Publications

06 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 6

and Business Groups: New Data and New Methods Authors: Jordan I. Siegel and Prithwiraj Choudhury Abstract The last decade of corporate governance research has been focused in large part on identifying what leads to superior or deficient... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 20

document the Norwegian business community's reaction to the quota, how Norwegian boards sought women directors, and the transferability of the quota law to other nations. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/411089-PDF-ENG Baxter's Asia Pacific... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

March 2013 (Revised May 2014)
Case

Unilever's New Recipe for Growth

By: Jordan Siegel, Christopher Poliquin and Barbara Zepp Larson

This case looks at Unilever and its ongoing efforts at regional strategy and organizational change in Europe. View Details

Keywords: Regional Strategy; Aggregation; Organizational Change; Global Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Europe

December 2011
Supplement

Haier's U.S. Refrigerator Strategy

By: Pankaj Ghemawat, Thomas M. Hout and Jordan Siegel

Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; United States

November 2010 (Revised June 2011)
Case

La Fageda

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Joan Enric Ricart and Jordan Mitchell

La Fageda is a manufacturer of high-quality, naturally-made yogurts in northern Catalonia, Spain. La Fageda is substantially different from its main competitors such as multinational Danone in that it is a 270-person workers' cooperative with 60 percent of its... View Details

Keywords: Agribusiness; Business Model; Production; Cooperative Ownership; Quality; Competition; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Spain

September 2006 (Revised February 2010)
Supplement

Airbus vs. Boeing (C): Developments from 1996 to 1999

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Erich Alexander Voigt and Jordan Mitchell

Keywords: Business Model; Air Transportation Industry

20 Dec 2011
First Look

First Look: December 20

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-041.pdf What Makes the Bonding Stick? A Natural Experiment Involving the Supreme Court and Cross-Listed Firms Authors:Amir N. Licht, Christopher Poliquin, Jordan I. Siegel, and Xi Li Abstract Using a... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

2024
Working Paper

Modest Victims: Victims Who Decline to Broadcast Their Victimization Are Seen As Morally Virtuous

By: Nathan Dhaliwal, Jillian J. Jordan and Pat Barclay

What do people think of victims who conceal their victimhood? We propose that the decision to not broadcast that one has been victimized serves as a costly act of modesty—in doing so, one is potentially forgoing social support and compensation from one’s community. We... View Details

Keywords: Public Opinion; Mathematical Methods; Communication; Perception; Reputation

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November 2023
Teaching Note

Inclusion and Diversity at Mars Petcare

By: Katherine Coffman, Jillian J. Jordan and Emma Ronzetti

September 2006 (Revised September 2007)
Supplement

Airbus vs. Boeing (B): Should Airbus Build the VLCT Alone?

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Erich Alexander Voigt and Jordan Mitchell

Keywords: Competition; Cooperation; Decisions; Air Transportation Industry

23 Dec 2008
First Look

First Look: December 23, 2008

Authors:Mark J. Roe and Jordan I. Siegel Publication:Journal of Economic Literature (forthcoming) No abstract is available at this time. Is There a Better Commitment Mechanism than Cross-Listings for Emerging Economy Firms? Evidence from... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

August 2008 (Revised March 2010)
Case

Finland's S Group: Competing with a Cooperative Approach to Retail

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Tarun Khanna, Samuli Skurnik and Jordan Mitchell

The case looks at the two dominant Finnish retailers: S Group and Kesko. S Group is a customer-owned cooperative, which has a unique holding structure whereby 1.7 million residents (or 70 percent of Finnish households) own 22 regional cooperatives. In turn, the... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Cooperative Ownership; Public Ownership; Competitive Advantage; Retail Industry; Finland

February 2005 (Revised April 2011)
Case

Haier's U.S. Refrigerator Strategy

By: Pankaj Ghemawat, Thomas M. Hout and Jordan I. Siegel

Haier, the first Chinese consumer durable brand in the United States, succeeded in the compact refrigerator, freezer, and air conditioner markets and then built a U.S. factory to enter the full-size market. Issues include the value of a local entrepreneur to the Asian... View Details

Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Global Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Market Entry and Exit; Competitive Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; China; United States

23 Feb 2011
First Look

First Look: Feb. 23

unavailable at this time. Publisher's Link: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=t927286744 Political Instability: Effects on Financial Development, Roots in the Severity of Economic Inequality Authors:Mark J. Roe and View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

April 2024
Supplement

RHI Magnesita (A-B): Brick by Brick

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, David M Wagner, Oliver Gassmann and Jordan Mitchell

April 2024
Supplement

RHI Magnesita (A-B): Brick by Brick

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, David M Wagner, Oliver Gassmann and Jordan Mitchell

March 2007
Teaching Note

Lamoiyan Corporation of the Philippines: Challenging Multinational Giants (TN)

By: Peter J. Coughlan, Jordan I. Siegel and John R. Wells

Teaching note to 704405. View Details

Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Going Public; Product Development; Trade; Consumer Products Industry; Philippines