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- March 2012
- Case
Ponce de Leon: Confidential Instructions for Poppie Santoni, Director
By: Ian Larkin
Larkin, Ian. "Ponce de Leon: Confidential Instructions for Poppie Santoni, Director." Harvard Business School Case 912-040, March 2012.
- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
help-friendly organization has to be actively nurtured, however, because helpfulness among colleagues does not arise automatically: competition, pride, or distrust may get in the way. The trickiness of this management challenge-to increase a discretionary behavior that...
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Sean Silverthorne
- July 3, 2020
- Article
Delivery Apps Need to Start Treating Suppliers As Partners
By: Scott Duke Kominers and Ian Macomber
Home delivery has shifted from a luxury service aimed at young urban professionals to a core part of many businesses, which is used by almost everyone. That upheaval has strained capacity of many delivery services and changed how they relate to the suppliers that they...
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Service Delivery;
Supply Chain;
Performance Capacity;
Performance Efficiency;
Entrepreneurship
Kominers, Scott Duke, and Ian Macomber. "Delivery Apps Need to Start Treating Suppliers As Partners." Harvard Business Review (website) (July 3, 2020).
- July 2014
- Article
Project Complexity and Systems Integration: Constructing the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics Games
By: Andrew Davies and Ian Mackenzie
Our study of the London Olympics 2012 construction programme showed that systems integration is one of the major challenges involved in delivery of a complex "system of systems"—or array—project. Organizations cope with complexity by decomposing a project into...
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Integration;
Construction;
Complexity;
Sports;
Projects;
Construction Industry;
Sports Industry;
London
Davies, Andrew, and Ian Mackenzie. "Project Complexity and Systems Integration: Constructing the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics Games." International Journal of Project Management 32, no. 5 (July 2014): 773–790.
- 23 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 23
Firms Use Non-linear Incentive Schemes? Experimental Evidence on Sorting and Overconfidence Authors: Ian Larkin and Stephen Leider Abstract Non-linear incentive schemes are commonly used to determine...
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Martha Lagace
- 2007
- Other Paper
Bargains-then-ripoffs: Innovation, Pricing and Lock-in in Enterprise Software
By: Ian I. Larkin
- 2009
- Other Paper
Paying $30,000 for a Gold Star: An Empirical Investigation into the Value of Peer Recognition to Software Salespeople
By: Ian I. Larkin
- 21 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 21
Srinivasan, and Ian CornellHarvard Business School Case 113-002 The case introduces students to the subprime mortgage industry and helps to understand the business model and how economics transactions of subprime mortgage originators is...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 18, 2018
investigated how an organization’s heightened focus on political ideology impacts employees. We address this gap by exploring how an individual’s political ideological misfit with an organization’s prevailing ideology impacts mobility....
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Sean Silverthorne
- 2012
- Other Unpublished Work
The Efficacy of Shareholder Voting: Evidence from Equity Compensation Plans
By: Ian D. Gow, Christopher S. Armstrong and David F. Larcker
This study examines the effects of shareholder support for equity compensation plans on subsequent chief executive officer (CEO) compensation. Using cross-sectional regression, instrumental variable, and regression discontinuity research designs, we find little...
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- March 2013 (Revised January 2015)
- Technical Note
Business and Government: Campaign Contributions and Lobbying in the United States
By: Karthik Ramanna, Sandra J. Sucher and Ian McKown Cornell
This note on business-government relations introduces students to the state of campaign contributions and lobbying by corporations in the United States. The note develops two hypotheses as to the impact of corporate political engagement: (i) a vehicle to facilitate...
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Keywords:
Political Economy;
Business and Government Relations;
Government and Politics;
Public Administration Industry;
United States
Ramanna, Karthik, Sandra J. Sucher, and Ian McKown Cornell. "Business and Government: Campaign Contributions and Lobbying in the United States." Harvard Business School Technical Note 113-037, March 2013. (Revised January 2015.)
- 2006
- Article
Capital Budgeting: The Role of Cost Allocations
By: Ian D. Gow and Stefan Reichelstein
A common issue for firms is how to allocate capital resources to various investment alternatives. An extensive and long-standing literature in finance has examined various aspects of capital budgeting, including capital constraints, the determination of discount rates,...
