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- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
investor's financial returns. Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance in Emerging Markets brings together a series of Harvard Business School case studies on emerging markets. This book...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Research Summary
Customer-Centric Marketing Strategy
By: Rohit Deshpande
Rohit Deshpandé's research program focuses on Customer-Centricity. A stream of projects examines the interaction between corporate and national culture as they influence the development and implementation of global marketing strategies in high performance firms. This...
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- June 2002
- Background Note
Complexity Theory and Negotiation
By: Michael A. Wheeler and Gillian Morris
This case highlights an application of current thoughts in complexity science to negotiation theory. It emphasizes a provocative approach that questions much of traditional negotiation research thus far. The case explains the roots of complexity science and some broad...
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Wheeler, Michael A., and Gillian Morris. "Complexity Theory and Negotiation." Harvard Business School Background Note 902-230, June 2002.
- October 1988 (Revised November 2006)
- Background Note
Aspects of Sales Management: An Introduction
Discusses certain general issues that affect sales-management requirements in most companies: 1) the nature of the salesperson's "boundary role" in the organization, and 2) the relevance and limits of compensation policies as a key means of affecting the salesperson's...
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Salesforce Management
Cespedes, Frank V. "Aspects of Sales Management: An Introduction." Harvard Business School Background Note 589-061, October 1988. (Revised November 2006.)
- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
the capital regulation of commercial banks? This paper builds a quantitative general equilibrium model with commercial banks and shadow banks to study the unintended consequences of capital requirements. A key feature of our model is...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
case study of a multinational firm in the biotechnology sector to illustrate how the core-periphery framework works in multiple emerging markets across institutional differences. The analysis is based on 32...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Article
Measuring the Scientific Effectiveness of Contact Tracing: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
By: Thiemo Fetzer and Thomas Graeber
Contact tracing has for decades been a cornerstone of the public health approach to epidemics, including Ebola, severe acute respiratory syndrome, and now COVID-19. It has not yet been possible, however, to causally assess the method’s effectiveness using a randomized...
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Fetzer, Thiemo, and Thomas Graeber. "Measuring the Scientific Effectiveness of Contact Tracing: Evidence from a Natural Experiment." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118, no. 33 (August 17, 2021): 1–4.
- 07 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 7
the lab and into the field, analyzing companies' sales and pay data, and conducting experiments involving actual salespeople. The findings from this new wave of research support some current compensation practices but call others into question. For example, View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- Research Summary
Overview
By: Ashish Nanda
Ashish Nanda’s research focuses on leadership, particularly in the context of professional services and institutions of higher education. He has published case studies and articles on professional services in three primary streams: management of professional service...
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Keywords:
Professional Services;
Professionalism;
Strategy;
Leadership;
Higher Education;
Asia;
India;
Latin America;
China
- 12 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 12, 2006
Environmental Strengths, in contrast, do not accurately predict the outcomes. We discuss the implications of our findings for advocates and opponents of corporate social responsibility, as well as for studies relating social...
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Sean Silverthorne
- August 2017 (Revised February 2024)
- Teaching Note
Exotic Interest Rate Swaps: Snowballs in Portugal
By: Boris Vallee, Patrick Augustin and Philippe Rich
This case explores a complex swap transaction implemented by Metro do Porto in 2007. It represents an opportunity to study fixed income derivative instruments, such as plain-vanilla swaps and structured swaps, as well as understand the opportunities and challenges of...
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- November 2017
- Case
Passion and Strategy: Novozymes' Embrace of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
By: Andy Zelleke and Emilie Billaud
This case explores the sustainability efforts at Novozymes, the world's largest and oldest producer of industrial enzymes. In 2015, the Danish company became the world’s first company known to have crafted a new corporate strategy based on the United Nations...
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Keywords:
Corporate Governance;
Transformation;
Environmental Sustainability;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Mission and Purpose;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Business Strategy;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Biotechnology Industry;
Europe;
Denmark
Zelleke, Andy, and Emilie Billaud. "Passion and Strategy: Novozymes' Embrace of the UN Sustainable Development Goals." Harvard Business School Case 318-088, November 2017.
- January 2007
- Article
Acquisitions and Firm Growth: Creating Unilever's Ice Cream and Tea Business
By: G. Jones and Peter Miskell
This article provides a longitudinal case study of the use of acquisitions by the Anglo-Dutch multinational Unilever to build the world's largest ice cream and tea businesses. The study supports recent resource-based theory which argues that complementary rather than...
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Mergers and Acquisitions;
Integration;
Value;
Knowledge Use and Leverage;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Interests;
Business Ventures;
Employees;
Food and Beverage Industry
Jones, G., and Peter Miskell. "Acquisitions and Firm Growth: Creating Unilever's Ice Cream and Tea Business." Business History 49, no. 1 (January 2007).
- 15 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017
2017 Washington, DC: American Public Health Association Public Health Preparedness: Case Studies in Policy and Management By: Howitt, Arnold M., Dutch Leonard, and David W. Giles, eds. Abstract—This book...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 03 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Is the Future of MBA Education?
the limitations of models and markets. At these crossroads, how should business education proceed? We wrote the book to outline the needs and to explain how schools are addressing them in surprisingly innovative ways. We include in-depth View Details
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Strategic and Competitive Dynamics
Professor Coughlan's research in the area of Strategic and Competitive Dynamics applies game theory, industrial organization economics, and laboratory experiments to the investigation of competitive interactions between firms and strategic responses to technological...
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- 28 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 28
relationships in which BATNAs are inherently interdependent. Third, BATNAs are often mistakenly described mainly as “last resorts” relevant only in case of impasse or “if the other side is more powerful.” Other uses of the term “BATNA”...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 2013
- Book
Blockbusters: Hit-making, Risk-taking, and the Big Business of Entertainment
By: Anita Elberse
What's behind the phenomenal success of entertainment businesses such as Warner Bros., Marvel Enterprises, and the NFL—along with such stars as Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, and LeBron James? Which strategies give leaders in film, television, music, publishing, and sports an edge...
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Keywords:
Entertainment;
Business;
Strategy;
Media;
Digital Technology;
Blockbuster;
Superstar;
Film;
Television;
Music;
Publishing;
Performing Arts;
Nightlife;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Information Technology;
Marketing Strategy;
Music Entertainment;
Success;
Sports;
Business Strategy;
Film Entertainment;
Television Entertainment;
Music Industry;
Fine Arts Industry;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Publishing Industry
Elberse, Anita. Blockbusters: Hit-making, Risk-taking, and the Big Business of Entertainment. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 2013.
- Research Summary
The Equilibrium Concept in Game Theory
By: Elon Kohlberg
Elon Kohlberg is studying the foundations of the equilibrium concept in game theory, which is to the study of economic systems what the notion of "equilibrium of forces" is to the study of mechanical systems. Although much of economic theory can be viewed in...
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- 1994
- Book
The Making of Global Enterprises
By: G. Jones
This volume presents new insights on the history of international business. Two main themes are addressed: how and when has global business developed over the last century? and what has been its impact on host economies? The volume includes a pioneering study by Mira...
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Keywords:
Economic History;
Business Subsidiaries;
Economy;
Trade;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Information Technology
Jones, G., ed. The Making of Global Enterprises. London: Frank Cass, 1994.