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- 07 Jul 2020
- News
‘It’s a matter of fairness’: squeezing more tax from multinationals
Vikram Gandhi
Vikram S. Gandhi is the Gerald P. Kaminsky Senior Lecturer of Business Administration in the General Management Unit. He has developed and teaches two new courses in the Elective Curriculum of the MBA Program. The first is a finance and investing course, Sustainable... View Details
Keywords:
financial services
- February 1985 (Revised August 2008)
- Case
Arrow Electronics
Arrow Electronics is the fastest growing distributor of electronic components in North America and the second largest. Its capital structure policy of heavy reliance on debt financing contrasts sharply with that of its leading competitor, Arnet. Students are asked to...
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Keywords:
Borrowing and Debt;
Capital Structure;
Financial Management;
Risk Management;
Distribution;
Competition;
Hardware;
Electronics Industry;
United States
El-Hage, Nabil N., and Robert R. Glauber. "Arrow Electronics." Harvard Business School Case 285-114, February 1985. (Revised August 2008.)
- April 2013
- Teaching Note
Konys, Inc. (TN)
By: Deishin Lee and Tunay Tunca
This case describes the sourcing policy for a consumer electronics company. The company must decide how to structure contracts with their supplier—using a purchase contract, an option contract, or combination of the two. The company can also buy from the spot market....
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- October 1989 (Revised October 1992)
- Case
Smoke Wars: The Case for and Against the Cigarette Industry
Describes the arguments for and against the tobacco industry. With the per capita demand for cigarettes steadily declining by 2% to 3% every year, the tobacco companies have been using various approaches to stem the tide. Many such moves, however, have come under...
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Keywords:
Debates;
Marketing Strategy;
Demand and Consumers;
Performance;
Social Issues;
Consumer Products Industry
Rangan, V. Kasturi. "Smoke Wars: The Case for and Against the Cigarette Industry." Harvard Business School Case 590-040, October 1989. (Revised October 1992.)
- September 1989 (Revised January 1991)
- Case
Massachusetts Lottery
By: John A. Quelch
Describes the role of state lotteries, lottery marketing, and the operation of the Massachusetts State Lottery, including reference to Massachusetts lottery advertising. Highlights the success of state lotteries while also noting growing criticism, particularly of...
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Keywords:
Ethics;
Marketing;
Advertising;
Government and Politics;
Public Administration Industry;
Massachusetts
Quelch, John A. "Massachusetts Lottery." Harvard Business School Case 590-009, September 1989. (Revised January 1991.)
- 30 Aug 2014
- News
A new green wave
Can India Overtake China?
What’s the fastest route to economic development? Welcome foreign direct investment (FDI), says China, and most policy experts agree. But a comparison with long-time laggard India suggests that FDI is not the only path to prosperity. Indeed, India’s homegrown...
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- February 2017 (Revised January 2018)
- Case
Womenomics in Japan
By: Boris Groysberg, Mayuka Yamazaki, Nobuo Sato and David Lane
This case profiles Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's vigorous attempts to revive Japan's economy, specifically by advocating for a larger role for women in the economy—not as a matter of social policy or gender equity per se, but as an essential element of any solution to...
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Keywords:
Gender Equality;
Japan;
Leadership;
Government-business Relations;
Shinzo Abe;
Economic Growth;
Aging Society;
Womenomics;
Abenomics;
Labor Market Discrimination;
Workplace Culture;
Women And Leadership;
Change Management;
Leading Change;
Gender;
Business and Government Relations;
Growth and Development;
Employment;
Working Conditions
Groysberg, Boris, Mayuka Yamazaki, Nobuo Sato, and David Lane. "Womenomics in Japan." Harvard Business School Case 417-002, February 2017. (Revised January 2018.)
- July 2020
- Teaching Note
COVID-19: The Global Shutdown
By: Laura Alfaro and Sarah Jeong
In the first months of 2020, a pandemic overwhelmed the world. COVID-19, commonly known as the coronavirus, spread from China and created a severe public health emergency across countries. While an immediate fear of the disease’s impact on human life permeaacted...
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- April 2017 (Revised March 2024)
- Case
Making Target the Target: Boycotts and Corporate Political Activity
By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Victor Wu
Through the challenges facing Target, the case examines ways in which corporations can become involved in political and legislative debates and processes, ranging from campaign contributions to lobbying to political activism. In 2016, Target CEO Brian Cornell must...
