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- April 1964 (Revised September 1982)
- Case
Empire Glass Co. (B)
Details the behavior of line managers, management staff, and workers in response to long-established control system developed by corporation headquarters.
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Lawrence, Paul R. "Empire Glass Co. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 109-044, April 1964. (Revised September 1982.)
- April 1964 (Revised January 2003)
- Case
Empire Glass Company (A)
By: David F. Hawkins
Concerns management control at the divisional level, and the use of budgets.
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Hawkins, David F. "Empire Glass Company (A)." Harvard Business School Case 109-043, April 1964. (Revised January 2003.)
- 2014
- Working Paper
The New Empirical Economics of Management
By: Nicholas Bloom, Renata Lemos, Raffaella Sadun, Daniela Scur and John Van Reenen
Over the last decade the World Management Survey (WMS) has collected firm-level management practices data across multiple sectors and countries. We developed the survey to try to explain the large and persistent TFP differences across firms and countries. This review...
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Bloom, Nicholas, Renata Lemos, Raffaella Sadun, Daniela Scur, and John Van Reenen. "The New Empirical Economics of Management." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 20102, April 2014.
- March 2017
- Article
Challenges for Empirical Research on RPM
By: Alexander MacKay and David A. Smith
This article discusses the empirical challenges that researchers face when demonstrating the existence and effects of resale price maintenance (RPM). We outline three approaches for finding price effects of RPM and the corresponding hurdles in data and methodology. We...
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Keywords:
Antitrust Issues And Policies;
Antitrust Law;
Resale Price Maintenance;
Welfare Economics;
Price;
Competition;
Research
MacKay, Alexander, and David A. Smith. "Challenges for Empirical Research on RPM." Review of Industrial Organization 50, no. 2 (March 2017): 209–220.
- August 2014
- Article
The New Empirical Economics of Management
By: Nicholas Bloom, Renata Lemos, Raffaella Sadun, Daniela Scur and John Van Reenen
Over the last decade the World Management Survey (WMS) has collected firm-level management practices data across multiple sectors and countries. We developed the survey to try to explain the large and persistent TFP differences across firms and countries. This review...
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Bloom, Nicholas, Renata Lemos, Raffaella Sadun, Daniela Scur, and John Van Reenen. "The New Empirical Economics of Management." Journal of the European Economic Association 12, no. 4 (August 2014): 835–876.
- 2014
- Working Paper
The New Empirical Economics of Management
By: Nicholas Bloom, Renata Lemos, Raffaella Sadun, Daniela Scur and John Van Reenen
Over the last decade the World Management Survey (WMS) has collected firm-level management practices data across multiple sectors and countries. We developed the survey to try to explain the large and persistent TFP differences across firms and countries. This review...
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Keywords:
Management;
Organization;
Productivity;
Management Practices and Processes;
Performance Productivity;
Microeconomics
Bloom, Nicholas, Renata Lemos, Raffaella Sadun, Daniela Scur, and John Van Reenen. "The New Empirical Economics of Management." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-111, April 2014. (NBER Working Paper Series, No. 20102, April 2014.)
- spring 2004
- Article
Multinationals and Linkages: An Empirical Investigation
By: Laura Alfaro and Andres Rodriguez-Clare
Several recent papers have used plant-level data and panel econometric techniques to carefully explore the existence FDI externalities. One conclusion that emerges from this literature is that it is difficult to find evidence of positive externalities from...
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Keywords:
Foreign Direct Investment;
Factories, Labs, and Plants;
Relationships;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Brazil;
Chile;
Venezuela;
Mexico
Alfaro, Laura, and Andres Rodriguez-Clare. "Multinationals and Linkages: An Empirical Investigation." Economía (spring 2004).
Reconsidering Culture and Poverty
Culture has returned to the poverty research agenda. Over the past decade, sociologists, demographers, and even economists have begun asking questions about the role of culture in many aspects of poverty, at times even explaining the behavior of low-income... View Details
- April 1964 (Revised July 1985)
- Teaching Note
Empire Glass (A), Teaching Note
Teaching Note for (9-109-043).
