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- 12 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 12, 2009
Authors:Eric J. Van den Steen Publication:American Economic Review (forthcoming) Abstract This paper develops a theory of the firm in which a firm's centralized asset ownership and low-powered incentives give the manager, as an...
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Martha Lagace
- 16 May 2016
- HBS Case
Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer
they have an opportunity to outsource at equivalent or lower cost to a world-class independent food safety (company), that’s going to be a win-win,” Quelch says. “”They’ll save money and have more credibility with their tests.” Chipotle’s...
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- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”
Chesbrough XTV was given $30 million to manage. It was set up formally as a corporate division within Xerox, but Adams negotiated special terms that mimicked many aspects of independent venture capital firms. Eighty percent of the gains...
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by Henry Chesbrough
- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
drive HNA's continued growth. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=309029 Maggie Lena Walker and the Independent Order of St. Luke Harvard Business School Case 409-057 As...
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Martha Lagace
- 02 Jan 2019
- What Do You Think?
SUMMING UP: Do We Need an Artificial Intelligence Czar?
incompetent entrepreneur that wants to steal from the better firm and distort the market is accountable only to his bank account and ethics. So we need someone capable enough to make sure markets remain free and fair an AI czar would work...
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- 20 Aug 2014
- Research & Ideas
Dragging Patent Trolls Into the Light
penalties to infringement," says Cohen. Patent trolls bank that, in some cases, companies will settle rather than pay the time and monetary costs of fighting infringement lawsuits. In others cases, patent trolls seek sympathetic...
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- 30 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 30
of sweat equity and hard work to shape eCW as they wanted. They were also proud of their company culture, which de-emphasized traditional company hierarchies and encouraged independent thinking and cooperative working arrangements across...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
base of Frequent Independent Travelers. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/312092-PDF-ENG China Development Bank Li Jin, Matthew Preble, and Aldo SesiaHarvard Business School Case...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 9
both proprietary and shared platforms toward hybrid governance models characterized by centralized control over platform technology (i.e., closed sponsorship) and shared responsibility for serving users (i.e., an open provider role)....
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Martha Lagace
- March 2018
- Supplement
JPMorgan Chase: Invested in Detroit (B)
By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Norris
Supplements the (A) case.
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Local Economic Development;
Workforce Development;
Philanthropic Investment;
Financial Institutions;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Urban Development;
Business and Community Relations;
Banking Industry;
United States;
Michigan
Bower, Joseph L., and Michael Norris. "JPMorgan Chase: Invested in Detroit (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 918-410, March 2018.
- 20 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Small Businesses Can Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak
and Fundbox, which specialize in loans to small businesses, are also considering ways to support the sector. Renegotiate terms of contracts and debt. Owners should ask landlords for more time to pay their rent, for example. They should also ask View Details
- 01 Feb 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Support for Small Business Misplaced?
reassessment may be in order. Consider the conclusions from some recent research: Small businesses may not be a strong source of prosperity. Not only are they less productive than their larger counterparts, they have, according to a World View Details
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by James Heskett
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
worked in our favor was that we had developed multiyear financial forecast models. We were dealing with bank workout teams, which is very rugged. But because we had that information, we stunned them. They didn't expect that coming from a...
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by Julia Hanna
- 14 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets
in India. During the 1990s, she recalled, "we had coalition governments, no stability in politics, high inflation and a high interest rate environment." In 2001, she added, "the entire banking system collapsed." Yet these were exactly the...
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- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
intervened ruthlessly (and sometimes unfairly) when he saw profits suffer. After thirty years, when his little seventy-person firm became one of the largest industrial operations and employers in Germany, he again established a central...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- April 1990 (Revised May 1990)
- Case
BankAmerica Corp. (A)
Vietor, Richard H.K. "BankAmerica Corp. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 390-176, April 1990. (Revised May 1990.)
- 25 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 25
corporate initiative with the many business units within Siemens, which were used to being independent and had very specific offerings for their clients. For its new analytics platform, Siemens had opted for a push and pull approach to...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jul 2015
- What Do You Think?
Do Americans Work Too Much and Think About Work Too Little?
profits) don't generally rely on long hours. When is the last time you saw an investment banking firm, in an industry known for working its people mercilessly, near the top of the best place to work list? Consider insurer USAA, which...
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- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
Abstract—A central prediction of information economics is that market forces can lead businesses to voluntarily provide information about the quality of their products, yet little voluntary disclosure is observed in the field. In this...
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Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- April 2018
- Case
Bretton Woods and the Liberal World Order
By: Sophus A. Reinert and Jonathan Schlefer
Reinert, Sophus A., and Jonathan Schlefer. "Bretton Woods and the Liberal World Order." Harvard Business School Case 718-037, April 2018.