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Keywords:
Boycott;
Corporate Political Activity;
Lobbying;
LGBTQ;
Campaign Contributions;
Campaign Finance;
Retail;
Shareholder Activism;
Public Opinion;
Social Issues;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Mission and Purpose;
Problems and Challenges;
Laws and Statutes;
Rights;
Crisis Management;
Risk Management;
Media;
Political Elections;
Taxation;
Corporate Accountability;
Values and Beliefs;
Fairness;
Diversity;
Customers;
Communication;
Business and Government Relations;
Retail Industry;
United States
Hsieh, Nien-hê, and Victor Wu. "Making Target the Target: Boycotts and Corporate Political Activity." Harvard Business School Case 317-113, April 2017. (Revised March 2024.)
- Web
Placement - Doctoral
Dissertation: Essays in Financial and Labor Markets Advisors: Gabriel Chodorow-Reich , Jeremy Stein , Samuel G. Hanson , and Adi Sunderam Jiafeng (Kevin) Chen Business Economics, 2024 Placement: Stanford Institute for Economic Policy...
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- 2014
- Working Paper
College Admissions as Non-Price Competition: The Case of South Korea
By: Christopher Avery, Alvin E. Roth and Soohyung Lee
This paper examines non-price competition among colleges to attract highly qualified students, exploiting the South Korean setting where the national government sets rules governing applications. We identify some basic facts about the behavior of colleges before and...
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Keywords:
Competition;
Higher Education;
Policy;
Government and Politics;
Education Industry;
South Korea
Avery, Christopher, Alvin E. Roth, and Soohyung Lee. "College Admissions as Non-Price Competition: The Case of South Korea." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 20774, December 2014.
- December 2018
- Article
Reserve Design: Unintended Consequences and the Demise of Boston's Walk Zones
By: Umut Dur, Scott Duke Kominers, Parag A. Pathak and Tayfun Sönmez
Admissions policies often use reserves to grant certain applicants higher priority for some (but not all) available seats. Boston’s school choice system, for example, reserved half of each school’s seats for local neighborhood applicants while leaving the other half...
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Keywords:
Neighborhoods;
Equal Access;
School Choice;
Affirmative Action;
Desegregation;
Marketplace Matching;
Fairness;
Local Range;
Education;
Policy
Dur, Umut, Scott Duke Kominers, Parag A. Pathak, and Tayfun Sönmez. "Reserve Design: Unintended Consequences and the Demise of Boston's Walk Zones." Journal of Political Economy 126, no. 6 (December 2018): 2457–2479.
- 17 Sep 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
The Impact of Penalties for Wrong Answers on the Gender Gap in Test Scores
- Research Summary
Antitrust in the new economy
The objectives of this project are threefold: (1) identify the computational, managerial, and legal issues that interact and make antitrust compliance difficult in the context of B2B exchanges; (2) examine the computational difficulties and policy implications of...
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- September 1983 (Revised February 1989)
- Background Note
The Oil Tanker Shipping Industry in 1983
Describes the international oil tanker shipping industry both historically and in 1983. Designed to provide a vehicle for practicing industry analysis in a volatile commodity business, and for formulating strategy in such an environment. Also can be used to examine...
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Keywords:
Strategic Planning;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Goods and Commodities;
Volatility;
Vertical Integration;
Supply and Industry;
Shipping Industry
Porter, Michael E. "The Oil Tanker Shipping Industry in 1983." Harvard Business School Background Note 384-034, September 1983. (Revised February 1989.)
- 2016
- Working Paper
Executive Compensation and Environmental Harm
By: Dylan Minor
We explore the relationship between managerial incentives and environmental harm. We find that high-powered executive compensation packages can increase the odds of environmental law breaking by 40%–60% and the magnitude of environmental harm by over 100%. We document...
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Keywords:
Misconduct;
Environmental Performance;
Accounting Scandal;
Sustainable Finance;
Crime and Corruption;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Executive Compensation;
Environmental Sustainability;
Corporate Governance
Minor, Dylan. "Executive Compensation and Environmental Harm." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-076, January 2016. (Revised April 2016.)
- 18 Aug 2009
- News