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Beyond the Reach of the Invisible Hand: Impediments to Economic Activity, Market Failures, and Profitability

By: Dennis Yao
In this paper it is argued that failures of the competitive market are necessary conditions for supranormal profitability. Three fundamental causes of these market failures-production economies and sunk costs, transactions costs, and imperfect information-are developed... View Details
Keywords: Economics; Markets; Failure; Profit; Cost; Information; Market Transactions; Competition; Strategy; Production
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PhD Programs - Doctoral

requirements and curriculum, read student profiles as well as student research , and placement information. The PhD in Business Administration grounds students in the disciplinary theories and research methods that form the foundation of... View Details
  • January 2001
  • Background Note

Country Analysis in a "Global Village"

By: Bruce R. Scott
Substantially rewritten to establish the relevance of countries in the global context. It does so in terms of their differing economic performance in recent decades, and also by contrasting those that have "converged" toward the rich country norm (as theory would... View Details
Keywords: Globalized Economies and Regions; Macroeconomics; Trade; Business Strategy; Performance Evaluation; Industry Growth; Currency; Policy; Development Economics
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  • July–August 2016
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Minimum Advertised Pricing: Patterns of Violation in Competitive Retail Markets

By: Ayelet Israeli, Eric Anderson and Anne Coughlan
Manufacturers in many industries frequently use vertical price policies, such as minimum advertised price (MAP), to influence prices set by downstream retailers. Although manufacturers expect retail partners to comply with MAP policies, violations of MAP are common in... View Details
Keywords: Pricing Policies; Pricing; Channel Management; Legal Aspects Of Business; Price; Governance Compliance; Marketing Channels; Retail Industry
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    Srikant M. Datar

    Srikant M. Datar became the eleventh dean of Harvard Business School on 1 January 2021. During his tenure as a faculty member, he served as Senior Associate Dean for University Affairs (including Faculty Chair of the Harvard Innovation Lab), for Research, for... View Details

    Keywords: consumer products; consumer products; consumer products; consumer products; consumer products; consumer products; consumer products; consumer products; consumer products; consumer products; consumer products; consumer products; consumer products; consumer products; consumer products
    • July – August 2008
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    Should You Invest in the Long Tail?

    By: Anita Elberse
    The blockbuster strategy is a time-honored approach, particularly in media and entertainment. When space is limited on store shelves and in traditional distribution channels, producers tend to focus on a few likely best sellers, hoping that one or two big hits will... View Details
    Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Distribution Channels; Sales; Marketing Strategy; Online Technology; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Music Industry; Retail Industry
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    • 18 Apr 2013
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Impact of Pooling on Throughput Time in Discretionary Work Settings: An Empirical Investigation of Emergency Department Length of Stay

    Keywords: by Hummy Song, Anita L. Tucker & Karen L. Murrell; Health
    • Research Summary

    Firm and aggregate volatility

    US publicly traded companies have become more volatile over the postwar period. This trend has been the result of increased competition in product markets through deregulation, through more intensive innovation activity, and through easier access to capital markets.... View Details

    • 24 Jun 2013
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Entrepreneurial Gap: How Managers Adjust Span of Accountability and Span of Control to Implement Business Strategy

    Keywords: by Robert L. Simons
    • 10 Oct 2008
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Architecture of Platforms: A Unified View

    Keywords: by Carliss Y. Baldwin & C. Jason Woodard
    • 01 Nov 2006
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Male Circumcision and AIDS: The Macroeconomic Impact of a Health Crisis

    Keywords: by Eric D. Werker, Amrita Ahuja & Brian Wendell
    • 2015
    • Chapter

    Negotiations: Statistical Aspects

    By: James K. Sebenius
    'Negotiation analysis' seeks to develop prescriptive theory and useful advice for negotiators and third parties. It generally emphasizes the parties' underlying interests, alternatives to negotiated agreement, approaches to productively manage the inherent tension... View Details
    Keywords: Negotiation Preparation; Negotiation Tactics; Negotiation Participants
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    • 2009
    • Working Paper

    Does Competition Favor Delegation?

    By: Christian Alejandro Ruzzier
    This paper studies the consequences of product-market competition on firms' decisions to delegate more or fewer decision-making responsibilities to managers. By simultaneously addressing the choice of both competitive actions and organizational design, the paper makes... View Details
    Keywords: Business or Company Management; Competition; Decision Making
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    • 12 Dec 2017
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

    Organizational Behavior The Energizing Nature of Work Engagement: Toward a New Need-Based Theory of Work Motivation By: Green, Paul, Eli Finkel, Grainne Fitzsimons, and Francesca Gino Abstract—We present View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 30 Oct 2006
    • First Look

    First Look: October 31, 2006

    productivity externalities in the host country generated by foreign multinational companies. We propose a mechanism that emphasizes the role of local financial markets in enabling foreign direct investment (FDI) to promote growth through... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 02 Mar 2020
    • HBS Seminar

    Drew Carton, Wharton, University of Pennsylvania

    • February 2018
    • Article

    Maintaining Beliefs in the Face of Negative News: The Moderating Role of Experience

    By: Bradley R. Staats, Diwas S. KC and F. Gino
    Many models in operations management involve dynamic decision making that assumes optimal updating in response to information revelation. However, behavioral theory suggests that rather than updating their beliefs, individuals may persevere in their prior beliefs. In... View Details
    Keywords: Information; Announcements; Service Operations; Decision Making; Medical Specialties; Experience and Expertise; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
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    • Summer 2014
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    Delegation in Multi‐Establishment Firms: Adaptation vs. Coordination in I.T. Purchasing Authority

    By: Kristina Steffenson McElheran
    This paper conducts one of the first large-scale, establishment-level empirical studies of delegation within firms. Recent contributions to a rapidly growing theory literature have focused on the tradeoff between adaptation and coordination in determining... View Details
    Keywords: Integration; Leadership; Management Practices and Processes; Information Technology; Organizational Structure; Adaptation
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    • 27 Apr 2012
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Putting Integrity into Finance: A Purely Positive Approach

    Keywords: by Werner Erhard & Michael C. Jensen
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    Technology & Operations Management - Doctoral

    including operations research, operations management, economics, engineering, and organizational behavior. Doctoral students' research addresses managerially-relevant problems, integrating discipline-based theory with rigorous research... View Details