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Keywords:
Capital Budgeting;
Resource Allocation;
Performance Evaluation;
Cost Management;
Research;
Investment;
Cash Flow;
Risk Management;
Performance Capacity
Gow, Ian D., and Stefan Reichelstein. "Capital Budgeting: The Role of Cost Allocations." Operations Research Proceedings (2006): 115–122.
- January 2013 (Revised August 2013)
- Case
First Solar: CFRA's Accounting Quality Concerns
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Ian McKown Cornell
The case relates to accounting quality analysis conducted by the leading research firm Center for Financial Research and Analysis (CFRA) on companies in the solar industry with a focus on First Solar Inc. In 2009, CFRA was concerned that First Solar, like much of the...
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Keywords:
Accounting;
Accounting Quality;
Financial Accounting;
Financial Statement Analysis;
Accounting Fraud;
Accounting Red Flags;
Accounting Scandal;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Quality;
Earnings Management;
Valuation;
Crime and Corruption;
Financial Statements;
Energy Sources;
Green Technology Industry;
Accounting Industry;
Energy Industry
Srinivasan, Suraj, and Ian McKown Cornell. "First Solar: CFRA's Accounting Quality Concerns." Harvard Business School Case 113-044, January 2013. (Revised August 2013.)
- 02 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 2
Publications September 2014 Organization Science Social Comparisons and Deception Across Workplace Hierarchies: Field and Experimental Evidence By: Edelman, Benjamin, and Ian Larkin Abstract—We examine how...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
reaping the benefits of FDI (which relate to when FDI will generate growth) and (2) the mechanisms by which FDI creates positive externalities (which relate to how FDI generates growth). Technology and Innovation Management...
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Sean Silverthorne
- March 2012 (Revised July 2018)
- Case
V-Cola: General Instructions
By: Ian Larkin and Hal Movius
V-Cola is a six-party exercise that simulates a negotiation between a boutique advertising agency and a beverage company that is launching a new product. Each of the six parties has different incentives and information, which leads to a complex, realistic simulation...
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Keywords:
Negotiation Process;
Contracts;
Information;
Motivation and Incentives;
Advertising Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry
Larkin, Ian, and Hal Movius. "V-Cola: General Instructions." Harvard Business School Case 912-043, March 2012. (Revised July 2018.)
- October 2009
- Supplement
Negotiating Star Compensation at the USAWBL (A-4): Confidential Instructions for the Boston Sharks Chief Financial Officer
By: Ian Larkin and Nithyasri Sharma
Larkin, Ian, and Nithyasri Sharma. "Negotiating Star Compensation at the USAWBL (A-4): Confidential Instructions for the Boston Sharks Chief Financial Officer." Harvard Business School Supplement 910-019, October 2009.
- March 2012 (Revised July 2018)
- Supplement
V-Cola: Confidential Instructions for Price Down Procurement Consultant, Down Consulting
By: Ian Larkin and Hal Movius
This is information for one of the six roles to be used in the V-Cola negotiation exercise. Please see V-Cola General Instructions (912043) and Teaching note (912042) for full information.
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Negotiation
Larkin, Ian, and Hal Movius. "V-Cola: Confidential Instructions for Price Down Procurement Consultant, Down Consulting." Harvard Business School Supplement 912-049, March 2012. (Revised July 2018.)
- March 2012 (Revised July 2018)
- Supplement
V-Cola: Confidential Instructions for C.F. Oh Chief Financial Officer, Trek Beverages
By: Ian Larkin and Hal Movius
Larkin, Ian, and Hal Movius. "V-Cola: Confidential Instructions for C.F. Oh Chief Financial Officer, Trek Beverages." Harvard Business School Supplement 912-048, March 2012. (Revised July 2018.)
- March 2012 (Revised October 2021)
- Supplement
V-Cola: Confidential Instructions for Cash Adman Chief Financial Officer, Chikara Advertising
By: Ian Larkin and Hal Movius
Larkin, Ian, and Hal Movius. "V-Cola: Confidential Instructions for Cash Adman Chief Financial Officer, Chikara Advertising." Harvard Business School Supplement 912-044, March 2012. (Revised October 2021.)