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- 2022
- Working Paper
High-Yield Debt Covenants and Their Real Effects
By: Falk Bräuning, Victoria Ivashina and Ali Ozdagli
High-yield debt including leveraged loans is characterized by incurrence financial covenants, or “cov-lite” provisions. A traditional loan agreement includes maintenance covenants, which require continuous compliance with the covenant threshold, and their violation...
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Bräuning, Falk, Victoria Ivashina, and Ali Ozdagli. "High-Yield Debt Covenants and Their Real Effects." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 29888, March 2022.
- January 2020 (Revised March 2020)
- Case
Huawei: A Global Tech Giant in the Crossfire of a Digital Cold War
By: William C. Kirby, Billy Chan and John P. McHugh
By 2020, Ren Zhengfei, CEO of Huawei, had transformed the small telephone switch manufacturer he founded in 1987 into a $120 billion telecommunications company poised to lead the lucrative rollout of fifth-generation (5G) cellular networks. However, an emerging...
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Keywords:
International Strategy;
Government And Business;
Digital Infrastructure;
Political Risk;
Information Technology;
Infrastructure;
Business and Government Relations;
Government and Politics;
Information Infrastructure;
Technology Industry;
China;
United States
Kirby, William C., Billy Chan, and John P. McHugh. "Huawei: A Global Tech Giant in the Crossfire of a Digital Cold War." Harvard Business School Case 320-089, January 2020. (Revised March 2020.)
- September 2016 (Revised February 2017)
- Case
Angie's List: Ratings Pioneer Turns 20
By: Robert J. Dolan and Ayelet Israeli
In 1995, before people “googled” or “yelped,” Angela Hicks (HBS, 2000) was establishing her Angie’s List as a pioneer in the accumulation and dissemination of consumer rating information. Hicks focused on the home repair and maintenance market and, as she put it,...
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Keywords:
Pricing;
Pricing Strategy;
Services;
Product Line Management;
Growth;
Conjoint Analysis;
Market Research;
Freemium;
Growth Strategy;
Two Sided Markets;
Ecommerce;
Platform;
Platform Business;
Platform Businesses;
Platform Strategy;
Platforms;
Platforms And Ecosystems;
Business Model;
Internet and the Web;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Price;
Strategy;
Digital Platforms;
E-commerce;
Service Industry;
United States
Dolan, Robert J., and Ayelet Israeli. "Angie's List: Ratings Pioneer Turns 20." Harvard Business School Case 517-016, September 2016. (Revised February 2017.)
- February 2020
- Case
Rotoplas: Bringing More and Better Water
By: John D. Macomber and Carla Larangeira
Private companies were being turned to for potable water in the world’s megacities due to impacts of climate change including droughts and flooding. Mexico City had endured several water-related crises, with its population suffering from floods, droughts, water...
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Keywords:
Water Supply;
Water Management;
Finance;
Infrastructure;
Urban Development;
Business and Government Relations;
Latin America;
Mexico
Macomber, John D., and Carla Larangeira. "Rotoplas: Bringing More and Better Water." Harvard Business School Case 220-064, February 2020.
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
but costly Olympic Games come to an end, significant maintenance and operating costs for publicly owned large Olympic venues, which were constructed or renovated for the Games, continue to burden host cities...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 8, 2019
November 20, 2018 Journal of the American College of Cardiology Operational Efficiency and Effective Management in the Catheterization Laboratory By: Reed, Grant W., Michael L. Tushman, and Samir R. Kapadia...
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Dina Gerdeman
- Article
California Fair Trade: Antitrust and the Politics of 'Fairness' in U.S. Competition Policy
By: Laura Phillips Sawyer
In the decades before World War II, U.S. antitrust law was anything but settled. Considerable pressure for antitrust revision came from the states. A perhaps unlikely leader, Edna Gleason, organized California's retail pharmacists and coordinated trade networks to...
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Phillips Sawyer, Laura. "California Fair Trade: Antitrust and the Politics of 'Fairness' in U.S. Competition Policy." Business History Review 90, no. 1 (Spring 2016): 31–56.
- 24 Jan 2024
- Op-Ed
Why Boeing’s Problems with the 737 MAX Began More Than 25 Years Ago
Once again, Boeing’s 737 MAX is back in the headlines. After two crashes that killed 346 people in 2018 and 2019 and five years of ensuing design changes and regulatory...
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California Fair Trade: Antitrust and the Politics of 'Fairness' in U.S. Competition Policy
In the decades before World War II, U.S. antitrust law was anything but settled. Considerable pressure for antitrust revision came from the states. A perhaps unlikely leader, Edna Gleason, organized California's retail pharmacists and coordinated trade networks to... View Details
- May 2019 (Revised September 2019)
- Case
Mobike and ofo: Dancing with Titans (A)
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Haibo Zhao
This case address pacing issues – how fast does a company need to scale? It also examines the role of investors in determining company strategy and exit.
Mobike and ofo were two dominant players in China’s emerging dockless bike-sharing market, that allowed users... View Details
Mobike and ofo were two dominant players in China’s emerging dockless bike-sharing market, that allowed users... View Details
Keywords:
Information Technology;
Venture Capital;
Financing and Loans;
Competition;
Value Creation;
Governance;
Economics;
Business Startups;
Strategy;
Business Exit or Shutdown;
Entrepreneurship;
Infrastructure;
Transportation;
Bicycle Transportation;
China
Ghosh, Shikhar, and Haibo Zhao. "Mobike and ofo: Dancing with Titans (A)." Harvard Business School Case 819-135, May 2019. (Revised September 2019.)
