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Internet Auctions for Close Substitutes
(with Eric Budish)
This is mainly an experimental project where we compare many auction designs in a market for close substitutes. We hypothesize some information will not get to market if there is sequential bidding and/or a hard close, and that this will... View Details
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Good Markets (Really Do) Make Good Neighbors
This article gives a (very) brief exposition of what market design is, along with four examples of market design in action. Loosely themed after Robert Frost’s poem “Mending Wall,” the examples demonstrate ways in which market design can break barriers—physical,...
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Kominers, Scott Duke. "Good Markets (Really Do) Make Good Neighbors." ACM SIGecom Exchanges 16, no. 2 (June 2018).
- Research Summary
Overview
Professor Myers studies the ways people learn from their own—and others’—experiences at work, with a particular emphasis on learning in health care organizations and emergency medical contexts. Though his interest is in individual-level learning, he focuses in...
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Keywords:
Learning And Development;
Learning Organizations;
Learning By Doing;
Health Care Industry;
Innovation;
Identity Construction;
Medical Error;
Knowledge Development;
Knowledge Sharing;
Knowledge Work;
Learning;
Leadership Development;
Knowledge Management;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Health Industry;
United States;
Singapore;
Asia
- September 1986 (Revised July 2001)
- Case
Eastern Electric Apparatus Repair Company (A)
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Harry Gruner
As principals engaged in structuring leveraged buyouts for a well-capitalized risk arbitrage firm, Bob Meehan and George Schwartz are preparing to bid for the business and assets of a Westinghouse subsidiary. The case focuses on the value of the opportunity, methods of...
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Keywords:
Leveraged Buyouts;
Bids and Bidding;
Opportunities;
Business Subsidiaries;
Strategy;
Valuation;
Equity;
Electronics Industry
Baldwin, Carliss Y., and Harry Gruner. "Eastern Electric Apparatus Repair Company (A)." Harvard Business School Case 287-023, September 1986. (Revised July 2001.)
- Article
The Second Face of Appropriability: Generative Appropriability and Its Determinants
By: Gautam Ahuja, Curba Morris Lampert and Elena Novelli
We distinguish between two forms of appropriability: primary appropriability—effectiveness in exploiting inventions as problem-solving mechanisms and capturing a share of their profits—and generative appropriability—effectiveness in exploiting inventions as concepts...
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Keywords:
Innovation Management;
Profit Management;
Product Management;
Resource Management;
Strategic Alliances (Business);
Strategic Planning;
Innovation and Management
Ahuja, Gautam, Curba Morris Lampert, and Elena Novelli. "The Second Face of Appropriability: Generative Appropriability and Its Determinants." Academy of Management Review 38, no. 2 (April 2013): 248–269.
- November 2017
- Case
BeiGene
By: Willy Shih and Jimmy Zhang
BeiGene was a biopharmaceutical company founded on exploiting a temporal regulatory policy discontinuity. Because of regulatory challenges in China, most innovative new drugs launched there four to six years after their initial U.S. launches. This gave BeiGene a window...
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Keywords:
Biotechnology;
Pharmaceutical Company;
Pharmaceuticals;
China;
Regulatory Environment;
Business Strategy;
Business Startups;
Innovation Strategy;
Situation or Environment;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
China
Shih, Willy, and Jimmy Zhang. "BeiGene." Harvard Business School Case 618-033, November 2017.
- January 2018 (Revised August 2020)
- Background Note
Continuous Software Development: Agile's Successor
By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Samuel Clemens and Olivia Hull
In recent years, the twin software development methodologies of continuous delivery and continuous deployment have risen to prominence in the start-up world and beyond. These methods have enabled technology companies large and small to accelerate their product...
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Keywords:
Continuous Improvement;
Continuous Development;
Continuous Delivery;
Continuous Integration;
Product Development Processes;
Computer Programming;
Agile;
Waterfall;
Software Applications;
Software Engineering;
Applications and Software;
Information Technology;
Technological Innovation;
Product Development;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Entrepreneurship;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Structure;
Quality;
Product Marketing;
Product;
Infrastructure;
Information Infrastructure;
Computer Industry;
Technology Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
Web Services Industry;
Massachusetts;
Boston
Bussgang, Jeffrey J., Samuel Clemens, and Olivia Hull. "Continuous Software Development: Agile's Successor." Harvard Business School Background Note 818-055, January 2018. (Revised August 2020.)
- October 2012
- Teaching Plan
Vertex Pharmaceuticals and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation: Venture Philanthropy Funding for Biotech (TP)
By: Robert F. Higgins
This is the teaching note related to HBS case 808005. In 2001, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated acquired the San Diego-based biotech company, Aurora Biosciences. The combination of Vertex's and Aurora's technologies would improve the flow of novel drug candidates...
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Keywords:
Venture Philanthropy;
Biotechnology;
Funding Philanthropy Venture;
Cystic Fibrosis;
Foundations;
Pharmaceuticals;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
For-Profit Firms;
Venture Capital;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Science-Based Business;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Biotechnology Industry;
United States;
San Diego
- October 2017
- Article
Observability Increases the Demand for Commitment Devices
By: Christine L. Exley and Jeffrey K. Naecker
Previous research often interprets the choice to restrict one’s future opportunity set as evidence for sophisticated time inconsistency. We propose an additional mechanism that may contribute to the demand for commitment technology: the desire to signal to others. We...
