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- 03 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Is the Future of MBA Education?
the top U.S. business schools. A further challenge comes from the fact that companies in these industries have increasingly been promoting from within.14 In part, this is because technical work, such as sales and trading, now contributes a large share of the firm's... View Details
- TeachingInterests
MBA Elective Curriculum-- Competing Through Business Models
The words “business model” are inescapable in our daily fare of business news. These two ubiquitous words seemed to effortlessly rise up to prominence during the dot-com boom of the late 1990s. When businesspeople, journalists, academics, and other... View Details
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Julie Battilana's Most Recent Columns for "Le Monde"
By: Julie Battilana
Julie Battilana is a regular contributor to the French newspaper "Le Monde." Below are her most recent articles.
Where are the Political Ideas Being Produced?
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- 11 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Smarter Way to Reduce Customer Defections
individuals identified as likely to defect. The tricky part comes in figuring out exactly who should be targeted. “You have to look at the net profitability of the retention campaign” Sunil Gupta, the Edward W. Carter Professor of... View Details
- June 1985
- Background Note
Computing and Analyzing Earnings per Share
By: David F. Hawkins
Keywords: Profit
Hawkins, David F. "Computing and Analyzing Earnings per Share." Harvard Business School Background Note 185-164, June 1985.
- 2004
- Article
The Character and Determinants of Corporate Capital Gains
By: Mihir A. Desai and William M. Gentry
Keywords: Profit
Desai, Mihir A., and William M. Gentry. "The Character and Determinants of Corporate Capital Gains." Tax Policy and the Economy 18 (2004): 1–36.
- August 2000 (Revised July 2002)
- Background Note
Fundamental Enterprise Valuation: Earnings
A technical note that defines earnings. View Details
Baldwin, Carliss Y. "Fundamental Enterprise Valuation: Earnings." Harvard Business School Background Note 801-124, August 2000. (Revised July 2002.)
- December 2001
- Article
Repatriation Taxes and Dividend Distortions
By: Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.
Desai, Mihir A., C. Fritz Foley, and James R. Hines Jr. "Repatriation Taxes and Dividend Distortions." National Tax Journal 54, no. 4 (December 2001).
- Article
Tigers, Dragons, and Others: Profiling High Performance in Asian Firms
By: Rohit Deshpandé, John U. Farley and Douglas Bowman
Deshpandé, Rohit, John U. Farley, and Douglas Bowman. "Tigers, Dragons, and Others: Profiling High Performance in Asian Firms." Journal of International Marketing 12, no. 3 (2004): 5–29.
- winter 2002
- Article
Just Say No to Wall Street: Courageous CEOs Are Putting a Stop to the Earnings Game and We Will All Be Better Off for It
By: M. C. Jensen and Joseph Fuller
Jensen, M. C., and Joseph Fuller. "Just Say No to Wall Street: Courageous CEOs Are Putting a Stop to the Earnings Game and We Will All Be Better Off for It." Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 14, no. 4 (winter 2002): 41–46. (Excerpts of this article can be found in the Wall Street Journal, "Manager's Journal" column as "Dare To Keep Your Stock Price Low," 12/31/01, and in the Financial Times, as "End the Myth-Making and Return to True Analysis," 1/22/02.)
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Read excerpts from DENIAL
The Edifice Complex: Denial at Sears
Book Excerpt: Denial at Sears (BusinessWeek.com, February 26, 2010)
From Denial: Why Business... View Details
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Course Development
By: Debora L. Spar
Managing International Trade and Investment
Despite the ease with which it is often conducted, doing business across borders is not the same as doing it at home. Rather, it entails a whole new set of managerial challenges: re-assessing competitive... View Details
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Commercial Returns at the Base of the Pyramid
By: Michael Chu
Keywords: Profit
Chu, Michael. "Commercial Returns at the Base of the Pyramid." Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization 2, nos. 1/2 (Winter–Spring 2007): 115–146.
- December 1984
- Article
Unionization and Profitability: Evidence from the Capital Market
By: M. B. Zimmerman and R. S. Ruback
Zimmerman, M. B., and R. S. Ruback. "Unionization and Profitability: Evidence from the Capital Market." Journal of Political Economy 92, no. 6 (December 1984): 1134–1157.
- August 1, 2002
- Article
Options Should be Reflected in the Bottom Line
By: Zvi Bodie, Robert S. Kaplan and Robert C. Merton
Bodie, Zvi, Robert S. Kaplan, and Robert C. Merton. "Options Should be Reflected in the Bottom Line." Wall Street Journal (August 1, 2002).
- 2002
- Case
Commodities, Specialties and the Great In-Between
Shapiro, Benson P. "Commodities, Specialties and the Great In-Between." Harvard Business School Publishing Case, 2002. (Note #9-999-005.)
- July 1988
- Article
Price and Authority in Inter-Profit Center Transactions
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr. and Harrison C. White
Eccles, Robert G., Jr., and Harrison C. White. "Price and Authority in Inter-Profit Center Transactions." Supplement. American Journal of Sociology 94 (July 1988): 17–51.
- July–August 2004
- Article
Maximizing the Returns from Research
By: C. M. Christensen, Christopher S. Musso and Scott D. Anthony
Christensen, C. M., Christopher S. Musso, and Scott D. Anthony. "Maximizing the Returns from Research." Research-Technology Management 47, no. 4 (July–August 2004).
- January 2003 (Revised March 2005)
- Case
Planning in Professional Service Firms
By: Ashish Nanda
In this case, four consultants discuss business planning issues that they are each having within their respective consulting firms. The case addresses how professional compensation, project staffing, hours worked, overhead costs, and billing rates impact profitability. View Details
Nanda, Ashish, and Kelley Elizabeth Morrell. "Planning in Professional Service Firms." Harvard Business School Case 903-085, January 2003. (Revised March 2005.)
- 08 Dec 2008
- Research & Ideas
Thinking Twice About Supply-Chain Layoffs
potential profit drivers rather than the first troops to cut in a downturn. Ton's working paper, "The Effect of Labor on Profitability: The Role of Quality", examines how mundane activities such as stocking shelves, setting up displays,... View Details