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- 1985
- Book
The Transfer Pricing Problem: A Theory for Practice
By: Robert G. Eccles
Eccles, Robert G. The Transfer Pricing Problem: A Theory for Practice. New York: Lexington Books, 1985.
- November 2012
- Case
New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. (Abridged)
By: H. Kent Bowen, Robert S. Huckman, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Matthew Preble
Considers whether New Balance, one of the world's five largest manufacturers of athletic footwear, should respond to Adidas' planned acquisition of Reebok—a transaction that would join the second- and third-largest companies in the industry. Highlights the unique...
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Production;
Competitive Strategy;
Supply Chain;
Brands and Branding;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Sports Industry;
Retail Industry;
Asia;
United States
Bowen, H. Kent, Robert S. Huckman, Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Matthew Preble. "New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 613-006, November 2012.
- Article
Who Will Go First?
By: Robert G. Eccles
Eccles, Robert G. "Who Will Go First?" Reporting Times: Die Zeitung des Center for Corporate Reporting, no. 6 (May 2015): 4–6.
- January 2008 (Revised March 2008)
- Supplement
Uría Menéndez (C)
By: Robert G. Eccles
The Uria Menendez C case describes the passing of the firm's founder, Rodrigo Uria, its continued success (including being one of the Top 10 MNA law firms in the world) and its decision to open an office in Warsaw.
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Business Offices;
Decisions;
Success;
Expansion;
Legal Services Industry;
Iberian Peninsula;
Poland
Eccles, Robert G. "Uría Menéndez (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 408-090, January 2008. (Revised March 2008.)
- 2019
- Working Paper
Intelligent Design of Inclusive Growth Strategies
By: Robert S. Kaplan, George Serafeim and Eduardo Tugendhat
Improving corporate engagement with society, as advocated in the Business Roundtable’s 2019 statement, should not be viewed as a zero-sum proposition where attention to new stakeholders detracts from delivering shareholder value. Corporate programs for sustainable and...
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Keywords:
Inclusion;
Sustainability;
Performance Measures;
Environmental Sustainability;
Social Issues;
Strategy;
Governance;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Business and Stakeholder Relations
Kaplan, Robert S., George Serafeim, and Eduardo Tugendhat. "Intelligent Design of Inclusive Growth Strategies." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-050, October 2019.
- April 2005
- Article
Partisan Social Happiness
By: Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch
We use a new approach to study questions in political economy that relies on data on the subjective well-being of a large sample of people living in the OECD over the period 1975-1992. Controlling for the personal characteristics of the respondents, year and country...
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Di Tella, Rafael, and Robert MacCulloch. "Partisan Social Happiness." Review of Economic Studies 72, no. 2 (April 2005): 367–93.
- 23 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 23, 2008
increasingly successful claims of social scientists, backed by philanthropic foundations, on business education and the growing appeal of "scientific" approaches to decision-making and management. We also show that these...
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Martha Lagace
- 17 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 17
valuations in first financing rounds. Further econometric tests suggest that, as predicted by the theory, this effect is driven by unobservable heterogeneity, and it is more pronounced in teams that make...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 03 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 3
supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711412-PDF-ENG Corporate Reform Elements of the Dodd-Frank Act Robert C. Pozen, Phillip Andrews, and David LaneHarvard Business School Case Note 311-091 This note summarizes the four major...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 28
economic trends a central economic activity and shed light on the mechanics of financial markets by providing a range of statistics and information about individual firms. They also raised questions that are still relevant today. What is...
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Sean Silverthorne
- January 2014
- Article
The Investor Conundrum
By: Robert G. Eccles
Eccles, Robert G. "The Investor Conundrum." Accountancy Futures 8 (January 2014): 20–21.
- January 2008 (Revised March 2008)
- Supplement
Uría Menéndez (B) (Abridged)
By: Robert G. Eccles
This one-page case, to be handed out in class, briefly lists the three major strategic options facing Uria Menendez.
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Keywords:
Corporate Strategy;
Law;
Geographic Location;
Expansion;
Strategic Planning;
Legal Services Industry;
Iberian Peninsula
Eccles, Robert G. "Uría Menéndez (B) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Supplement 408-089, January 2008. (Revised March 2008.)