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Exley, Christine L., and Jeffrey K. Naecker. "Observability Increases the Demand for Commitment Devices." Management Science 63, no. 10 (October 2017): 3262–3267.
- February 2009 (Revised April 2011)
- Module Note
Financing Growth in Family and Closely Held Firms
By: Belen Villalonga
This note describes the second of four modules in Financial Management of Family and Closely Held Firms, an elective MBA course at Harvard Business School. The note analyzes the pros and cons of different equity financing options that are available to family firms such...
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Villalonga, Belen. "Financing Growth in Family and Closely Held Firms." Harvard Business School Module Note 209-014, February 2009. (Revised April 2011.)
- 15 Jun 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: Reemerging Technologies
- 2019
- Working Paper
A Journal-Based Replication of 'Being Chosen to Lead'
By: Erik Snowberg, Allan Drazen, Anna Dreber and Erkut Y. Ozbay
Recent large-scale replications of social science experiments provide important information on the reliability of experimental research. Unfortunately, there exist no mechanisms to ensure replications are done. We propose such a mechanism: journal-based replication, in...
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Snowberg, Erik, Allan Drazen, Anna Dreber, and Erkut Y. Ozbay. "A Journal-Based Replication of 'Being Chosen to Lead'." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-064, November 2019.
- October 2008 (Revised September 2011)
- Supplement
PepsiCo's Bid for Quaker Oats (C)
Third in a series of PepsiCo's bid for Quaker Oats. Describes the auction for Quaker Oats including terms of the bids. After winning the auction, Coke's stock price fell dramatically. Coke's Board then refused to approve the deal and withdrew. Quaker then approached...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Stocks;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Auctions;
Bids and Bidding;
Negotiation Tactics;
Valuation;
Food and Beverage Industry
Baldwin, Carliss Y. "PepsiCo's Bid for Quaker Oats (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 209-070, October 2008. (Revised September 2011.)
- September 2021
- Case
Ensuring Your Family’s Future: The Alagil Family Office
By: Lauren Cohen, Esel Çekin and Fares Khrais
Muhammad Alagil was a second-generation leader in the well-known Alagil Family Group of businesses in Saudi Arabia and co-founder and chairman of its family office, Jarir Company for Commercial Investments (Jarir Investments). The case opens in 2021 with Alagil...
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Keywords:
Family Office;
Second-generation;
Third-generation;
Investments;
Philanthropy;
Family Business;
Investment;
Finance;
Financial Markets;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Saudi Arabia;
Middle East
Cohen, Lauren, Esel Çekin, and Fares Khrais. "Ensuring Your Family’s Future: The Alagil Family Office." Harvard Business School Case 222-034, September 2021.
- 14 Aug 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
Are ‘Better’ Ideas More Likely to Succeed? An Empirical Analysis of Startup Evaluation
- November 2002
- Background Note
Strategy and Sources of Motion Picture Finance, The
By: Mihir A. Desai, Gabriel J. Loeb and Mark Veblen
This case considers the alternative financing mechanisms for film financing, the evolution of film finance in the United States, and the nature of tax-motivated film financing in the United States and around the world. It develops the strategy driving motion picture...
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Keywords:
Film Entertainment;
Financial Instruments;
Financial Strategy;
Financing and Loans;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Taxation;
Motivation and Incentives;
Competitive Strategy;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
United States
Desai, Mihir A., Gabriel J. Loeb, and Mark Veblen. "Strategy and Sources of Motion Picture Finance, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 203-007, November 2002.
- 2011
- Other Unpublished Work
Aligning Collective Production with Demand: Evidence from Wikipedia
Economic markets align supply and demand through prices. However, many social phenomena lack pricing to inform producers about consumer demand. This can lead to the over- or under-production of certain goods and services. In this paper, I propose a social mechanism...
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Gorbatai, Andreea Daniela. "Aligning Collective Production with Demand: Evidence from Wikipedia." 2011.
- 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.)
- 2021
- Working Paper
First Law of Motion: Influencer Video Advertising on TikTok
By: Jeremy Yang, Juanjuan Zhang and Yuhan Zhang
This paper engineers an intuitive feature that is predictive of the causal effect of influencer video advertising on product sales. We propose the concept of m-score, a summary statistic that captures the extent to which a product is advertised in the most engaging...
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Keywords:
Influencer Advertising;
Video Advertising;
Computer Vision;
Machine Learning;
Advertising;
Online Technology
Yang, Jeremy, Juanjuan Zhang, and Yuhan Zhang. "First Law of Motion: Influencer Video Advertising on TikTok." Working Paper, March 2021.
- 2019
- Chapter
Markets as Networks: The Dynamics and Implications of Interorganizational Network Structures
By: Ranjay Gulati and Maxim Sytch
We discuss existing research that applies a relational, socio-structural lens to studying organizations and markets. Research in this field has described markets first and foremost as networks of enduring relationships and repeated interactions among organizations. We...
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Gulati, Ranjay, and Maxim Sytch. "Markets as Networks: The Dynamics and Implications of Interorganizational Network Structures." In The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management. Continuously updated edition, edited by Mie Augier and David J. Teece. Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. Electronic. (Pre-published, October 2013 and updated in 2014.)