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- 18 Jul 2019
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Internet of Things Needs a Business Model. Here It Is
changed its business model from selling copiers to renting copiers and charging by the number of copies made, IoT-based companies may need to innovate on how they charge for their products, selling assets, or software-as-a-service, or shared savings View Details
- 23 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 23, 2016
link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50571 February 2016 Games and Economic Behavior Contract Design and Stability in Many-to-Many Matching By: Hatfield, John William, and Scott Duke Kominers Abstract— We develop a model... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- March 2009
- Background Note
Evaluating M&A Deals: Floors, Caps, and Collars
As equity consideration has become more popular in acquisitions, so has the use of the "pricing-protection" mechanisms, such as floors, caps, and collars. These contractual devices provide insurance to the shareholders of the target and may protect the buyer as well.... View Details
Baldwin, Carliss Y. "Evaluating M&A Deals: Floors, Caps, and Collars." Harvard Business School Background Note 209-138, March 2009.
- September 2011
- Teaching Note
Aguas Argentinas: Settling a Dispute (TN)
By: Louis T. Wells
Teaching Note for 705-019. View Details
- 21 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 21, 2010
of continued collaboration. We theoretically refine and empirically extend prior research by (a) distinguishing between control and coordination functions of contracts, (b) separating goodwill-based and competence-based trust, and (c) evaluating the effects of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 1989
- Other Unpublished Work
Twelve Mini-Case Studies of Defense Acquisition - HBS Analysis and Decision Case
By: J. Ronald Fox
- 07 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
Electronic Health Records Were Supposed to Cut Medical Costs. They Haven't.
complicated, Kaplan says. One reason is the multiplicity of payers, including Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial insurance companies, with reams of contracts differing in coverage and procedure prices. The different View Details
- 15 Feb 2017
- Op-Ed
What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects
projects, for example, don’t generate enough water bill revenue to pay for themselves. But, rather than go without water for lack of current funds or skills, municipalities like Algiers, Algeria, have contracted for water with GE on an... View Details
- 03 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018
one emerging economy. Based on an exploratory field study of medical device development projects in India, we observe the frequent, iterative testing of prototypes in clinical settings and investigate the related learning process. The... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 31 May 2016
- First Look
May 31, 2016
functional proximity over base proximity when locating preventive health services. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51094 forthcoming Production and Operations Management Multi-Echelon Inventory Management Under Short-Term Take-or-Pay... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 13, 2010
Publication:Strategic Management Journal (in press) Abstract This paper investigates how contract structure influences inter-firm dispute resolution processes and outcomes by examining a unique dataset consisting of over 150,000 pages of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
organization's relational capacity. The benefits will reverberate throughout every dimension of the company's work. Financial Contracting in Biotech Strategic Alliances Authors:David T. Robinson and Toby E.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Fearing Fox News, Democratic-leaning Companies Delayed Negative Announcements
individual contracts with each town or city they serve, after bidding against other cable providers for the chance to do so. They then, in turn, receive fees from broadcasters to be included in their limited channel lineup in each area.... View Details
- 24 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
Is Your iPhone Turning You Into a Wimp?
affected how people behave afterward." The study is related to previous experimental research in which Cuddy and colleagues prove the positive effects of adopting expansive body postures - hands on hips, feet on desk, and the like.... View Details
- November 2010
- Supplement
Esquel Group: Building a Sustainable Partnership with Cotton Farmers in Xinjiang (B)
By: James K. Sebenius and Jason Cheng Qian
Details and evaluates results in Esquel's 2002 initiative to negotiate long-term partnerships with often-exploited farmers in Xinjiang (western China) to procure a superior cotton variety. View Details
Keywords: Contracts; Agreements and Arrangements; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Outcome or Result; Leasing; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Partners and Partnerships; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Hong Kong; Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
Sebenius, James K., and Jason Cheng Qian. "Esquel Group: Building a Sustainable Partnership with Cotton Farmers in Xinjiang (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 911-032, November 2010.
- October 1988
- Case
Agrico, Inc.: A Software Dilemma
An information systems vice president has one hour to make an ethical decision: should a software program, left inadvertently on the company's computer, be copied and stored? Copying the program would protect clients' assets, but it seems to violate the vendor... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Ethics; Contracts; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Business and Shareholder Relations; Information Technology Industry
McFarlan, F. Warren. "Agrico, Inc.: A Software Dilemma." Harvard Business School Case 189-085, October 1988.
- 1988
- Other Unpublished Work
Congressional Testimony on Defense Acquisition Policy - U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Acquisition Policy
By: J. Ronald Fox
- 01 Sep 2015
- First Look
First Look -- September 1, 2015
returns are a linear combination of two accounting fundamentals: book to market and ROE. Empirical estimates based on this relation predict the cross section of out-of-sample returns in 26 of 29 international equity markets, with a highly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
relation between budgeting type and budgetary misreporting. Results also indicate asymmetry in the effects of psychological contract breach versus repair. Effects of breach on budgetary misreporting persist... View Details
- 1990
- Other Unpublished Work
Congressional Testimony on Defense Acquisition Reform - U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Armed Services, Investigations Subcommittee
By: J. Ronald Fox
Keywords: National Security; Contracts; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Government Relations; United States
Fox, J. Ronald. "Congressional Testimony on Defense Acquisition Reform - U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Armed Services, Investigations Subcommittee." U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1990.