- 12 Apr 2022
- Book
Racism, Colonialism, and Britain's Legacy of Violence
Britain’s 20th century empire was the largest in human history, with a quarter of the world’s land and nearly 700 million people. Yet the empire drew its strength from violence. That’s the conclusion Harvard Business School Professor Caroline Elkins draws in her new...
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by Avery Forman
- Article
They Are Us? The Mediating Effects of Compatibility-based Trust on the Relationship Between Discrimination and Overall Trust
By: Mariska Kappmeier, Bushra Guenoun and Remaya Campbell
The tragic Christchurch massacre brought the dangers of social ‘othering’ to the forefront of public attention. While the extreme nature of the attack shocked majority and minority groups alike, overt and latent discrimination are common experiences for many minorities...
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Kappmeier, Mariska, Bushra Guenoun, and Remaya Campbell. "They Are Us? The Mediating Effects of Compatibility-based Trust on the Relationship Between Discrimination and Overall Trust." New Zealand Journal of Psychology 48, no. 1 (April 2019): 97–105.
- 2015
- Working Paper
The U.S. Experiment with Fair Trade Laws: State Police Powers, Federal Antitrust, and the Politics of 'Fairness,' 1890-1938
By: Laura Phillips Sawyer
Prior to the Great Depression and President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs, considerable pressure for antitrust revision came from trade associations of independent proprietors. A perhaps unlikely leader, Edna Gleason, organized California's retail pharmacists...
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Keywords:
Competition;
Fairness;
Laws and Statutes;
Supply and Industry;
Business and Government Relations
Phillips Sawyer, Laura. "The U.S. Experiment with Fair Trade Laws: State Police Powers, Federal Antitrust, and the Politics of 'Fairness,' 1890-1938." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-060, November 2015.
- Article
Financial Incentives for Exercise Adherence in Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
By: Marc S. Mitchell, Jack M. Goodman, David A. Alter, Leslie K. John, Paul I. Oh, Maureen T. Pakosh and Guy E. Faulkner
Context
Less than 5% of U.S. adults accumulate the required dose of exercise to maintain health. Behavioral economics has stimulated renewed interest in economic-based, population-level health interventions to address this issue. Despite widespread implementation of...
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Mitchell, Marc S., Jack M. Goodman, David A. Alter, Leslie K. John, Paul I. Oh, Maureen T. Pakosh, and Guy E. Faulkner. "Financial Incentives for Exercise Adherence in Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis." American Journal of Preventive Medicine 45, no. 5 (November 2013): 658–667.
- November 2015
- Article
Influence of Experience and the Surgical Learning Curve on Long-term Patient Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery
By: Bryan M. Burt, Andrew W. ElBardissi, Robert S. Huckman, Lawrence H. Cohn, Marisa W. Cevasco, James D. Rawn, Sary F. Aranki and John G. Byrne
OBJECTIVE: We hypothesized that increased post-graduate surgical experience correlates with improved operative efficiency and long-term survival in standard cardiac surgery procedures.
METHODS: Utilizing a prospectively collected retrospective database,... View Details
METHODS: Utilizing a prospectively collected retrospective database,... View Details
Keywords:
Service Delivery;
Value;
Health Care and Treatment;
Experience and Expertise;
Health Industry
Burt, Bryan M., Andrew W. ElBardissi, Robert S. Huckman, Lawrence H. Cohn, Marisa W. Cevasco, James D. Rawn, Sary F. Aranki, and John G. Byrne. "Influence of Experience and the Surgical Learning Curve on Long-term Patient Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery." Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 150, no. 5 (November 2015): 1061–1067.
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
wasn’t true—there were land mines, left over from years of conflict. Those had to be cleared before cell phone towers and the maintenance roads leading to them could be built. Available maps View Details
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Julia Hanna
- Forthcoming
- Article
Challenges and Facilitators in Implementing Remote Patient Monitoring Programs in Primary Care
By: Ruth Hailu, Jessica Sousa, Mitchell Tang, Ateev Mehrotra and Lori Uscher-Pines
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in greater use of remote patient monitoring (RPM). However, the use of RPM has been modest compared to other forms of telehealth.
Objective: To identify and describe barriers to the implementation of RPM among primary... View Details
Objective: To identify and describe barriers to the implementation of RPM among primary... View Details
Hailu, Ruth, Jessica Sousa, Mitchell Tang, Ateev Mehrotra, and Lori Uscher-Pines. "Challenges and Facilitators in Implementing Remote Patient Monitoring Programs in Primary Care." Journal of General Internal Medicine (forthcoming). (Pre-published online April 23, 2024.)
- July 2002 (Revised August 2002)
- Case
SIG Beverages (A)
SIG Beverages, a leading supplier of bottling and packaging systems for the beverage industry, has recognized an opportunity in providing services for its product end users. Management's challenge is to develop a service portfolio to address end users' needs, while...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Production;
Service Delivery;
Manufacturing Industry;
Italy
Oliva, Rogelio, and James Quinn. "SIG Beverages (A)." Harvard Business School Case 603-018, July 2002. (Revised August 2002.)
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Long and Winding Road
and hips and repaired with laser surgery. Laptop computers, the Internet, and cell phones make the 24-hour workday a virtual reality. As we...
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Wayne R. Vibert (MBA 1973)
- 17 Aug 2021
- Op-Ed
Dispensing Justice: The Case for Legalizing Cannabis Nationally
Last month, US Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer and senators Cory Booker and Ron Wyden introduced draft legislation to legalize cannabis federally. Some commentators say that by expunging federal,...
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by Ashish Nanda and Tabatha Robinson