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- May 2013
- Teaching Note
Coca-Cola: Residual Income Valuation
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Edward J. Riedl
Teaching note for a case of the same title that introduces students to the residual income (also known as the abnormal earnings) valuation model using the firm Coca-Cola. Students are provided with the primary financial statements (through fiscal 2010) and forecast...
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- 06 Feb 2011
- News
Why Some Twitter Posts Catch On, and Some Don't
- 2017
- Working Paper
Innovation, Reallocation and Growth
By: Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit, Harun Alp, Nicholas Bloom and William R. Kerr
We build a model of firm-level innovation, productivity growth, and reallocation featuring endogenous entry and exit. A new and central economic force is the selection between high- and low-type firms, which differ in terms of their innovative capacity. We estimate the...
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Keywords:
Entry;
Growth;
Industrial Policy;
Innovation;
R&D;
Reallocation;
Selection;
Business Ventures;
Resource Allocation;
Performance Productivity;
Policy;
Research and Development;
Innovation and Invention;
Growth and Development;
United States
Acemoglu, Daron, Ufuk Akcigit, Harun Alp, Nicholas Bloom, and William R. Kerr. "Innovation, Reallocation and Growth." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-088, April 2013. (Revised November 2017. NBER Working Paper Series, No. 18993, April 2013)
- Article
Transition to Clean Technology
By: Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit, Douglas Hanley and William R. Kerr
We develop a microeconomic model of endogenous growth where clean and dirty technologies compete in production and innovation, in the sense that research can be directed to either clean or dirty technologies. If dirty technologies are more advanced to start with, the...
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Keywords:
Technological Innovation;
Entrepreneurship;
Environmental Sustainability;
Green Technology Industry
Acemoglu, Daron, Ufuk Akcigit, Douglas Hanley, and William R. Kerr. "Transition to Clean Technology." Special Issue on Climate Change and the Economy. Journal of Political Economy 124, no. 2 (February 2016): 52–104.
- 2007
- Working Paper
Plant-Size Distribution and Cross-Country Income Differences
By: Laura Alfaro, Andrew Charlton and Fabio Kanzcuk
We investigate, using plant-level data for 79 developed and developing countries, whether differences in the allocation of resources across heterogeneous plants are a significant determinant of cross-country differences in income per worker. For this purpose, we use a...
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Keywords:
Heterogeneous Plants;
Productivity;
Policy Distortions;
Wages;
Equality and Inequality;
Resource Allocation;
Macroeconomics
Alfaro, Laura, Andrew Charlton, and Fabio Kanzcuk. "Plant-Size Distribution and Cross-Country Income Differences." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-086, May 2007. (Revised May 2008, August 2008. NBER Working Paper Series, No. 14060, June 2008)
- Program
Senior Executive Leadership Program—India
presence in South Asia Nonprofit organizations Government agencies, especially those working closely with the private sector An Exceptional Learning Experience When you participate in an HBS Executive Education program, you enter an immersive experience where every...
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- January 15, 2019
- Article
Is Your Company's Strategy Aligned with Your Ownership Model?
By: Josh Baron
The legacy of Vanguard founder John Bogle has brought attention to the transformative influence of ownership structures within the business world. Bogle's revolutionary insight into the limitations of active fund management led to the widespread adoption of index...
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Keywords:
Ownership Type;
Business Strategy;
Organizational Structure;
Strength and Weakness;
Competitive Advantage
Baron, Josh. "Is Your Company's Strategy Aligned with Your Ownership Model?" Harvard Business Review (website) (January 15, 2019).
- Article
The Impact of Intangibles on Firm Growth
By: Stefano Denicolai, E. Cotta Ramusino and F. Sotti
Persuading users to try new technologies continues to be a problem confronting organisations and technology vendors alike. To better understand the process of new technology trial and adoption, several theoretical models have been proposed, of which the Technology...
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Denicolai, Stefano, E. Cotta Ramusino, and F. Sotti. "The Impact of Intangibles on Firm Growth." Technology Analysis & Strategic Management 27, no. 2 (2015): 219–236.
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Peer-to-Peer File Sharing and the Market for Digital Information Goods
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Andres Hervas-Drane
We study competitive interaction between two alternative models of digital content distribution over the Internet: peer-to-peer (p2p) file sharing and centralized client-server distribution. We present microfoundations for a stylized model of p2p file sharing where all...
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Keywords:
Competition;
Distribution;
Internet and the Web;
Information Infrastructure;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Strategy;
Profit;
Price;
Performance Efficiency
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Andres Hervas-Drane. "Peer-to-Peer File Sharing and the Market for Digital Information Goods." Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 19, no. 2 (Summer 2010): 333–373.
