Option Value Effect - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

The Potential Downside of Win-Win

demonstrating the intent to collude. My opinion was that parasitic integration had occurred: The companies made a veiled attempt to skirt the law and create value for themselves, with no apparent concern for the harmful View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman

21 Nov 2016
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It Matters That Your CEO Doesn't Know Much About Sales

increase is largely driven by more functional specialists like CIOs or CMOs, not general managers.” “There ultimately is no such thing as effective selling that is not tied to the company’s strategic objectives” The reason for that is... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Demystifying the Family Enterprise - Course Catalog

They can also be 100 percent family-owned or have outside investors; value is certainly affected not only by management quality, but also by the level of Family control and ownership. Family businesses come in all shapes and sizes, and... View Details

08 May 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 8, 2018

deterioration in compliance and that inspectors cite fewer violations in successive inspections throughout their day and when inspections risk prolonging their typical workday. Our estimates suggest that, if the outcome effects were... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Solving the Health Care Conundrum

The U.S. health care industry is unique in that despite the presence of significant competition, which usually drives increased value through decreased costs and improved quality, the nature of the competition in health care has been... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health

01 Sep 2006
News

Private Sector and Public Interest Meet at Global Leadership Forum

Secretary Samuel Bodman added his voice to those who say that critical decisions must be made without delay. “We are overly dependent on fossil fuels and will only become more so unless we make some critical investments now to truly diversify our supply View Details

24 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 24, 2009

effects of partner-specific experience. We suggest that the effect of partner-specific experience on value creation in alliances is moderated by the extent to which the assets... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 1

also more pronounced for the insurance firms for which regulatory capital requirements are more binding. The results hold both at issuance and for trading in the secondary market and are robust to a series of bond and issuer controls, including issuer fixed View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 10

focused on the white goods affiliate Arçelik. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/815078-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 815-102 Brentwood Associates: Exiting Zoës Kitchen The case discusses the trade-offs associated with the different... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Sep 2015
News

Faculty Q&A: The Working World

make the product a reality. That made an impression—that an immigrant living in the United States was turning back to his home country to help realize the products of his invention. So my first work in this area was about the outbound View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

21 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Lessons for Retailers from the Rebirth of Indie Bookstores

reputation as “the everything store” can sometimes work against it, overwhelming consumers with too many options and an impersonal experience. Convening: Indie bookstores are increasingly serving as points for convening, expanding beyond... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Entertainment & Recreation

11 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Crafting a Nontraditional Path to Venture Capital and Private Equity with Morgan Sheil (MBA 2021)

a year and a half working in supply chain optimization at Pinnacle Foods in New Jersey, Sheil faced a choice – begin her MBA now or pull one more lever of change. “I had the option to either go to HBS or I could do something else for a... View Details

01 Apr 1997
News

Manager's Notebook

one time, consumers readily shared personal information. Recently, however, many customers have begun to bristle when asked personal questions. They wonder: Who else is privy to this information? What's in it for me? In their 1996 working paper, "The Real View Details

Keywords: Judith Ross

09 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 9

http://www.e-elgar.co.uk/Bookentry_Main.lasso?id=13257 Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth: How High Status Individuals Decrease Group Effectiveness Authors:Boris Groysberg, Jeffrey T. Polzer, and Hillary Anger Elfenbein... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency

handles that. And can he use those negotiating skills and those communication skills and create shared value skills in a situation where there’s no walk-away option and he doesn’t have the leverage. Command... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese

21 Mar 2018
Blog Post

Telling Your Story: How to Create a Powerful Personal Digital Brand

of time produces more lasting value than occasional marathon-like investments. "If you make it a habit, it'll take less time than you realize." Your regularly scheduled social media time should be focused on two things: Getting... View Details

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“It’s like a pie-eating contest” | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

review my options after a year. I felt comfortable having an exit option.” As it turns out, neither party has wanted to exercise that option. Now entering his fourth year at BMC, Josh has been able to leverage his fellowship into an... View Details

15 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Going Green Makes Good Business Sense

you might well reduce the variance or expected value of environmental costs and come out ahead of your competition, he said. Case Study: BP The case of oil, natural gas, and petrochemicals giant BP illuminates in a fascinating way several... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

20 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Gender-Diverse Companies Thrive Only Where Diversity is Embraced

context. Q2: In brief, what did you learn? How much of diversity and performance is consistent across study areas, and how much is driven by context? Zhang: We learned that the social context matters, a lot! The effect of gender diversity... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2001
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Modupe Akinola: Outreach In Africa

The daughter of Nigerian and Togolese immigrants who settled in New York City’s Spanish Harlem, Modupe Akinola (MBA 2001) was raised to know the value of a strong family and a good education. In light of the sacrifices her parents made to... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; UNICEF; Educational Services

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