Rate;
Investment;
Framework;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Body of Literature;
Risk Management;
Projects;
Valuation
Desai, Mihir A., and Kathleen Luchs. "Valuing Cross-Border Investments." Harvard Business School Module Note 206-125, March 2006.
- 1993
- Chapter
An Assessment of the Productivity Impact of Information Technologies
By: Gary W. Loveman
Loveman, Gary W. "An Assessment of the Productivity Impact of Information Technologies." In Information Technology and the Corporation of the 1990s: Research Studies, edited by Thomas J. Allen and Michael S. Scott Morton, 84–110. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993.
- 04 Mar 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
The Determinants of Individual Performance and Collective Value in Private-Collective Software Innovation
- 1999
- Book
Corporate Information Systems Management: The Challenge of Managing in an Information Age
By: L. M. Applegate, F. W. McFarlan and J. L. McKenney
Keywords:
Information Management
Applegate, L. M., F. W. McFarlan, and J. L. McKenney. Corporate Information Systems Management: The Challenge of Managing in an Information Age. 5th ed. Homewood, IL: Irwin/McGraw-Hill, 1999.
- 1993
- Chapter
The Adjustment of Stock Prices to New Information
By: Eugene F. Fama, Lawrence Fisher, Michael C. Jensen and Richard J. Roll
Fama, Eugene F., Lawrence Fisher, Michael C. Jensen, and Richard J. Roll. "The Adjustment of Stock Prices to New Information." In Strategic Issues in Finance, edited by Keith Wand. Butterworth-Heinemann, 1993. (Previously published in International Economic Review, Vol. 10 (Feb. 1969) and Investment Management: Some Readings, J. Lorie and R. Brealey, Eds (Praeger Publishers, 1972))
- July 1997
- Case
Ford Motor Company: Maximizing the Business Value of Web Technologies
One of the largest companies in the world decides to aggressively deploy Web technology and must manage and support the new technology. A discussion of infrastructure renewal, application development, extranets, and content management is included.
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Value Creation;
Information Technology;
Infrastructure;
Internet and the Web;
Manufacturing Industry;
Auto Industry
Austin, Robert D., and Mark J. Cotteleer. "Ford Motor Company: Maximizing the Business Value of Web Technologies." Harvard Business School Case 198-006, July 1997.
- January 2018 (Revised October 2019)
- Case
Christie's and Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi: The Value of a Brand
By: Jill Avery
A 16th century Renaissance masterpiece, missing for 137 years, believed by many to have been destroyed and then rediscovered less than a decade ago, becomes the most expensive painting ever sold, all the while surrounded by controversy. Did the buyer of Leonardo da...
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Keywords:
Brands;
Brand Valuation;
Art Collector;
Arts Marketing;
Auction House;
Auctions;
Luxury Brand;
Luxury Consumers;
Luxury Goods;
Marketing;
Valuation;
Marketing Strategy;
Arts;
Luxury;
Value;
Brands and Branding;
Fine Arts Industry;
Italy;
United Kingdom;
Europe;
United States;
United Arab Emirates
Avery, Jill. "Christie's and Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi: The Value of a Brand." Harvard Business School Case 518-066, January 2018. (Revised October 2019.)
- 2015
- Chapter
Information Technology and the Distribution of Inventive Activity
By: Chris Forman, Avi Goldfarb and Shane Greenstein
We examine the relationship between the diffusion of advanced Internet technology and the geographic concentration of invention, as measured by patents. First, we show that patenting became more concentrated from the early 1990s to the early 2000s and, similarly, that...
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Forman, Chris, Avi Goldfarb, and Shane Greenstein. "Information Technology and the Distribution of Inventive Activity." In The Changing Frontier: Rethinking Science and Innovation Policy, edited by Adam Jaffe and Benjamin Jones, 169–196. University of Chicago Press, 2015.
- Article
Capturing Value from Intellectual Property (IP) in a Global Environment
By: Juan Alcácer, Karin Beukel and Bruno Cassiman
Globalization should provide firms with an opportunity to leverage their know-how and reputation across countries to create value. However, it remains challenging for them to actually capture that value using traditional Intellectual Property (IP) tools. In this paper,...
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Keywords:
Appropriation Strategy;
Counterfeit;
Intellectual Property Rights;
Litigation;
Value Capturing;
Intellectual Property;
Rights;
Value;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Global Range;
Situation or Environment
Alcácer, Juan, Karin Beukel, and Bruno Cassiman. "Capturing Value from Intellectual Property (IP) in a Global Environment." Special Issue on Geography, Location, and Strategy. Advances in Strategic Management 36 (2017): 163–228.