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- 1986
- Book
Banking and Empire in Iran
By: Geoffrey Jones
This is the first of two volumes of a business history of a major British bank in the Middle East. Volume 1 traces the history of the bank from its foundation in 1889 as The Imperial Bank of Persia, through the years it was the state bank of Iran, and its development...
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Keywords:
Banks and Banking;
International Relations;
Business History;
Economic History;
Political History;
War;
Iran;
Russia;
Great Britain
Jones, Geoffrey. Banking and Empire in Iran. Vol. 1, History of the British Bank of the Middle East. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986.
- 05 Jul 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Empirical Tests of Information Aggregation
- 2013
- Introduction
The Political Economy of Empire
By: Sophus A. Reinert and Pernille Røge
Reinert, Sophus A., and Pernille Røge. "The Political Economy of Empire." Introduction to The Political Economy of Empire in the Early Modern World, edited by Sophus A. Reinert and Pernille Røge, 1–7. Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
- 30 Jul 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
Networks and the Macroeconomy: An Empirical Exploration
- Teaching Interest
Empirical Research in Financial Reporting and Corporate Governance
By: Suraj Srinivasan
This course is a survey of financial accounting research intended for doctoral students. The primary purpose of the course is to introduce fundamental research themes and methodologies used in empirical financial accounting research. Participants will become...
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- October 2017
- Case
LeBron James: Building a Hollywood Empire
By: Anita Elberse
It is June 2016. Superstar basketball player LeBron James and his childhood friend and business partner Maverick Carter are celebrating James’ third NBA championship. The duo will soon have to decide on a strategy for their media businesses—their film and television...
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Keywords:
Film;
Motion Picutres;
Superstar;
Innovation;
Creative Industries;
Talent;
General Management;
Celebrities;
Marketing;
Entertainment;
Sports;
Media;
Film Entertainment;
Innovation Strategy;
Talent and Talent Management;
Strategy;
Digital Strategy;
Sports Industry;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Motion Pictures and Video Industry
Elberse, Anita. "LeBron James: Building a Hollywood Empire." Harvard Business School Case 518-042, October 2017.
- 1983
- Chapter
The Winner's Curse: An Empirical Investigation
By: Max Bazerman and William Samuelson
Bazerman, Max, and William Samuelson. "The Winner's Curse: An Empirical Investigation." In Aspiration Levels in Bargaining and Economic Decision Making: Proceedings of the Third Conference on Experimental Economics, Winzenhohl, Germany, edited by Reinhard Tietz, 186–200. Springer-Verlag, 1983.
- April 2008
- Journal Article
Inventory Record Inaccuracy: An Empirical Analysis
By: Nicole DeHoratius and Ananth Raman
This study explores the systematic variation in inventory record inaccuracy (IRI) observed both within and across stores. Traditional inventory models, with a few exceptions, do not account for the existence of IRI and those that do treat record inaccuracy as random....
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DeHoratius, Nicole, and Ananth Raman. "Inventory Record Inaccuracy: An Empirical Analysis." Management Science 54, no. 4 (April 2008).
- 2004
- Working Paper
Multinationals and Linkages: An Empirical Investigation
By: Laura Alfaro and Andrés Rodríguez-Clare
Alfaro, Laura, and Andrés Rodríguez-Clare. "Multinationals and Linkages: An Empirical Investigation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 04-033, February 2004.
- 02 May 2021
- News
Kominers’s Conundrums: The Empire Strikes Back on a Holiday
- 2016
- Working Paper
The Empirical Economics of Online Attention
By: Andre Boik, Shane Greenstein and Jeffrey Prince
In several markets, firms compete not for consumer expenditure but instead for consumer attention. We model and characterize how households allocate their scarce attention in arguably the largest market for attention: the Internet. Our characterization of household...
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Keywords:
Internet and the Web;
Competition;
Behavior;
Resource Allocation;
Household;
Cognition and Thinking
Boik, Andre, Shane Greenstein, and Jeffrey Prince. "The Empirical Economics of Online Attention." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 22427, July 2016.