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- 12 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers
significant time on-site can maximize the value of the information conferred. But, as Short says, “no matter how good the information is, it doesn’t help if factories don’t want to learn.” Factories may have different motivations for...
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by Michael Blanding
- March 2010
- Article
Does Foreign Direct Investment Promote Growth? Exploring the Role of Financial Markets on Linkages
By: Laura Alfaro, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, Areendam Chanda and Selin Sayek
Do multinational companies generate positive externalities for the host country? The evidence so far is mixed varying from beneficial to detrimental effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) on growth, with many studies that find no effect. In order to provide an...
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Foreign Direct Investment;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Financial Markets;
Value;
Stock Shares;
Development Economics
Alfaro, Laura, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, Areendam Chanda, and Selin Sayek. "Does Foreign Direct Investment Promote Growth? Exploring the Role of Financial Markets on Linkages." Journal of Development Economics 91, no. 2 (March 2010): 242–256. (Also Harvard Business School Working Paper No. 07-013 and NBER Working Paper No. w12522.)
- 22 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
When Protestors Knock at Your Door
competitive position as important factors in determining how management might respond to NGOs. Do have you any recommendations for managers in determining the relative value of each factor? Spar: Firms need...
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by Cynthia Churchwell
- 27 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Potential Downside of Win-Win
consideration for all managers. Value Creation—and Collusion Suppose that pharmaceutical firm A manufactures a new, beneficial drug and begins selling 100 million pills per year at $3.05 per pill. Each pill...
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by Max H. Bazerman
- August 2009
- Teaching Note
Procter & Gamble in the 21st Century (C): Integrating Gillette (TN)
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Matthew Bird
Teaching Note for [309032].
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- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
coordination as measured by the value of integrated production is negatively correlated with delegation. Surprisingly, absolute size of the firm is negatively related to delegation. The overall pattern of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 12
measured by the value of integrated production is negatively correlated with delegation. Surprisingly, absolute size of the firm is negatively related to delegation. The overall pattern of results highlights...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
An Organization Your Customers Understand
structures and systems should be configured to ensure that the firm delivers superior value to these (and only these) customers. Making this critical decision involves two steps. Step 1: Identify your...
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by Robert Simons
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Tech Investment the Wise Way
potential value of new technologies by first holding them up against the company's business model.We argue that successful firms tend to interpret the potential value of...
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- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
as creating "shared value"-generating economic value in a way that also produces value for society by addressing its challenges. A shared value approach reconnects...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
When CEOs Become Activists
and CEO Dan Schulman was especially vocal: “This decision reflects PayPal’s deepest values and our strong belief that every person has the right to be treated equally, and with dignity and respect,” he wrote in a statement. As the outcry...
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- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Strategy for Small Fish
strategy is to achieve specialization by taking explicit advantage of the opportunities provided by the ecosystem while avoiding the kinds of traps that challenge firms in such environments. Our observation of a variety of niche...
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by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
- 20 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 20, 2007
model to establish these interrelationships at a firm level. Using publicly available financial data we estimate the six causal effects among sales, inventory, and gross margin. Our results show that sales, inventory, and gross margin are...
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Martha Lagace
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Paid for Success: Options for Compensating CEOs
performance," he says. The results show that for any given shift in firm value, changes in CEO wealth due to stock and stock option revaluations are more than fifty times larger than changes in wealth due to salary and bonus....
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by Judith A. Ross
- 22 Apr 2020
- Research Event
How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities
includes technological innovations and changes in consumer sentiment, both of which affect the value of assets and liabilities. Physical and transition risks will likely introduce new strategic risks as new industries move to the fore as...
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- 01 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Lose from Forced Disclosure
are motivated to work harder to make all observable information more favorable, whether it is contractible or not (and whether it is valued by the firm or not). Firms...
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- February 1985 (Revised January 2024)
- Case
Health Stop (A): What Type of Innovation Is It? And Six Factors Alignment
By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Joyce Lallman, Nancy Kane, Jefferson C. Grahling and James Wallace
How can we evaluate if innovative health care ventures can do good—benefit society—and do well—become financially viable? This question is the topic of the first module in the Innovating In Health Care course book.
This note and case series enables readers to conduct...
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For-Profit Firms;
Business Model;
Entrepreneurship;
Health Care and Treatment;
Strategy;
Valuation;
Health Industry;
Retail Industry
Herzlinger, Regina E., Joyce Lallman, Nancy Kane, Jefferson C. Grahling, and James Wallace. "Health Stop (A): What Type of Innovation Is It? And Six Factors Alignment." Harvard Business School Case 185-084, February 1985. (Revised January 2024.)
- 16 Aug 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
HBS Introduces Marketing Analysis Tools for Managers
value." Can you explain what CLV is? Who is the ideal customer? A: Customers are increasingly being viewed as assets that bring value to the firm. Customer lifetime value is a metric that allows...
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by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- February 5, 2009
- Comment
In Praise of Marketing
By: John A. Quelch
Many dismiss marketing as manipulative, deceptive, and intrusive. Marketing, they argue, focuses too much of our attention on material consumption. More recently, Benjamin Barber, in his 2007 book Consumed, claims that marketing is "sucking up the air from every other...
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Marketing;
Consumer Loyalty;
Local Vs. Global Branding;
Multi-national Brands;
Misleading and Fraudulent Advertising;
Customer Value and Value Chain;
Customer Satisfaction;
Globalized Economies and Regions;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Communications;
Marketing Strategy;
Product Positioning
Quelch, John A. "In Praise of Marketing." Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (February 5, 2009).
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Should You Sell Your Digital Privacy?
It's a startling idea: Instead of relying on regulators to protect our privacy against telemarketers, data miners, and consumer companies, we should capitalize on the value of our personal information and get something of View Details