- fall 2008
- Article
Toward a Theory of Behavioral Operations
By: Francesca Gino and Gary P. Pisano
Human beings are critical to the functioning of the vast majority of operating systems, influencing both the way these systems work and how they perform. Yet most formal analytical models of operations assume that the people who participate in operating systems are...
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Keywords:
Management Systems;
Operations;
Mathematical Methods;
Behavior;
Cognition and Thinking;
Perspective;
Theory
Gino, Francesca, and Gary P. Pisano. "Toward a Theory of Behavioral Operations." Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 10, no. 4 (fall 2008): 676–691.
- October 2001 (Revised November 2002)
- Case
Herman Miller(B): Creating Innovation Streams
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Stacy McManus
In 1997, Mike Volkema faced the difficulty of attempting to revitalize a once dynamic organization. Volkema wondered how he could incorporate advances made within subsidiaries, such as Miller SQA's business model innovation, into the company as a whole while also...
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Keywords:
Innovation and Invention;
Innovation and Management;
Product Design;
Product Development;
Product;
Supply Chain Management;
Business Model;
Service Delivery;
Customer Value and Value Chain;
Manufacturing Industry;
Consumer Products Industry
Sucher, Sandra J., and Stacy McManus. "Herman Miller(B): Creating Innovation Streams." Harvard Business School Case 602-024, October 2001. (Revised November 2002.)
- Winter 2017
- Article
Google, Mobile and Competition: The Current State of Play
By: Benjamin Edelman
I present Google practices that have raised objections from competition regulators. I consider the key impediments to competition and examine the business models foreclosed by Google's restrictions.
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Keywords:
Antitrust;
Mobile;
Mobile Technology;
Search Technology;
Technology Platform;
Contracts;
Lawfulness;
Competition;
Information Technology Industry;
European Union;
Russia;
South Korea
Edelman, Benjamin. "Google, Mobile and Competition: The Current State of Play." Antitrust Chronicle (Winter 2017).
- February 1998 (Revised January 1999)
- Case
Digital Everywhere, Inc.
By: Paul A. Gompers
Presents a valuation problem in a fictitious firm, Digital Everywhere. Students have the opportunity to compare various discounted cash flow valuation models in an entrepreneurial firm.
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Gompers, Paul A. "Digital Everywhere, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 298-099, February 1998. (Revised January 1999.)
- 22 Jun 2017
- News
ShotSpotter: A Gunfire Detection Business Looks for a New Market
- September 2003
- Case
Allscripts, Inc.
By: William A. Sahlman and Laurence E. Katz
Describes a set of decisions confronting an entrepreneurial team that is considering taking managerial control of Allscripts, a health care venture. The company has gone through nine rounds of external financing and has changed its business model several times.
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Business or Company Management;
Venture Capital;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Health Care and Treatment;
Corporate Finance;
Health Industry
Sahlman, William A., and Laurence E. Katz. "Allscripts, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 804-053, September 2003.
- June 1995 (Revised October 1996)
- Case
Lexus and the USTR
By: John A. Quelch
Lexus executives and dealers in the United States are debating how to respond to the U.S. Trade Representative's announcement of 100% tariffs on 13 models of Japanese luxury imported cars.
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Quelch, John A. "Lexus and the USTR." Harvard Business School Case 595-127, June 1995. (Revised October 1996.)
- 25 Apr 2014
- Video
Bob Gebhardt - Making A Difference
- 2022
- Working Paper
Stories, Statistics and Memory
By: Thomas Graeber, Christopher Roth and Florian Zimmermann
For most decisions, we rely on information encountered over the course of days,
months or years. We consume this information in various forms, including abstract
summaries of multiple data points – statistics – and contextualized anecdotes about
individual instances...
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Graeber, Thomas, Christopher Roth, and Florian Zimmermann. "Stories, Statistics and Memory." Working Paper, December 2022.
- Program
Developing Yourself as a Leader—Virtual
Collect, Elicit) leadership self-development model to increase professional influence and impact Build self-awareness and understanding around your leadership profile and trajectory Design a development path that nurtures relevant skill...
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- Article
Thinking About Technology: Applying a Cognitive Lens to Technical Change
We apply a cognitive lens to understanding technology trajectories across the life cycle by developing a co-evolutionary model of technological frames and technology. Applying that model to each stage of the technology life cycle, we identify conditions under which a...
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Keywords:
Technology;
Transformation;
Outcome or Result;
Economics;
Cognition and Thinking;
Business Model;
Forecasting and Prediction
Kaplan, Sarah, and Mary Tripsas. "Thinking About Technology: Applying a Cognitive Lens to Technical Change." Research Policy 37, no. 5 (June 2008): 790–805.