- January 2008 (Revised March 2008)
- Case
Uría Menéndez (A)
By: Robert G. Eccles
Uria Menendez, the pre-eminent law firm in Iberia, is at a critical point in its long and distinguished history. Its newly appointed second generation co-managing Partners are facing some critical strategic decisions concerning how the firm should position itself in...
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Keywords:
Global Strategy;
Networks;
Selection and Staffing;
Work-Life Balance;
Compensation and Benefits;
Decision Making;
Expansion;
Legal Services Industry;
Iberian Peninsula
Eccles, Robert G. "Uría Menéndez (A)." Harvard Business School Case 408-088, January 2008. (Revised March 2008.)
- 10 May 2011
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First Look: May 10
history, and the lessons learned to date. It discusses the current challenges faced by policy makers wanting to further improve the program. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/811100-PDF-ENG Continental Media Group:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 2021
- Working Paper
How to Fix ESG Reporting
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Karthik Ramanna
Investors, advocacy groups, academics, and the 200 CEOs of the US Business Roundtable have asked corporations to take on an added purpose beyond a narrow pursuit of shareholder value. In response, many companies now issue ESG (Environmental, Societal, and Governance)...
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Keywords:
ESG Reporting;
Sustainability;
Corporate Purpose;
Greenhouse Gas;
Activity-Based Costing;
Environmental Sustainability;
Environmental Management;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Measurement and Metrics;
Goals and Objectives;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Corporate Accountability
Kaplan, Robert S., and Karthik Ramanna. "How to Fix ESG Reporting." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-005, July 2021.
- February 8, 2022
- Article
Time-Driven Activity-Based Cost Comparison of Treating Five Acute, Low-Severity Conditions
By: Alan Yang, Andy Hung-Yi Lee, Joseph W. Kopp, Katherine D. Rose, Adam M. Licurse, Philip D. Anderson and Robert S. Kaplan
In 2017, patients made 145 million visits to emergency departments (EDs), generating $76.3 billion in charges. About a third of ED visits, however, were for conditions that were treatable in lower-resourced settings. We used time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC)...
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Keywords:
Time-Driven ABC;
Health Care Costs;
Activity Based Costing and Management;
Health Care and Treatment
Yang, Alan, Andy Hung-Yi Lee, Joseph W. Kopp, Katherine D. Rose, Adam M. Licurse, Philip D. Anderson, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Time-Driven Activity-Based Cost Comparison of Treating Five Acute, Low-Severity Conditions." NEJM Catalyst (February 8, 2022).
- September 2014 (Revised March 2015)
- Case
Fast Ion Battery
By: Ramana Nanda, Robert F. White and Stephanie Puzio
John Davidson, a partner at Ware Street Capital (WSC) and a board member at Fast Ion Battery, had just received a phone call from Don Lerner at Bluelock Ventures telling him that Bluelock would not participate in the $5M bridge financing for Fast Ion Battery. Lerner's...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurial Finance;
Real Options;
Term Sheets;
Clean Technology;
Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital
Nanda, Ramana, Robert F. White, and Stephanie Puzio. "Fast Ion Battery." Harvard Business School Case 815-025, September 2014. (Revised March 2015.)
- Article
Gross National Happiness As an Answer to the Easterlin Paradox?
By: Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch
The Easterlin Paradox refers to the fact that happiness data are typically stationary in spite of considerable increases in income. This amounts to a rejection of the hypothesis that current income is the only argument in the utility function. We find that the...
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Di Tella, Rafael, and Robert MacCulloch. "Gross National Happiness As an Answer to the Easterlin Paradox?" Journal of Development Economics 86, no. 1 (April 2008).
- 08 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 8, 2010
adult decision maker. Finally, we list a set of open questions that could be profitably addressed by future research. Social Preferences and Strategic Uncertainty: An Experiment on Markets and Contracts Authors:Marco Piovesan, Antonio...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 16
authority. This three-level structure closely parallels that of all organized team sports. The play on the field is like the markets of capitalism, and the actions of the players are regulated by referees who enforce a set of rules...
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Martha Lagace